The 8:12 Train
Absurd, the wait
- Satire
- Monologue
- 2 min
- Male role
- Adult
- Intermediate
Casting
5 lines- MOI Male role, Adult your role
Excerpt
(Someone waits, seated facing the audience. A suitcase beside them.)
MOI
The 8:12 train is announced with a delay of one whole lifetime. It says so on the board. In very calm letters.
I asked the board if it was joking. It displayed “no.” Then “please wait.” I waited. I had a son. He’s waiting too.
The conductor comes by, sometimes. He checks nothing. He just confirms we’re still here. We’re still here.
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