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!! 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 ---- <?plugin BackLinks?> ----
