THEA 1520 Lecture 5: Pulse by Stacey Lane
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Background: (lights come on clara, a vision of angelic loveliness, standing center stage. ) Clara: the day my best friend died, it rained. It was as if the heavens themselves were (in the audience, a cell phone begins to ring. Clara is noticeably startled by the phone, but presses on, speaking louder over the ringing. ) Crying, mourning the loss of one so young and so innocent. But i shed no- (the phone continues to ring. ) If there is anything in the world that pisses me off more as an actor, as an audience member-hell as a human being, it is cell phones in the theatre. (the cell phone is still ringing. ) In case you didn"t notice, you"re interrupting my performance. Do you not- answer your phone! (crossing into the house on a rampage searching for the phone. The ringing is coming from a purse planted under a seat in the house. )
