Tag: Dramatic Scene
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Crossword (Leave, or The Surface of the World)
THE SET-UP This scene is the first in which Tyson appears, immediately following Anne’s speech that opens the play, and the scene with Anne, Nicholas and Seth which follows that – showing their process of writing coded letters to maintain contact, available here online under the titles: Graveside Thoughts Letters to the Battlefield Seth is…
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Letters To The Battlefield (Leave, or The Surface of the World)
THE SET-UP This is the first time these three characters appear onstage together, in a scene immediately following Anne’s monologue which opens the play, available here online under the title Graveside Thoughts Seth is a young Marine serving during wartime. Nicholas is his civilian longtime companion who waits back home. In addition to the strain…
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The Nightmare (Studpuppy)
THE SET UP Harris, a flamboyantly gay young man in his late teens/early twenties, has just gotten the brushoff from Linc, a handsome athletic young gay man who simply looked right past him – right over to Harris’ friend Spencer, in a dog suit. Granted, the dog suit is a life-size recreation of a popular…
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You Could Do Better (Studpuppy)
THE SET UP Diana is trying to diffuse an awkward situation at the same time that her friend Harris is trying to convince her that it is a situation she doesn’t need to be in. Diana is a closeted lesbian who has not yet come out to her friend Isobel, a girl whom she met…
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Opposite Brothers (Studpuppy)
THE SET UP Linc and Ralph are fraternal twin brothers in college out shopping together at the local mall. Linc, though openly gay, has always been more popular in school that his straight brother Ralph. Linc is handsome and gifted at athletics, while Ralph as always been a bit more socially awkward. Ralph spent most…
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I Met A Guy (Studpuppy)
THE SET UP Linc and Isobel, two college students in their late teens/early twenties, have known one another since high school. Linc is openly gay. Isobel knows this, but is still carrying a torch for him, though she’d be the first to deny it. Linc has recently broken up with his unfaithful first long-term boyfriend…
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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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Bury Him (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Cian and Andrew are returning from their first date. Byron’s ghost went on the date as well, distracting both Cian, who could see Byron, and Andrew, who could not. Andrew earlier had opened up about his past as a prostitute, the death of a fellow hustler and friend named Christopher, and how much…
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God Let Him Die (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Vincent’s best friend Byron died almost two years ago, but Vincent is still haunted by memories of his helplessness in the face of Byron’s illness, and personally adrift without his childhood friend to speak with anymore. While Vincent’s gay brother Cian is haunted by Byron’s ghost, still his unrequited love, Vincent is left…