Spinning!...
/Spinning! An Everyhuman Playlet set in time
Player 1: Running across stage:
“Time is a fleeting thing.”
Player 2: Crossing stage in a state of angst:
“Will it never end!”
Player 3: In Wizard costume, crossing stage:
“No such thing as time.”
Player 4: In Einstein character and costume:
“Time is relative.”
Player 5: Child, holding up sign center stage: June Gloom! Dear Santa, why’s Christmas such a long time away? emotes:
“Time stands still!”
Player 6: Crosses stage in a rush:
“Time waits for no-one.”
Player 7: Crosses stage in obvious distress:
“I’m running out of time.”
Player 8: Runs onto stage, grabbing hold of Player 7’s arm before he/she exits:
“Have you the time?”
Player 7: Reacts in blatant exasperation as they exit stage.
Player 9: Crossing stage looking lost:
“Time got away from me!”
Player 10: Crosses stage- butterfly net at the ready:
“Time flies!”
Player 11: Crosses stage, weeping into handkerchief:
“Lost time is never found again.”.
Player 12: Crosses stage, darting about as if very lost:
“Lost in time.”
Player 13: Professor, shaking finger at audience to make the point:
“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.”
Player 14: Wall Street person addresses audience from center stage:
“Time is money.”
Player 15: Young adults skip across stage declaring in unison:
“We have all the time in the world.”
Player 16: Group of older people pushing a gurney with younger person on it: In unison (Group + Gurney person:)
“Time is running out!”
Player 17: Ballerina twirling across stage:
“The clock’s ticking!”
Player 18: Writer (Faulkner make-up and costume) crosses stage making notes with pen and paper:
“Clocks slay time!.”
Stage stands empty and, for a few beats, silent.
Voice Booms from off-stage:
“Time’s up!”
All players enter the stage from all entrances, all sides, front and back. They skitter about exclaiming:
“No!”
They stop, gather center stage and. in unison, address the audience:
“Where’d it go?”
By Fran Pearce
From: United States