This is just a play i had to write for my theatre class. its a 5 minute play somewhat in the style of Greek Theatre
Refill Please
ACT I
SCENE ONE
(SOPHIE sitting in her favorite booth at the coffee shop called Chocolat. She is sipping a coffee and writing in her notebook. Barista is wiping down tables. SOPHIE writes a sentence, stares at it for a second, then tears it out and leaves it on the edge of the table along with her empty cup and continues writing. Barista One/ Anne stops wiping down tables, grabs the coffee pot, refills her cup. Then picks up the torn sheet of paper and begins to read)
ANNE
One thing that I'm sure of, we plan, God laughs(Smiles slightly. then walks over to the counter and adds it to a stack of papers in the corner and begins to wipe down the counter)
(enter COLE)
COLE
(sitting down across from SOPHIE) Hey there, stranger!
(SOPHIE barely even acknowledging his presence, takes a sip of her coffee and continues to write)
COLE
I figured I'd find you here...(looking around, pause) you know, I never really have understood why you like this place so much. I mean, it's just so-
SOPHIE
(still writing) quiet...
COLE
Yeah...too quiet for my taste....plus I really don't like coffee, its just so-
SOPHIE
(putting down her pen and pushing her notebook to the side) Cole, why are you here?
COLE
Well, I just wanted to apologize for not showing up last night. I really had planned to go, but then-
SOPHIE
Let me guess? Your plans changed, or you got caught up in something right? What else is new Cole? ( pause. takes another sip of coffee) There's always an excuse with you...( goes back to writing)
COLE
Soph, I really am sorry...I.... (gets up and starts to leave. turns around, looks at SOPHIE, then continues to leave. SOPHIE looks up as the door the shuts, her gaze lingers. Then she drains her coffee cup, scribbles a sentence down in her notebook, lays her head down and lets out a long sigh. she rips out the sheet of paper and pushes it to the corner of the table along with her cup again. And places her back down on the table. Barista Two/ Kyle comes and refills her cup.)
SOPHIE
Thanks.
(Kyle nods at her then begins to read)
KYLE
I'm a history book, damned and doomed to repetition.( Kyle nods silently in agreement. He walks back to the counter, places the paper with others, and starts making a new batch of coffee.)
(enter RILEY and SHAWN)
RILEY
See! I told you she'd be here! She's always here! (slides into the seat across from SOPHIE, taking a sip from her coffee cup.)
SHAWN
(Slides into the booth next to RILEY. He peers at SOPHIE's notebook, trying to make out the scribbles, then SOPHIE closes it quickly and brings it closer to herself.) Sorry, I didn't mean to pry. It's just that you're always writing, and I always wonder what in the hell could you be filling those pages with. (pause)
RILEY
Personally, I think all that writing is wasting paper and therefore killing trees.
SOPHIE
(rolls her eyes and shakes her head) That explains why your homework is never done.(smiles slyly)
SHAWN
(Chuckling. RILEY elbows him in the stomach) Ow! ( rubs stomach) sorry, it was funny.(smiling at SOPHIE)
RILEY
Whatever! There was a reason why we were looking for you. So you are not going to believe what happened to Kathleen! She was-( SOPHIE's cell phone rings. She looks the caller ID for a second, then answers hesitantly)
SOPHIE
Hello?......To what the hell do I owe this phone call to?....Yeah so?.......(pause).....Look, Dad, What the fuck do you want from me? I'm sorry, but I'm never going to be your little girl. you had the chance to be there for not just me but for Jamie as well, and you fucking blew it! So let me ask again. What the fuck do you want from me?....(pause)...Wait, (panicky) What? When? Where? How?... (pause) Oh my God!!....Wait, why was she coming to visit you?.....(pause) What?! you've been back together for 3 months??....(pause. SOPHIE now holding back tears).... FUCK YOU! you're the reason this happened! If it wasn't for you she would still be alive!! First you walk out on us, then now, you take away our mother, the only person we had left!!! ...(pause).... No, I won't calm down. I fucking hate you!! Just stay the fucking hell out of our lives!!!
(hangs up the phone. pause. then sends it flying across the coffeehouse, shattering into pieces on the floor)
SOPHIE
(sobbing) FUCK HIM AND FUCK MY LIFE!!!! (sobbing and shaking. Now RILEY has climbed over the table to hold her and SHAWN is on her other side holding her head in his hands)
RILEY
(soothing) It's okay sweetie, just let it all out..(looking over at SHAWN)
SHAWN
Come on, Soph. It'll be okay.
SOPHIE
(sits up suddenly. full of rage) It'll be alright?? It'll be al-fucking-right?? hahahaha! I just lost my mother! the only person I could ever count on is gone thanks to the one I never could depend on!! So you tell me how the fuck it'll be alright SHAWN!! ( pause) just go!!( begins sobbing again) please just go! (SHAWN and RILEY exchange glances) JUST FUCKING GO!!!!! (They both make their way towards the door. they take one last look at SOPHIE. Then they walk out the door without a sound)
(SOPHIE opens her notebook and begins to write furiously. tears out the paper and shoves it to the edge of the table along with her cup. Her cup falls and shattered against the floor.)
SOPHIE
Fuck it all! (sobbing harder, lays her head back down on the table and continues to sob. Barista three/ Ethan walks over with a broom and dustpan. He picks up the soggy piece of paper and begins to read)
ETHAN
My chest begins to burn, my legs begin to scream. Running can only get you so far. (looks at SOPHIE, then down at the paper. Begins to quitely sweep up the pieces of the cup. He leaves the pieces on her table and takes the paper back to the counter to join the others.)
(Lights focused on SOPHIE, still sobbing begin to fade till the stage is completely dark.)
Curtain.
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