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Caving: a comedy
Read more: Caving: a comedyThe End! (SCENE 8. Lights up on our sleeping couple. BO and VAYRE emerge from the other side of the stage.) BOThere they are!(HEDJ sits up but does not rise) HEDJFinally! BOYeah, I see how hard you were looking for us! HEDJBuddy, I got swept away by a RIVER of SLIME! What’s your excuse? REV(Opening…
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Caving: a comedy
Read more: Caving: a comedy(SCENE 7: Lights out on them and up on BO who has made it to the stage where he finds the rope tied to a rock.) BOVayre? Vayre? Oh, my God, Wendy where are you? (He falls backwards. She appears around the rock adjusting her pants.) VAYRENo need to shriek like a little girl. BOYou…
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Caving: a comedy
Read more: Caving: a comedySCENE 5: Bo Tries to reach over an audience member – pulls 3 times on his rope – whose end disappears into darkness.) BO(To audience member)Work with me here. You got anything? I have to take her SOMETHING. (Audience members confer. The hand him a program. Putting it in his mouth like a dog BO…
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Caving: a comedy
Read more: Caving: a comedySCENE 4: (Lights down on this couple and up on Back of Stage where HEDJ is splashing in a stream) HEDJHelp! Help! Help! (REV appears, tries to lasso him) REVStop struggling! HEDJStop struggling and DROWN? That’s all you’ve got to say? Lift up your arms! (Finally gets the rope over him, hauls him out. He…
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Caving: a comedy
Read more: Caving: a comedy(SCENE 3: VAYRE appears crawling down the stage into the audience. Shines her light) VAYREWhat was that? Anybody there? Rev? This isn’t funny, whoever you are! I’m warning you, I have a knife! (Silence) I’m armed and I’m desperate! (Satisfied, she crawls to the first row, up and over the audience’s laps. At their reaction…
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Caving: a comedy
Read more: Caving: a comedy(SCENE 2: Meanwhile the boys, HEDJ and BO are crawling down the center aisle shining their flashlights up into the audience) HEDJ(Halts, attentive)Omigod, I think I just saw something. I swear I heard somebody breathe. BOThere’s no room in this tunnel for anyone but US. Bacteria and bugs on the other hand – probably PLENTY…
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Caving: a comedy
Read more: Caving: a comedyIn this comedy, the theatre becomes a cave as 2 college frat boys (HEDJ & BO) & 2 Sorority girls (REV & VAYRE) become trapped while spelunking on a dare. Unsettled friendships and a longing for connection have driven them to risk the cell-phone-free dangers of this place. All four long for emotional and sexual…
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I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
Read more: I’ll Sleep When You’re DeadChapter 24 – Completing the Maze “Jazz, Jazz, Jazz,” Corso shook his head. His voice turned silky. “I am your advisor. It is my job – I think I can say my calling – to step in when you’ve gone astray. And what have you done to your hair? I’m not sure I like it.…
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I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
Read more: I’ll Sleep When You’re DeadChapter 23 – Together We awoke cuddled together at the foot of Chase’s bed, wrapped in his comforter. Chase was moaning. “Too late,” he said, “too late.” I kissed him and ran to the kitchen for coffee. Caffeine and aspirin. When I came back he was holding his head.“Bad one,” he said. “Except we found…
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I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead
Read more: I’ll Sleep When You’re DeadChapter 20 – Revenge “I’m so sorry,” said Chase. “He’s a monster. But I’ll get even with him. I’ll get him eventually.”“Slow down,” I said, braced against the dashboard, scrabbling for my seatbelt. “Put your seatbelt on.” He was driving like a maniac. “He never pinned me,” said Chase, grinding his teeth. “It’s a question…