Category: 12th Edition
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We are Stonewood, a place where thinkers, think; and dreamers, dream. We are Artists, ones that imagine the world in abstract colors; and ones who can change the world for the better. We are writers, who can make a world of our own; and make our imaginations come to life. We are crystals, ones that shine like the sun; and ones that are dark…
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when i was five whenever it stormed,i would run down the sun-warmed drivewayheels pounding on the concretereverberations echoing in the backs of my legsas i would crouch down by the pothole at the end of the drivewayand watch the water that had gathered there swirling beckoning whisperingin a way i imagined must have been like…
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Ode to a Lumberjack I don’t know a lumberjack,but I want one to take me in the woods.Watch them cut down trees to make paperI will carve my stories on.They can build a house,I will maintain a garden for deerand other woodland creatures.Supper will always be warm and readyfor when they return after a hard…
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Is it better to always go for gold, To achieve it one in three, Or to always get third place? I know they say that life is not a race, But it always felt like that was something That people who think they are kind say only to your face. What if you risked it all for that gold medallion, But the bronze medal…
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Scene – Diner A small-town diner. Three tables are set up. The furthest one to the left starts with dirty dishes on the table and two glasses that are half full of water. A woman is sitting at this table. The middle table has a man, Frank, who is sitting at it by himself talking…
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Scene: Deep in the Woods, 1 am (It is dark and the moonlight lights up the scarce forest. Trees are seen in the distance and branches and leaves that cover the ground are spread around about evenly. Cecilia emerges into the forest frantically. wearing a coat and a backpack that is opened and appears to…
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Scene – Backyard around lunchtime (Charles is seen grilling while other guests are socializing around him. A boom box is sitting to the side of them on a lawn chair. Everyone has big smiles. Tony, Becky, and Lucas all walk up to Charles while he is grilling. Tony leads the conversation. ) TONY: Great party, man.…
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(Adam is lying on the floor while we hear someone walking around his house.) KATE: (offstage) Hello? Hello? Adam, I’m leaving to go back and just wanted to say goodbye. Where are you? (The study door opens, and Kate enters.) Oh my god! (Kate runs to his side and begins to pick him up. He coughs a few times.)…
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Scene 1 – Introduction (A small bathroom that looks like it has been blocked off for years. There are two stalls, and two sinks. Both stalls are facing the audience and the sinks line the wall as you go towards the door on the right. There is a warning sign on the outside of the…
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Once, there was a woman called Sue, who lived in a house that was blue. Twice, there were women named Margaret, but neither of them have to do with this story. Back to Sue, whose house was blue. Sue suffered from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (or Mad Cow Disease), which meant that every area rug in…
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