The Welkin 2013 | Page 24

Tyler plucinski- a one act play. Only needs meScene 1(Scene opens to a hospital room on stage right. A hospital bed lays in the top part of the set-up. A boy in the age of 4-6 lies in the bed. A heart monitor is on the left of the bed. The curtain opens to the heart monitor beeping. The heart monitor is the only thing that happens for a few moments. A doctor walks in from stage right, checks the heart monitor, writes something on his clipboard, and then exits the way he came. A few moments  later  a  nurse  and  a  woman  in  her  mid  to  late  fifties  walks   in from stage left. While they are walking to the bed they have this conversation.) Nurse- He moved this morning. (It should seem like we got the end of the conversation.) Jean- He moved?!?!(Seems to come alive) Where is he? Nurse- Over there, in his bed. Jean-(Rushes over to the side of the bed, gets to him and seems to  deflate)  He’s  still  out... Nurse-­Of  course  he  is  (Realizes  how  Jean  took  it.)  I’m  so  sorry   Jean...  I  didn’t  mean  it  to  come  out  like  that... Jean-­It’s  fine.  I’ve  just  waited  so  long  to  see  him...  Hear  him   again. Nurse-­  I  wouldn’t  mind  hearing  his  voice  either.  He  has   been here for two months and this is all I have seen of him. Jean-­  That’s  a  shame.  He’s  so  beautiful  and  he  has  the  most   beautiful voice. Nurse- I bet he sounds amazing. Jean-­  He’s  got  the  voice  of  an  angel. (Doctor walks in from stage right.) Nurse-Hello Dr. Colemen Doctor-Hello Jackie, Ms. Roninski . back and we. Johnny’s  test  results  came