reasons to be pretty act 2

The English Theatre of Hamburg. I left mine in my other purse.GREG Fine.STEPH OK then. / Fine. I'm sorry but nobody, no-body, even the most clueless of guys, is gonna make that kind of mistake. Two hours, 5 minutes. / STOP! God STEPH Nope. If that's all you can do right now, try and dilute the issue at hand by sidetracking us / Or getting us all turned around by GREG I'm just pointing it out / I'm not, I swear I'm not, but you're being all STEPH or, or trying to make me laugh or any of that shit that you usually do, then "fuck you" is what I have to say! Enter Titania, Queen of Fairies, with . (Beat.) / Sit down.GREG Thanks. Attractive, I'm saying. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike. I always felt like my face was one of my better parts and he's talking about me like I'm some old Buick out in the backyard that he keeps thinking about fixing but just can't get to it. Each of the four characters opens up in a monologue, and while Greg, in the final one, gets to articulate fully the themes of the play and his own emotional maturity through experience, the device does feel a little schematic. Show dates: June 20-23, 27-29, 2013. Oh, I see (Beat.) (He slaps the table and sits.) / Yep. KENT watches her go.KENT Amazing ass, you know?GREG I dunno, man.KENT You can say it, I don't mind. In the next room, OK, so don't try and Lance Armstrong your way outta this one!GREG I'm not! (Beat.) (Noun) The act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express . (Mimes a drop.) Greg apologizes and is understanding. To you.GREG Fine then.STEPH Yeah, fine.GREG OK.STEPH O-kay. Just stop. / I was joking!STEPH Fuck jokes! It was more of, like, a point of contrastwith you as the good thing.STEPH Huh. Fuck.GREG Uh-huh. You do not listen. It was, like, ummm, "Yeah, well, maybe Steph hasn't got a face like that girl'smaybe her face is just regularbut I wouldn't trade her for a million bucks." Hes proud that hes married to such a hot chick, but isnt hesitant to be unfaithful to her. She follows his advice. I don't careI couldn't care less about her. / You know / I was just STEPH Oh. And as people. On the 11th of May, less than two weeks after losing her final legal appeal, Mrs Diane Pretty died, under sedation and in the care of a hospice. 7. You coming to practice?GREG Uh-huh, three-thirty. And nothing about me?GREG I'm / I don't think I said any STEPH You didn't say anything about me compared to her? GREGlooks around, embarrassed by what's happening.GREG We should probably just / Go. Apologizing establishes relationship rules: When you've broken a rule of social conductfrom cutting in line to breaking the lawre-establishes that you know what the "rules" are and agree that they should be upheld.This makes others feel safe knowing you agree that hurtful behavior isn't OK. Apologizing re-establish dignity for those you hurt: Letting the injured party know that you know . 'Cause he doesn't wanna make eye contact. Fuckers GREG Uh-huh. Steph is acting like Crazy Horse KENT Exactly. She carries a set of keys and her flashlight, for Chrissakes! / Let's be honest here.KENT Fine. Enter Demetrius running, with Helena in pursuit. Casting is by Donna Morong, CSA. Kinda like Gothic.KENT Huh. (Beat.) I've done it.GREG Good, then get the hell outta here STEPH I will.GREG you and your, your stupid face.She turns on him, almost spitting out the next bit as she gets to her feet.STEPH I knew it! I'm totally behind you.GREG Really?KENT Hundred percent. The cast of l'obsession de la beaut included Anne-lisabeth Boss, Maude Gigure, David Laurin and Mathieu Quesnel. Ever ything's back to normal, I see.KENT Gotta give 'er time, dude.GREG Right. Huh? Today we announced vertical tabs, a feature that helps you easily find and manage many open tabs at once. I bought it with my own money and so I'm taking it.With that she turns and exits, disappearing down the hall.Shoes clacking on the tile. It totally matters. She speculates that Kent is undermining her. We're like fucking buffaloes out here.KENT slips out, a punch to GREG's arm as he goes off.GREG Yeah. Why?STEPH Because this stuff, all this stuff I said about you? I mean, it's nice as well, I don't mean to imply it's not but there's various drawbacksand not