It seems as though people grow apart…

In drama scene from one-act eplay Stroke of Bad Luck, next-door neighbor Marcus is quietly observing Mrs. Krimley, making her nervous.

Featured Scene – Stroke of Bad Luck

Mrs. Krimley enters her garden and begins watering her plants.

Marcus sits on top of a brick wall, which serves as a fence, staring down at Mrs. Krimley.

MARCUS: Hello, Mrs. Krimley.

MRS. KRIMLEY: Oh! You startled me, Marcus..haha, what on Earth are you doing up there?

MARCUS: Gaining perspective.

MRS. KRIMLEY: Huh?

MARCUS: When you change your vantage point, you tend to see things differently.

MRS. KRIMLEY: Shouldn’t you be off at college?

MARCUS: College? Nah. No. I gave that up.

MRS. KRIMLEY: School?

MARCUS: That’s right.

MRS. KRIMLEY: Whatever for?

MARCUS: Don’t have the brain for it.

MRS. KRIMLEY: You strike me as a bright young man, you shouldn’t say that.

MARCUS: I think it’s important to have an honest opinion of one’s self.

MRS. KRIMLEY: Marcus, would you mind coming down from there? I feel as though you will get hurt.

MARCUS: Aren’t I making you uncomfortable?

MRS. KRIMLEY: Well, you are.

MARCUS: I see.

Marcus jumps down from the brick fence.

Better?

MRS. KRIMLEY: Sure. I’m just watering my plants, and I’ll be off to the market.

MARCUS: Oh, the market. Yeah. How’s Ashton?

MRS. KRIMLEY: Ashton’s good. He’s doing well. Do you keep in touch?

MARCUS: Nah. Not since college. No.

MRS. KRIMLEY: I didn’t know you weren’t attending university. Are your parents okay with it?

MARCUS: Okay, with what?

MRS. KRIMLEY: Okay with you dropping out of study?

MARCUS: (repeating her amusingly to himself) Dropping out of study…hmm…I don’t think they mind much.

MRS. KRIMLEY: How are your mother and father? I haven’t seen them in ages. One would never know we were neighbors. (she laughs) They must be traveling again, I presume?

MARCUS: Traveling? Yeah, something like that.

MRS. KRIMLEY: Have they been keeping well?

MARCUS: As well as can be, under the circumstances.

MRS. KRIMLEY: Circumstances? What circumstances?

MARCUS: What?

MRS. KRIMLEY: You alluded that something may be wrong, with your parents.

MARCUS: Did I? I had no intention of alluding to anything.

MRS. KRIMLEY: But, they are keeping well?

MARCUS: One would hope.

MRS. KRIMLEY: Right…give them my regards, would you?

MARCUS: I’ll try.

MRS. KRIMLEY: I’ll inform Ashton you asked for him?

MARCUS: Don’t have to.

MRS. KRIMLEY: What?

MARCUS: You don’t have to, Mrs. Krimley.

MRS. KRIMLEY: You have always been such good friends, I thought –

MARCUS: It seems as though people grow apart…they do, don’t they?

MRS. KRIMLEY: That’s alright…err, I need to—what will you do now that you aren’t attending college?

MARCUS: Do?

MRS. KRIMLEY: Yes, what will become of you?

MARCUS: Become of me…mmm, probably whatever the f’ck I wanna do with myself, I guess.

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Scene Summary

In drama eplay Stroke of Bad Luck, Mrs. Krimley encounters an intense conversation with her unwell neighbor, Marcus.

• Genre: Drama
• Length: ~5 minute scene
• Characters: 1 woman, 1 man
• Themes: danger, threatening
• Best For: drama scenes

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Scene Source: Stroke of Bad Luck

Stroke of Bad Luck is a drama play script by Joseph Arnone, 2026.