The Still Alarm by Kaufman

In The Still Alarm by George S. Kaufman, two friends/ business partners (Bob and Ed) are visiting with each other in Bob's hotel room when the bellboy bursts in and tells the men that the hotel is on fire. The men, neither of whom are greatly concerned with this information, tell the boy to run and call the fire department. In the meantime the men leisurely gather their belongings, look out the window at the crowd gathering below, speculate how long it will take for the fire to reach them, and complain about how hot the room is getting. When the firemen arrive, they also don't seem to be greatly interested by the fire at hand and while one of them half-heartedly speculates the best way to defeat the fire, another fireman gets out his violin for "practice." The curtain falls on all of the men gathering around the violinist for a concert while they wipe their brows from the heat.

Cast: 5 men
Ed and Bob: Friends. Appear to be builders. Both 30-50.
Bellboy: Nervous. 15-20.
Firemen: Non-interested. Both 20-40.