Play #1: The Roommates (overview)

Since I don't know if it would be wise to post my actual play here (copyright and all that), I'll leave a summary.:

The Roommates takes place in a 4 bedroom unit college apartment, present day. The newest roommate, Rose, is a neat freak. Her three roommates: Catherine, Amy, and Sicily... are messy. Catherine and Amy make the majority of the mess, while Sicily is rarely present. Rose at first approaches the living arrangement with the hope that they can work out the differences, and tries to set an example of cleanliness that the others follow. However, as the play progresses, not only does she realize her example is not being followed, but she becomes increasingly frustrated with the mess jaded by the promises her roommates keep breaking. The spiral downward continues until the pet rat dies. When Rose is told they are going to leave the fece-filled cage in it's place until Sicily can come home to clean it (which at this point becomes very unlikely), Rose is outraged and puts her foot down. Catherine becomes unconsolable, and leaves without resolving the conflict with Rose. Left alone in the apartment, Rose decides she will deal with the cage herself, not willing to let it sit there a minute longer. As she climbs a chair to reach the heavy cage, she loses her balance and falls, bringing the cage down with her. It breaks her neck, killing her instantly. At last we finally Sicily return home, but only to see the cage and to return it to it's place. She doesn't notice Rose's dead body among the piles of clutter; even when accidentally stepping on her and producing a bone breaking noise, the sound is attributed to some "chips" left out as per norm. Sicily leaves, and the play ends.
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  So yeah, pretty fucked up for a first play, but I felt like this one needed to come out. I will say it is loosely based off my own personal experience dealing with difficult roommates. It is meant to show how a lack of communication can deteriorate a relationship between people, even people who've known each other a long time. This lack of contact is most present in the intentional direction the characters face. When they face each other head on, they are fully attentive to the conversation. When turned away from each other, they take on a deaf ear to anything being said to them. This is part of why Rose becomes bitter and more enraged with the other girls. Though they don't mean to do it, their deafness to her concerns feels like a personal offense toward her, and in the end she demands to be heard.