C'mere

C'mere
I still remember it was yesterday.  I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with myself after the class was finished.  I had completed five out of six terms (two years).  The class had to travel for a residential weekend that we had to work together to prepare for our show as our final.  The production was divided in three group performances.

There were five of us in our group and we worked on a skit called C'mere, a 25-minute play, a family met up at a hospital's waiting area where their mother collapsed and someone called the ambulance.  It was a big mystery to the family.  They suddenly found themselves into a pile of secrets they didn't know about each other.

I could still hear the announcement in my head. "Arnold McCleary!  Arnold McCleary!  Your mother's condition is deteriorating rapidly, Doctors had diagnosed with a major cerebral thrombosis and they don't hold out much hope...at all.  Will you and your party care to proceed to the Intensive Care Unit where last rights are now being served.  The Mental Health and Social Services board would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your family for having a breavement with us at this hospital. We look forward to hearing from you again.  Thank you and have a nice day."

The story behind C'mere
Our skit was so hysterical that I couldn't believe that we were coming up with these funny ideas.  I had decided extend this 25-minute skit to a full length play because I believe that it has potential.  The script is called Cmere taken place in a waiting room in the hospital where family awaits for their mother's prognosis trying to figure out the mysterious person who called for the ambulance. The caller who happens to be the toyboy of the family's mother finds himself in the middle of the family affairs watching every move that they make. To make things more interesting, Blabber-mouth Bernadette, the wife of oldest son Arnie, continues on complaining.  She is always into everybody's business.   Arnie's sister Caroline just cannot stand Bernadette. Suddenly everything evolves around secrets and Bernadette just had to get to the bottom of them all and gets the shock of her life at the end.