Everything’s happening like in my dream.

Drama scene from Waves Wash In, wherein Wilson and Polly are undergoing a major storm that has caused a flood inside their home.

Featured Scene – Waves Wash In

Sounds of a windy, thunderous, rainy storm are heard.

Lights slowly rise.

Polly sits at the kitchen table, having a cigarette.

Wilson enters the kitchen.

WILSON: Ah, that roof there, pissing down on us again.

POLLY: Is it now?

WILSON: Thought all that putty and tape would have held longer.

POLLY: At least to buy us the time.

WILSON: Last storm wasn’t so bad – drizzle – but it’s coming down hard this evening.

POLLY: What are we gonna do, Wilson?

WILSON: Do we have any more buckets?

Polly checks beneath the kitchen sink.

POLLY: Maybe out in the shed.

WILSON: Bloody hell.

POLLY: Pots? We have some pots.

WILSON: What will we cook on? (beat) We’re gonna need them for dinner, aren’t we?

POLLY: That’s true –

WILSON: I’ll run out to the shed. I should’ve picked up buckets prior to the rain; I wasn’t thinking.

Wilson goes into the hallway closet and grabs his raincoat and umbrella.

POLLY: Maybe Martin could –

WILSON: Huh?

POLLY: I was thinking that maybe Martin might have some buckets…

WILSON: Oh no, forget Martin.

POLLY: He might –

WILSON: I don’t care if he wanted to fix this whole damn roof for free.

POLLY: I was only suggesting –

WILSON: I said, forget him!

POLLY: Alright, but…

WILSON: …What?

POLLY: The house can come falling down.

WILSON: The house isn’t going to fall down, Polly.

POLLY: I didn’t tell ya, but everything’s happening like in my dream.

WILSON: What dream?

POLLY: The dream, the recurring one, the one that the house comes down in.

WILSON: Who’s house?

POLLY: This house.

WILSON: This house isn’t coming down.

POLLY: It’s crumbling. You see the cracks are exactly how they looked in my dream.

WILSON: Polly –

POLLY: Bit by bit, they’ll crumble, until there’s nothing left to live in.

WILSON: Polly –

POLLY: A flood, clear as day, crashes right through our home –

WILSON: POLLY!

POLLY: Yes?

WILSON: I’m going to the shed for buckets. Will you make us a cup of tea, please?

POLLY: Alright. Don’t go sliding around out there.

WILSON: Why would I slide?

POLLY: Slipping and falling and busting your hip.

WILSON: I have strong legs.

POLLY: You’re not good in the rain.

WILSON: What’s that supposed to mean?

POLLY: All things, really.

WILSON: I don’t…

Wilson exits.

Polly sets kettle on the stove. She takes two glasses out of the cupboard.

POLLY (to herself): Biscuits? Does he want biscuits? Surely, he’ll want a few wagon wheels. (She pulls out a box from another cupboard.) What’s…(she inspects the box)

The ceiling opens up and water rushes down, landing in the center of the kitchen floor.

HAH! It’s happening, just like my dream. It was…(she grabs a towel and throws it over the quickly forming puddle.) Yes! Yes! And then, and then the – (a fuse suddenly blows at the kettle outlet) Right! Right! It’s burning now.

Polly fills up a glass with water from the sink and tosses the water onto the fire spark, putting out any potential flames.

No flames! We are going to drown! Drown in this hell of a hole! Drown in this hell of a hole! Drown ourselves out, trying to live a good, honest life.

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Scene Summary

In the one-act drama play Waves Wash In, Polly and Wilson suffer a major water invasion in their home from a terrible storm.

• Genre: Drama
• Length: ~5 minute scene
• Characters: 1 woman, 1 man
• Themes: flood, couples, weather
• Best For: drama scenes

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Scene Source: Waves Wash In

Waves Wash In is a drama play script by Joseph Arnone, 2026.