My recent favorite play is Sure Thing by David Ives. It would be my ideal play to write (if I were to write one) as it was inexpensive; having one table, one bell, and two actors provided to be profoundly effective. Initially, I thought it was a bit annoying because the bell kept ringing. However, I quickly started to realize what message the play was deciphering to its audience. Every one of us has said something we might have regretted at some point in our lives. Sometimes I wish I could have a handheld bell like that in my life to alert me of the stupid things I may say to people. If I could get plenty of chances to say the right thing all the time, the positive possibilities would be endless! Some of the things that that were scripted had me laughing out loud because of the different personalities the actors were playing.

I found a cool little video that someone uploaded to YouTube. Some of the scripting is different in order to keep up with recent times (like mentioning the DVD instead of a VCR, for example). I hope the link works and Blogger doesn't inform me that it cannot be listed here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XliV9M7-If4