The play begins with a stormy night. A dark figure stands at center stage, staring out at the audience and into space.
As he is staring out, a lady runs onstage from the left stage, then stops in between downstage left and center downstage with a newspaper above her head and a small suitcase. While she does this, the man comes back to his senses.
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Narrator: New York, Late 0ctober, 2023.
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Constance: Oh, excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the subway? I'm lost, and I have to see my mama.
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Narrator looks confused and looks around.
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Narrator: Um... yes, it's down that street two blocks.
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Constance: Thank you, sir.
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She then runs off stage right. Narrator watches her, looks to stage left, and then continues to follow her.
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Some form of a sign saying Seven years ago.
Three girls sit on stage looking into a mirror, all thirteen.
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Younge Alice: You look great. I'm so excited for the Alice in Wonderland. "Oh, Chessy, do you know where the white rabbit went?"
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All laugh.
Younge Constance stands up. None of the other girls acknowledge this.
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Younge Constance: These, here, are my real first friends in my first thertien years of life, and sure, we had our big ups and downs, but I knew at this moment that no matter what, they would be there for me.
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Scene changes
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Constance is standing in a hospital room; an older lady is lying on the hospital bed. Suddenly, Billie, Alice, and Lilia run into the room and hug Constance.
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Billie: We came as soon as we cou...
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Lilia: Are you ok?
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Constance: Yes, I'm fi...
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Alice: we missed you. We have to get together more often. Oh, how is college going?
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Constance looks sad. Then, she looks over at her mom.
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Constance: Um... I had to take a gap year.
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Lilia: What? Why didn't you tell us?
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Suddenly, Nurse walks into the room and checks on the older lady.
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Nurse: Pardon me, but you'll have to leave now. She needs lots of rest... without other people.
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All but Nurse walk out of the room. Scene
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City street, nighttime. Constance is alone. Suddenly, she notices movement. Narrator is standing upstage left.
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Constance: I have seen you four times today. Are you following me?
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Narrator looks confused
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Narrator: You shouldn't be able to see me.
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Constance: Why not? It's not like you are invisible or anything.
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Narrator: I...(then he cuts himself off, deciding to change his sentence.) Your right. It's just you... dropped something, but you were with other people and I didn’t want to bother you.
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Constance: OK then what is it? She says this looking confused.
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Narrator: This. He then pulls out a photo. It should have a girl in her mom's arms. Constance looks extremely scared.
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End of scene.
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Constance is sitting in the corner. Head in her hands. She's crying. Suddenly she stands up and starts pacing. She looks out a window and then screams. Next, she grabs a knife and exits off the stage.
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The next section is all off-stage. The lights are the only changing things. There is a sharp long high high-pitched scream. Then Constance walks on. The knife is now dripping with blood. Constance looks really happy. But in a scary way
narrator storms into the room and is very upset.
Narrator: Constance you have to stop. Constance…
Constance: Listen, idiot. The only sounds are police sirens. Let me clean myself up okay?
(she turns toward a sink but stops.)
Constance: How did you get in here? (turns around to face the Narrator)
Narrator: You have to understand something… (Constance slowly walks to him, this keeps going during the line until he is cornered.) You're in a play. This is a play. I am just a Narrator, you are just (actor's name). You're going insane. (Constance raises her knife.) What are you doing? (Constance stabs the Narrator. Someone grabs his arms or legs and drags him off.)
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