The Voicemail
Thriller, received this morning
- Thriller
- Monologue
- 2 min
- Female role
- Adult
- Intermediate
Casting
5 lines- MOI Female role, Adult your role
Excerpt
(Alone, a phone in hand. The screen reads: “1 new message.”)
MOI
A message. From him. Received this morning, 6:12.
Except… the funeral was Tuesday. I was there. I held the cord of the coffin.
(She presses play. A familiar, distant voice fills the room.)
MOI
“Don’t believe what they told you. Look in the lining of the blue coat.” …His voice. His words. Only he ever called me “brave girl.”
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In these selections
The same text, elsewhere
Close to this one
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The Call
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.
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The Driver
Fare at 11:40 p.m. He got in without a word. Destination: the forest, by the back road. Fine. He hasn’t moved for twenty minutes. Not a sigh. Even people who sleep breathe, they shift. Not…
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The Burglar
Cased it for three weeks. Nobody on Thursdays. Alarm dead. Too easy, almost insulting. The safe is where I was told. Behind the painting. Just as I was told. Exactly as I was told.