Lodestar Quarterly

Issue 19 • Fall 2006 • Featured Writer • Drama

syzygy

Michael Griffo

Scene 8

The past. BOBBY is in a spotlight center stage. He's 13 years old.

YOUNG BOY'S VOICE (OS)

P-e-r-e-n-n-i-a-l. Perennial.

MAN'S VOICE (OS)

Correct. Robert, your word is syzygy.

BOBBY looks shocked.

BOBBY

Um, can you repeat the word?

MAN'S VOICE (OS)
(IRRITATED)

Syzygy.

BOBBY

Um. S ... I ... Z ... A ...

MAN'S VOICE (OS)

Wrong! You're wrong! Don't even continue, you've lost. You cannot win. Do you know what that means? You lose. And therefore you are a loser.

BLACKOUT

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Michael Griffo's plays include No More Sundays, winner of the New Jersey Perry Award, and Two/Pieces. His ten-minute plays include "Cloudy" and "5G/10B," both to be published in winter 2007 in The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2005 (Smith & Kraus). Mr. Griffo graduated from New York University and studied at Playwrights Horizons and Gotham Writers Workshop. He is represented by ICM (bthomas@icmtalent.com) for theatre and The Evan Marshall Agency (evanmarshall@thenovelist.com) for literature. Contact Michael at michaelgriffo@hotmail.com.

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