The Skydive
By
Brandon Seger
Email: [email protected]
Take a look at http://www.joust.com/knouse/Pictures/skydive/SkyDive_18.jpg
for an image of the real thing.
Characters
Jake
Angela
[Lights up. The stage is an empty space. The sound of whispering wind plays, then a few seconds later the sound of a flying airplane fades in. Jake and Angela are heard offstage, shouting their lines.]
Jake Ok, are you ready?
Angela I don’t know about this!
Jake Oh, come on, it will be fun!
Angela I think I want to go back inside…
Jake Too late, here we go…
Angela Noooo…
The sound of the airplane fades out, then Jake and Angela are lowered down from above the stage, wearing harnesses and hanging from a rope attached to their backs. Off to the side of each stage is a fan tilted up towards the hanging actors, blowing wind through them.
Angela [screaming]
Jake Woooooo…heck yeah, baby.
Angela This isn’t happening, this isn’t happening!
Jake Go on, spread your wings and fly!
Angela We’re falling, not flying!
Jake Don’t worry, we be eagles!
Angela Please…let this be over soon…!
Jake Don’t let it stop!
Angela I can’t believe I’m doing this…
Jake Believe it, missy!
Angela I’m dreaming, I must be dreaming!
Jake This is so awesome!
Angela Please wake up…please wake up…
Jake Ok, now pull! Pull!
Jake and Angela pull a cord attached
to their backpacks. Inside their
backpacks is a coiled-up blanket passing off as a ‘parachute.’ After pulling, the string attached to the
blanket inside the backpack pulls up, deploying the ‘parachute.’ The blankets are pulled up to the ceiling out
of audience view, and they hang from the parachute ropes. The two fans off to the side of the stage are
turned off. No longer falling at
terminal velocity, their movement is less frantic.
Jake Woooooooeeeeeeee……
Angela [clinging to her harness for dear life] Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh…
Jake Isn’t that the most awesome thing you’ve ever done?
Angela No! It is not awesome, it is insane!
Jake C’mon, live a little!
Angela This is not my idea of living!
Jake This sure beats going on a roller coaster.
Angela How could I ever let you talk me into this?
Jake Oh, you’re fine…now you can brag to all you friends that you actually did this.
Angela I don’t know if it was worth it…
Jake You’re still alive, aren’t ya?
Angela Yeah, and I want it to stay that way!
Jake Now we can just relax as we drift back to earth.
Angela Relax? How can you relax? We jumped out of an airplane!
Jake I know it, too cool!
Angela Oh…will this ever come to and end?!
Jake Look, we’re almost there!
Angela No, I can’t look!
Jake Aww…now it’s over.
The lights illuminate the background of the stage, where there
are large sheets of paper with drawings of trees and grass taped to the wall,
representing that they have reached ground.
Jake and Angela are lowered down to the floor of the
stage, they reach behind, detach the rope from their backs, the ropes are lowered
up out of sight, and the two are left on the floor, and the ‘parachute’
blankets fall on top of them.
Jake and Angela lay on the ground,
high on an adrenaline rush.
Jake [laughing] Hahaha….oh, man…that was too good.
Angela [curling herself up in a ball, eyes shut] Is it over? Is it over? Please tell me.
Jake Open your eyes, baby! It’s done!
Angela Oh, thank you, thank you! I love you ground, I love you so much…I’ll never leave you again.
Jake Next time, we gotta bring snowboards—sky-surfing! Heck yeah!
Angela “A next time?” No way!
Jake Oh come on, you’re no fun…
Lights fade.
