Kitty is seeing a counselor to discuss her dreams, which she feels are more real than normal dreams. In her dreams since she was 6, she feels cold, lost, and able to smell and hear everything clearly. The dreams feel like an escape from her real life. She worries about losing control and not knowing if she is visiting the dreams or if they are visiting her. Kitty wants the counselor to believe that her dreams are real, not just imagination, but knows most people will think she is crazy. The counselor has not yet shared whether they believe Kitty's account of her dreams.

1. 
Dreams
Written By
Lauren Jones

2. Address
Phone Number
SCENE ONE
Scene opens on the face of girl staring out the window. It's
raining. Counsellor pulls out a file and pen.
COUNSELLOR
So, Kitty. What's on the agenda
today?
KITTY
I don't know.
COUNSELLOR
Well you must know, or you wouldn't
be sat here. (no response). What's
been effecting you recently the
most?
KITTY
(Pause- Kitty turns away from
the window and looks down) My
dreams.
COUNSELLOR
Ok... What about your dreams?
KITTY
They're not,like everyone else's
dreams. I'm worri-
COUNCELLOR
-We're all worried, Kitty. Now tell
me everything you can, there's no
rush.
KITTY
(Closes eyes)I was 6. I remember
how cold I was, how lost.It was so
dark, a child's nightmare. I didn't

3. understand, but then i wouldn't of.
COUNSELLOR
Understand what?
KITTY
What it is! Why I go there. I'm
falling for escaping from the real
world. It's as if the rare moments
of happiness in my life are built
together, creating then surrounding
me in a world that only I can go
to. (Flicks back to counsellor
room)Why wouldn't I want to stay
there and never wake up?
COUNSELLOR
And that's what's scaring you?
KITTY
Yes, but then no one believes me,
(flicks back to dream) they just
think i'm crazy. People believe
that dreams are simply a series of
thoughts, images and sensations
occurring in a person's mind as
they sleep. Then there's mine.
They're real, it's beyond my
imagination.
What's it called when you're really
there? When you can feel everything
around you, smell every smell and
hear every sound? What's that
called? Is that still a dream?
I can't help it anymore. The second
i fall asleep, i wake up again.
It's unbelievable and yet
believable, but only to me simply
because i experience it.I watch the
sun set in your world, and watch it
rise in mine.I've lost control,It's
come to the point where i don't
know if i'm visiting the dream, or
if the dream is visiting me.
you can give me answers, you can
give me help but it won't mean a
thing if you don't believe me.
That's something that no one else
can do, will do, but i think it's
my escape.
So, do you?