SAY mo GOODNIGHT, GRACIE © © sy RALPH PAPE «0.3050‘Time: September, 1976. Pace: The apartment shared by Jerry and Ginny in the East Village, CHARACTERS Sreve,a writer, JERRY, an actor. Ginny, a secretary. Bossy, a rock-and-roll singer. (CaTHerine, an airline stewardess. Alll characters are in their late 20s,SAY GOODNIGHT, , ° GRACIE It is late September, about 5:30 in the evening. The interior of Jerry and Ginny's apartment in the East Village. There is a vouch in the middle of the room; a couple of folding chairs piled Soha commer, a small coffee table; an old TV (the older the better) sushed out ofthe way ina corner; possibly a couple of poses the walls. Upstage Center is the kitchen area. A small re- igerator can be seen. To the Left of this, a bathtub and a rather beat-up-looking sink (plumbing fixtures included) are also visible. Further Upstage Left is the entrance to the Gpartment. Upstage Right is the bedroom area; bunkbeds are Seen through the doorway. There can also be a curtained-off area (for changing clothes. Dounstage Right is Jerry's locker. Down- stage Left is an old upholstered chair. Upsiage Left, a door opens and closes. Jerry enters. He has a traveling bag over his shoulder. He is carrying an 8X10 glassy of himself. There are a few moments of indecisive action. At last, he sits on the couch, stares at his picture and ears it up. , JERRY. What next? ‘ - STEVE. (He has been hiding behind the sofa. Quietly, he appears. He is wearing a gorilla mask and a brown derby. Jerry has not seen him.) Excuse me, do you know what time it is? JERRY. Holy shit! : STEVE, Wait. Before you say anything. I've got something wonderful to tell you! (He removes mask as he speaks.) JERRY. WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY APARTMENT?! You trying to give me a heart attack or something?! STEVE. Oh, it’s OK, Ginny let me in. She went to pick up her dress at the cleaners. How'd the audition go? JERRY. What are you doing in my apartment, Steve?! STEVE. You weren't right for the part, were you?” JERRY. Never mind! (Jerry moves to kitchen area.) STEVE. Jerry, it doesn’t matter! Wait till you hear what— 7)JERRY. Not now! Please, STEVE. Oh boy! Just wait tlt Come on: ask me what ti ine 4 tu K, Bobby'll be here, we'll be leaving? Y*—Cinnyy Come on! 8 FOF the reunion JERRY. (Turning around; holdi in Chunky Turkey soup?" POPS by he hana Wheres STEVE. Soup? Soup? Who cares about soup? JERRY, Where's he Chunky Turkey soup? {twas delicious! I thank you from the botor : m of my heart JERRY. You ate the Chunky Turkey soup?’ STEVE. Yes! I was all alone, Iw. wanted to celebrate and here w: ‘me, open me, eat me, I'm yours! JERRY. inet, Steve, in my kitchen, in m are the following items— 7 Spariment there STEVE. And do you know ‘why I was so excited??? JERRY. —3 cans of Chunky Beef soup, $ cans of Chunky Vegetable soup, 3 cans of Chunky Split Pea and Ham soup, and 7 family-sze cans of Franco-American Spaghettos. are’ you listening? woot — STEVE. What are you doing? (Almast immediately) Rehearsing a ‘monologue! (He watches and listens to Jerry J JERRY. Early this morning, as I was about to leave my apartment, 1 paused for a moment in my kitchen and ir ted I made cerain that Te was still o: ‘ining unk} key soup. Why did denen O7 “emaining can of Chunky Turkey soup. Why ited and hungry and | We can crying out: Take STEVE. (Checking imaginary watch.) 10 <9. 8 JERRY. I did this because ‘Chunky Turkey soup, as you know, for Da geterous reason, has become almost impossible to locate in STEVI ‘soup, All [know is— refed ant 40 much for coming. We would have B dame ge 218 something from Shakespeare, but this gives ut turmupe 864 of your alent, and believe me, ifa part shuld TERRE A All know ie: ‘esting Lean te cent? Jove has wo be believe that an emotion such O# ? ined. Do you agree! STEVE. ‘Are you all righ? JERRY, Do yOu 08 aly acan of soup! in any case 1 don't . us said? VE. My God. Was that what yO STEVE. My God. 6° owt jenny. ne STEVE YO wordyourfou? FEE have odes JERRY. Guess. ' Hive. Idon't! know! JERRY, Take a gusstl JANE putt don STRAY. Whats the Sey us Orncho) e imme “ 5 a My-The worn my.” MY YY Se eto is Bete Eaten ay, Avan aon JERRY Ob Nr ot opp. come om ow a can of SOUP. edi nn, It wouldn't be “swordfish,” would Importn i ‘eyou be sure I'm angry? ign Pat down the pot / STANT You Banc me te ot down the por OK. I'l put down the jot, Steve. Oh, I'l put down the pot! Are you sure you really want to sce me put down the pot? ; . . "EVE. Oh, stop it. You sound just like Jackie Gleason!! JERRY. DON'T'YOU EVER TELL ME 1 SOUND LIKE JACKIE JERRY. Don’t say another word! STEVE. But— (Jerry sits down on couch.) JERRY. Don't say another word! (Closes his eyes.) I've got to relax. Dear God, I've got to relax. Don't say another word. Just let me 9says: Tension. Do you realize wi ed be ave! JERRY. Why don’t you ever stem toch a aT EVE. Because I'm your friend. Wh, 385 give you more sta i ieegrezens tic about takin, on my mind? 2 afb that’s bothering me? ma see that. I'm not insensitive, Wil you ou just STEVE. Sure. Fine. the OK, Are you ready eerie Yon he the book store where I work? Miri rand she said she didn't knew ane Wet te morning she tells me fen up with an outline for a situation comedy pilot she neon contacts with Norman Lear and can get him (0 read i! bee believe this?! Norman Lear?! Producer of All in the Family; Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; right? OK. Now. By a strange coing. dence, what do you suppose I have been working on in secret for the past two months? A completely original TV series in which— now, hold on to your seat!