[Write the Story] The Cast of a Broadway Show

Prompt: The Cast of a Broadway Show

Words: gargoyle, advertisement, shelter, cast, calculating, singularity, dwarf, arithmetic, rubber, scissors

Story

“Do the simple arithmetic, Yoshi. We’re not all going to make it.” Celia gestured with her scissors. “The best some of us can hope for is the touring company.”

“Come on, Cee, do you have to be so calculating?” Yoshi wiggled into his rubber gargoyle headpiece. “Can’t you just enjoy the fact we’re here? Together? It the Broadway Theater for crying out loud.”

Celia handed the dwarf costume she finished mending to another actor before turning back. “Yeah, but we still have the advertisement in the trades. Why? We don’t need more cast. We need backstage. I’m an actor, not a wardrober.”

“But if you’re right, you’re golden no matter what. You have skills.” Yoshi gestured at himself. “I’m just talented and pretty.”

Celia threw a leather wrist bracer at him. He snatched it out of the air with a grin. “Thanks. I need that. Hey, has anyone asked why a play called In the Shelter of the Singularity has dwarves and gargoyles in it?”

“You’re an actor on Broadway. Do you care?” Celia was always a realist. “Getting paid, I might add.”

“Nope. Let’s go light it up.”

As they headed towaerd the wings, they heard the whine of the prop machines.

“Hopefully they got the singularity fixed. I thought I was going to get sucked in last night.”

“By the way,” Celia said. “Did anyone see Jack after last night’s show?”

Word Count: 233

Written: 4/30/2020

Tags: Broadway, flash fiction, Piccadilly, short story, Singularity, Write the Story