POST PLAY DISCUSSION #1
SCENE:
Coffee shop
AT
RISE: Two friends discuss a theatre performance they have just seen
(perusing
menu)
Decisions…decisions…
I just started seeing a dietician but I absolutely adore their chocolate-chocolate-and-more-chocolate
molten lava cake… One more time couldn’t hurt.
Given
that it’s past eight o’clock and the worst time for weight gain, I, on the
other hand, will stick to my usual expresso
FRIEND
1
You’re
so holy-holy, perfect, human being
FRIEND
2
Jealousy
is futile. It’s my genes. Everyone in my family is thin, going back generations
You
do realize I could eat whatever I wanted without guilt but I don’t, because I
respect my body
Hey!
Me too! My body tells me regularly, “feed me chocolate-chocolate-and-more-chocolate
molten lava cake’ and I’ll make you feel real good!”
FRIEND
2
Anywaaay…So
what did you think of the show?
FRIEND
1
Well…it
had its moments
FRIEND
2
You
didn’t like it, I take it?
I
never said that
What
are you saying?
FRIEND
1
It
had its moments
FRIEND
2
Which
means?
FRIEND
1
Kind
of dragged in parts
FRIEND
2
I
dunno. Made me laugh – a lot
FRIEND
1
That’s
‘cause you’re easily amused
FRIEND
2
Is
it necessary to insult me, just because you consider yourself (makes quotation
marks with her fingers) “a playwright”?
FRIEND
1
It’s
the words and how they’re put together that interest me
FRIEND
2
Seemed
like one great show, overall, in my eyes
FRIEND
1
You
didn’t find that the first act seemed to never end?
FRIEND
2
I
go to the theatre to be entertained. Period. I don’t agonize over whether the
first act is better than the second because really, I don’t care! If the actors
can provide a couple of hours of escapism, then they’ve done their job
FRIEND
1
We
obviously view the entertainment through different eyes. I’m interested in the
flow of the dialogue…the inter-action of the performers…things of interest to a
person who writes plays -
FRIEND
2
-
remind me how many of your plays have been produced –
FRIEND
1
So?
What does that have to do with anything? It’s not for lack of trying. Have you
any idea how many playwrights are out there all over the planet, hoping that
someone will share them with the world? Gazillions I can tell you – including me!
I mean, well known one’s, too! One day – one sweet day – someone, somewhere
will read one of my plays and say, “this is the winner we’ve been waiting for!”
One day, you and I, will sit here as we do after a night at the theatre, and
discuss the merits of one of my plays. You’ll tell me how witty the dialogue
was and how it made you laugh and how lucky that our friendship has maintained
over the years…
FRIEND
2
So,
are we ordering or what?
FRIEND
1
I’m
thinking here perhaps it is too late for something heavy like the
chocolate-chocolate-and-more-chocolate molten lava cake
FRIEND
2
Good
idea - think healthy
(waitress
approaches to take order)
…hang
on…
I
thought you decided against the cake
FRIEND
1
The
cake is on the heavy side but a small butter pecan muffin wouldn’t even register on the scale.
Now about the play…the acting was adequate but then they didn't have much to work with...
(To be continued...)
(To be continued...)
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