The Old Telephone
Supernatural, two minutes, no more
- Supernatural
- Two-hander
- 3 min
- Female role
- Adult
- Intermediate
Casting
7 lines- LA VOIX Male role, Senior
- ELLE Female role, Adult your role
Excerpt
(An old rotary phone, in an attic. She picks it up, for fun. A dial tone, then a voice.)
LA VOIX
Hello? Ah, it’s you, sweetheart. Good timing, I was just closing the shutters.
(She freezes.)
ELLE
…Dad?
LA VOIX
Who else would it be? Your voice sounds funny. Older. Are you coming down with something?
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The Viewing
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The Night Shift
You’re early. Shift change is at four. I am always on time. It’s your clocks that hesitate.
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The Double
You wanted to see me. I almost didn’t come. You don’t have coffee with your own face. I know. It’s unsettling. Believe me, on my side too.