Did my best on the format, sorry if it's a bit messy!
This is a text I wrote a while ago which I liked and thought it would be nice to share. It still requiers some work on it, so if you have a critique - go for it. :)
Scene 1
Nothing
on stage. RUHAMA (male adult, tall) is sitting on the floor.
RUHAMA
Obuv!
OBUV
(thin, young male) enters with a quick and steady walk.
OBUV
Yes, Ruhama, what can I do for you?
RUHAMA
Stand next to me.
Pause.
OBUV
Is that it?
RUHAMA
No!
OBUV
What else can I do for you?
RUHAMA
Keep standing next to me, please.
A
long pause.
OBUV
Is that it?
RUHAMA
No! Obuv, stand here next to me and do not say a word.
OBUV
Yes, Ruhama.
RUHAMA
Do not say a word, I said!
OBUV
Yes, Ruhama.
RUHAMA
Not even "Yes, Ruhama"! Do not say a word.
Pause.
OBUV tries not to say anything but breaks down.
OBUV
Yes, Ruhama-- Sorry.
Pause.
RUHAMA
No, it isn't working... You're not inspiring me either. Come, sit
next to me.
OBUV
sits down next to RUHAMA.
RUHAMA
What do you think of humanity?
OBUV
Can you clarify the question?
RUHAMA
What do you think of humanity?
Pause.
OBUV
Can you ... clarify the question even more?
RUHAMA
What do you think about the way humanity manages to live on Earth?!
OBUV
The way humanity manages to live on earth is not very successful,
sir.
RUHAMA
I knew it. Right. This is what I have been thinking to myself
lately. I don't know what to do...
OBUV
You do know, do know, of course you know! You are God, Ruhama, you
know everything.
RUHAMA
That's what everyone thinks. Still, I'm having a hard time.
OBUV
Having a hard time?
RUHAMA
Hard, hard. Don't know what to do with these humans. Did you watch
the news yesterday? Oh myself, what disasters. Forest burned here, murder
there, war here, poverty there. I have to do something.
Pause.
RUHAMA
Don't you think so?
OBUV
Think, think so.
RUHAMA
But still, having a hard time ...
OBUV
Are you having a hard time finding an idea for a way you can remove
the pain from humanity and improve it in an instant while changing human beings
and assimilating heavy and meaningful values in their hearts to an infinite
wholeness that will leave you carefree?
RUHAMA
That's right.
OBUV
All right. I'll leave you alone.
OBUV
gets up and goes away.
RUHAMA
Wait, Obuv! I would like to receive your help.
OBUV
turns back.
OBUV
My help? Sir, I'm not qualified for the job. I don't strongly
oppose, but neither think I am suitable for it. If you insist, I will certainly
do so, but if not, I do not want to take your place as God. In any case, I
should not underestimate myself, it is not healthy, but I should not get overestimate
myself, because that way I can instantly become an arrogant monster. I would
not want this to happen, of course, but if you think I match the expectations
for this task - not exactly a task, I would call it, because it does not
describe a burden or involve suffering with it - I will definitely do it.
Pause.
OBUV approaches RUHAMA. RUHAMA stands up and starts walking from side to side
slowly.
OBUV
Well, you can cancel the thing that causes the endless pain out
there on Earth.
RUHAMA
But what is this thing...? What is this thing... what is...
OBUV
This thing ...
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