Twitter plays, part CLXXII

It’s Twitter Plays CLXXII! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that takes place in a DARK ALLEY.

Here are your plays starting with @TheaterJoneswho just wrote my biography.

@TheaterJones:
Man in 60’s emerges from shadows in DARK ALLEY with tube of red lipstick, trailed by cat. Approaches woman, says “I found your lips”

@DrSomething:
[Open on a bowling alley. The lights go out.] A: How are we gonna play now? B: More importantly, how are we going to find our shoes?

@sissylvester:
a PHOTON walks down a dark alley & stops when he hears a VOICE. VOICE: gimme a light. PHOTON: i don’t smoke. VOICE: not what i asked. 

@Joetat3rd:
Batman and Perp “Where are they?” “Right there.” Perp points stage left lights upon two guys mugging an old lady. “Oh, thank you”

2 from @mightytoycannon:
Dark. We hear footsteps. Match flare briefly illuminates man w/ cigarette. Flash/bang of gunshot. Thud. [Intermission]
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A: I’m scared. B: Why do you assume dark alleys are dangerous? A: Aren’t they? B: Not always. [Unicorn emerges from dumpster] See?

@treebyleaf:
DARK ALLEY pre-dawn. MAN (raises knife): come on, give it up. YOUNG MAN: i swear! i have nothing! (MAN starts, is blinded by sunrise)

@HeidiHandelsman:
A rat rustles a plastic bag. Two cockroaches make love in the shadows. Footsteps. A cigarette hits the pavement, still burning.

@yayseth:
2 kids are playing catch. One misses the ball, it rolls into a DARK ALLEY. One says, “You get it”. The other says “You, first.”

@mrconformist:
guy1: “i always get high here” guy2 “I know right? Best alley ever.” guy1 “wtf I just stepped on something” guy3 “gtfo! I’m sleeping!

@thebaronessa:
JOE: You owe me $50. I just picked up that spare. BOB: Yeah, but in the wrong lane. JOE: Damn your bat-like ears. ****ing blackout.

@Bflood28:
1.Ok take it out,I wanna c it!2.It isout…1Oh…well…um 2.It’s dark out-gimme a break!1.Honeydon’t blamethe alley

@spencer_tew:
C: Are you sure it was back here? A: A door opened where there was a wall before C: This place is creepy G: Full of ghosts A+C: What?

@NotThePianist:
(Kissing) A:Do you have protection? B:I have a…sock. A:A sock? B: Don’t worry I’ll pull out. A: And that’s how I met your father.

@QualeSuperPower:
Harb: Fire escapes litter the ground. Bip: puddle hopping transfers universes. Dibs: I SMELL a fumpster. Harb: Asia

@bolocoharvard:
Jim: It’s dark back here. Tim: Wait, this is the alley behind Boloco! Jim: Let’s go eat some inspired burritos! Tim: And smoothies!

@lex6m:
Kirstie: I am one of those people who act like they were born and raised during the Depression. Max: Geez. That’s pretty dark Alley.

@jadeshade:
The audience is herded into a narrow unlit room, some stepping on Actor, asleep on floor. He wakes, angry, and fails to communicate.

@DonnieNorton:
1-excuse me if theres any1 in this dark alley i wouldn’t want to bump into please slide over 2-To which side? 1-my left, your right.

@Blueskyfox:
(a dark alley)Cop:Alright,u perv—ur under arrest! (shines flashlight on Man in a My Little Pony costume) Man:Dont judge me! C:Sicko!

@iammrbubs:
And Lo: Cthulhu walked into the dark alley and found the ashes of Mermaid Ghost & Man Ghost. He made them into a line & snorted them.

@jaynknight:
Child is left in dark alley; survives in sheer terror. At dawn, realizes she’s sitting at the gates of A Land Where Dreams Come True.

@loladiana:
My tax returns… (silence) My Bergdorf returns (hands over Tory Burch purse) my native.. (returns the native) my dignity… (jumps)

@thelightedbridg:
Lady on fire escape sings blues. Flashlight walks along alley: “Melvin? Melvin Toscadero? Come here, sweetie. I’m taking you home.” 

@Levianity:
[ONE and TWO meet in a DARK ALLEY] ONE: Hello old chap. TWO: Hello there. ONE: I think this was supposed to go differently.

Nope, that’s perfect! 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.

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