Tag: Comedic Scene
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4-Way Crush (Studpuppy)
THE SET UP This is the first appearance of these characters in the play. They are all in their late teens/early twenties and have just started college. They have all gone shopping together as a supposedly neutral and safe activity, but Linc and Isobel are at it again. Linc is openly gay. Isobel knows this,…
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Hiding Behind Me (Studpuppy)
THE SET UP Diana is a closeted lesbian who has not yet come out to her friend Isobel, a girl whom she met both in church and college classes they share, and on whom Diana harbors a crush. Diana finds it hard to watch Isobel relate to her high-school friend Linc. Linc is openly gay. …
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What Works for the Skin (Studpuppy)
THE SET UP Diana is a closeted lesbian who has not yet come out to her friend Isobel, a girl whom she met both in church and college classes they share, and on whom Diana harbors a crush. Diana finds it hard to watch Isobel relate to her high-school friend Linc. Linc is openly gay. …
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Basketball Court Cross-Examination (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Vincent left his basketball behind at his girlfriend Gabby’s place after their last fight. Though they are slowly moving toward reconciliation, Gabby has another plan afoot as well when she leaves Vincent a message to come pick up his basketball that night. Gabby has arranged for Andrew, a potential boyfriend for Vincent’s brother…
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I Need You Back (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Vincent holds a vigil at the hospital bed of his best friend Byron, unconscious, and likely dying. But between the two of them, they manage to conjure up a better time, when they were kids. “…if I was going to be queer with anyone, it’d be you.” The sound of an airplane flying…
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Mr. Woody’s Alert This Morning (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Byron is battling AIDS. The side effects of the drugs he’s taking are making it nearly impossible to sleep. That, and staring his own mortality in the face, is making Byron restless in the middle of the night. Unable to rest, Byron goes to his straight best friend Vincent, who he’s always nursed…
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Part of My Life that You Can’t Get At (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Cian has come to his older brother Vincent for advice about Cian’s new relationship with Andrew. Vincent is less than thrilled about Andrew’s former line of work, as a prostitute. Vincent is also less than thrilled that everyone spends so much time worrying about his younger brother Cian, but no one seems to…
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Sex with Vince Report (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Gabby is the long-term girlfriend of Byron’s childhood best friend Vincent, on whom Byron has always had a hopeless crush. Gabby holds a vigil at the hospital bed of her friend Byron, unconscious, and likely dying. But between the two of them, they manage to conjure up a better time, when Gabby and…
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A Place Called Providence (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Byron, unconscious, is laid up in a hospital bed, probably for the last time. Vincent, Byron’s best friend, and Gabby, Vincent’s long-term girlfriend and another good friend of Byron’s, have come to visit. Gabby still holds onto her faith, while Vincent grows more and more estranged from religion, convinced that God is allowing…
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Wishing on a Plane (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Byron, unconscious, is laid up in a hospital bed, probably for the last time (though a flashback will along us to glimpse his old self shortly). Vincent, Byron’s best friend, and Gabby, Vincent’s long-term girlfriend and another good friend of Byron’s, have come to visit. Gabby still holds onto her faith, while Vincent…