31 Plays in 31 Days, #11 - “No One Can Hear You Scream”

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This picks up directly after #6 - Alien Parasite. Again, it’s silly and sitcommy, but I think it has potential to be really funny. Especially if I can make the Alien parody work somehow…



Day #11 - "No One Can Hear You Scream”
From Dream Machine

Leah Lucchesi, head writer of the “Offcomer” series, mid-thirties
Meryl Dresden, Ryan’s daughter, early twenties
Nate Reyes, grip at Dream Machine, mid-thirties

(The elevator kerchunks to a stop. They stare at each other.)

MERYL: That’s not what a floor sounds like around here, is it?

(Leah presses the call button.)

LEAH: Uh, hello? Maintenance? We’re in the west elevator and it just stopped with a really concerning sound.

NATE: (Over the intercom) Hey, Leah? That you in there?

LEAH: Nate?

NATE: Yeah, looks like there’s a malfunction in the gear system.

LEAH: Okay, so un-malfunction it! You’re a techie, make the technology go.

NATE: Oh, I’m sorry, I’m just the guy who carries thing from one place to another. Right?

LEAH: How many times do I got to scourge myself for that, dude?

NATE: I’m also not an elevator operator! We had to call the company. You’re just going to have to sit tight for a while.

MERYL: How long?

NATE: Don’t know. But the company says our business needs are very important to them.

LEAH: Uh oh.

MERYL: Um… I’m in a little bit of a hurry.

LEAH: Yeah, Nate, the plants are going to run away if Miss Botanist can’t get out of here in time.

MERYL: It’s actually pretty important.

LEAH: Yeah, I get it— I don’t want to be stuck in a box with you either.

MERYL: Yeah, that’s the problem. Somebody else doesn’t want to be stuck in here either— and I have no control over when he’s coming out.

LEAH: What? Wait— you mean…?

MERYL: Yeah. I’ve been having contractions since breakfast.

(LEAH slams on the call button.)

LEAH: Nate, old buddy, old pal, if you don’t get me out of here now, I am going to lose it! Worse than when they killed Matthew on Downton Abbey!

NATE: Sorry, miss. In this place, no one can hear you scream.

CUT TO: the grainy feed on the security camera in the elevator, where Leah is soundlessly screaming.