Ramen

AT RISE:

Nothing. It's an empty stage. A STAGEHAND enters, and places a steaming bowl of RAMEN on the floor stage center. The stagehand exits.

Suddenly, the audience gets really hungry. The DIRECTOR runs onstage as soon as he senses that this is the case.

DIRECTOR:
A-hah! Hungry, aren't you!

He bows deeply.

DIRECTOR:
And with that, I have proven that theatre still has the power to compel audiences!

The stagehand re-enters.

STAGEHAND:
No, you proved that looking at food can make people hungry.

DIRECTOR:
Hunger is compelling.

STAGEHAND:
So is the desire to pee, yet no-one has ever claimed victory when an audience member gets up to use the restroom.

DIRECTOR:
Not yet.

STAGEHAND:
Touche.

BLACKOUT. END PLAY.