Old Man Kalina
PERSONS:
ROMEK— Man, seventy years old.
ALINKA — Woman, approaching seventy.
SHOPKEEPER — Woman, sixty years old.
POLITICIAN — Man, fifty years old.
Scene I
A village food store. 1970s decor, but run-down. The SHOPKEEPER stands behind the counter. ALINKA sits on a chair at the end of the counter, in a corner. Enter POLITICIAN.
POLITICIAN
Hello. I’d like a soda pop. The kind there used to be.
SHOPKEEPER
Hello.
POLITICIAN
The soda…?
SHOPKEEPER
What do you mean ‘the kind there used to be’?
POLITICIAN
The old kind. You know…
SHOPKEEPER
But what kind? This kind?
ALINKA
At the end of the counter, in her chair in the corner.
An’ Walcia said, Don’t come, she said. Don’t go. Whatever. To da stow to buy sumpin’. You won’t find it, she said. You won’t.
POLITICIAN
