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Short play for stage (small/fringe theatre).
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What Are You Waiting For? - Pete Stephenson
What Are You Waiting For?
Pete Stephenson
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Copyright 2006, 2012 Pete Stephenson
Smashwords Edition, License Notes
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This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.
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What Are You Waiting For?
Cast Of Characters
Jen
Late 30s. Waitress. Single mum.
Phil
Mid 40s. Café customer.
Scene
A town-centre café.
Time
Present day.
Setting
Eve's Café. Decorated in orange and black. A table, two chairs, menu, condiments, cutlery and a faux rose in a small vase.
At Rise
JEN enters, wearing overalls and name-badge, carrying cleaning materials in a plastic trug.
(Jen squirts cleaning fluid onto the table, begins cleaning it. The table is quite mucky, as:)
JEN
(re: two customers who have just left)
What a pair
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