"WAITING FOR THE RAIN TO STOP." A ONE ACT PLAY

 "WAITING FOR THE RAIN TO STOP."

A ONE ACT PLAY

BY

BINA SHARIF

copyright:binasharif:2021

CHARACTER: SAM AND ANNA

 SAM:  Rain isn't going to stop any time soon...

ANNA:  I am not in a hurry...

 SAM:  Are you going to stay here all night?

  ANNA:  No, not all night, till the rain stop...

SAM

  Rain is not going to stop any time soon...

ANNA:   How do you know?

SAM:  The weather report, I checked the weather report...

 ANNA:    I don't trust the weather report

SAM:      But now it's raining

Yes,  now it's raining,

So the weather report was correct

ANNA: Maybe once in a while they tell the truth

SAM:    The  truth?

 ANNA:  Yes, once in a while they can be accurate

 SAM:  They were accurate this time...

ANNA: I guess so...

SAM:  So what are you going to do?

ANNA:  Stay here till thhe rain stop...

SAM:  Didn't you hear me?

ANNA: When?

SAM:  Earlier

ANNA:  Earlier when?

SAM:  When I told you that the rain is not going to stop any time soon...

ANNA: I heard you

SAM:  So, what are you going to do?

ANNA:  Do what?

SAM:  How are you going to get home?

ANNA:  Home?

SAM:  Yes, home...why don't you ever carry an umberrela?

ANNA:  I don't need an umberella...

SAM:  You don't? 

ANNA:  No, I don't...

SAM:  There is thunder storm raging outside...

ANNA:  I hear it

SAM:  Arn't you worried about it?

ANNA:  About what?

SAM:  The thunderstorm...

ANNA:  I have other worries

SAM:  What other worries?

ANNA:  Mever mind...

SAM:  Never mind...never mind...that's all you can say?

ANNA:  Yes, thats all I can say...

SAM:  Amazing

ANNA:  Lack of vocabulary...

SAM:  That's not it...

ANNA:  What is it than?

SAM:  You don't care about other people's concern for you

ANNA:  What concern?

SAM:  I am concerned about you getting home in this rain without an umberella...

ANNA:  I don't need an umberella

SAM:  How come?

ANNA:  Just don't need it...

SAM:  How the hell are you going to get home?

ANNA:  Don't need to go home.

SAM:  Where are you going?

ANNA:  Never mind...

SAM:  Where ever you are thinking of going, you would need an umberella

ANNA:  I don't need an umberella...

SAM:  Yes, you do...

ANNA:  I don't. I don't need to go anywhere...

SAM:  But you can't stay here for ever

ANNA:  Who told you?

SAM:  I mean, how can ou stay here for ever?

ANNA:  Why not?

SAM:  How can you stay some place which is not yours

ANNA:  Who told you it's not mine?

SAM:  Of course, it's not yours. 

ANNA:  How do you know?

SAM:  Every one knows

ANNA:  Everyone knows what?

SAM:  That you will have to leave this place at some point

ANNA:  And why?

SAM:  Because it's not your home

ANNA:  How do you know it's not my home?

SAM:  Because it's not...

ANNA:  How do you know?

SAM:  I know. I am not carzy like you

ANNA:  Oh! so, I am crazy now...

SAM:  You are talking like one...

ANNA:  Not me, you are talking like one...

SAM:  Me?

ANNA:  Yes, you

SAM:  How come?

ANNA:  How come? He asks me...

SAM:  Yes, you are crazy and you are calling me carzy instead.

ANNA:  How do you know that I am crazy?

SAM:  Because you are at my place and you will have to leave it at some point and you can't because

 there,

 is a thunder strom outside and you don't have an umberella...

ANNA:  I don't need an umberella, like I told you earlier...

SAM:  How are you going to get home then?

ANNA:  That's the question I have to ask you

SAM:  What question?

ANNA:  How are you going to get home in this thunder storm? Do you have an umberella?

SAM:  Of course I do. I check the weather report...and they said it's going to rain a lot this evening.

ANNA:  So, when are you going to go home?

SAM:  What do you mean?

ANNA:  When are you going to go home? 

What are you waiting for? 

You have an umberalla.  What are you

 waiting for?

SAM:  I am waiting for you to figure out how would you get home in this rain? 

ANNA;  I am concerened about you.

  I can't leave unless I figure it out that you would be safe.

SAM:  I am perfectly safe. I don't need an umberalla. I am not going home. I AM  AT HOME.

THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC PLACE. THIS IS MY HOME. YOU CAME TO

 VISIT ME. YOU SAID THAT YOU WILL BE STAYING A SHORT WHILE AND YOU ARE 

 ALREADY HERE FOR HOURS. I DON'T WANT TO BE RUDE BUT I NEED TO REST.

  I KNOW IT'S RAINIG HARD OUTSIDE BUT YOU DO N'T HAVE AN UMBERELLA,

 SO COULD YOU PLEASE LEAVE ANYWAY.  GO HOME AND BE SAFE. I HAVE AN AWFUL

 HEADACHE.