—I have modelled the central character ‘on you. I even gave him your name! His name is Jerry! One day it just comes to me: a situation comedy about a group of people who ‘are members of the very first TV generation, born and raised during the dawn of the Atomic Age, whose lives have gone see themselves hands one to Steve.) Thanks, 1g agai ‘m not fantasizing again, You're 10 wrong! w that girl with the red hair § Lhave finally achieves © Steve? 3 JERRY. (Holding wp gor mast gvodo for you? T STEVE. Dont you opr chougheit would aoe laugh! eta cheer You UP- . Seay. Te was greatsuccess, Stet: 1 me you don't STEVE. (Taking mask sat at week. YOU remember this? I foun 2 box nT gamma school we tied to have one, 00. Davi” 7' chow over at Bobby's howe, used to watch the Ernt bi Trio with these guys in Tare was this routine called “The Nairobi T9 we these masks JERRY. Steve, We ‘STEVE. So what! ? for you? Fee Yeurhmow why 1 feel sonje's been 15 years since Ambrose died, ‘than just a parakeet. ‘Let's face it, you are a silly man, fn the other hand, am a stupid ‘would rather be a stupid man than & an at least fries, a stuf id man ca) stupid way, has integrity! Not like rn care about anything, or hau integrity, JERRY. Because you're “There's no other word man. But you know w! silly man, because a stupi stupid man, in his own ‘man! How can a silly mat or—or— STEVE, Don’t stop now. This is much better than the speech ‘about the soup. ; JERRY. Goddammit, Steve! Does it amuse you to watch my mind turning int ‘of Swiss cheese? Well, does it? (From t, Ginny enters, wearing her office clothes. She is carrying a a hanger. The dress is covered with a plastic bog from the cleaners. a4 GINNY. Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello. aa : mn} GINNY, (To Jerry) Hi, like my hair? Mr, Norris let me have the afternoon off so I could go have it done, How was the audition? (Pause.) You weren't right for the part, were you? What did the director say? I bet he said you gave the best audition he saw all week, . ; JERRY. He said this character In the play needed to convince the uaudience he possessed certain they were all qualities he didn’c thi , and that unfortunately could convey, GINNY. Like what a msi JERRY. Maturity, strength, belief in his ultimate worth as a human being—shall I go.on? oo. GINNY, That's ridiculous! Didn't he look at your resumé? 1 mean, you did all those Shakespeare and Greek things—and you even played what’s-his-name in college. . JERRY. Whodo youmean? —_,,, GINNY. You know who I mean. “JERRY. Who? GINNY. You know—what's-his-name? college. Didn't he see that? JERRY. He implied I would be wise to delete that as well as several ‘other items from my resumé! He told me to walk over to this mirror and look into it, and then he asked me if honestly thought I could see Hamlet in that mirror. I said, yes, I could. “No, Jerry,” he said, “you only think you see Hamlet in that mirror. What you really see in that mirror is the face of a man terrified of his own toothbrush, The face of a man so afraid to teave his home he thinks the ground will open up and swallow him ithe steps outside.” Those were his exact words. GINNY. Jerry. se eee JERRY. Then, as | was about to leave, he shook my hand and smiled and he said the one word that is the most encouraging ‘word you can hear after an audition. He said: “Wait.” (Pause.) He said, “Look, I like you and I respect you, respect, which I hope is mutual, I feel an ob! pletely frank with you at chis moment, Jerry. Always remember. You are never going to play Hamlet on a professional stage. You ‘are never going to play Macbeth. You are never going to play King Lear . . . Never. Never. Never. Never. Never but thank you for coming.” : GINNY. Don't take it personally, ennar Ginny, J think your hair looks beautiful. “"" ” INNY. Why thank you, Stephen. Now, I hope I didn’t hear the STEVE resin before Ieame in, F Wyou hadn't shown up, I'd probably be a bloody pulp by ow—icalltarted because {wld Jerry {had a surprise for him. 12 INNY. What's that? s STEVE, 1T'm writing a pilot for a situation comedy that's going to be read by Norman Lear, and when it's picked up. I'm going t0 arrange for Jerry to star init GINNY. That's wonder : mnderful, Jerry? Te merle in foo He said he enjoyed being miserable. Then he slapped round for fifteen minutes, and holdi knife to my throat, he swore wer tried to bring a li inshine into his life again, he me. GINNY. (Paying him no mind, she heads for the bedroom.) That's nice. Listen, I've just got to get out of these clothes. STEVE. Pick out something nice for Jerry to wear to the— JERRY. (Cutting him off —the folowing exchange is “whispered.”) Steve, before you say any more—I'm not going to the reunion tonight. STEVE. What? You're kidding, right? JERRY. Will you take Ginny for me? The two of you will be with ‘Bobby and whoever he’s got for a girl friend these days. It'll be like a double date for her. STEVE. (Loudly—for Ginny's benefit.) How about those Mets? (Back 1a Jerry) You're not going to the reunion? ‘JERRY. I just can't go, OK? I just can't. I need one night by myself to do some thinking, Will you take her for me? STEVE. But the only reason she wants to go to this reunion is because of you! JERRY. 