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The Metro Does Not Stop Here

Mariam Fathy · AUC · 1 act · 3 roles · 18 pp · Bilingual
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A STATION WITH NO NAME · TIME UNKNOWN

An empty platform. The station sign is covered in tape.

ANNOUNCER
Next station: a station that does not exist.
STUDENT
Excuse me, is this the train to Attaba?
WOMAN
This is the train that goes. That is all.
STUDENT
Goes where?
WOMAN
If I knew, I would have got off long ago.

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