Alicia: Hey-
Olive: SHHHH.
(pause)
(crash. Olive laughs)
Alicia: Oh my gosh, is he okay?
Olive: He's fine, I just tied his shoes together.
Alicia: He looks hurt.
Olive: He's tough. We've done worse to this guy. You should have seen him in the last show, it was classic! We kept re-painting one wall right before the show every night, and it just so happened to be the wall he leaned against in all of act 1. The costumer was pissed! He never left the stage without a big streak of green on his jacket.
Alicia: Why do you pick on him so much?
Olive: He doesn't believe in us. He's an easy target, really. He does this to himself.
Alicia: Oh. (beat)
Olive, I just saw Belasco-
Olive: Nope.
Alica: -what? Yes, I did, I just saw him, and-
Olive: Stop.
Alicia: Why? I need to tell you something-
Olive: No. You don’t. You don’t need to tell me, and I don’t need to hear it.
Alicia: Okay.
Olive: Good. (beat) So, how's the adjustment going?
Alicia: Oh, it's fine. I mean, it still doesn't really make sense to me-
Olive: Can I stop you there? Because it will never make sense. You can't wait for clarity. We've got a gift.
Alicia: Yeah, for tying shoes together.
Olive: Don't be bitchy, that was a solid joke. I'd like to see you do better.
Alicia: Sorry.
Olive: No, I'm serious. Your turn.
Alicia: Sorry?
Olive: Go play.
(Alicia thinks, moves offstage. [play your favorite sound cue])
Alicia: Sorry!
Olive: What are you sorry for? They can't hear you!
Alicia: (enters) Was that good?
Olive: Brilliant. You're a natural. But next time, stick your boobs out more.
Alicia: What? I'm not trying to seduce anyone-
Olive: It's not about sex, honey. Your boobs go out, your chin goes up. You look like you know what you're doing. You're there on purpose. You're there with purpose.
Alicia: But I'm not there with purpose-
Olive: You are here with purpose. You don't have to believe me. But your boobs do.
NEXT SCENE
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