Summary

Two players are given a relationship and the information that one of them has changed significantly since they last saw each other. The scene begins with the reunion. One player plays the person who has changed; the other plays the person who knew them before. The changed player embodies a new, specific, different way of being without explaining or announcing it. The other player reacts to the difference — surprised, confused, delighted, or disturbed. The scene explores how people handle change in the people they thought they knew.

Example

Two old college roommates reunite. The one who’s changed now speaks exclusively in the third person, refuses all processed food, and refers to everything in their past as “before the enlightenment.” The other player tries to have a normal conversation and slowly realizes this is not the person they knew.