Attic
Here is the opening of my one-act play, Attic, which won the Kennedy Center/ACTF Region IV Short Play
Competition in 2004. For a full copy of this play, please contact Original Works Publishing via
www.
originalworksonline.com (Under One-Act Plays). Above is a video of the production that I took at the
University of Georgia. :O) Thanks, and I hope you enjoy the show!

ATTIC

A Play in One Act
by Daniel Guyton
©2002

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WILLIAM
NARRATOR
DEIDRE/CONSCIENCE
FATHER
DOCTOR


I was standing over there a second ago.
Now I’m standing over here.
I figure if I keep moving, you’ll never see my face. I mean, really see it. Because you can’t see a face
unless you stare forever. And even then, it always disappears. A stubble in the chin, a beam or sparkle in
the eye. I stared for hours once, inside my room, at the mirror on my wall. And my ugly face just stared right
back. I couldn’t see a thing. I wonder if it has a point, you know? Staring at a mirror.
Can’t see the WORLD AROUND ME, but when I stare into my eyes, I feel like Nostradamus.
Read between the lines! I’ve got… wrinkles on my forehead. And bags beneath my eyes. The world is
different from tomorrow. It… seemed… better yesterday. I’ve never swallowed from the gut before. But, my
throat… just couldn’t close.
I hope you like my play.


* Please purchase the play at www.originalworksonline.com to read the rest. :O)
Light in the Attic - by Anthony Romano
At the University of Georgia - April 6, 2007