Two Ponds
1m/1f | Ten-minute
Katie — 9, then 75. As a child, she is deeply observant, hypersensitive, and overall warm to the people around her. As an adult, she is patient, maternal, and a beacon.
Charlie — 75, then 9. As an adult, he is wise, playful, and candid. As a child, he is frustrated, a tad irritable, and sincere.
CHARLIE
And I know this is a hard time. It's an unbelievably hard time. It's hard to look at pictures of them on their wedding day, and then hear them screaming their heads off at each other.
Katie looks to the pond. She kicks her feet.
CHARLIE
But you gotta know, Katie. You gotta know something about that.
KATIE
What?
CHARLIE
It's good. It's good. You cannot let something rot. All it will do is continue to fester. And you can cover it in flowers and light some candles around it, but all that'll do is let it rot more.
Description
Two neighbors bond across different planes of reality.
Production History
Reading — Theatre East, Wet Ink Series I (Watch it here! at 1:01:50)