MORNING PANIC BY JEFFREY LO (DOWNLOAD PDF HERE)
JULIA’S bedroom.
It’s unclear what time it is but… it’s dark.
JULIA pops up from bed.
She looks around.
She notices it’s dark.
But how?
JULIA: … What time is it?
JULIA rolls to her night stand and checks her alarm clock.
Her alarm clock is blinking 12:00.
JULIA: Huh?
JULIA rolls to the other side to check her phone.
It’s dead.
JULIA looks around.
She is quite discombobulated.
JULIA: What’s happening?
JULIA thinks about this question more deeply.
Beat.
JULIA: What day is it?
JULIA panics, she digs in her bag to grab her tablet.
It’s dead.
JULIA takes out her laptop.
It’s dead.
JULIA runs up to her paper calendar.
That’s useless.
JULIA sits in bed looking at the ground.
Her breaths grow deeper into panic.
JULIA: How long did I sleep?
Blackout.
END OF PLAY.