Out of Bounds 2003:

Three Characters

Revised Script

[Yard sale, winding down. KURT sits DR. ERIN sits at a table L. DR. KATHY stands to her right, sketching KURT at an easel.

[Set up on ERIN's table is one toy car. A snow globe is set offstage, DR.?

[Upstage are other tables. Throughout the scene, actors casually pass through looking at (mimed) merchandise. No more than two or three on stage at once.

[A CUSTOMER, DL, holds a (second) toy car.?

CUSTOMER: Uh... one dollar.

ERIN: Uh-huh, okay, sure! [One dollar changes hands. CUSTOMER exits.? Aw.

KURT: That was an Ertl scale-model '67 Camaro.

DR. KATHY: Kurt!

ERIN: [sotto voce? Good-bye.

DR. KATHY: Good, Erin. Forget Steve. Kurt, no moving.

ERIN: I'm selling Steve's stuff.

DR. KATHY: And letting go.

KURT: Eight bucks, easy.

ERIN: This isn't even my stuff.

DR. KATHY: You need closure.

ERIN: You're my landlord, not a shrink.

DR. KATHY: Erin, I'm a medical professional.

ERIN: In infectious disease!

DR. KATHY: Eh, Steve, ebola, tomato, to-mah-to.

[beat?

KURT: [rolls eyes? An original Ertl. [CUSTOMER #2 enters from DR, holding a snow globe?

CUSTOMER #2: How much for the, uh, Aspen snow globe?

ERIN: [tears up? Ohh...

CUSTOMER #2: What? Two dollars?

ERIN: No.

DR. KATHY: Yes. Two dollars.

KURT: I think the '67 model had the original pewter fittings.

ERIN: Dr. Kathy!

DR. KATHY: Two dollars. Erin, it's a snow globe.

ERIN: We got engaged in Aspen!

DR. KATHY: And now you're not. Because he was a [pause; thinking?

KURT: [thoughtful? A prick. Steve was a prick. They stopped making those in '97.

ERIN: ???

KURT: The Camaros.

CUSTOMER #2: Um. O-kay. I'll just --

DR. KATHY: Here. On the house.

CUSTOMER #2: Thhhhhanks. [exits DR?

DR. KATHY: Erin?

ERIN: [sotto voce? Goodbye.

DR. KATHY: We're almost done.

ERIN: We were engaged.

KURT: On Ebay, a Camaro would be [gesticulating? twenty, twenty-five bucks --

DR. KATHY: Kurt!

ERIN: It was perfect. We went up to Aspen, and he went all out, and he proposed, and....

DR. KATHY: Erin.

ERIN: You weren't there.

DR. KATHY: You'll get married, just to somebody who's not a...

KURT: Prick.

DR. KATHY: Who's going to treat you better.

KURT: Mmm. And won't sleep with your supervisor.

[beat?

KURT: An Ertl. To that guy. It's like putting a Picasso over your fireplace.

ERIN: [sigh? It was a really great tiny car.

KURT: [nodding, standing? Damn right.

DR. KATHY: Oh, the moving-around, Kurt...

KURT: Sorry.

DR. KATHY: Yeah, well, sorry doesn't bake any fruitcakes, Kurt. Now sit.

KURT: Yes ma'am. Erin?

ERIN: Yeah?

KURT: I'll give you ten bucks for the Chevelle.

DR. KATHY: Kurt!

ERIN: Sold!

DR. KATHY: [turns to ERIN? Here's ten dollars. Kurt, be still!

ERIN: [Rolls little car to KURT? Goodbye.

[Lights down on DR. KATHY sketching.?

Footnotes

Notice: '[Yard sale, winding down. KURT sits DR. ERIN sits at a table L. DR. KATHY stands to her right, sketching KURT at an easel.': Bad page name: White space converted to single space, too long

Notice: '[Upstage are other tables. Throughout the scene, actors casually pass through looking at (mimed) merchandise. No more than two or three on stage at once.': Bad page name: White space converted to single space, too long