MICROPHONE ON A STAND BY JEFFREY LO (DOWNLOAD PDF HERE)
Darkness.
After a moment we hear the harsh clash of a spotlight turning on.
The spotlight shines on a single microphone on a mic stand.
Silence.
After a moment we hear footsteps. After another moment, JOEL enters.
JOEL approaches the microphone.
JOEL:
Hi.
It’s been awhile
Since I’ve
Um
Been here
I’ve been away for some time.
Away from all this place.
This… stage.
It was hard to be here for a while
The world become a hard place to live
A hard place to understand
And therefore… a hard place to work.
A hard place to be here.
…
But the thing is
There got to be a point where things got so hard that…
So hard that it became apparent that I couldn’t just not work
I needed the work to be a light against these dark times
I needed the work to mean something
I needed the work to be productive
I needed the work to fight
…
So here we are.
Here I am.
New perspective.
And…
Happy to be here.
Ready to be here.
Ready to fight for my work.
Ready to fight with my work.
Ready to fight.
END OF PLAY.