Anything can happen at any moment.
A drama scene from the play script Little Fish about a married couple coping with the evaporation of people touching a backyard fence.
Featured Scene – Little Fish
BRYAN: Anything can happen at any moment.
DELILAH: That’s true.
BRYAN: But nothing ever does.
DELILAH: No?
BRYAN: No…a ballet that leads to nowhere.
DELILAH: Are you having fun with me?
BRYAN: I’m being serious.
DELILAH: Can’t you be serious on your own time?
BRYAN: I’m sorry, dear. Forgive me.
DELILAH looks out window.
DELILAH: Oops.
BRYAN: …Again…
DELILAH: Gotta get that fence fixed.
BRYAN: It’s always broken.
DELILAH: I knew that girl…the little blond one from around the corner, always making lemonade—
BRYAN: It was her?
DELILAH: Yes.
BRYAN: Thought she would have made it.
DELILAH: As did I.
BRYAN: We can never be sure who gets through.
DELILAH: So sad. She was remarkable.
BRYAN: Ah, that she was.
DELILAH: There is always going to be brief glimpses of light…nothing further.
BRYAN: One must hope.
DELILAH: Hope is for suckers.
BRYAN: Now, now…we can’t buy into that way of thinking.
DELILAH: It’s all we’ve ever known.
BRYAN: This happens to you every so often.
DELILAH: I really thought she was gonna make it through.
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Scene Summary
In the one act eplay Little Fish, Bryan and his wife Delilah undergo another typical day within their kitchen quarters.Â
- Genre: Serio-Comedy
- Length: ~5 minute scene
- Characters:Â 1 woman, 1 man
- Themes: marriage, strange occurrences
- Best For:Â Serio-Comedy Scenes
FAQ
A: On Monologue Blogger there is a play script titled They Say We’re Boiling Our Brains Inside Our Skulls and Little Fish are two plays that focus on strange happenings within a neighborhood setting.
A: Monologue Blogger has a collection of scenes from plays titled 1 Woman 1 Man Serio-Comedy Scenes.
Related Serio-Comedy Scenes
- What do you do for a living? – from Over the MoonÂ
- Can I confess something to you? – from Waking Hours
- Don’t you wanna take down scores with me? – from Weight in Gold
- Everything is too damn perfect. – from Blue Skies, Golden Sunshine
- What story is it now? Aliens from outer space? – from You Wouldn’t Believe Ralphy
Scene Source: Little Fish
Little Fish is a serio-comedy play script by Joseph Arnone, 2026.
