Jack And Jill Plays - Part 6 - You and Me

About Jack and Jill Plays:

I'm going to do something new.  Post a short play every day as long as I can.  This does not mean that I wrote this play today but I might have.  (My life is not always my own what with work and a 4 year old running around so maybe I wrote it today or maybe it was stockpiled in preparation for the days I can't get in writing.)  My goal is to do at least 100 of these or maybe more but probably 45 or 50 is the length of a full length play so even that would be good.  100 would be better.  300?  amazing.  500?  Does anyone want 500 of these plays?  Anyway, the goal is consecutive days.

The normal things about plays apply-- don't produce or reproduce this play without my permission.  I wrote it so I own it.  Etc.



You and Me
by Adam Szymkowicz

(JACK and JILL in bed.  JACK reads.)

JILL
And then I sang a song, Jack.

JACK
What?

JILL
So then I sang a song. The light fell on me and all the hairs on my body stood up and I opened my mouth and the most amazing song came out.

(JILL is standing now in a spotlight, electrified.)

JACK
Okay.

JILL
It went like this:

(JILL sings.)

JILL
ALL MY HATS ARE NEW HATS
ALL MY THOUGHTS ARE GOLD
WE WILL NEVER EVER WANDER
WE WILL NEVER GET OLD
WE WON'T THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE
DON'T DO WHAT YOU ARE TOLD

I AM JILL!

I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR SOCIAL NORMS
DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT
ANTI SOCIAL POEMS
DON'T TELL ME WHERE TO GO
I'LL JUST STAY AT HOME

I AM JILL!

(JACK puts down whatever he's reading and stands and sings.)

JACK
THE COURSE OF OUR COARSE LOVE
WAS NEVER FINE TO ME
I CARVED OUR INITIALS
ON EVERY SINGLE TREE
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
TIL YOU TAUGHT ME HOW TO SEE

JACK and JILL
YOU AND ME
LOVING FREE
IN A TREE
S.E.X.T.I.N.G

JACK                                                         JILL
I AM JACK!                                 I AM JILL!


(Blackout)


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Jack And Jill Plays - Part 5 - Dream House

About Jack and Jill Plays:

I'm going to do something new.  Post a short play every day as long as I can.  This does not mean that I wrote this play today but I might have.  (My life is not always my own what with work and a 4 year old running around so maybe I wrote it today or maybe it was stockpiled in preparation for the days I can't get in writing.)  My goal is to do at least 100 of these or maybe more but probably 45 or 50 is the length of a full length play so even that would be good.  100 would be better.  300?  amazing.  500?  Does anyone want 500 of these plays?  Anyway, the goal is consecutive days.

The normal things about plays apply-- don't produce or reproduce this play without my permission.  I wrote it so I own it.  Etc.



Dream House
by Adam Szymkowicz

(An architect's office.  JACK has entered.  he speaks with ARCHITECT)

JACK
Great, so, thanks for seeing me.  So I want you to design a mansion for me.

ARCHITECT
A mansion?

JACK
Like a small mansion.

ARCHITECT
Okay.

JACK
Like a victorian with flourishes.

ARCHITECT
What kind of flourishes?

JACK
Lots of towers.  An indoor pool.  Tunnels.  Secret passageways.  A moat.

ARCHITECT
A moat?

JACK
Maybe not a moat.  Bushes shaped like dragons.  Large steel sculptures.  And in the backyard, Stone Henge.

ARCHITECT
You want me to draw all that up?

JACK
Yeah.

ARCHITECT
And then, you'll build it.

JACK
Someday.

ARCHITECT
I see.

JACK
When the money comes in.

ARCHITECT
I'm not cheap you know.  Even drawing this up will take a lot of time.

JACK
Okay.

ARCHITECT
Maybe you should pay me before I do it.

JACK
Haven't you ever had a dream?

ARCHITECT
Of course.

JACK
This is my dream.

ARCHITECT
Sometimes you can just dream your dream without going to the drafting table.

JACK
I don't think so.  No.  I don't think so.

ARCHITECT
Or you could draw it yourself.