1 know, I know. I just wish she'd think of herself for a ‘change. I tried to tell you that, but—I just can’t talk to her anymore. She doesn’t hear me, or something. ‘STEVE. Well, you're not exactly the easiest person in the world to talk to, you know. JERRY. And do you know that some of the people she works with think we're married? And she hasn't bothered to tell uhem the STEVE. (Loudly—for Ginny's benefit.) Great double play com- bination! (To Jerr.) Ah, you should've seen her before—she's 30 excited and nervous about tonight, she was spinning like a top, her eyes were like two! he % JERRY. I don't want to hear this— STEVE, —why, she told me that she hasn't been so excited since the night you and she met... when she opened the door 1s \h, that’s really wonderful, Stephen.van har And SH you there . .. for the first time . . "asleep in that basket, clutching your picture and resume and that file hand-written note that made her cry as she read it aloud: "Pleas ive this man a home. His needs are very simple: Food. Shelter Clothing. A Weekly Allowance—" JERRY. Why do you love to make up stories about me? STEVE, Is this a story? Did you not tell me when yor Ginny that you would never do anything to hurt her fee JERRY. Dammit, 1 asking you to help me persuade her to goto the reunion without 7ae— need to be by myself tonight because there's alot of things 1 ie to think about, and my Telationship with Ginny is one of GINNY. Jerry, ing i ae 2 The om, Boing to hang out your Oxford blue shirt for ? (Pause.) I said: is that OK? yy cordovan wingtips while you're ascot—you ki ne, don’ dear? —the one withthe embroidered inka oe” SNE OH GINNY. (Laughing.) Oh, stop it, Stephen. Jerry, is there another shirt you'd rather wear to the reunion? (She comes ‘out of the bed- room.) JERRY. Ginny, I'm not going to the reunion tonight.’ GINNY. You're not going to the be serious! JERRY. I have to do my exercises. (He gets a blanket and some exercise equipment out ofthe locker during the following exchange, spreads the blanket out on the floor and begins to do a variety of fart strenuons back there? And that floral Feunion? Oh my God, you can't ‘re really not going?! JERRY. I don’t want to talk about it. Look, I'm sorry. You'l just have to go with Steve. * GINNY. With Steve??? (To Steve.) No offense, Stephen. STEVE. Please. That's what I'm here for. ) But why? Just because you had one terrible iudition? You've had a thousand terrible auditions! JERRY. 1 wasn't only the a a lot of things. Look, I'm sorry. | know I promised to go. You'll just have to believe me. ‘The last thing [ want to do tonight is confront my past. All right? Please understand that, “4 ides, to New Jersey by myself! Bes GINNY. But I don't want 0 80 “ee ies union, not mine! vt worry. Steve will protes its your eee be by yourself. Don't wor JERRY. You won't b net no gil rend 1u, And you'll be with Bobby Be you going JONNY, And what in heaven's name x t arco you know how sensitive Bobby is! goncert tonight and driving up all he way 5 | STEVE note oa ha mind [Just so he can drive his GINNY. Probably stoned out of his just ao he can drive bis their high school reunion, and sre not going? That's just the kind of thing rf that could pus In Bobby ‘over the edge. How am 1 supposed t¢ eciereal your friends if you won't help me? Or don’t you cat i aa feels welcome in our home anymore? ger ¢ exercise) Answer me, Jerry! (The phone rings.) O! = Bobby, I will not know what to say {0 \imn! You had better ans' that phone, Jerry. (The phone rings.) Jerry, would yo tending you can't hear me, and answer the phone! 5.) Jerry! : STEVE Would you ike me wo answer the phone? ; , Stephen. Would you? (Jerry continues to exercise.) by? Yeah . . . Where are you? Uh-huh GINNY. Stephen! STEVE. Got a heart attack doing those stupid exercises of his «+ + fell right onto the coffee table i there, I was doing the crossword this moan . . . we looked up of potato chips clear in time needed one more word . , course . , naged to pull the bowl fas terrible... 1 only + ot that that’s important, of e + Bobby, why are you laughing? I don’t think this is ret laugh at, Bob, Wait, don’ hang up, I'm not through GINNY, Where was Bobby ing from?f ‘ VE. Downstairs on the comer, He forgot the number of the VY. He's downstairs already!? He's not supposed to be a foranother two hours! He mentioned his girl frend. Wharniers saying about his girl friend? _ ce STEVE. Her name's Catherine. She’s an airline stewardess, a they've been living together for almost a year. on GINNY. Her name is Catherine. She's an airline stewardess, Ang they've been living together for almost a year. JERRY. Relax. Seid GINNY. Relax? How can I relax? Look, Jerry, U know you've gota loton your mind, but I would hope you would consider my fech once ina while, = es JERRY. Lam considering your feelings, Ginny, "+ . GINNY. You are not. You know that I'm going to find it v all the way out to that reunion without you, You . You - And what should I tell all the people you went to ith when they want to know why the famous actor didn’t show up? 4 JERRY. Tell them anything. Tell them what Steve told Bobby over the phone. . , GINNY. Don'ttalk like that! 910° 27 7 JERRY. It doesn’t matter what you tell them. oe GINNY. It does too matter! Don't you ever talk like that. The two of you open up these chairs—Stephen, cut that out! (Steve has been mimicking Jerry doing his exercises and he continues to do so—the actress playing Ginny may need to ad lib some more orders to him during this ‘Scene, while she tries hurriedly to get the room in order.) Jerry, fold up your blanket . . . please be nice to Bobby, no matter how you feel. He's your friend and we haven't seen him in over a year = + « (The doorbell rings.) I'm