FADE IN:
INT. HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM. DAY
MONTAGE:
(fast cuts, matched with noise creating a
cacophonic rhythm)
DAPHNE, wearing Doctor Who hoody, is trying
to stay awake in a busy hospital waiting room. The noise is too much for her.
Camera closeups to footsteps/footsteps loud noise, same with someone’s phone ringing, someone chewing loudly with their mouth open.
By Lotous Michalopoulou
Cast of Characters:
Daphne: Neurodiverse mature student (Me), early
forties
Muse: Daphne’s Alter ego, uses her voice, invisible to
other characters.
Thea: Daphne’s Aunt (father’s side), mid-twenties
Zoe: Thea’s girlfriend, mid-twenties, nurse
Olga: Daphne’s older half-sister (mum’s side), late
fifties, director and producer of documentaries in Greek National TV
Katie: early forties, Support worker from a theatre
group for disabled people that Daphne is attending.
Preferred stage: Proscenium arch stage
Lexi-crises: Neurodiversity
Script by Lotous
Michalopoulou
Characters:
Neurotypical
ADHD
Autism
This is a story about psychological-problem-solving. It is in tree parts, tree versions, with the same beginning, but different choices that the hero makes, different approaches on how to solve an internal-crack...