JACK
Maybe.  But I can't really so I called you.

ARCHITECT
Will it be beautiful.

JACK
Of course.

ARCHITECT
I want to make something beautiful  What about fountains?

JACK
I love fountains.

ARCHITECT
I thought you might. What about a courtyard in the middle of the forest? With café tables and gas lanterns?

JACK

Yes!  How about canals like in Venice.

ARCHITECT

Wonderful!  do you like gargoyles?

JACK

Who doesn't like gargoyles?


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Jack And Jill Plays - Part 4 - Run

About Jack and Jill Plays:

I'm going to do something new.  Post a short play every day as long as I can.  This does not mean that I wrote this play today but I might have.  (My life is not always my own what with work and a 4 year old running around so maybe I wrote it today or maybe it was stockpiled in preparation for the days I can't get in writing.)  My goal is to do at least 100 of these or maybe more but probably 45 or 50 is the length of a full length play so even that would be good.  100 would be better.  300?  amazing.  500?  Does anyone want 500 of these plays?  Anyway, the goal is consecutive days.

The normal things about plays apply-- don't produce or reproduce this play without my permission.  I wrote it so I own it.  Etc.



Run
by Adam Szymkowicz

(JACK is freaking out.  JILL enters.)

JACK
AAAahgh!

JILL
What?

JACK
I'm freaking out!

JILL
What is it?

JACK
What if I never amount to anything my whole life and it's all just a waste?

JILL
What do you mean?

JACK
I'm a failure.

JILL
Yeah but we all are.

JACK
What?

JILL
Everyone you know is a failure, right?

JACK
I know some people who aren't.

JILL
You don't know them that well though.  It's fine.  It's okay to be a failure.  Now.  Tomorrow.  For a while.  It won't be forever, probably.

JACK
But it could be.

JILL
Well you won't know for a while so relax.  Things could get worse.

JACK
I guess.  Yeah.  I guess. I just want them to get better.

JILL
Are you doing anything about that?

JACK
No.

JILL
Do one thing.  Just one thing.  Today.

JACK
Yeah.  I could do that I bet.  One thing.

JILL
Good.

JACK
Why do you have such a handle on this? You should be freaking out too.

JILL
Yeah, I know.  It's just that I ran a mile and I did it pretty fast so I feel pretty good about myself.

JACK
Should I do that?

JILL
No, don't do that.  You'll just fall on your face and then you'll feel worse.

JACK
Yeah.  You're right.

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Jack And Jill Plays - Part 3 - Snake

About Jack and Jill Plays:

I'm going to do something new.  Post a short play every day as long as I can.  This does not mean that I wrote this play today but I might have.  (My life is not always my own what with work and a 4 year old running around so maybe I wrote it today or maybe it was stockpiled in preparation for the days I can't get in writing.)  My goal is to do at least 100 of these or maybe more but probably 45 or 50 is the length of a full length play so even that would be good.  100 would be better.  300?  amazing.  500?  Does anyone want 500 of these plays?  Anyway, the goal is consecutive days.

The normal things about plays apply-- don't produce or reproduce this play without my permission.  I wrote it so I own it.  Etc.



Snake
by Adam Szymkowicz

(JILL stands over a dead snake holding a shovel.  The snake is in two pieces.)

JILL
Jack!!  Ja-ack!

(JACK enters.)

JILL
I killed this snake.

JACK
I see.  Was it--

JILL
I didn't like how it was looking at me.  Is there a rattle?

JACK
It's a-- I think it's a garter snake.

JILL
It looks poisonous.

JACK
Maybe.  I don't know.  We can look it up.

JILL
You could make boots out of it.  Don't people make boots out of snakeskin?

JACK
I'm no cobbler.

JILL
Or like a fanny pack or something.

JACK
Sure.  Maybe.  Or maybe we just chuck it out back.

JILL
It's fresh.  We could eat it.  Wanna look up how to cook it?

JACK
No, I don't want to do that.  My brother was arrested.

JILL
Oh.

JACK
Again.  Drugs.

JILL
I'm sorry.

JACK
It's fine.  I'm going to go back inside.

JILL
Should I cook this?

