SYNOPSIS:
Quantum physicists all over the world are attempting to establish a theory of everything. They are constantly being thwarted, but what would happen if they finally worked it out? ROACH! is a whacky farce responding to that supposition.
CHARACTERS:
Stephen: (30s)English ex-pat. Claire’s husband. Quantum theorist.
Kevin: (30s)American. Claire’s lover. Quantum theorist.
Claire: (30s)English ex-pat. Ex-quantum theorist. Stephen’s wife.
SETTING:
The bedroom of Stephen and Claire’s Manhattan apartment. A double bed. Clutter. Lots of it.
Present.
RUNNING TIME:
25 Minutes
SAMPLE DIALOGUE:
KEVIN: You forget I do this for a living.
CLAIRE:Can’t switch off from work, can you.
KEVIN: We use this one all the time. It’s a primer for binary code.
CLAIRE:I’m rusty since we moved to the States. How does that work?
KEVIN: Telling you that would destroy my unfair advantage. Rusty.
He manipulates the game controls, aggressively.
CLAIRE:No, wait..You can’t..That’s not-
KEVIN: Yeh…Yeh…Your number is a big, fat zero.
CLAIRE:Bollocks!
KEVIN: Tell it like it is, baby.
CLAIRE:Give us a snog.
KEVIN: I love that word.
As they kiss:
KEVIN: Say ‘bathroom.’