just glad I'm not the one who's going to have to break poor Bobby's heart. Stephen, will you please stop that?! Now, I'm not going to mention anything about your a going to the reunion. You're going to have to tell Bobby yoursell; Allright? CATHERINE. Hello, GINNY. Hi, you must be Catherine, I’ (Allenter and come toc.) ’ BOBBY. Hey, hey Jerry bab! JERRY. (Weakly.) Hi, ht we . Toney, nae the matter? Is somethin’ wrong? (To Ginny.) Is ‘somethin’ wrong with Jerry? were , GINNY. Oh no, justa— > + ’ : JERRY. Headache. I still have a litle headache. b . GINNY. He still hasa little headache.» oo ’ BOBBY. Is that all? Well, fuck the headache, We headaches tonight, am I right? JERRY. Right. ond ee gear t BOBBY. Bewer believe it! (Pointing to Steve, who is “dramatically” Jfeigning a headache.) This guy better not have no headache—hey, Ginny, this guy gota headache, too? « GINNY. What? I'm sorry. What did you—? BOBBY. (Abruptly, to Ginny.) You got a headache? GINNY. Me? You mean me? (Laughing.) No, no, no, no, no, 1 don’t have a— wee BOBBY. (Abrupth,) How ya doin’ Stevie? _, STEVE, How ya doin’, punk? . BOBBY. Terrific, man, terrific. Hey, this here is Catherine. Is she jerry. Nice tomeet you, have no ‘CATHERINE. JERRY. Hi, BOBBY. And that's Stevie. CATHERINE, Hello, Steve, . ' STEVE, Hello, mo yas) Bet you anything? Beer? Coft jun Une, OLRM continental coffees. They're realy oon ike they say. Bobby, you would love the meen”, ‘ow you would, Can I make you a cup? mecha 7 flavor, [focha? OP RTE at ee RO PHERINE. Testkechoeoate, | BOBBY. Oh, ie nee GINNY. So what can I get you? Hmmmmmmnn? BOBBY. Ginny, believe itor not, we are stuff ‘CATHERINE. We just ate. ve because— CATHERINE. (Indicating her purse withus, =e ee ay GINNY. —Lloyd was out sick all out sick. oe NE ag CATHERINE. You're a secretary? ist Rim au: GINNY. Yes. Yes, 1am. CATHERINE. Bobby told me. GINNY. Lam. Yes. CATHERINE. You li GINNY. Oh, [love really nice. And Mr. without me! ; CATHERINE. Youremployer? +7 GINNY. Yes . . . Mr. Norris is my boss. years in January. I ig, beau 7 Norris says he would be the people are absolutely last time just fies? Bird of Time Has But a Litle Way to Flutter/And the Bird is on the Wing.” * GINNY. Oh, I know, I know. Anyway Mr, Norris is very nice, a very nice man, in fact he's almost like a father to me, which is not to say he doesn’t have these certain rules that he's extremely fusy about, like once, I mean I knew it was dumb, but I was going tobe late and the Star-Lite was crowded, s0 picked up coffee and a toasted bran m and he gave me this look, right? W , hhe was 40 disappointed in me— (Steve feigns breaking down n Ginny hurries to the end of her story.) but he's really very 18 awe cat ee wee know he really meant it when he said he would be absolutely lost without me, you're a stewardess? Bao CATHERINE. Yes. y GINNY. That must be exciting, I bet. CATHERINE. I'm very happy. : GINNY. I always wanted to be a stewardess. ~ CATHERINE. Really? . . .. GINNY. Uh-huh. (An awkward pause.) Are you absolutely positive can’t get you anything? Bobby? BOBBY. C'mon, what are ya worried about, there'll be plenty of ‘eats at the reunion. : GINNY. Are you sure? Really sure? oe Aout JERRY. I think maybe Catherine and Bobby would just like to sit down and rest for a few minutes. They had a long drive. - CATHERINE. You all grew up together, is that ri STEVE. Suned — ip together, is that right? through to high school, BOBBY. Yeah, the CATHERINE, You did? . mol on For about a. month! | ++ than (SM reenter, lights a sick of incense) Oh I didn’t know BOBBY. Didn't work out. * GINNY. I never went to college, either, “epen't good enough. But at the ti maa See . time, my ‘o make some kind of a decision, de a iow = T only went to one of becamea stevarden, those wworyear collegesthat's more “Bout time you yagota part for meinthis TV show? have you playing a nuclear physicisg” '* . That's Your, no wait a minute, dor pecasting. + don't Buys stareq “ anny. iy yT know. I gota sense a humor about my. BENNY, Well you have the right attitude. ft doesn't ourself too seriously, do you know what I mean? We loved Ghsumascard seat, cee SOBBY. Hey, didja? With the liule Santa Claus stoned out of, head halucnatin’ up there at the North Pole? Ya liked thas ws GINNY. It was cute. cone hat huh? BOBBY, Yeah. I thought ya‘ like it. Did Jerry like : seem tobe smilin’ at nothin’ here, that’s why I'm askin’ dont Your just a litde confused goals in life. See Sag a BOBBY. I can digit ¢ JERRY. Ginny. Please. © o~ > BOBBY. Ya wanna talk about it, pal? jo vcr JERRY. No. BOBBY. That's OK. I can dig it. 1 can appreciate where comin’ from ‘cause I have been there myself. Ya talk about goin’ through some heavy changes! Phe ae ate GINNY. We were worried about you, Bobby. Until you called, we hadn't spoken to you in so long. in BOBBY. Yeah, it’s been what? A year, year-and-a-half. GINNY. We never knew where you were, if you were sull playing ‘or what. We thought you might have been in some kind of trouble, and we wanted to help. BOBBY. Naw , . . I just got super-depressed is Playin’ all those gigs in all those clubs. I never thought Id gets of the Jersey shore . . . Imean, that was my dream come true. if ya remember, eer Lee GINNY. I remember. Sure. hat he BOBBY. Yeah. It's a good life. Hell, i's a great life! But wey fuck does it mean? I started to worry about gettin’ ‘old. Su right? But there I was. A real Gloomy Gus... «+ 20 ee lt Ce De eae ay, 1 got in with this group of ohoge ae ier hey ealked with me and gave Me ome