Tag: Queer
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My Whole Body Knows when Vince is in a Room (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Cian has just asked Byron what it’s like being around Vincent, Bryon’s best friend and unrequited love. (The larger scene this monologue is pulled from is also available for viewing: “Part of My Life that You Can’t Get At”) “My whole body knows when Vince is in a room.” BYRON My whole body…
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Touching Him in the Hospital (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Cian and Andrew are walking home after their first date, and Cian is relating the story of the only time he ever visited his dying friend Byron in the hospital. (The full scene which includes this monologue is also available for viewing: “Bury Him.”) “Touching him for the first time in the hospital…
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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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Crush on the Bible School Counselor (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Cian, the guy Andrew very much wants to date, has just asked Andrew when he first knew he was gay. “He was a Bible school counselor. Don’t even remember his name, some college boy…” ANDREW When did I know I was gay? (pause, he considers) He was a Bible school counselor. Don’t even…
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Listening To Him Breathe (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Cian is sharing with his friend Gabby a memory of a time he and Byron shared the same bed, platonically. Cian remembers waking up next to Byron and watching him sleeping. “Listening to him breathe against the sounds of the morning.” CIAN I could have stayed there indefinitely. Just looking at him. Lying…
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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…