JACK
Please don't.  I'll make pasta.

JILL
Okay.

JACK
Or something.  I'm glad the snake didn't hurt you.

JILL
Me too.

JACK
Come inside?

JILL
In a bit.

(JACK exits.  JILL looks at the snake.)

JILL
Not today, snake.  Not today.


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Jack And Jill Plays - Part 2 - See

About Jack and Jill Plays:

I'm going to do something new.  Post a short play every day as long as I can.  This does not mean that I wrote this play today but I might have.  (My life is not always my own what with work and a 4 year old running around so maybe I wrote it today or maybe it was stockpiled in preparation for the days I can't get in writing.)  My goal is to do at least 100 of these or maybe more but probably 45 or 50 is the length of a full length play so even that would be good.  100 would be better.  300?  amazing.  500?  Does anyone want 500 of these plays?  Anyway, the goal is consecutive days.

The normal things about plays apply-- don't produce or reproduce this play without my permission.  I wrote it so I own it.  Etc.



See
by Adam Szymkowicz

(JACK and JILL are standing knee deep in snow.  It is snowing lightly.  They look at each other but say nothing.)

JACK
He'll come back.

JILL
What if he doesn't?

JACK
He'll get hungry.  He has to eat.

JILL
What if he was hit by a car or what if he just lied down and froze to death.

JACK
I guess.  I don't know.  Why would he do that?

JILL
Hypothermia?

JACK
Yeah.  I told you we should have gotten a goldfish.  A goldfish wouldn't do this.

JILL
You don't see me.

JACK
What?  Where's that coming from?

JILL
It's like you know I'm here but you don't see who I am.

JACK
I know you.  I've known you for a long time.

JILL
You don't see me.

JACK
Okay, but no, you're wrong.

JILL
Do you think I have an addictive personality?

JACK
Only when you're depressed.

JILL
I see you.  It's not fair.

JACK
Spot!  Spot!  He'll come back.

JILL
I'm not losing another one.

JACK
Spot!

(THEY stand there looking at each other.)

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Jack And Jill Plays - Part 1 - Purpose

About Jack and Jill Plays:

Today is my 40th birthday.

I'm going to do something new.  Post a short play every day as long as I can.  This does not mean that I wrote this play today but I might have.  (My life is not always my own what with work and a 4 year old running around so maybe I wrote it today or maybe it was stockpiled in preparation for the days I can't get in writing.)  My goal is to do at least 100 of these or maybe more but probably 45 or 50 is the length of a full length play so even that would be good.  100 would be better.  300?  amazing.  500?  Does anyone want 500 of these plays?  Anyway, the goal is consecutive days.

The normal things about plays apply-- don't produce or reproduce this play without my permission.  I wrote it so I own it.  Etc.




Purpose
by Adam Szymkowicz

(JACK enters carrying a bucket.  He tries to hand it to JILL.)

JACK
Here you go.

JILL
What's that?

JACK
A pail.

JILL
A pail?

JACK
A bucket.

JILL
What's it for?

JACK
We could carry water in it.

JILL
For what?

JACK
I don't know.  Things.

JILL
I'm not going to drink water from your bucket.  I have water glasses.

JACK
Or we could keep things in it.

JILL
Like what?

JACK
All sorts of things.  Nuts and bolts.  Snakes.  Chains.  Water.

JILL
Okay.  Just put it somewhere I won't notice it.

JACK
It'll be really useful sometime.  I promise.

JILL
Yeah, okay.

JACK
What's wrong?

JILL
Do I have a purpose?

JACK
Sure.  Sure you do.

JILL
What is it?

JACK
Oh I bet there are lots of things you do every day.

JILL
Yeah but to what end?

JACK
Like a mission statement?

JILL
Or something.

JACK
We can come up with one.  Come with me.

JILL
Where?

JACK
Up the hill.  I want to fill up this bucket.  Make sure it doesn't leak.

JILL
Okay.  We'll find out what my purpose is.

JACK
Yeah, totally.  We'll both find our purpose.  Purposes.  Purposi.

JILL
No.

(They exit with bucket.)

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