Twitter Plays, part CL

It’s Twitter Plays CL! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that is ADAPTATION of an EXISTING STORY/PLAY.

Here are your plays starting with @sgnp. Twitterplays. Amirite?

@sgnp:
Single spot on a mic stand. Hamlet: To be, or not to be. THAT guy knows what I’m talkin’ about. - Hamlet, Clown Prince of Denmark

@epfeffin:
ALL: Party! 1: Check out my wife. Life is awesome. 2: That guy who died once was soo hot. 1: What’s with this snow?

@GinnyHolladay:
(lights) Godot: Where are they? (boy enters) Boy: They said they were waiting for YOU! (Godot plants face in palm) (Lights down)

@10000th:
Wanda[in furs]: Pet my dogma, dog. Bartleby: I prefer not to. W:But..but…B: But nothing. Butt, my ass. No is no. W[disrobes]: No?

@NFlemingPlays:
JORGEN: Sorry darling, life doesn’t seem to be turning out as we planned. HEDDA: Whatevs. *Hedda walks offstage and shoots herself*

@DrSomething:
Woyzeck: I’m overwhelmed by poverty and mental illness. Dr: Here’s a safety net; eat only peas! [W murders mistress, drowns self] 

@DoctorMosler:
BusStp:Abrgd: Bo: I’m a virgin cowboy. Let’s move to MT! Cher: Nope. *Will punches Bo in face* Cher: Oh, allright. Bo: Yehaw

@AtticScripts:
(3 men drink) 1: I’m sad 2: dad made mom a morphine addict 3: get a job slaggard (mom enters in wedding dress, high, sings) (foghorn)

@NickCasalini:
A Little Engine that could derailed by Big Engine that couldn’t stop. Lil’ Engine Crash Test Dummy Conductor: “I quit.”

@senatorjohn:
Timshel. #eastofeden

@fatone:
Ha: GLOOM. Ghost: Yo! Ha: Mom? Ger: No. R&G: Cheer up! Ha: No. Plyrs: BOOM DIGGETY! K: Ack! O: Ack! K: Poison. H stabs. K: Oops.

@lauraknell:
7Ds: Dude! GBHing a princess? Uncool. PRINCE: Not me, I swear! Watch. [kiss; SW wakes] SW: KTHXBYE! Gonna go cut a witch. [shootout]

@thebaronessa:
Goliath beats David - But with trains. Someone quits. (Based on an EXISTING 1-tweet play by @NickCasalini)

@ellezedeff:
WILLY: Everyone’s laughing at me. LINDA: No. BIFF: Dad, you’re the worst. *Laughter. Willy smashes car and dies. BIFF: The worst.

@VerbTheatre:
JERRY: Are you oppressed? PETER: Kinda. *PETER stabs JERRY* JERRY: How ‘bout now? PETER: …better. *PETER runs, JERRY dies*

2 from @thundergiggle:
Ghost: hamlet your uncle killed me H: father I will avenge you (hamlet, as lawyer sends the king to jail) H: No melancholy
&
Vladimir: you still waiting Estragon: yes V:will he show up? E: if you are waiting then something has to happen.V: oh there he is

@mopula1:
A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN [adaptation] Jim: Mom’s dead. I’m a drunk. Josie: Marry me. Jim: No, be my mother. Thanx. Bye. *Jim exits* 

@MeronLangsner:
LOUIS: The late 80s are a complicated time JOE: Is this a good idea? HARPER: Valium makes me understand NY PRIOR: Hey look, an Angel!

@DrSchneider:
Shen Te: I can’t do this without any help.

@Levianity:
Rosencrantz: Where’s Godot? Guildenstern: Who knows? 

@DominicDAndrea:
Love happens, the boat sinks and EVERYONE DIES. We all know how it goes!! #celinedion

@rjgore3:
Are you ok, Mr. Lincoln? Mr. Lincoln?

2 from @Casarino:
D: Bishop to G7. Check. B: Rook to…uh…look, it’s King Louis! (tips over board). D: Nice try. (Replaces board.) Checkmate, son.
&
W: Who trashed the f—-in’ office? A: F—-in’ Gestapo! M: I’m f—-in’ outta here. S: F—- yeah! Made a sale! W: It was S! S: F—-.

@GeoffBurleson:
Proust’s “Tweets Perdus”: N: For a long time, I went to bed early, aided by hashish-laced Madeleines, brothels, salons & lesbians.

@Blueskyfox:
(CROWD holding paper slips encircle MAN pulling numbers frm box) MAN:And the final number is 7! WOMAN:367!Thats me!(CROWD stones her) 

@katemickere:
Lady Crawley falls asleep in Downton Abbey and wakes up 100 years later. She discovers twitter.

In the sequel she keeps fucking posting about Pinterest on FB. And that is our ender for this week.

Again, leave more plays in the comments if we left them out, or direct message us at Twitter: @nyneofuturists.

And you can check out previous Twitter Plays here: Favorites at Twitter.