The Gift

I just finished what can be considered the final script of The Gift for Bindlestiff Studio's Stories High Production which will take place on the last week of July and early August. Here's a taste of what I wrote:

FEMALE
I can’t believe that this is happening to me!

MALE
How can this be happening to me?

FEMALE
After all the auditions I’ve been on. After all the “You’re
just not what we’re looking for right now.” Or the
countless hours of checking my phone after the “Thanks,
don’t call us, we’ll call you,” it’s finally paid off!

MALE
Correction. We were going to get married. I don’t know what
happened. Look, if I knew I wouldn’t be talking to you now.
All she said was, “I think we need a break.”

FEMALE
I know crazy! So it was during my lunch break when the
director called and asked if I’ve ever been to Orlando. Do
you know what’s in Orlando? I swear I almost peed in my
pants! Hold on. Did I? I don’t know? I don’t care. Holy
shit! Dreams actually can come true!

MALE
Over the phone. I never thought that I’d break up over the
phone. I never even thought that we’d ever break up. All
these plans after graduation. Shot. All these dreams I had
for us. Over. What am I gonna do, now?

FEMALE
Duh, I’m hella excited!

MALE
Numb. I can’t feel anything.

FEMALE
Stupid happy!

MALE
Fucking crappy.

FEMALE
It’s like I got all these emotions running all over my
body…

MALE
And I wish I can make them… stop.

Lights out on FEMALE and MALE as
YSA collapses from emotional
overload.


That's all for now because I intend to tweak this a little bit in order to turn this into a couple of festivals. After these have been turned in, I'll post up the script here :)