NOTIFICATION BY JEFFREY LO (DOWNLOAD PDF HERE)
An empty hotel room.
After some time, TYRA opens the door.
TYRA: Finally!
TYRA takes her phone out of her pocket and places it on the bedside.
TYRA dresses down to less layers.
TYRA: God, it’s so hot!
TYRA unpacks her tablet and places it on the bed.
She takes a drink of water.
She unpacks her laptop and places it on the desk.
She puts her bag down by the desk.
TYRA: Alright…
TYRA checks the time on her watch.
TYRA: Three hours to myself…
TYRA playfully and with great gusto leaps in the air and belly flops onto her bed.
TYRA: ahhhh….
TYRA sinks into the soft mattress of the hotel bed.
After so little time it’s comedic – TYRA starts to snore.
Then – DING!
TYRA: Huh?
TYRA wakes up.
DING!
She sees the notification on her tablet.
TYRA: No thank you.
TYRA places the table on the bed stand by her phone.
TYRA tries to return to her snoring state.
DING!
TYRA: I said no thank you!
TYRA sees this notification is on her phone this time.
DING!
TYRA looks at her phone.
TYRA: Ugh…
TYRA places her phone on silent.
TYRA closes her eyes.
DING!
TYRA: What? But I –
DING!
TYRA realizes it is coming from her laptop.
TYRA: I am not getting out of bed –
DING!
TYRA: I am so comfy!
DING!
TYRA: I’m just going to ignore you!
TYRA sinks back into bed.
DING!
DING!
DING!
TYRA: UGGGGGGGH!!!!!!!
DING!
DING!
DING!
DING DING!
TYRA: Fine!
TYRA stomps out of bed and shuts her laptop down.
TYRA: Finally!
TYRA throws herself back into bed.
TYRA: GOODBYE WORLD!
TYRA lies down.
Then – so soft we can barely hear it – BUZZ.
BUZZ.
BUZZ.
BUZZ.
TYRA rolls over, takes off her watch and throws it at the wall.
Blackout.
END OF PLAY.