Tag: Grief
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These Tapes for My Dad. Mom’s Voice (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Gabby has just given a cassette tape to her boyfriend Vincent. The tape is a collection of answering machine messages left by their late friend Byron. Vincent had been distraught because he was forgetting what their late friend’s voice sounded like as his memory faded. “And then when my mom died, I started…
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It’s Like Your First Broken Heart (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Gabby is with her boyfriend Vince. They’ve just reconciled after a fight, and are intimate with one another again. She tries to help him understand how she is managing to deal with the death of their friend Bryon, so that maybe she can help him to the same. “It’s like your first broken…
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Forgetting Byron’s Voice (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Vincent calls and leaves a message on his girlfriend Gabby’s answering machine, trying to make amends for a major fight they had, and explain one of the sources of his frustration in trying to grieve for his friend Byron and move on with his life. “I’m forgetting Byron’s voice. …Like my memories still…
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Just the Way I’m Wired (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Cian has just told his brother Vincent that their late friend Byron held on to an unrequited love for Vincent right up until his death, but didn’t share that with Vincent for fear it would drive Vincent away. (The full scene which includes this monologue is also available for viewing: “Part of My…
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It’s a Sick Joke. God is Sick. (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Cian has just asked Vincent for his advice on the possibility of a relationship with Andrew, who’s clean now, but used to be a street hustler after he ran away from home. (The full scene which includes this monologue is also available for viewing: “Part of My Life that You Can’t Get At”)…
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I Don’t Cry Anymore (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Andrew has asked Cian if anything has changed for him since his friend (and unrequited love) Byron died two years ago. “…I don’t cry anymore. I don’t know when or how. It just stopped.” CIAN What’s changed? I don’t cry anymore. At first, right after he died, I used to cry spontaneously. Anything…
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Time of Death (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Cian is speaking to Andrew about the exact time of his friend Byron’s death. “You know, the clock should really stop in a hospital room when that happens.” CIAN They don’t do seconds on the certificate. Besides, their official time of death is a little later than mine. They had to try. But…
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Jealous of Ghostly Visitations (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Vincent is lashing out at his younger brother Cian, who insists that their late friend Byron’s ghost is haunting him. (The full scene which includes this monologue is also available for viewing: “Fighting for Custody of the Ghost”) “There’s this huge chunk of my life now that’s gone completely out of focus.” VINCENT…
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In a Box Underground Rotting (Heaven & Home)
THE SET UP Vincent is speaking to his girlfriend Gabby about his best friend Byron, who died of AIDS. Vincent’s faith has been shaken by his friend’s untimely death; Gabby’s faith has not. “I just don’t like thinking of him in a box underground, rotting.” VINCENT I just don’t like thinking of him in a…
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Heaven & Home
(a haunted love story in two acts) Byron’s been dead nearly two years but Cian’s still having conversations with him. Cian’s brother, Vince, was Byron’s best friend in life. Haunted by fading memories of Byron, Vince is angered by the visits his brother is receiving, particularly because Vince was a constant presence at Byron’s hospital…