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- FACADE STAGEPLAY
- Wed Oct 27 15 08 23 2010
- GRACE
- Trip, when are you going to get rid of this?
- TRIP
- What, Grace... this?
- GRACE
- Yes, you know how I feel about it --
- TRIP
- I know I know I'll do it right now, alright?!
- GRACE
- You know I've had to ask you about this several --
- TRIP
- Get off my back! I'll get rid of it in just a minute!
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- TRIP
- Uhp, he's here!
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- GRACE
- What?! You told me it'd be an hour from now!
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- TRIP
- No, he's supposed to be here now!
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- GRACE
- God... Trip!
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Tom knocks on the front door.)
- (Trip opens the front door.)
- TRIP
- Tom!!
- TOM
- Are you interested in a computer?
- TRIP
- Hey! It's been too long, man! -- (interrupted)
- TRIP
- Uh...
- TRIP
- Well come on in...
- (TOM kisses trip.)
- TRIP
- Oh... you're doing the European-style greeting...
- TRIP
- we just got back from a trip to Italy, but the men only did that with women... generally... but, um... -- (interrupted)
- TOM
- Nope, I love you.
- TRIP
- Oh, um... -- (interrupted)
- (TOM kisses trip.)
- GRACE
- No, no, here we are!
- GRACE
- Tom,
- GRACE
- Hi! How are you? Oh god it's been such a long time!
- TRIP
- Yeah, it's been too long.
- GRACE
- And, I've got to say, you look really good!
- (TOM uses the answering machine.)
- ANSWERING MACHINE
- No new messages
- GRACE
- Well, come on in, make yourself at home!
- (TOM picks up the phone.)
- TRIP
- I'm just going to go close the door.
- (TOM puts down the phone.)
- TOM
- DOnt.
- GRACE
- Well, come in, make -- (interrupted)
- (Trip closes the front door.)
- GRACE
- Uh...
- TRIP
- Oh, Tom, take a look at this photo I just put up from our trip to Italy a couple of weeks ago... -- (interrupted)
- TOM
- No.
- TRIP
- N -- no, no, come look at this Italy photo!
- TRIP
- Tom, Come here, I want you to -- (interrupted)
- TOM
- No, I don't want to.
- TRIP
- N -- no, heh, come here!
- TRIP
- Tom, come on, take a look at this picture!
- TOM
- You're making me uncomfortable.
- TRIP
- W -- well, come take a look!
- GRACE
- Trip, darling, your obsession with that photo of yours is making our friend -- (interrupted)
- TOM
- No
- GRACE
- N - no, Trip can get overly obsessed.
- (Trip shakes the advice ball.)
- TRIP
- Why not?
- TRIP
- Huh!
- GRACE
- (little sigh)
- TRIP
- Tom, let me get you a drink.
- TRIP
- Oh and I've got these fancy new cocktail shakers I'm itching to try out.
- TOM
- Want me to itch it?
- TRIP
- I've got the perfect bottle of cabernet I've been saving for just such an occasion.
- TRIP
- Whoa, hold on there my friend, let's keep that raging libido of yours under control tonight.
- TOM
- No.
- TRIP
- Uh, well, I'm just going to pour you a glass of this wine.
- GRACE
- No no,
- GRACE
- Tom, how about something simple, like a nice glass of chardonnay?
- TOM
- I want wine.
- TOM
- Wine.
- TRIP
- Aha! Great! Drinks comin' right up!
- TRIP
- (quiet humming)
- GRACE
- (little sigh) Ah, the funny thing is, Trip doesn't even like the taste of alcohol.
- TRIP
- What was that?
- GRACE
- (clears throat)
- TRIP
- Grace, perhaps you'll take a walk on the wild side and join us in a real drink?
- TOM
- I'm horny.
- GRACE
- Should I leave you two alone to keep flirting?
- TRIP
- What? Grace, no -- -- (interrupted)
- GRACE
- No, I don't want to get in the way...
- TRIP
- He's just kidding! It's a joke.
- TOM
- Nope.
- GRACE
- As for my drink...
- GRACE
- I'm not in the mood to drink tonight.
- GRACE
- Nothing for me.
- TRIP
- Nothing?
- TRIP
- Okay.
- TOM
- I really am horny....for the 8Ball!
- (TOM picks up the advice ball.)
- (The advice ball reads, "Could Be")
- (TOM shakes the advice ball.)