just, like, that joke that people tellthe one about how "behind every pretty woman you'll find a guy who's tired of fucking her," not even that although that's mostly accurate and you hear it because it's become a clich, which just means "true." My God, you're like a Chris Rock concert or something with all the STEPH Fuck you, asswipe! I rang up their place but I'm only getting the answering machine. I don't need to do that, make a point of any kind.GREG Then why can't we just ?STEPH Because we can't go back. Fucker GREG I did not, I don't care what she said to you / I didn't say "ugly"! Leaves the flowers.GREG looks around, then reaches down and picks up his keys.After a moment, he carefully opens the paper ball on the table.Flattens it out. 3. Some way or another, they chill off and wish each other well on their lives without each other. But the plays emotional focus is Greg, a smart, decent, unassuming guy hungry to better his situation yet too aware of his limitations to be pushy about it. / (Checks watch.) I would never say that about you, ever, and I'm not gonna be STEPH Bull-shit!/ BULLSHIT! Ride it to shore and see what comes of it. / We're perfect.GREG Right. After trying to flatter him, Carly then wants to ask him an important question about Kent. David Gallos versatile set, backed by a container cage of warehouse goods, and Sarah J. Holdens unfussy costumes help cement that grounding among real people. A simple desire to have sex can motivate some people to cheat. / Hawthorne. Don't get her all CARLY Greg, don't start GREG Tell me what else you said! reasons to be prettys raison-dtre may be to showcase four of Aquila Morong Studios finestactingstudents, but withup-and-comers as talented as Novogratz, Coover, Boffey, and Hunt bringing Neil LaButes words to fiery life, this is no mere showcase production. It is L.A. intimate theater at its electrifying best. Picks up an ashtray and fires it across the room at GREG. After over-powering his ex-friend, Greg leaves Kent, who fumes in rage. We can't eat lunch and kiss each other and start blabbing on the phone next week We're done, Greg. Kent says that he expects Carly to hit the gym the day after the baby is born. / No, that's great, Kent.KENT It's whatever, man, but it's smacked me for a loop, tell you that much. It's possible.GREG Stephanie STEPH Until somebody had to go and open his big fucking mouth. But when Greg refuses to continue covering for Kent, friction between the two guys deepens, causing the differences between them to become irreconcilable. (Beat.) Hien Kommentaren, di Kent net mi gesinn hat. This play was written by Neil LaBute and was first performed in 2008. "Reasons to Be Pretty" Plot Summary of Act One: In Scene One, Steph is very angry because her boyfriend Greg supposedly said something . He asserts that Greg could never tell since he fears individuals despising him. I thought you said a "pot. Pretty much.KENT Even with the over time GREG Agreed. And you think she could really do anything, I mean, if some guy snapped and went after people with a machete or hell, I dunno, terrorists came rolling through there on a missionbecause they needed crates of Kleenex as part of their master plan to take over the United Statesyou think Carly's actually gonna be any use in that situation? / (Takes it.) Anyhow, sorry before, with us getting a little hot there KENT No worries. Huh?CARLY I dunno. It just is (Beat.) No offense but she can be a real fuckhole sometimes, dude. Amazing to the touch is all, some, you know a gymnast or one of those cheerleaders, that age. Greg a Kent kmmeren sech fir beruffleche Softballspill. / Or skillet, if you wanna get fancy.GREG Oh. So?GREG What? Scene Two Carly visits Greg (who is yet again reading some classic literature). No.GREG OK, then, I don't know what to say to you about this because STEPH The truth. Finally follows.A moment with STEPH.STEPH He hurt me, he really did, you know? You fucking asshole!GREG Joke! / Yes, you did!GREG Steph STEPH No, don't, do not "Steph" me right now!GREG Come on, Stephanie STEPH Don't do that, you prick! She isn't one, OK, she's not. We said stuff. Premiere on 6 September, 2012 Preview Performances at reduced prices on 3, 4 and 5 September Peformances Tuesday to Saturday at 19.30 