This short theater piece was created at the Freie Universität during a 2018 Drama Lab Teaching and Learning Lab improvisation session.

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The Police Officer (helps finding the thief, helpful)

The Thief's Assistant (distracts the lady)

Extras (customers who want to shop, possibly additional police officers to assist with arrest)

Important: The thief has to be distinguishable from extras perhaps through certain characteristics in his or her clothes.

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lady does not notice at first

slightly changed,

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the above two lines of dialogue are repeated until the wallet has been removed from the purse

Scene 2

at the checkout

Shop Owner: That is 180 Euros.

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Police Officer: So what do you remember.?

Old Lady: Hmmm... I know it was a girl.

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Old Lady: Hmmm... She was wearing pants.

by pointing, the Police Officer eliminates all girls with skirts or dresses

Police Officer: So it is not you and not you...

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Thief: Oh no! How is this possible?

Police Officer looks sternly at the thief, the thief reluctantly hands the wallet back to Old Lady

Police Officer puts thief in handcuffs and they leave

Shop Owner: Thank God this is over ...