October 10, 2026 · daily scene
The Countdown
Given circumstances
- Character
- Employee
- Setting
- Your supervisor's office, door closed, chair pulled up to the desk.
- The moment before
- You knocked and they called you in. They slid your timesheet across the desk without looking at you.
- Scene partner
- Your supervisor, sitting behind the desk with your timesheet
Direction
Start confused, genuinely trying to understand. The moment you realize what's happening, stop trying to fix it.
Script
This says I left two hours early on Friday. I didn't leave early.
SUPERVISORSecurity log says different.
Then the log's wrong. I was here until six. I always stay until six.
SUPERVISORI watched the footage myself.
(beat)
You've been waiting for this. Haven't you? You've been waiting for me to mess up.
Written for Act It Up. Free to rehearse and perform for practice, classes and self-tapes.
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