February 22 Play: SAFE HOUSE

53: SAFE HOUSE - by Ed Valentine
© February 22, 2010 * ed@edvalentine.com

LIGHTS UP: A MOTHER. A FATHER. Behind them, a house.

Perhaps the Father enters. Perhaps the Mother stands, smoking.


MOTHER: Don’t go in there.

FATHER: In there?

MOTHER: I said don’t.

FATHER: It’s my house. It’s my own goddamned house.

(Stands to block him.)

MOTHER: You’ll only regret it.

FATHER: Are the children safe?

MOTHER:
-
They are now.

(Through the window, flames become visible.
Smoke.
Father falls to his knees.
Sirens.
Lights out.)

END OF PLAY.