If You Only Knew / by Jeffrey Lo

IF YOU ONLY KNEW BY JEFFREY LO (DOWNLOAD PDF HERE)

All over the stage:

Fragile China

Kittens

An expensive car

Puppies

Balloons

Cows

Babies

Bubble wrap

At center is EVERY DAY JOE.

EVERY DAY JOE looks around at all of the things surrounding him.

EVERY DAY JOE looks and looks and looks and looks and looks and…

Uncomfortable yet?

EVERY DAY JOE looks at you.

EVERY DAY JOE looks and looks and looks and looks and looks and looks and looks…

How about now?

EVERY DAY JOE picks up two babies.

EVERY DAY JOE looks at them.

Looks.

Looks.

Looks.

Looks.

Suddenly EVERY DAY JOE shoots his eyes back to you.

EVERY DAY JOE: What’s on my mind?

Silence.

Silence.

Silence.

Silence.

Silence.
Look.

EVERY DAY JOE: You don’t wanna know.

END OF PLAY.