I NEED TO LIE DOWN AND I CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE I HAVE A GUEST.

 I CAN JUST GET UP,  GO TO MY BED ROOM AND LIE DOWN BECAUSE IT'S MY

 OWN HOME, MY OWN BEDROOM, BUT I AM A VERY POLITE HOST,  I CAN'T DO THAT IF

 YOU ARE STILL SITTING HERE. 

ANNA:   BUT YOU DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S YOU

 WHO CAME TO VISIT AND IT'S YOU WHO HAS TO

 LEAVE AT SOME POINT,   YOU DON'T SEEM WELL. ARE YOU ALRIGHT?

(Silence for a while)

SAM:  I NEED TO REMIND YOU AGAIN THAT IT WAS YOU WHO CAME TO VISIT ME.  AND

 THE

 REASON WAS TO HAVE SOME COFFEE,  DO SOME SMALL TALK AND THEN LEAVE...

(Silence for a while)

 .AND NOW,  YOU ARE RELUCTENT TO GO HOME... (Silent)

( he yells)   COULD YOU PLEASE LEAVE,  LEAVE EVEN WITHOUT YOUR

 UMBERELLA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. (silent)

 ...CAN'T BELIEVE I AM GOING 

THROUGH THIS IN MY OWN HOME.   (Silent) (Then shouts)

I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ANY MORE,  IF YOU GET SOAKING WET AND EVEN

 DROWN.  YOU HAVE

 GIVEN ME A TERRIBLE HEADACHE...I NEED TO REST.  I NEED TO SLEEP.   CAN YOU

 IMAGINE THAT,  I AM

 IN MY OWN HOUSE AND SUFFERING THIS DISASTEROUS VISIT BY A 

 MENTAL PATIENT?

  I THOUGHT SHE WAS A FRIEND BUT SHE IS AN OCCUPIER...JESUS CHRIST...

WE ARE NOT IN A PUBLIC PLACE, WE ARE NOT IN A CAFE. YOU ARE AT MY HOME AND

 YOU HAVE TO GET GOING,  BECAUSE I AM GETTING SICK...I NEED TO LIE DOWN...

 ANNA:  OH! I SEE, I THOUGHT I WAS IN A CAFE. I REALLY THOUGHT THAT YOU INVITED

 ME TO A CAFE, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT A HOME PERSON, YOU ARE A CAFE PERSON, 

AND I LOVED THE COFFEE. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU CAN MAKE SUCH A GOOD

 COFFEE. I MEAN, IF YOU CAN MAKE SUCH A FANTASTIC COFFEE, HOT AND FROTHY

 AND DELICIOUS, WHY WOULD YOU GO TO A LOUSY CAFE?  WHY SPEND 7-10 DOLLARS

 ON A LUKE WARM, SHITTY COFFEE?  SINCE YOU TOLD ME WE ARE AT YOUR OWN

 HOME, I JUST REALIZED HOW MUCH IT LOOKS LIKE THE CAFE YOU INVITED ME TO...

I LIKE THIS CAFE LIKE ATMOSPHERE...VERY RELAXING...MUCH MORE RELAXING THAN

THE  REAL CAFE...

TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,  I AM...

LD?AFRAID TO GO OUT IN THIS

 DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM... I NEED TO LIE DOWN MYSELF.

 SO EXHAUSTED FROM THE WEATHER AND THESE KINDS OF SILLY CONFUSIONS.

WHY IS EVERY BODY SO CONFUSED?  WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WORLD? OH! MAN I

 AM SO, SO EXHAUSTED BY PEOPLE WHO CAN NOT THINK CLEARLY.

(Silent for a while)

  WHERE IS YOUR BEDROOM? 

NEED TO LIE DOWN....DOES THAT DOOR, (She points towards stage left) LEAD TOWARDS

 YOUR BED ROOM?

  I AM GOING TO WAIT TILL THE RAIN STOPS.  I AM SURE YOUR

 BED ROOM IS EXTREMELY COMFY.  I WILL LEAVE WHEN THE RAIN STOP.  I PROMISE.

 TOMORROW, 

 DAY AFTER TOMORROW,  NEXT WEEK,  NEXT MONTH,  NEXT YEAR,  AS LONG AS 

YOUR BED IS COMFORTABEL AND KNOWING YOUR STYLE  TO BE PERFECT I CAN SLEEP

 IN THAT BED OF YOURS TILL ETERNITY...THESE KINDS OF THUNDERSTORMS GO ON

 FOR A WHILE.

  SO GOOD NIGHT.

(Ann gets up and starts to walk towards the room next to the living room. Sam, is in a state of shock)

(lights slowly fade, sound of door opening and closing...thunderstrom gets louder...lights fade to..

                                                                          BLACK OUT

                                                                        END OF PLAY