Tara Meddaugh

Alfred and Lily and Their Marvelous Tank in the Forest

by Tara Meddaugh

Birds in power have recently moved frogs, Alfred and Lily, to a mysterious tank in the forest, while their local pond is undergoing “renovations.” While Lily enjoys relaxing together and basking in the “perfume sprinklings” the eagles drop on them, Alfred begins to notice unnerving signs that things in the tank may not be as marvelous as they seem… Together, they must decide if they can trust their new benefactors or find a way to escape—before the tank water disappears.

*Published in THE BEST NEW TEN-MINUTE PLAYS, 2020 By Limelight Editions/The Applause Acting Series (editor Lawrence Harbison).

DETAILS
Genre: Dark comedy/absurd
Cast: 1 male, 1 female
Age: Teen through any age adult
Set: Minimal, a tank in a forest
Running time: Around 10 minutes

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(An EAGLE squawks from overhead)
LILY: I bet this eagle will drop a pail of water for us right now.
ALFRED: What’s he got in his beak?
LILY: I’m sure just a mou—
ALFRED: That’s not a mouse, Lily. It’s Gina!
LILY: (pause) Gina? From—?—No. 
ALFRED: From Tank 113. Yes. I know that’s Gina. Don’t you recognize the purple scarf she always wears? 
LILY: I didn’t know you were so into what Gina wears.
ALFRED: Do you really think this is the time to—
LILY: I just think it’s odd you know she wears a purple scarf.
(EAGLE flies away.)
ALFRED: Do you think the eagle will eat her?

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