- (TOM puts down the advice ball.)
- PHONE
- ** RING **
- TOM
- PHONE!
- TRIP
- Oh, I'll get it --
- GRACE
- No, no, we have a guest, we can let the answering -- (interrupted)
- PHONE
- ** RING **
- (TOM picks up the phone.)
- PHONE
- Grace? Hello?
- GRACE
- Tom, no! Please don't do that.
- PHONE
- Who is this? Grace is that you?
- (TOM kisses trip.)
- GRACE
- Uhh, it's my dad, I can hear his voice.
- (TOM kisses grace.)
- TRIP
- Oh!
- PHONE
- Excuse me, I must have the wrong number... ** click **
- GRACE
- Okay, he's being annoying, as usual... just -- just hang it up.
- TOM
- No.
- (TOM puts down the phone.)
- GRACE
- Oh, good, you hung up. I can call him back later, or in a few days, heh.
- (TOM uses the answering machine.)
- ANSWERING MACHINE
- No new messages
- TRIP
- uh... uh, heh heh...
- GRACE
- (nervous coughing)
- TRIP
- what...
- TRIP
- wow, that was, um...
- GRACE
- (nervous coughing)
- TRIP
- ha ha...
- GRACE
- ha ha ha...
- TRIP
- ha ha ha!
- GRACE
- ha ha ha ha!!
- TOM
- Do you like your parents, Grace?
- TRIP
- Ha ha ha, heh, Tom,
- GRACE
- heh heh...
- TRIP
- you maniac! heh heh... you sex maniac! Ha ha, never afraid to...
- TRIP
- put us on the spot...
- TRIP
- heh heh, you're crazy, heh, you know that?
- TRIP
- heh, ha ha...
- TOM
- Fuck the magic eight ball?
- TRIP
- (big sigh)
- TRIP
- Anyway, uh... what were we talking about?
- TRIP
- Heh heh, -- (interrupted)
- TOM
- Sex.
- TRIP
- You...
- TRIP
- You think we should....
- TRIP
- have more sex...
- TOM
- Yes.
- TRIP
- Ha ha, ha, oh, you're -- you're quite the kidder tonight, ha ha ha...
- TOM
- Right now.
- GRACE
- Ha ha, yeah...
- TRIP
- Ha ha, heh, never afraid to say anything that pops into your mind, ha heh heh...
- TOM
- Sex. Now.
- TRIP
- Um, uh, wait... -- (interrupted)
- TRIP
- You think we should....
- TRIP
- have more sex...
- TOM
- Yes, you should.
- TRIP
- Uh, ha... ha ha ha... uh... y -- well, you, uh... you're really, uhh...
- GRACE
- Wait, wait -- what is he --
- TRIP
- No, no no, no Grace, ha ha ha, he's having a bit of fun with us tonight, that's all...
- GRACE
- (clears throat)
- TOM
- More sex.
- TRIP
- (frustrated sigh)
- TRIP
- Uh...
- TRIP
- Ha ha! Oh I think we're going to need some drinks first if we're going to talk about sex. -- (interrupted)
- TOM
- Are you sexually frustrated?
- TRIP
- uh...
- TRIP
- So yeah, remember how you introduced us almost exactly ten years ago tonight?
- TOM
- Yes, it's boring.
- TRIP
- Uh, well, all I can say is, tonight means a lot to me, and Grace.
- TRIP
- (frustrated sigh)
- TOM
- Grace doesn't think so.
- (TOM hugs grace.)
- TRIP
- Y -- yeah, yeah, n - no no no, wait, uh, w - what's wrong, Grace?
- GRACE
- Oh! ha ha ha, you're hugging me!
- TRIP
- Oh, well that was nice, I'm sure Grace appreciates that.
- GRACE
- (clears throat)
- TRIP
- Anyway...
- TRIP
- Grace, come on, it's not helping things for you to say that... -- (interrupted)
- TOM
- Something wrong?
- TRIP
- N -- no, no, and we're, we're, uh -- we're not disagreeing.
- TOM
- Yes you are.
- (Trip shakes the advice ball.)
- TRIP
- Yeah, yeah, I, heh...
- GRACE
- You know, ever since we got married, Trip is forever trying to get me to buy new furniture, and redecorate,
- GRACE
- and -- and it's true, I kind of enjoy it but...
