Soup script

Waitresses are moving around robotically without any friendly interaction with audience members. The atmosphere is cold and bitter and the workers are doing everything correctly accept from one who seems to be quite distressed in her gestures and hectic movements.

Waitress 1: (repeating to herself flustered, whilst looking at the cameras and posters on the walls) war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength.

(She walks in a hurry to serve the soup carrying cutlery, a bowl of soup a plate of bread and a glass on a tray. She bumps into the lead waitress dropping everything she’s holding making a loud noise )

Lead waitress: (shouting angrily) you clumsy fool!

Waitress: (fragmented and scared) I’m sorry, I don’t know what’s wrong with me today I-

Lead waitress: You stop right there! I’ll tell you what’s wrong that thought criminal has got to you haven’t she! Everyone this woman is a t –

Waitress 1: (cutting in) NO! I’m not, and I would never betray the party.

Lead Waitress: Don’t let those criminals get into your mind alright?

(weeps)

Waitress 1: I just don’t want them to hurt her

Lead waitress: Hurt her? What are you talking about, you must be sick. They will teach her the right way to be, she’s clearly a lost soul that needs bringing back, so she can be normal

Waitress 1: What’s normal?

(Continues to weep)

Lead waitress; (sternly) stop crying your embarrassing yourself, people are watching. It’s clear you’re effected now if I was you I would shut up whilst your ahead. I’ll be rid of you in a second, you’re not a star waitress and I will not have another one of my workers disgrace this kitchen.

Waitress 1: That’s enough now, I am not a criminal! And I’m a good waitress stop it!

Lead Waitress: (starting to get angry) Don’t you dare tell me when to stop now clean up this mess now!

Waitress 1: (stares at the cameras and whispers)Why do they have to watch us all the time?

Lead waitress? : (shocked) what did you just say?

Waitress 1: I-

Waitress 2: (covers Waitress 1’s mouth) Just ignore her she in an awfully weird mood

Pause (lead waitress stares at them both suspiciously)

Waitress 1: I’m truly sorry it won’t happen again, I won’t be so clumsy (quickly starts clearing)

Lead waitress: (sighs) Just get back to work, this is way too much chaos for one day in a lunch hall, and your talk is beginning to frighten me.



(Through the speaker you can hear) ‘War is peace, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength) and Waitress 1 continues to weep silently to herself whilst they all repeat this.