First Date
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Scene 1
A woman’s bedroom in an apartment. There are several band posters on the walls, along with some pictures of family and friends, a collection of athletic trophies and awards, a mirror, and clothes strewn all about. The vanity has makeup and perfume all over it.
Jenny: <lying on the bed looking up at the ceiling> Are you excited? I think you guys would be perfect together.
Gina: <her back to the audience, putting on makeup...> Well, hold off on the wedding planners until after we’ve had our first date, then we’ll see how it goes. I am nervous. I don’t know if it has much to do with him, I mean, he’s cute and nice and all, but first dates are so exposing. I feel like he’ll be judging everything I do and I can’t be myself.
Jenny: No one’s really themselves on a first date, but try not to be too aggressive or confrontational and you’ll be fine. Where are your magazines?
Gina: All over the place.
Jenny: <after picking up a few off the floor> Do you have any magazines that aren’t so heavy? Maybe you should invest in one of those frou frou ones with dating advice!
Gina: Hey! So, what are you going to do while I’m gone?
Jenny: I was going to go over to Sam’s to watch some TV show at 7:00.
Gina: <looks at watch> It’s 6:55, I don’t think you’re going to make it…
Jenny: He can wait, I have to see the finished product!
Gina: I’m going to act like I didn’t hear that, alright…Tada. <she turns around>
Jenny: Wow!
Gina: What? Does it look bad?
Jenny: No, I just didn’t realize you were that horny!
Gina: Shut up! It’s just a cocktail dress!
Jenny: With a pushup bra, a thong, three inch stilettos and heavy eyeliner!
Gina: Well, I just <Cell phone rings – sounds like a police siren> Ugh. <presses the ignore button and throws the phone on the bed>
Jenny: Who was that?
Gina: Karen.
Jenny: Karen? Karen who?


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click on the word document to read the rest with the stage directions!
asutherl (Mandy Sutherland) 63131, January 08
In the play, I incorporated as many elements as I could from my list of thirty identifiers. The band posters illustrate #16, the athletic trophies illustrate #15, the mirror (and the fact that she’s putting on make-up) conveys #10, and the clothes strewn all about show #11.
In Gina’s opening line, she exposes how insecure she is with being herself amongst strangers. Jenny similarly reveals that she puts on an act to initially attract a guy and then after she feels comfortable allows her true personality to come through. I can relate to both of these women, however as a shy person, for the most part, I mostly identify with Gina’s nervousness.
In the second scene, Gina is allowing the ambiguous man to control the conversation to talk about himself. As opposed to talking about music, which she’s very impressive with, she allows this guy to talk about his crazy snake collection. By the way, I did choose snake on purpose – as much as this guy is obsessed with his snakes, he’s obsessed with his penis even more. This is shown by his using the snakes as a line to get her to his apartment.
This guy clearly doesn’t respect Gina as he would rather treasure her ass than her face. Even though he says she can stay, we can tell that he would prefer if she left. Also, I included the notorious “I’ll give you a call” line so everyone would know that he had gotten what he wanted and he was done. Again, his orgasm controls the relationship.
This loveless sexual encounter stirs up a lot of emotions in her, but she’s so uncomfortable with showing these emotions that she has to make sure her roommate isn’t around before she breaks down. You can all decide who you think she hates, but I thought it was fun to include all these little identifiers in such a short play.
asutherl (Mandy Sutherland) 63131, January 08

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