Their windows didn’t have light.
This scene is from the ten minute one-act drama Cuts, between a man and a woman who communicate with each other from different worlds.
Featured Scene – Cuts
GRANT: I love you
DAWN: No
GRANT: I’ve only f’kd who I’ve loved
DAWN: I need to swim
GRANT: I need to sleep
DAWN: I feel alive
GRANT: My brain is damaged
DAWN: I want to eat
GRANT: Have a plate
DAWN: I can’t
GRANT: My mind hurts
DAWN: I can not eat
GRANT: Sit here
DAWN: No
GRANT: I’ll leave
DAWN: You’ve left before
GRANT: You deserve it
DAWN: No
GRANT: You deserve neglect
DAWN: Death is beautiful
GRANT: How?
DAWN: Flowers sunsets birds The world so close
GRANT: It doesn’t care
DAWN: You like to lie
GRANT: I do
DAWN: You lie by withholding truth
GRANT: I do
DAWN: You like to sin
GRANT: It doesn’t matter
DAWN: To me it does
GRANT: Your eyes are green not brown
DAWN: No
GRANT: Green not brown
DAWN: No they are brown
GRANT: Green not brown
DAWN: I stopped breathing
GRANT: I couldn’t hold you
DAWN: Don’t think of it
GRANT: Your hands were small
DAWN: Your hands were large
GRANT: Soft
DAWN: Strong
GRANT: Tender
DAWN: Gentle
GRANT: Broken
DAWN: Don’t think of it
GRANT: I lost you when you were dying You died before I could save you You died on the side of a highway Lights flashed The sky turned black You were crushed Ribs guts cuts I couldn’t save you You were gone before I could believe you were gone The streets were dry and cracked Their windows didn’t have light Their lights were gone There was no light
DAWN: So long
GRANT: I didn’t touch you
DAWN: Blood
GRANT: Your blood
DAWN: My blood
GRANT: I didn’t smell you
DAWN: Blood
GRANT: Our blood
DAWN: No
GRANT: Yes
DAWN: No
GRANT: Yes
DAWN: Can’t be
GRANT: Fall
DAWN: I can’t Dead
GRANT: Everyone is
DAWN: Too bad
GRANT: Everyone here is dead
DAWN: Or dreaming
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Scene Summary
Cuts is a ten minute one-act drama between a man and a woman. The drama takes place inside a flat in Hackney, East London. Grant and Dawn communicate between worlds after Dawn’s suicide, breaking open their past and the unspoken intimacy that binds them.
- Genre: Drama
- Length: ~5 minute scene
- Characters: 1 woman, 1 man
- Themes: lovers, passion
- Best For: 1 woman, 1 man drama scenes
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Scene Source: Cuts
Cuts is a drama play script by Daniella Alma, 2026.
