Disappearing Weed (8.15.14)

Inspired by this video and this article.

#15: DISAPPEARING WEED

(Lights rise on a magician, dressed in regular street clothes. His name is GAVIN. He is not white. Enter an OFFICER. He is white)

GAVIN: Hey Officer.

OFFICER: Salutations. (beat) Wait a second. You look familiar. Have I seen you before? Have you done something bad before?

GAVIN: Not unless you count doing magic for hundreds of adoring families as something bad.

OFFICER: Oh! Right! You're that magician…uh--

GAVIN: Gavin McCourt.

OFFICER: Gavin McCourt. Hey, can you show me any tricks?

GAVIN: Ok. Um. (beat) I'm good, Officer.

OFFICER: Hm?

GAVIN: I said, I'm good, Officer.

OFFICER: I'm confused. I didn't ask who you were.

GAVIN: Nah man. I said I'm gooood. 

(A silence)

OFFICER: Son, what are you trying to say?

GAVIN: I got the goods. It's only like, an eighth. But.

OFFICER: Wait a second--is that? (beat) Son, you're in a heap of trouble now. 

(Gavin closes his hand and Officer grabs his wrist. Then, Gavin opens his wrist and the weed is gone)

GAVIN: Wait. Where'd it go?

OFFICER: That's it, son.

(He pins Gavin against the wall and aggressively searches him)

OFFICER: C'mon. Where is it. Where is it.

(He lets him go)

GAVIN: It's gone, officer. I'm a magician, remember?

(A silence. Officer is not amused. Gavin laughs)

GAVIN: Don't you get it? That was the trick. (beat) C'mon man. It was just a joke. It wasn't even real pot. It's fake.

(Officer takes his club and beats Gavin. Hard)

GAVIN: Ow--man--stop!

(He beats Gavin's face in. Blood everywhere. While Gavin is down on the ground, the Officer arrests him and then speaks into his radio)

OFFICER: APB. We have an (insert the race/ethnicity of actor playing Gavin) with intent to sell marijuana and possession. Over.

(Sudden blackout)