Still So Much To Say
by Jeff Goode
copyright © 2009
THIS SCRIPT IS COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL AND MAY NOT BE DOWNLOADED, TRANSMITTED, PRINTED OR PERFORMED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR(LIGHTS UP ON: DANNY in a hospital bed. ELIZABETH at his bedside. Other characters mill about.)(DANNY wakes.)
ELIZABETH. Danny? Can you hear me?
DANNY. Elizabeth? Is that you?
TONY. (to the others) He’s lucid! He’s lucid! Everybody!
(ALL THE OTHERS crowd around the hospital bed, eager to speak with him.)DANNY. What happened?
ALEX. We all came as soon as we heard the news.
ROGER. Ooh, that sounds dirty!
TONY. Shut up, Roger!
ELIZABETH. Danny, the Doctor says there’s not much time, and you’ve been going in and out.
DANNY. How much time do I have?
TONY. Danny, this is serious. This may be our last chance.
DANNY. What’s wrong with me?
TONY. That’s what we want to talk to you about.
ELIZABETH. There’s so much we have to tell you. I don’t know where to begin.
ROGER. Go on, Elizabeth.
ELIZABETH. Well… (pause) Your penis is a little bent.
DANNY. What?
ELIZABETH. And at first it was interesting, you know, different. But after awhile, it just got to be like "Come on! Give me a break already! That’s not the only itch that needs scratchin’, you know what I mean? (continues...)
(TONY, ALEX and ROGER all chime in simultaneously with their monologues…)TONY. When she’s done, I gotta talk to you about the family business. No big deal. (continues...)
ALEX. I love you, Daddy. I love you more than anyone else in the world. Even Mom. (continues...)
ROGER. I’m gay! Okay, there I said it I’m gay! And not just a little gay like Tony. (continues...)
DANNY. (beat) Why are you telling me all this??
(EVERYONE else joins in with their monologues…)STEPHANIE. Hi! You don’t know me, but I was just walking by, and I heard you was loaded. (continues...)
DUGAN. Here’s the plan. When the lights go out, you make for the door. (continues...)
CULLEN. I’ve been thinking about this, and I want to take back everything I said. (continues...)
(RICHARD bursts into song.)RICHARD. (sings, ad lib) No one’s gonna miss you when you’re gone! We’ve really had it! The day you die will be the happiest day of my life! Why don’t you DIE already? Die, already! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die, already!
(Eventually, the DOCTOR bursts in.)DOCTOR. All right, that’s it! Visiting hours are over! I told you people you didn’t have much time with him. You’re gonna have to come back tomorrow. We open at 8 am. Go on home, let the man rest.
(They all go out, grumbling, as the…)(LIGHTS FADE TO BLACK.)
First performed at No Shame Los Angeles on January 9, 2009.
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