Synopsis An impassioned performer dolefully recounts the death of a beloved friend, when a cell phone rings in the audience. The actor tries to preserve, but the ringing does not cease. When it becomes clear that the owner of the phone is not going to silence it, the angered actor enters the audience, and locates the purse that contains the phone, empties it onto the stage, and stomps on the phone until it will ring no more. Regaining composure, the actor restarts the monologue, only to once again be interrupted by a cell phone going off in the theatre.

Production History Run of the Mill Theatre Company Reading Baltimore, MD At Hand Theatre Co. POP! Buffalo, NY Eclectic Theatre Company Got A Minute? Sarasota, FL Menagerie Theatre Company Hotbed One-Page-Play-Competition Cambridge, UK Eclectic Theatre Company Got a Minute? Best of the Best Sarasota, FL GAN-e-meed Theatre Project 1 Page Play Experiment Reading Somerville, MA Richmond Shepard Theatre New Works Too! New York, NY Somerset Community College Sketches! Somerset, KY Open Eye Theater Summer Shortcuts Margaretville, NY Margaretville Central School Gym Shorts Margaretville, NY GAN-e-meed Theatre Project 1 Page Play Experiment Production Somerville, MA E.M.U. Theatre Play Festival Lawrence, KS SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) SWAN Day Dayton Dayton, OH Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company Museum of Dysfunction V Houston, TX Tshwane University of Technology Performance Pretoria, South Africa Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive HS Performance Red Deer, AB, Canada Owl Tree Theater for the People SOLO Cary, NC Pimlico State High School Pimlico Presents Townsville, Australia Simeon Career Academy Performance Chicago, IL University of British Columbia One Act Night Vancouver, BC, Canada University of Oregon Finals Performance Eugene, OR First Film Academy Class Performance Vienna, Austria Boiling Point Players Fight Night Houston, TX Peace River Festival of the Arts Performance Peace River, Alberta, Canada New Jersey State Thespian Festival Competition Trenton, NJ Camden High School Drama HSC New South Wales, Australia St. Peter's College Showcase Johannesburg, South Africa Forest City High School Top of Iowa Conference Forest City, IA Speech Tournament William Lyon Collegiate Grade 11 Drama Presentation Ontario, Canada Tanglin Trust School A Level Performance Singapore Millersville University of Pennsylvania Acting Class Performance Millersville, PA University of Wales Trinity St. David Performance Industry Module Swansea, Wales, UK Leigh High School Thespian Festival San Jose, CA Lichfield Cathedral School Final A-level Showcase Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK Dark Horse Theatre International Bar Showcase Dublin, Ireland The Players Centre for Performing Arts Got a Minute? Sarasota, FL Lenaea High School Theater Festival Monologue Competition Folsom, CA University of Northern Iowa Iowa Thespian Festival Cedar Falls, IA UNT System College of Pharmacy Talent Show for Hurricane Harvey Fort Worth, TX Camden Catholic High School Festival of Short Plays Cherry Hill, NJ Sequoia Middle School CETA Middle Stage Fest Pleasant Hill, CA Lakewood Theater Musical Theatre Camp Showcase Lake Oswego, OR Oklahoma State University Theatre Acting I Showcase Stillwater, OK McIver Education Center NC Thespian Festival Greensboro, NC Red Mountain High School Talent Show Mesa, AZ

Montana Daniels in Pulse at Somerset Community College in Somerset, Kentucky. Directed by Steven Cleberg.

Running Time: 2 minutes Set: bare stage (interior unit) Cast: 1 any gender Published by JAC Publishing

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