Quarantine the play will be posted on here for public feedback and review as Euginia writes for the next few weeks.
The Google Doc can also be accessed here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eKNAeAFOjgluewXPGfNissWO6meg5p6VKgsfFxZq_pk/edit?usp=sharing
Quarantine
A daughter attempts to negotiate a murder on her mother during their time of quarantine.
Mother
Daughter
Scene 1
(continued from previous entry)
Mother freezes in fear.
Daughter: Don’t. Move.
Mother: I…
Daughter: Don’t say anything!
Beat.
Mother: Look, just calm down. Take breaths. They… They said this would happen, didn’t they? This is… this is normal!
Daughter: No, this is not normal, you bitch! I’ve wanted to kill you the earliest chance I could!
Mother: Well… Well why didn’t you then?
Beat.
Mother: (getting a bit more bold) If you were really so sure about it, why didn’t you just –
Daughter: Shut up, right now!
Mother: Okay. Okay.
Daughter slowly releases her grip. Mother quickly backs to another corner.
Daughter: (gestures to knife) I’m not putting this down. Don’t, make any sound.
Mother: You crazy bitch!
Daughter advances towards Mother with the knife.
Mother: I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Don’t… Please….
Mother begins to cry.
Daughter: So you do have some feelings.
Beat.
Daughter: In that cold, white body.
Mother: I have to stop. My mucus will drip all over me, and I will make a mess, they said… we can’t make a mess now… I have to stop, I have to stop…
Daughter: Why is it always about making a mess with you! Just…
Beat.
Daughter: (resigned) Can’t you just leave it? I know they said it… But…
Mother: We have to stay alive. We have to stay alive.
Mother calms herself.
Mother: We have to stay alive.
Daughter: No, we don’t have to do anything!
Mother: No, we have to.
Daughter: Who says?
Beat.
Mother: We just have to. It’s wrong to die now. It’s bad.
Beat.
Daughter: It… It’s our choice…
Mother: People are dying everywhere! Without a choice! We have. To stay. Alive.
Beat.
Mother: It’s the right thing to do.
