This is the bit before the bit

THE PLAN IS MISSING. PERFECT.

The actors are currently offstage. The plan has not taken this opportunity to appear.

What’s missing?

The words volunteered first

NO SCRIPT. FULL COMMITMENT.

Thirty years of making things up. The words arrived first. The actors claim they are on their way.

Reshuffle the evidence
Same words. New problem.

RESHUFFLE THE SITUATION.

We couldn’t pick a favourite. This is why they don’t let us write scripts.

Props without supervision

THE POSTER IS EMPTY. THE THEATRE WON’T BE.

Until the actors arrive, the lines have agreed to stand in. They are already overacting.

ACTORS ENTER HERE
allegedly
ACTORS ENTER HERE RESERVED
FOR FUTURE
CHAOS
INSERT
COMMITMENT
HERE

Not a suggestion box

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT:

No typing. The panic is live.

Not all at once

WORDS FIRST. ACTORS LATER. PLOT OPTIONAL.

NOW

WORDS ARE COVERING.

They are doing their best.

SOON

THE CAST ENTERS.

The photos arrive. The plan does not.

LATER

30 YEARS OF MAKING THINGS UP.

A celebration. Possibly on purpose.