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Drama. By David S. Raine. Cast: 4w. A writer finds that fiction is sometimes more terrifying than truth.
CHARACTERS:
TRUDY
ALICIA
SAMANTHA
RENEE
(Lights up on two desks. The desks represent two distinct and separate playing areas. SAMANTHA is seated at one of the desks and is busily writing in a notebook. After a moment, TRUDY and ALICIA enter the other playing area.)
ALICIA Okay. So what's the problem?
TRUDY (nervously). Well...it's hard to know where to begin...
ALICIA Begin at the beginning, I guess.
TRUDY Okay. (She pauses, still unsure)
ALICIA Do you want to sit down? (TRUDY nods. ALICIA starts to walk her over to the desk, but TRUDY suddenly pulls free.)
TRUDY No! (Pause.) Not there. (She indicates a couple of chairs.) Over there.
ALICIA All right. (The move to the chairs and sit.) Trudy what is it? Are you okay? You look really tired.
TRUDY I'm just afraid that you'll think I'm making it up.
ALICIA Making what up?
TRUDY Or that it's my imagination...or that I've cracked...
ALICIA I won't. (Pause.) Trudy? (As TRUDY begins to speak, SAMANTHA stops writing, rises from her desk, crosses to a water pitcher, pours herself a glass of water, drinks, return to her desk with the water and resumes writing.)
TRUDY I'm telling you this because I've got to tell somebody. You're my best friend. You know me. If you think I'm screwed up, you'll tell me straight out, right?
ALICIA Uh...yeah, right. What's going on?
TRUDY I took that creative writing course a few months ago, remember?
ALICIA Sure
TRUDY Good course. Gave us some good writing advice. Maybe too good.
ALICIA Too good?
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