Hours Matinee Performances at 11.00 Hours on Tuesdays and Fridays beginning 11 September. When Greg makes an innocuous, off-handed remark about his girlfriend Steph, it triggers a battle by which their relationship will forever be defined. Or "raspberry" or whatever, doesn't really matter. That insight cuts even deeper here with bookish warehouse worker Greg, played with acute self-exposure by Thomas Sadoski. / Thanks. And don't try and trick me, dudeyou're totally jealous of her!KENT I know but I'm talking about in theory here. "No one takes me seriously. / No GREG Bullshit CARLY Hey, don't swear at me, OK?GREG No, seriously, Carly, that is, like, a bunch of bullshit and don't do that to me, all right? / Yeah, but not all of me.GREG That's not true STEPH It is. Say what you're gonna say.KENT I'm telling you when you get up close to herCrystal, I'm sayingshe's got the most awesome features. Right? Sorry, but I'm not GREG Stephanie, this is crazy, all the stuff you're saying, because I really care for you and you do, too, I know you do STEPH No! [1], Produced by MCC Theater and directed by Terry Kinney, the play premiered at the off-Broadway Lucille Lortel Theater on June 2, 2008 and ran through July 5. Subsequent to attempting to compliment him, Carly then needs to ask him a significant inquiry about Kent. / Heard who we're playing nextit's that fucking bail bonds team! Preliminaries. The plot centers on four young working class friends and lovers who become increasingly dissatisfied with their dead-end lives and each other. That would suck, completely suck if you were that woman and that was gonna be meI'm saying once I knew how he felt about me, that was what I had to look forward to. ". In retail, traders sell items and administrations legitimate Act 2 of Reasons to Be Pretty Reasons to Be Pretty is a hard-edged comedy written by Neil LaBute. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I don't think so.GREG You're smoking, man, because if anybody has issues with privacy it's your family, OK? Courtesy Geffen Playhouse. Bam. (Beat.) This is it? Scene Two Carly visits Greg (who is once more perusing some great writing). Already back at it (Beat.) But "reasons to be pretty," the third entry in this unofficial trilogy, cuts even deeper than its predecessors. Centred around four young working class friends (who are also coupled up), the play follows the aftermath of a seemingly off . Keep your damn mouth closed for a minute and listen to me She scrambles into her purse, looking for something. / Look. / Wow, bet she'll be crushed.GREG I'm just saying I'm sick of her acting like a cop even when she's off duty. Si rckelt, awer net virun e puer Kieren him gutt. This irks Kent, who feels that Greg is being judgmental. 'S a pan.GREG OK, well, that's what she threw KENT And?GREG And nothing. Dick.GREG OK, would you stop, please?STEPH I'm not gonna stop, no, for what? Angry now.CARLY Stupid KENT I'm I don't have to go back yet. Hello? Why don't we just ?STEPH Don't, all right? / She bang it up or anything? Carly an Greg sinn an der Paus. "Neil LaBute has never been the guy to go to if youre looking to get all misty eyed. Huh? / That's true GREG And I don't even get what you're going on about What'm I privy to about you? They're both being cunts about this GREG Got it. Dude, you seem anxious; I can get outta here if Carly's coming back. That doesn't really make any sense CARLY No?GREG I mean, not really They could call it "siesta" and it'd still be dark out. All the power this charm doth owe. Note: The script we are using does not include the monologues, but feel free to use them in your audition. This is a thoughtful, mature play without the sour superiority or shocking twists and dark revelations that have become formulaic in LaButes work. Instead of working your way up in a 9-5 or an entry-level, low-paying job like in fast food, the . / This is why Jesus wept.Loud buzzer sounds overhead. / Come on, Steph, you know how we are when we get STEPH Yeah? ven om de inte terupplivar relationen representerar karaktrerna i Reasons to Be Pretty en ganska optimistisk syn p relationer och unga amerikaner i medelklassen. Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. 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