Title: Two Weeks

Title: Two Weeks

Characters

• DEVELOPER: A software developer who always promises delivery of new features within two weeks.
• MANAGER: The impatient manager who needs the features.
• CLIENT: The anxious client waiting for the product.

Setting

A small, cluttered office with a desk, a computer screen displaying code, and a window overlooking a dock where a boat is tied.

Act 1

Scene 1: The Office

• (The DEVELOPER sits at his desk, typing furiously. The MANAGER enters, looking stressed.)*

MANAGER: (urgent) Have you finished those new features yet?

DEVELOPER: (without looking up) Almost there! Just give me two weeks!

MANAGER: Two weeks? You've said that for the last month!

DEVELOPER: (still typing) I promise, just two more weeks!

• (The MANAGER shakes his head and leaves. The DEVELOPER smirks and continues to type.)*

Act 2

Scene 1: The Office

• (Two weeks pass. The CLIENT enters, looking hopeful.)*

CLIENT: (excited) So, are the new features ready?

DEVELOPER: (turning in his chair) Just a little more time! In two weeks, everything will be ready.

CLIENT: (raising an eyebrow) Another two weeks?

DEVELOPER: (confidently) Trust me, it'll be worth the wait!

Act 3

Scene 1: The Boat Dock

• (The DEVELOPER sneaks out of the office with a large suitcase. He heads towards the dock where a boat waits.)*

MANAGER: (offstage, yelling) Where do you think you’re going?

• (The DEVELOPER jumps into the boat and starts the engine.)*

DEVELOPER: (shouting back) I’ll be back in two weeks!

• (As the boat pulls away from the dock, the MANAGER and CLIENT watch in disbelief.)*

CLIENT: (distraught) We’ll never see him again!

MANAGER: (sighing) I knew we should have fired him.

• (Lights dim as the DEVELOPER sails away, the sound of the boat fading into the distance.)*