real 10g or '| guess ya could say brought me back to re ‘0 eheve me, Jerry, 1 know where you're comin’ from. cime serious talk about what’s eatin’ away ya gotta puke when ya get up in the right, man, . , GINNY. Are you playing any of your own material yet, Bobby?” BOBBY. Naw. Mostly, we do just the popular stuff—somethin’ from Aerosmith, somethin’ from Kiss, a little Zeppelin, the usual, y'know. JERRY. Any Stones? BOBBY. No way! : JERRY. You're kidding. You don't do anything by the Rolling Kids don’t wanna hear that shit. Sixties shit, that's what ‘They think Mick Jagger’s an old fart. BOBBY. Yeah, ‘~ JERRY. What the hell's the matter with ie patted with these kids today?! They BBY. Better believe it. See, basically, in my j Y. Better 7 in my job, ya can perf new sit which it to say right now 70's shit, or ya can do ‘50's shit, mainly the ballad stuff for the slow numbers, but ya gotta fae some reason the kids just don't cinay, ‘That's fascinating. Y. Yeah, one ni | Bais down oiseyden | BUTS! the whole thing out, What i GINNY. How.| [ | } the new music. Now, I really dig a lot of the down in the ‘60's, ya see what I'm sayin’? But what cat MET pu ot my job to tell people what they should like ‘amg. Co? ts everything comes around again in the end, 10h done matter. And I'll tell ya, I take great comfort from that, teu? used to worry about gettin’ old, but the beautiful thing ‘mean | that THERE 1S NO SUCH THING! ‘Cause somone # space, or time . . . oF someplace... all the monte Out in livesaresillgoin'on . ... its like this movie , "ome of our it... and after the universe is by, ub, ween ceallit? pant eae Whadaya. CATHERINE. Armageddon. 3.008 718 ta BOBBY. Right. After that happens, then everybody will that OUR ENTIRE PURPOSE on this fucking plance ep eu sort of lay back, stay mellow, and go with the flaw ae why, in this cosmic sense, it don't its : "60's shit or "70's shit the same shit! STEVE. Bobby? BOBBY. Yeah? + STEVE. May I tell you something? "| 4..1 BOBBY. Sure. STEVE. In all honesty, I de what you just said. your mind . . . STEVE. I demand that you retract that statement BOBBY. I love this man! Y'know, Steve, I tell ya— (Steve and Bobby do an old routine from high school—slopping together hands, elbows, hips and $0 on in time with their words.) a lotta people are gonna shit their pants when you and me and Jerry walk in to that reunion— (To Jerry) HEY! GINNY. Jerry? JERRY. i'm not 1 reunion, Bobby. indicates he thinks i's 0 joke—Stewe mini? «and 1 would really appreca™ 2 (There isa long pause.) business, 1, shit, i's your on ee gossy, Thate 2 bummer Well St yard aneta : ioe Dole on eyes realy ripped YEON? JD. Fre Fores back home wae ” ion. end “ary. Maybe, uh, the next reunion. /adon't have to apologize BOBBY. Hey, no problem. Yadon't! ' JERRY. Thanks, Bobby. += BY."sOK, man. yay ‘Would anyone mind very much ‘exercises? ae BOBBY. What's there to mind? CATHERINE. Of course not, Jerry. JERRY. (Spreading out blanket on floor. T do these exercises every day and I ; and I'm prety high right now and if I wait around, I'll probably betoottired,so . . « if 1 did some of my BOBBY. 's OK. (Jerry starts to exercise. No one speaks. A kind of GLOOM sees aver the room. With nothing to speak about, everyone ‘gradually watches Jery exercise.) soonest STEVE. Itsall ight He can'thear usnow. CATHERINE. I beg your pardon? 2 STEVE. He can'thear us now. He’s exercising. GATHERINE. You mean when he exercises VE. Exacly. Subconsciously, of course, he may be picking un, : he may a few stray words and phrases, but on the conscous ieee, ee fe re of us, Just ignore him, - vas no eee ny longer even awai GINNY. steve, What are eo? STEVE, I'm talking shoo ing about: truth that we've lie any the truth, Git r nny. The a he hash ea": (To Catherine) ate Painful CATHERr ee UP Othe su with STEVE. No, nea Ro! Di ‘chad time eet, ‘0 exercise, He’ id he know th 'eS¢ people? le someone out ae Umea Ng them up.” * AN old @ just stare ha waste,508 : wee: ; STEVE. I'd try to hold him back, of course, but it «Jerry, Te say, he doesn't mean you any harm. Look, * Gan barely walk, someday we'll be like that too. Ple Jerry. the man back his crutches, But ; Wouldn'tlisten,he— ~ os " Pea JERRY (Standing wp.) Hey, shoe the fuck upt y-axes! GINNY. (To Steve.) Now you've upset hint those stories about Jerry? Mtn Was no use, the poor man ase come home, ly! You're a silly body in this room. re a silly man. I know it. Bobby knows it Ginny make you feel, Steve> STEVE. Silly... Pee ete JERRY. RIGHT! That's right. That's exactly how you should feel. BOBBY. Aw, I knew Stevie was kiddin’ around. oa : CATHERINE. Why didn’t you tell me? (To Ginny.) Is Jerry really mad? . . GINNY. (To Steve.) That was silly, Stephen. STEVE. . .. Lhavenoright toexist. JERRY. I can help you solve that problem. BOBBY. Hey, hey, hey! Let’s put the conversation back on re- JERRY. I'm sorry, Bobby. I didn’t mean to lose my temper in front of you and Catherine. i" . ova CATHERINE. It's perfectly all right. os , GINNY. (Hugging Jerry.) Oh, Jerry, Jerry, Jerry. Jerry. Jer, Jen Whee We 2 a ee em with Y. at . is EINNY. (Taking Jerry's hand.) Come on and sit a me. Stephen, you will sit over there until you learn oe . STEVE. OK. (Steve sits in upholstered chair L. While ete fhe casually picks wp Jerry's discarded Banet end drapes” T ynow how GINNY. Jerry, I know what you're going through. difficult | . STEVE. Is this all right? 