Chrissie and Jeremy have spent a great deal of time in shock, waiting—for news of their baby daughter's post-operation recovery, for weekly scans to show that her tumour is gone, for robotic forty-five-second updates from Dr. Andre Malloy, their brilliant but arrogant neuro-oncologist. The hospital waiting room has become a second home where they struggle separately as parents and as a couple, where they laugh inappropriately, lose tempers, and find resilience as they confront a roller coaster of hope and despair and a crisis of decision-making. And just beyond the waiting room, Dr. Malloy faces his own dark and risky medical dilemma. With sharp insight, Waiting Room examines medical ethics, compassion, gallows humour, and humanity in life-threatening situations.
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Topic
LiteraturaSubtopic
Arte dramático canadiense
Diane
Flacks
14
SCENE
1
Parent
waiting
room.
A
young
couple
sit
beside
each
other
facing
the
audience.
The
young
dad,
JEREMY
(early
thirties),
is
jiggling
his
leg.
The
young
mom,
CHRISSIE
(a
bit
younger),
touches
his
leg
to
try
and
calm
him.
He
stops
for
a
heartbeat
and
starts
up
again.
Beat
of
waiting.
He
checks
his
iPhone
for
the
time,
sighs.
Then
CHRISSIE
checks
hers
and
starts
texting.
He
gets
a
buzz
on
his
phone.
The
person
she
texted
is
him.
He
reads
it
and
smiles.
They
kiss.
They
wait.
Enter
Dr.
ANDRE
Malloy,
Pediatric
Neuro-Oncologist
(forty-
five,
handsome,
a
detached
manner
with
an
underlying
charm,
arrogant,
brilliant).
andre
Let’s
go
out
into
the
hall.
The
parents
follow
ANDRE
into
a
hallway
as
he
walks
and
talks.
Dr.
Arnaud
is
closing
now.
He
believes
he
was
able
to
resect
the
entire
tumour.
Jessie
will
be
in
the
recovery
room
shortly
and
you
can
go
see
her
about
an
hour
after
that.
The
volunteers
will
call
you
when
she’s
ready.
chrissie
(stunned)
So,
this
is—
andre
—good
news.
(He
starts
to
go.)
I’ll
check
in
tomorrow.
jeremy
Wait,
wait,
um—
Table of contents
- Playwright’s Note
- PROLOGUE
- SCENE 1
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- SCENE 4
- SCENE 5
- SCENE 6
- Act 2
- SCENE 1
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- SCENE 4
- SCENE 5
- SCENE 6
- SCENE 7
- SCENE 8
- SCENE 9
- SCENE 10
- SCENE 11
- SCENE 12
- SCENE 13
- SCENE 14
- SCENE 15
- EPILOGUE
- Acknowledgements
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