It was almost there. A play for 4 people. Comedy

Irina (to her husband, carefully, seriously). What have you decided?

Danil looks at his wife sternly, seriously.

Irina literally shudders at this look.

Irina (to her husband, cautiously, being afraid). What's going on?

Danil begins to unbutton his shirt, loosens the belt on his pants.

Irina, in general, understands what is going on, but still she did not expect.

Irina (to her husband, cautiously, being afraid). Oh-pa-pa-pa-paaa…

A bright musical theme sounds.

Danil tears off the rest of the buttons and rushes at his wife.

Rapid darkening. The viewer should not see any nudes and depravity, but they should be very clearly imagined by the inertia of developing events.

Dark.

The music is booming, probably along with the applause.

We "pickle" a little bit of the viewer with longing, loud music, imagination and darkness.

And now the music begins to fade.

Hush, hush.

Danila and Irina's attempts to catch their breath are already becoming audible. They're doing well.

The music subsides almost completely, it sounds barely audible.

Irina's voice (outraged cry). Yes, where are you going with your legs again, well!!!

Danila's voice (nervously, shouting). And you shut your head!

The nervous altercation of Danil and Irina is hidden by the background of the rapidly growing music again.

A curtain

Novosibirsk, March 2023

Explanatory note for the director:

1. In act 1, there are 3 scenes, the life of Danil and Irina, the moment of automatic voicing of the text that Irina is typing on her smartphone needs to be shown as plausible as possible, you can stumble somewhere, "dictate" some word somewhere so that the viewer understands what is happening and to whom Irina actually answers.

2. In Act 1, 6 scenes, dialogues in the dark can be played on stage, not only with voices. It would be more interesting if double beds (or one bed) appeared on the stage in dim light, where couples would discuss the upcoming sabantuy in dim light. But this will require a lot of money, not only in terms of scenography, but also time. If the director organizes everything correctly and can implement this option, it will be great.

. Good

luck to all of us!!!

These explanations and suggestions are optional for the production, all at the discretion of the director.

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The conditions for staging the play are negotiated individually.

All the plays of Nikolai Lakutin are presented for review in open access on the official website of the author http://lakutin-n.ru the "Plays" section

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