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L3e'-I0 ;:Td~-Yh£Fia PENGUIN IIOOU Gmteful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint excerpts from Pubbshed by the PengufIl Croop the IOlIowing plays: .PenguIn Boob USA Inc.• '1'i?~ 315 HudImi Stnlet. New lbrk. New 'M: 10014, U.S.A. Am I Blue by Beth Henley. Copyright 1982 by Beth Henley. All Inquiries Penguin Boob Ltd. ~ \\\1gbts LIPe. London W8 m. EngLmd concerning rights (other than stock and amateur rights) should be addressed PenguIn Boob AusbaIia Ltd. Rlnpood. Vidoria. Alutnllia to Gilberi Parker, do William Morris Agency, Inc., 1350 Avenue of the Penpla Boob Caeda Ltd. 10 Abm Allenue. 1bronto. Onlado. Canada M4V 382 Americas. New York. NY 10019. The stock and amateur production rights Penpln Boob (N,Z.) Ltd. 182-190 VIWmr &.d. AucIcImd 10. New ZeILmd are controlled exclusively by the Dramatists Play Service. Inc.. 440 park Avenue South. New York, NY 10016. Penguin Boob Ltd. Reptered otBceI: H~, M~. EIIIIaod FInt published In Pen..Boob 1_ the Art of Dln'ng by Tina Howe. 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Reprinted by permission of William Morris Agency, Inc., on behalf of Marsha Norman. 1 45449 NAU: F-BKS l3E'-I 0 ;:tD~-yH£fi A 178 NAU 10/11/00 5038 • • ~ \-/n 0~\5-ro ~e-r ~~ 28 BEYOND THERAPY BEYOND THERAPY 29 Bruce and Prudence are both in therapy. Bruce's therapist PRUDENCE: Thank you. I love the smell ofBrut you're wearing. uses a stuffed Snoopy Dog to bark encouragement. Prudence BRUCE: Thank you. My male lover Bob gave it to me. and her therapist once had an affair, and he is constantly PRUDENCE: What? coming on to her. Prudence and Bruce meet through a per­ BRUCJ1!: You remind me of him in a certain light. sonals ad. This scene takes place in a restaurant and opens PRunENCE: What? the play. BRUCE: ~Wiug hoth .... ,'! acto~. ~:u? PRUDEN: (Rattled. serlom.) I:JOR.tJ::. I air........! ilistJt fth the~ (BRUCE is seated, looking at his watch. HE is 30-34, fairly """{1'ause. ) . pleasant looking, probably wearing a blazer with an open BRUCE: I'm afraid I've upset yUU now. shirl. Enter PRUDENCE, 29-32, attractive, semi-dressed up PRUDENCE: No, it's nuthing really. It's just that I hate gay " in a dress or nice skirt and blouse. After hesitating a mo­people. ·f ment, SHE crosses to BRUCE.) BRUCE: I'm not gay. I'm bisexual. There's a difference. PRUDENCE: Hello. PRUDENCE: I don't really know any bisexuals. BRUCE: Hello. BRUCE: Children ate all innately bisexual, you know. If you C1;~i PRUDENCE: (Perhaps ;eferring to a newspaper in her hand­ took a child to Plato's Retreat, he'd be attracted to both sexes. 0' The New York Review of Books?) Are you the white male, PRUDENCE: I should imagine he'd he terrified. ,... 30 to 35, 6'2", blue eyes, who's into rock musk, movies, .... BRUCE: Well, he might be, of course. I've never taken a child 2\. jogging and quiet evenings at home? to Plato's Retreat. '. rn I ' BRlJCF.: Yes, I am. {Stands.} PRUDENCE: I don't think they let you. I,1'.1 r',~.) PRUDENCE: Hi, I'm Prudence. BRUCE: I don't really lcDow any children. (Pause.) Yey ~ BRUCE: I'm Bruce. ..wonded'ul e,e!. 't1ley'r. .0 de.,. ~ I,: ~~~ PRUDENCE: Nice to meet you. PRUDENCE: 'lhaAlt )'M. BRUCE: Won't you sit down? BRUCE: I feel like I want to take care of you. II ~i' PRUDENCE: Thank you. (Sits.) As I said in my letter, I've never PRUDENCJ1!: (LJ/dng this tack bttte,..) I would like that. My r -<I answered one of these ads before. favorite song is "Someone to Watch Over Me." BRUCE: Me neither. I mean, I haven't put one in before. BRUCE: (Sings softly.) "The~ a somebody I'm longing duh PRUDENCE: But this time I figured. why not? duh ..." BRUCE: Right. Me too. (Pause.) I hope rm not too macho fur you. PRUDENCE: Yes. Thank you. PRUDENCE: No .. So far you seem wonderful. ways Fe a Btl" "I ADd if! S8IRe BRUCE: You have lovely breasts. That's the first thing I notice BRUCE~n. y:,u;~ No ,it@ watt! .. p IF a woman. in a woman. PRUDENCE: How Alit Iii,"" ...~ PRUDENCE: ~illt yOii:'"­ BRUCE: (Searching, romantictJlly.) Jnu dress Mite a wtmian. BRUCE: You.httve beaHtifultm'lmcelelflies. ~eat..efe...shAdmt like a wOiIil1l. PRUDENCE: Thank you; { 1i~11ffim-m YOur voir:e. Soft--­ PRUDENCE: You're·li~a",-arr:"Ytm·1'e'tall;ymJ JUlvefo Shave. imf firm. I fe.el-y~d prolecrme. BRUCE: Thank!):- I·lilre~ BRUCE: I'm deeply emotional, I like to cry . • BEYOND THERAPY 31 30 BEYOND THERAPY PRUDENCE: I don't like men to cry. 1 want them to be strong. PRUDENCE: Oh, I wouldn't like that. BRUCE: You'd quite like Bob then. BRUCE: But I like to cry. PRUDENCE: Who? PRUDENCE: I don't think men should cry unless something BRUCE: You know. falls on them. PRUDENCE: Oh. BRUCE: That's a kind of sexism. Men have been programmed BRUCE: I feel I'm irritating you. ~.'.~>" not to show feeling. PRUDENCE: No. It's just that it's hard to get to know someone. ,~ PRUDENCE: Don't talk to me about sexism. You're the one ." t And the waiter never comes, and I'd like to order. .~ ~~ who talked about my breasts the minute I sat down. BRUCE: Let's start allover again. Hello. My name is Bruce. BRUCE: I feel like I'm going to cry now. l PRUDENCE: Hello. PRUDENCE: Why do you want to cry? BRUCE: Prudence. That's ~ lovely name. BRUCE: I feel you don't like me enough. I think you're making ~.' PRUDENCE: 1=M:nk yOU. +,1. eyes at the waiter. it. j BRUCE: That's al",el, dre~!). PRUDENCE: I haven't even seen the waiter. , f: -.I PRUDENCE: 'ihsnk 'Od.
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