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The Call

Thriller, stay on the line

  • Thriller
  • Monologue
  • 2 min
  • Female role
  • Adult
  • Intermediate
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  • MOI Female role, Adult your role

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(A flat, evening. She speaks low, phone to her ear.)

MOI

No, listen to me. I came home and the door was locked. Double-locked. That’s the problem.

Because I never double-lock. Ever. It’s not a gesture I have.

There are two cups on the drying rack. Clean. Do you know what that means, two clean cups, in the home of someone who lives alone?

Don’t tell me to leave. If I leave now, I’ll never know. I’m just going to open the bedroom.

(She puts her hand on the handle. Stops.)

MOI

…The grey coat. On the chair. I thought I lost it a year ago. It’s folded. I never fold anything.

He didn’t give it back. He came to put it back.

Stay on the line. Whatever you hear… stay on the line.

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