October 15, 2026 · daily scene
The Wrong Apartment
Given circumstances
- Character
- Tenant
- Setting
- A bathroom, toothbrush in your hand, lights humming, water running. Not your bathroom.
- The moment before
- You woke up thirsty, walked to the bathroom on autopilot, turned on the tap. Then you saw the green tiles. Your tiles are white.
- Scene partner
- A man in pajamas, standing in the doorway
Direction
Play the slow realization. You don't understand how you got here, and you're trying not to let him see that you're terrified. Every certainty you lean on collapses under you.
Script
Sorry. I thought this was—
MANI know what you thought.
I'll just go. I'm in 3F, I must have walked up an extra flight, I do that sometimes when I'm tired.
MANThere is no 3F.
(he steps into the doorway)
Yes there is. I've lived there for two years. I have my keys right here in my—
I know you do. But if you go back downstairs and try them, they won't work. They stopped working the moment you walked through my door instead of yours.
Written for Act It Up. Free to rehearse and perform for practice, classes and self-tapes.
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