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A lesbian couple defends their urban home purchase to a brother from the 'burbs. 10-minute comedy.
- Productions: Unity Fest '97, 29th St. Theatre; Love Creek One-Act Festival, 42nd St. Theatre Collective; TOSOS II (NYC); Wild Plum (Cleveland); City Lights Act-a-thon, San Francisco (staged reading)
 Mo
(Liz Davito), Karin (Mary Louise Mooney), & Jordan (Morry
Campbell) in the TOSOS II production. Photo by Doric Wilson. |
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EXCERPT
[MO has just had a spat with her brother, who is visiting
MO & KARIN's recently purchased "fixer-upper" house
for the first time.]
MO
Damn it. The weekend was going so well, too.
KARIN
It's been a little overdone, if you ask me. I mean, what are
we trying to prove? No wonder he thinks we're such yuppies. We've
dragged him from cafe to flea market to restaurant to museum
without ceasing.
MO
Okay, so we didn't have to go to the second flea market.
KARIN
And he's heard enough running commentary to make a travel
feature on the contemporary upbeat urban lesbian experience.
Let's just try to relax, o.k.?
MO
I don't want him carrying horror stories back to Mom. It's
tough enough already.
KARIN
He's not a spy, Mo.
MO
Yes, he is. She doesn't want to come here herself, so she
sent him. He's her fifth column.
KARIN
She's trying, babe. (hugging MO)
MO
I don't want her "trying". It makes me tired to
think about it. Why can't she just come here, eat your casserole,
pretend to like you, go home, and dish you behind your back like
she would if you were her son-in-law?
KARIN
Oh, honey. (They kiss and cling. A beat.) Your brother likes
me.
MO
Yeah, he does.
KARIN
I'm kind of surprised. You said he hated Deirdre.
MO
He did. But I think it's because she acted like such a wimp
around him. You don't take any shit off him. That helps.
KARIN
I think we have a positive future together as in-laws. When
I go to Claremont we can go to the hardware department at Sears
and bond over the plumber's putty. (CONTINUES)
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