Single-location, single-act stage play template. Two-three characters, contained conflict, real-time pacing.
SETTING — A small room. Late evening.
[Stage directions describing the space and atmosphere] CHARACTER A and CHARACTER B sit in tense silence.
BEAT 1 — Opening
Establish relationship and the question of the play. What's just happened? What needs to happen? [Dialogue]
BEAT 2 — Reversal
Something shifts. A truth is revealed. [Dialogue]
+ 2 more scenes