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Sandra Hosking, M.F.A. |
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Playwright, journalist, teacher |
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Running time - 25 minutes Genre - Comedy Setting—An alley. Night.
Characters - 2 Males, 1 Female
James, a man, 21+ Angel, a big hairy man, 21+ Demon, a sexy woman, 21+
Synopsis: An angel and devil vie for a human’s soul, but who is playing whom? .
Dialogue Sample
JAMES Wow. A real live demon?
angel Now you’re impressed?
demon In the rotted flesh.
JAMES Where’s your pitchfork?
demon Excuse me?
angel See, stereotypes.
demon I understand you’re in need of a conscience.
angel Ha!
demon Don’t look now, human, but you have a rat following you.
JAMES I know, but he won’t leave.
demon Typical. It’s how their side operates. Cram goodness down your throat until you throw up. We prefer to let people weigh all the pros and cons. They eventually come around to our way of thinking.
JAMES Which is what exactly?
angel Yes, do tell.
demon Well, that bottle for instance.
JAMES Yes?
angel This should be interesting.
demon The bottle itself is neither good nor evil. Neither are the contents inside. It’s what you do with them.
JAMES That’s what I say.
angel That is such a crock of sheep’s nuts. Everyone knows the best way to break a habit is to remove the obstacle.
demon So black and white. There are other ways of surmounting obstacles.
angel He doesn’t need your kind of help.
demon And he doesn’t want yours.
angel I was working on that until you arrived.
demon Are you kidding? He was about ready to kick you to the curb.
angel That’s what I’m going to do to you if you don’t disappear right now.
demon Ooh, I’m shaking in my heels.
JAMES Wait a minute. Are you guys fighting over me?
demon Don’t get a big head about it.
angel A man can only have one conscience.
demon So you have to choose.
JAMES I’m not sure I like the choices.
angel Would you rather drink yourself into a stupor?
JAMES Well, yes. |
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