24 2 true,don'tyou? BOBBY. Hey, that’s whe GINNY. OK—is every! seemsto just want t0 give UP . . - | eee drt mano give up. [Jost dwt want to go 10 this ‘eunion tonight. : don't have to go to your reunion if you really but— + there'll be a lot of people there that and they're all going to ask me the same CATHERINE. What question, JERRY. “How’sit going?” GINNY. So? JERRY. Ie not going, its not going, fg0ing nowhere, Look, you may not reali ‘had extremely high hopes for me. tonne. ‘Westll do, man, wish you wouldn't GINNY. Bobby didnt nen Jerry? - the point. My life is » but certain people ‘say things like that, Bobby, ean it,JERRY, What's he doing? BBY. Sellin’ cosmetics. Got a litle VW weuffed wil ein Bt him into, different Flea Market. He sag Travel ap ttny JERRY. But they can't fire Doc Burma! 70 te age— turns! T mean, a BOBBY. No, he said he likes it. * Y ath JERRY. I know who was behind it 1 as har wo ‘of a principal Conklin— fuck Sra faew Orta Gory rises and waits B, ar pet BOBBY. Jerry, honest, he said JERRY Cy -—he al ‘i © forthe Doct "2? had iin ! That would [ove tony ae! oy, Seemed like a really happy-go- ~* guy! tolay into that” lucky guy. °° 3b. (Ginny attempts to console Jerry.) erate BOBBY. (To Steve.) Maybe I shouldn't have brou, Sg, ies ate 10 console Bobby. During the “oll ie ine lights another jay, moves ; GINNY. Jerry? ” Drand offers Boby te fit) JERRY. i'm sorry, I just cannot accept this, GINNY. Look, Jerry, I'm going to tell you somethin where you're making a big mistake? You aaron person who's ever had these dreams. We've all had dreams and we've all had to give up certain dreams. STEVE. Lasi night, I dreamed 1 was taking a shower with Catherine Deneuve. I had to give that up. GINNY. Be quiet, Stephen. Jerry, have you ever taken the time 0 ask me what some of my dreams were? Did you know thatin one ‘way we have had very similar dreams? - . JERRY.Ginny ... “ a GINNY. Yes, Jerry, it’s true, only I gave up my big dream along, Jong time ago. At the age of 15, I came to the painful conclusion that I was not a genius! And I had always wanted to be a genet badly, But alas, I could not do anything, I mean anyhing! | my not paint or dance, o write like Steve, or act like Jerry 8 Bobby, let alone, my goodness, be 2 genius By music [i and and and— a JERRY. Take it easy. (Ee tries to lp her to the ouch sie) ‘sts down on the floor in front of it.) hing 1 GINNY, —and I still had this desire to know what I mean? 26 se. RINE. Of cou! CAT. Ob, 1 wanted gic boogie boosie, where 1 8 “me into my room wher Incredible, she came im MH was jptoed downstairs, an Pg room, and we ate crackers with jelly, ites wantsto hear this, Ginny. ling? This is great. 7 . a 70 a i who really wanes to hear this? STEVE. Are JERRY. Seriously Is there ‘BOBBY. Graham cracket what else would you eat jelly and BOBBY. W! a - straw GAN eater On ga me? Ee afternoon, after school, we used to have ice-cold apple butter on graham crackers, I mean ya wanna taste somethin’ unfuckingbe- lievable man— GINNY. Wait a minute! What was I talking about? You made me CATHERINE. Bobby? BOBBY. What? : CATHERINE, Bobby, you were talking about apple butter, Ginny was talking about being afraid of the Bil, Pethaps later this evening, we w aorle bane. Hf dat should happen, \n tolead that discussion. However, BOBBY. Hey, Cee) mi CATHERINE. Yes, Bobt » Yes, pr . gna note . Bopay tana are Tam not making fun of you, CATHERINE, You were cones raki®’ fun of me,GINNY. Right! rve got i be et BOC it! So we had all this p.2"3.* happened wat twa gral fe of Sy den, I noticed that there was sence Spy and a "At through the curtains - ng very, BOBBY. Wait! Don't tell me, it was; GINNY. Right! It was the tains and she said: “Ta da! very bright ate 80 upstairs and get some sleep ana f Yous et afraid of the dark, just remember how ng oor Bh ou how nothing jumped out of the dark pla eget and 185 t0 eat You." Then she ‘me back to bed, and right said something I never forgot. She put : eee before I fellasleep . . . : STEVE. (Jumping up suddenly.) Hear that? : GINNY. What? : : STEVE. There's somebody out in the hall. (He exits through door into hallway.) GINNY. Be careful. What am I saying? I didn’t hear anybody. CATHERINE. I'm positive in't hear anybody. BOBBY. Hey, ya never can tell about these things! CATHERINE. You're not getting paranoid, are you, honey? You shouldn't smoke so much if it’s going to make you paranoid. BOBBY. I'm fine , . . WHO THE FUCK IS IT, STEVE?! CATHERINE. Bobby. Sssshl ; ¢ .. BOBBY. You hear that? band | CATHERINE. Hear what, Bobby? BOBBY. WHAT THE HELL'S GOIN’ ON OUT THERE” HEY, STEVIE! ~ . ‘ . STEVE. (Re-entering.) He's gone. BOBBY. Big guy? ° GINNY. Steve, you're so full of there. Pan ge BOBBY. What he say? STEVE. He said: Make sure: « BOBBY. Yeah? . STEVE. Make sure , . . you don't miss the reunion. GINNY. Stephen, you're a real shit, Py BOBBY. Hey, that's right. I did forget about the reunion: | CATHERINE, Well, I didn't forget about it. We have P! 28 there wasn't anybody ou we me off. ‘ ait nd you were rey ain ingattentiOn- lings, but ran't have anything superior to what- z ever , . Like STEVE.