February 3 Play: TRICK OR TREAT

34: TRICK OR TREAT - by Ed Valentine
© February 3, 2010 * ed@edvalentine.com

LIGHTS UP: A doorway. In front of it, three kids (?) dressed, respectively, as a WITCH, a GHOST, and a MUMMY. They face the doorway. We don’t see their faces.

The WITCH rings the doorbell. A suburban WOMAN opens the door.

WOMAN: Yes?
Look at you three! Isn’t that.
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You’re a little early for Halloween, aren’t you?
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It’s February 3rd.
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It’s February 3rd.

(The three do not say anything. The WOMAN does not close the door. Long, uncomfortable silence. Lights fade.)

END OF PLAY.