The Rehearsal
Comedy, on the verge
- Comedy
- Scene for 4
- 4 min
- Male role
- Adult
- Intermediate
Casting
13 lines- RÉGIS Male role, Adult your role
- NINA Female role, Adult
- BÉBERT Male role, Adult
- CLÉMENCE Female role, Young adult
Excerpt
(A rehearsal. The director is tearing his hair out.)
RÉGIS
From the top. The poison scene. Nina, you enter, you see the body, you scream.
NINA
I scream inwardly. It’s a choice.
RÉGIS
The audience can’t hear your insides, Nina.
BÉBERT
Quick question: I’m the corpse. Do I breathe or not?
RÉGIS
You’re dead, Bébert. The dead don’t breathe.
What you can do with it
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