- TRIP
- Well, yeah, it's great, everybody -- (interrupted)
- TOM
- Why is that, Trip?
- TRIP
- Well, you have to appreciate how after a full day's work designing magazine ads, Grace can find the time to redecorate --
- GRACE
- I want to throw it all out, get rid of everything, and throw paint all over the walls...
- TRIP
- (annoyed sigh)
- TOM
- Why do you want to start over
- GRACE
- So -- (interrupted)
- TRIP
- Ah, yeah, Tom, I knew you'd like it.
- TRIP
- See Grace you don't realize how good this all looks -- and, and how good you look!
- GRACE
- (annoyed sigh)
- TOM
- You don't look good, Trip.
- GRACE
- Oh, uh...
- GRACE
- (little sigh) So I just had to have this armoire...
- GRACE
- but... dammit, I don't know what I was thinking, this is a monstrosity!
- TRIP
- A monstrosity... what?
- GRACE
- (frustrated sigh)
- TRIP
- Grace, everything's fine! No one is complaining about your decorating --
- GRACE
- No, decorating is just --
- GRACE
- (frustrated sigh)
- GRACE
- There must be some way I could --
- TOM
- Hello, I'm a peeping tom.
- GRACE
- I don't know what to think. I don't know.
- TRIP
- You're good at decorating, trust yourself.
- (Trip shakes the advice ball.)
- TRIP
- Definitely not.
- TOM
- You are Grace.
- GRACE
- Well -- well, Trip can get overly obsessed.
- TOM
- No
- TRIP
- Uhh, you're driving me insane!
- TRIP
- Your... goddamn decorating...
- TRIP
- You're never satisfied with anything! You're never happy, never ever satisfied with anything.
- GRACE
- (impatient sigh) -- (interrupted)
- TOM
- Fuck off Trip.
- GRACE
- What?!? That's awful, where did that come from? You're acting ridiculous!
- GRACE
- You... kissing... and...
- GRACE
- You're always sending these subtle flirt signals! You're always trying to get people turned on! -- (interrupted)
- TRIP
- Oh, god...!
- TOM
- Trip's acting rediculous
- GRACE
- What, what's that, what are you saying?
- TRIP
- Alright, you know what, Tom,
- TRIP
- I need to ask you something.
- GRACE
- Trip --
- TRIP
- Grace, let me ask our guest a question.
- TRIP
- Tom, yes or no...
- TRIP
- It's okay for a married... person, to talk and be friendly with someone of the opposite sex, right?
- GRACE
- What?
- TRIP
- I mean, come on, if you're -- (interrupted)
- TOM
- Yea
- GRACE
- What...?!
- GRACE
- Oh, yes, that's fine... that's fine...
- GRACE
- The real truth is, Trip, you flirt with everybody! The clients at work, our friends, everybody, you can't help yourself! You're always looking around, goddammit!
- TRIP
- Oh, Jesus...!
- TRIP
- Uhh! Yeah, go on, get away from me!
- (TOM picks up a trinket 1.)
- TRIP
- I can't stand frigging looking at you!
- TRIP
- What the... goddammit!
- (TOM puts down a trinket 1.)
- TOM
- What's wrong Trip?
- TRIP
- Uhh... Tom, I...
- GRACE
- What? Are you talking to me?
- TRIP
- I was not talking to you!
- TRIP
- Tom, this has never ever happened before...!
- TOM
- :(
- TRIP
- uhh...
- TOM
- :D
- TOM
- D:
- GRACE
- Tom, in -- in what you said before, about flirting... I think we've already learned something about Trip.
- TOM
- GHOST!
- TRIP
- Oh ho, so we're talking about me, are we?
- GRACE
- What?
- GRACE
- Damn it, Trip, you and my parents are always planning these stupid trips I have to go on..
- (TOM kisses grace.)
- TRIP
- You know what, Tom, that's it, you need to leave.
- TRIP
- Tom, Jesus, we've had enough, you've got to go.
- TRIP
- We invited you over, but this is just not working out.
- TOM
- DAMNIT!!!
- TOM
- NOOOOOO
- (Trip opens the front door.)
- TRIP
- We'll be fine -- just go.
- (Trip closes the front door.)
- (TOM knocks on the front door.)
- (TOM knocks on the front door.)
- (TOM knocks on the front door.)
- (TOM knocks on the front door.)
- (TOM knocks on the front door.)
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