September 8, 2026 · daily scene
The Last Goodbye
Given circumstances
- Character
- Friend
- Setting
- Their apartment. Half-packed boxes. Just past midnight.
- The moment before
- You let yourself in with the spare key you still have, and saw the suitcase already zipped.
- Scene partner
- Your closest friend, standing between you and the door
Direction
Restrained. Don't play the sadness — fight it. The moment it wins, the scene is over.
Script
I thought you'd changed your mind.
That's what I told myself the whole drive over. She's changed her mind, the boxes are for storage, she's just tidying up.
(beat)
Don't. I'm not asking you to stay. I've had four months to practice not asking you to stay.
I just wanted to be the one standing here when you left. Instead of hearing about it on a Tuesday from somebody who isn't you.
Written for Act It Up. Free to rehearse and perform for practice, classes and self-tapes.
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