WHEN IS A NAP JUST SLEEP? BY JEFFREY LO
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RANJIT’s room.
At center is a couch.
Above it is a digital clock.
The digital clock wants to be large.
Unusually large.
So large that the audience can read it with no problem.
It reads 6 PM.
Then it reads 6:01 PM.
The door opens.
It’s RANJIT.
He yawns.
He puts down his bag.
He stretches.
He takes off his jacket.
He looks at the time.
It reads 6:02 PM.
RANJIT: That’s enough time for a nap before dinner.
RANJIT jumps on the couch.
Lights dim.
The clock starts to move fast.
The clock actually turns out to be a person in a clock costume
The person starts to do a dance as the time moves forward fast.
Insanely fast.
7 PM
8 PM
9 PM
10 PM
11 PM
Midnight
Then suddenly
8 AM
RANJIT fidgets in the couch and yawns.
The clock rushes back to it’s position like the toys in Toy Story when a human enters.
FOUR OFFENDED PEOPLE stand in front of a theatre.
They hold picket signs, protesting a production being done inside.
RANJIT wakes up.
RANJIT looks at the clock.
8:03 AM.
RANJIT: Damnit.
Blackout.
END OF PLAY.