[ at i's like? I's sort of Hike aye its not GINNY. You know what cope. don't know. May real superion iy like that? , m Srey omeacosheta? wih dca GINNY, Now, maybe ean oedersand it, but yOu situations, in which casei 3 should be aware that other people do notice. Realy? ei INN, Wel T would say they do, I mean, because I notice it Anyway, where was [? (Catherine has lit another joint and passes i to Gimy) Hmmmmn, Thank you. Hmmmmn, this is good, thank you. So, anyway, the point of the story—where was 1? STEVE (To Ginryguiely) Your mother put you back to bed. GINNY, Oh, right! (She pauses, looks at Steve.) Thank you, (Back to 44 group So.OK, here we go, 1 gotit so, my mother put me back to bed, and jus before I fell asleep, she the datk is just a great big warm room with Ren. Jou eats the room sometimes doesnt mean it is’ ‘Uh, THE END, ™ BOBBY. Sure fad fd hate like when ya die is when Jesus Ea ae te then ya‘can laugh at what scared ye 1? (Everyone slow "CATHERINE.) - Oh, STEVE. I canoe Bossy, Good shi JERRY. This is it, GINNY. Jerry— STEVE. Now that Jerry’ toavoid vom hate ene MeTINg the sunset years we fel itty CATHERINE, You don't travel? You don't go to concens o GINNY, Well, ofcourse, not every night, but— JERRY, This is it. STEVE. te ery sim & movie until he gets.a part in one, GINNY. Stephen . . GINNY. (To Catherine.) It's not true, JERRY. (To STEVE.) Hey... * STEVE. What? os CATHERINE. (To Ginny.) So do you watch a lot of television? GINNY. it’s broken. We're going to have it fixed. . CATHERINE, There's a special on tonight - . . on the Golden Age of Television. * GINNY. And we're missing i good hostess. CATHERINE. Don't be watch it anyway. GINNY. Who are they showing? soot CATHERINE. Oh God—everybody. George Bums and Gracie tilen. Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Milton Berle, Captain Video BOBBY. —and his Video Rangers. Used to 4477) You uill got your helmet? JERRY. My wha? h I'm sorry, I guess I'm nota very 's on much later, and we couldn’. 30 ple. Jerry told Ginny he won't take her 1osee we ju have ee sti Your space Ree nelmet. DOY vy, Your bel.) ave my SPACE BOBBY. donors Be iddin’ : Seay. twevwere fun, hough. BOBBY Tey Mere: sed a solemn oath JERRY. THe? you viol! would never era swore they woul Neve ‘All honorary vie vou realize I'm going 10 STEVE. All hon ial helmets. report you fr ort me! Skelton, Bossy. Dont rerorre Garroway, and Red SI _ . Ww. cava jack Bennya0d «a egyard R Murrow, Baar and oven arash on Bavard RMON GRTHERINE, Realy? 1 never had 2 television TORE Uy CATHERINE poked into the camera bly sexy, thought. JFK, When im Cuba, he was incredibly sexy, eat there were missiles in Seibert GINNY. Edward R. ee both died from too many tooked just like my father. CATHERINE. Ob I'm sorry Ct errr Biter war beatiful, He always wore these very clean Coens from the factory and take a shower tnd hen puton on of his Gan white shina He used to smoke eel of ace nan Coes em eons Shi because nobody smoked fites then on account of nobody knew what Sgareuct could doto you and he sed to read the evening paper and smoke, {used a jus st sometimes, in the corner of the couch, pretending She ing a nap, and watch my father, in is clean white shir, Rial all wet and combed back and shining, smoking his ite white cigarettes. He was beautiful. (Pause.) BOBBY. Could {havea glass of soda? GINNY. Sure Bobby, BOBBY, Thanks. (No one moves It should and Edward be clear that they're all very zy in high school during the Cuban missile lockade went inttioned authori BOBBY. (Appr before that reciatit CATHERINE. it eb ll blue sky and no wi 10 wind, empty schoolyard. plead moment. ight. et outside and the ; Te We ir wel ed ST po People. 1 walked arouehe® cana roe moe fa lc evel it tee ful. I felt like a little Bl Tee, pad le girl 1 began to to ling ofthe fence ‘el. . ; But I have never wince that morning in 1962. Bobby alway passionate person he knows, in siuse we are al on this earth for only a very 8 [just can't get depressed by that . (Pause.) BOBBY. Could I have a glass of soda? ¥ GINNY. Of course, Bobby. ; BOBBY. Thanks. (But no one moves—still very. stoned.) GINNY. What is—? CATHERINE. Yes? Please g0 09. GINNY. What is your ultimate goal CATHERINE. My ultimate goal in life is to BOBBY. Hey, this is news tome « - CATHERINE. I don't think the subject ever came UP before, Bobby. : BOBBY. : . . the moon!? CATHERINE. Yes. BOBBY. Well, I guess Y2 livin’ together. CATHERINE. It won't even Pe Bobby. BOBBY. Good. STEVE. You should n GINNY. It will be fe, Catherine? live on the moon. now that's gonna pull the PI4g °° our possible for many years Yo" yrhelmet! shave thrown 262) (oT not right le, thous Me ig L mean. not OB away, but in our THERE! ; CATHERINE. (With acerait amount of pride.) Ves essary. ‘Oh, well 1 thilet's see: he'd be Sewer we 7 orkers’ gloves and his hat YY naked exc JERRY. Excuse and PL Fo - me, Stev peel whe reall 7 'e. (To Catheri lived —bennn’? That there'll be a rec ou KNOW what iki Cause we have movies and tentien of itthow ve television and people inthe just think its a Preserve these im: wonderful thing that we JERRY. Yeah, And the saree gee hen ate vee right? I'mean, because of the nove: The rere sa essee CATHERIN! o 1ovie. The moment was saved. E. That's ave JERRY. You bro: BxGtY Sood example, ids, but T turned it down, T uscogh eg ease th a tes ied lown, I thought it was all some kind of publicity stunt. I was staying with my uncle and working in hs factory that summer, and 1 guess it was about 7:30 in the morn. ing, real hot, I was walking to work, feeling prety good, and ! stopped to watch this caravan of cars go past me, all these bedrolls tied on top, wit id “Woodstock or Bust,” and all these kids waved at me and I waved at them, we were laughing. they wanted me to come with them. I was laughing because 1 thought they were crazy. It was literally a fucking caravan. Then | couldn't see them because of the dust, and when it cleared they were gone. There wasn't anybody else around-—t just stood there, 'g my thermos, looking down the road after them, wonder- my you know. Then I turned around and walked down thE. path to che factory. and all through the morning and into the Sftctmoon, while I was driving around in this forkelfe, stacking paletten, this caravan of ears was making its way to Woodstock, Paty into the history books, And I missed it (Bobby and Sieve sre an oks and gestures console Jerry. Their concer for him makes hin 34 more’ . 