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		July 2022

The Date

Altenir Silva

Scene 1

A woman – wearing a yellow dress – is holding a smartphone, on the left of the stage. A young man is on the right of the stage, with a smartphone as well. They type as they speak.

MAN

Hey, Ms. Savannah, what's up?

WOMAN

Not much, Thingo.

MAN

What're you doing?

WOMAN

Nothing. And you?

MAN

I was gaming.

WOMAN

Alright.

MAN

Do you remember?

WOMAN

What?

MAN

Our date. You promised for this week, huh?

WOMAN

Right. Finally, we'll be together.

MAN

Yeah. First time.

WOMAN

I think it will be great!

MAN

It will be lovely!

WOMAN

What are you doing next Friday?

MAN

Nothing.

WOMAN

Great! My husband will be out on that day. I'll wait for you at Cafe Barclay.

MAN

What time will you be there?

WOMAN

I'll meet you at six pm.

MAN

If it's good for you, it's OK for me.

WOMAN

I'll be wearing a yellow dress.

MAN

Right.

WOMAN

See you there.

MAN

Bye.

Blackout

Lights Up

(The man approaches the woman who is wearing a yellow dress.)

MAN

Ms. Savannah?

(The woman turns around and…)

WOMAN

You?

MAN

(Shocked.)

Mom?

Blackout

END




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Altenir Silva is a Brazilian playwright and screenwriter. In 2019, he won the Best Feature Screenplay at Prisma International Film Awards in Rome with The Sunrise Man (co-written with Ben Fiore, based on a story by director Werner Schumann). This screenplay was also nominated as a Top Finalist, 2017, Hollywood Hills Screenplay Awards, CA, US. In 2017 his short-play "Friendship" was published in "One Minute Plays: A Practical Guide to Tiny Theatre" (Routledge UK). In 2014 he received the Award of Excellence from Shakespeare at The Burg Theatre Festival (Middleburg, VA) for the play "The Idea". In Brazil, he worked as a scriptwriter for several TV shows at Globo TV, Record TV, CNT TV. He also wrote the feature films "Belarmino & Gabriela" (2007), "The Salt of the Earth" (2008), "Japan Connection" (2008), "Curitiba Zero Degrees" (2010) and "Moses and The Ten Commandments" (2015). For more of his writings in Scene4, check the Archives.

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