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When We’re Together
A Brief Stageplay
Originally written for Professor Ed Heaberlin’s playwriting class, TA 114, Fall 2017. Characters may bear some resemblance to those in my first novel.
[AT RISE: Two girls in two different worlds, connected only by a computer. CASS, out and loud and proud; RACHEL, a pastor’s daughter in the Deep South. They are intimate and lovely and definitely in love, though maybe subconsciously on Rachel’s part. There is a hard, physical wall between the two of them. It is a source of great pain for both.]
CASS: Hey, there.
RACH: Hey.
CASS: I didn’t think you were going to make it on tonight.
RACH (distant): Yeah, I know. I’m sorry.
CASS: What’s wrong?
RACH: Nothing. I’m sorry. I just got stuck late at church. Got stuck in a conversation with my mom and the pastor. (A grimace) Apparently, she tried to go snooping through my phone.
CASS: Was she able to unlock it? (This would be bad news. The worst.)
RACH: No, though I’d guess it wasn’t from lack of trying. I’m willing to bet she tried every password she could think of. Fortunately, I’m a step ahead of her. At least for now.
CASS: So we’re good?
