Act 1: Scene 12

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The lights open onto Tod, he is now in the living room. However, only a small portion of the stage is lit, and only a small bit of the living room is on stage.

Tod has a piece of paper, and he writes on a coffee table, shakily.

Tod: My dear family, I could not be the father I wanted to be, and I apologize for that. I could never have been enough for you. I made mistake after mistake. I must pay for my sins. I can not express my love for you, that I will one day regain.

The lights dim (but are still lit) over Tod. In another portion of the stage, Amy is standing in the dressing room of the stip club, the the other girls are animate, but essentially stop moving when she speaks.

Amy: I don't know what I'm doing anymore. I have a DUI, I don't have a license, my family hates me. My sister doesn't trust me as a mother, and I've failed Harold. I showed him this world.

Once again, the lights dim on Amy, but still light her area. On another area of the stage, Harold stands next to Kandi.

Harold: All the other boys are chasing all the girls around, and they want to date them one day. Dad says I'm supposed to like all these girls, but I don't understand that. I'm scared of being different from all the other boys. Everyone else already thinks I'm weird.

The lights dim on Harold, and Holly is shown in the bathroom of her home, holding a pregnancy test, crying.

Holly: I never thought this would happen, I was just trying to have fun. I love him, how could this happen when I love him. It was such a perfect night. I'm too young to be a mom. I can't do this. I can't do this at all.

The lights are fully lit on all the Jamisons in their areas. They speak, finishing each others sentences.

Tod: I'm sorry that I will never be a good-

Holly: -parent to a baby! I'm afraid, how can I ever-

Harold: -make friends when I'm not like anybody else! Nobody will ever-

Tod: -truly understand the pain I feel, to do this. I hope that the world will not-

Amy: -think I'm a bad person. I'm doing all I can to make ends meet. I'm so embarrassed-

Holly: -to have done this. I feel like a slut. Like an-

Harold: alien who doesn't fit in with anybody else. All the-

Tod: -guys at work love their wives so much. Why can't I-

Amy: -have a stable marriage. Why is Tod such an asshole?! He never thinks to-

Harold: -Ask how I am! It's always about the bills or dad's job! What about-

Holly: -my future! My education! My boyfriend! How can I live-

Tod: -when I can never be truly happy. I know that-

Harold: -they love me, but maybe I just want to be understood. To feel-

Amy: -like people care about me, for a change! How am I going-

Holly: -to afford to take care of it! I'm a teenager. I'm not old enough to-

Amy: -sit around and do nothing while my husband does all the work! But how am I supposed to-

Harold: -fit in, when I don't play sports or like girls. I just-

Tod: -feel like this is the best way to tell-

Holly: -Jeremy that I'm pregnant with his child. He'd never-

Amy: -understand why I have to do this. He's not smart enough to-

Harold: -get into anything! I'm just some dumb kid-

Holly: -who's pregnant with another kid! I just feel-

Amy: -Afraid-

Harold: -Alone-

Holly: -Ashamed-

Amy: -Embarrassed-

Holly: -Worried-

Harold: -Scared-

Amy: -Overwhelmed-

Holly: -Humiliated-

Everything comes to a halt. Tod takes a deep breath.

Tod: -Free.

The lights go out. There is a flash of light and a gunshot

End of Act 1.  

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