088, = who the hell kno’ : Bes io na into a reverie during J¢ ; Woods RINE. (She hat 60% * -“ Be one of the most beautiful ERR. ie VERRY. How was i ee aa JERERINE. It 2S memories you JERRY Thane ce you amie, Come om cr Don't stop NO - JERRY. Ginny. Please Vanya cic ‘youwouid have loved it JErrY:» you were smiling just THERINE. I'm 0 SOFTy> GaN M Catherine.) Don't worry Lee it. : , BOBBY, (To Catherine) Hey! Ya know? feat THERINE. I'm so sorry. . : . CAHN panghing) Catherine, for goodness’ sake, dont apol ne. (To Jerry) Let me see you smile—all those who want to see ery rede Meir hangs. (Everyone raises hands.) Its unan- {nous! Now you have to smile. Hey Bobby, would you do me a favor? BOBBY. Name . GINNY. Would you take off Jerry's socks and tickle his feet? BOBBY. My pleasure, 5 JERRY. Bobby, please. GINNY. And while you do that, I's in| we i tiny. ¥ , I'm going to go to work on his ‘ATHERINE, Can | do anything? INNY. 1 don’t thinl CINNY, | don't think so, Catherine, Bobby and I should be able STEVE, He's starting to smile, JERRY. Lam not store vi starting to smile, having ike adula? Oraresome af ua vallchatdney 35; f Chanel Mind who dO FIO Trine her leers, care © i mail They may CANNY: Caner Denn. Each morning 1 serie cand ani. EINNY Ree C8, HOP Kt Het Hey S| secre er my none Me oe ep. Be OP ‘cotchie! Kootchie! Kootchiel Ne oot it cree a mailman - JERRY. OK. everybody! Cmont Suop tt Stop! oa Oe Some MOTT ng for my Pas GINNY. Smile, godammia! Heyt None the wreets Tcnow what time itis 2 What is time? ERRY. No! eae inv. Does anor ‘Ya know what I mea }OBBY. Laugh, you ugly mother, laugh? pBy. what # Jassng.) soda. Would any: " iS resume Cie SORA Sel hs Siew gts Polerid an nor? eran ond Cathe seus) Fen going wo have some (revtt away from them.) J GINNY. (Tem jar cathering? GINNY. We did it! We did itt body like some out of kiss.) All right. JERRY. That wasn’t fair, CATHERINE. (Com : SGINNY. Be quit. You tved i coe GINNY. Sere ever Jers having. + U did not love it. And I'm atill omy — not going to the reuni GINNY. Jerry? . 1d GINNY. Sausuussht 2 = JERRY oer Ganny.) Put a liale whipped cream on mine, wou JERRY. —if that's what you're thinki : STEW! : kin, GINNY. (She his inking, you can— you? ‘of you Stephen. Bobby? JE beset dupeccerenewomne | Ey anne tae Co RY. Don't do that! (Fe ne Another uneasy silence. Catherine tries ing here? res oe Sea Ta (She kisses his Be ERINE. How long have you and Ginny been living TERRY. ag, hat for looking 40 cure when you were lap ” JERRY. Long. bathtub in the kitchen. you tisten eee always want me to be laughing? Why dent CATHERINE. I noticed you have a "1 try to lk to you? JERRY. Yes. A in. me JPP when wad the lw me you really tried to talk FEET ERINE. I noticed it when we came in. JERRY. 1 don . Fea coor c never seen abathtub ina kitchen. GINNY. "want you to do things just beca of ‘CATHERINE. I've never seen a reat hare eah: Rot anymore you dont, Se JERRY. We insisted on it. shuts off the heat, Jerry J RY. What's that supposed E. In the winter, when the landlord shuts off the Neate cone Hey. to mean? 7 Sree me oe rink for she mnie. area IERINE. Jerry, 1 —. . progr Mandl Jerry leaning over uve tub with ‘all over, JERRY. ‘ola? On can sPoogie if what I said before— ee ee ke base guys whizing ar ener rows of ny BORE RENEE i evening for everybody price feel bad enough their mufflers crackling in the breeze, jump Y. Va didn rain . = Please don't— rd Traktiedae ‘e«cvening! Come an, will ya? T hate to see BOBBY, Steve’ just ike Lud ya, ain't he? GINNy. Howe you NUH be apologizing (re a big star joke! You know, when you're a Big # - + - (She: , that was a joke! You know, when Oe ape BOBBY. Love ue beaut ogee Im) STEVE eer ‘series which eae ee 3 aa CATHERINE. Exactly!Pen, you're going to say to me: teaching me to “Ste Seay inv. mye oo Thank = fou. Thank yo Y, Steve, seri . for brink You f STEVE. Ave you ag naif the ser MeIng a ge this script, ding? It can't mice Soeser slp, JERRY. Just assume » Norman Lear jen id STEVE. Ta dat college you nese TBE da Steve. Poetry for thi Son wo the en 20% BO Ou of college and quote fon, 28 fears of our ger JERRY. Di STEVE, nese ay Poe? tte mag Pod” Sells poetry, yous . JERRY. bid eee HY. YOU just gee it pring) ypu ever sell any poetry? Printed up in those np Tahiti? Are speeneration? Do you Y did you — f ecome the May blah blah b1ap oP have told me th, EI ee at I'm nee Bowe And then came che novel, aot -Hey, don’ ve * You guys want any a this soda; 38 2 eyes tana oer Heats | which was turned down by how many pub- ) I don’t know about any of you, but I really ich was turned down by how many pub- 0 I tell all the the girls who 1 your boss? Has Snybody ever met Jerry’ ‘boss? (Doing an impression of Jern’s boss) Beautiful man. “Jerry, vhen you ste through playin’ Hamlett und a —LUrmrr—M ‘vant to maybe stable toged= era couple of pages und empty da vastebasket, pleaze??” JERRY. Steve. What if the script doesn't sell? JEEVE, Christ! 1'l bet you that within ‘six months to a year, I son't even need to be working in the fucking bookstore, and you'll be able to quit your office Job for good. What do you s3Y ‘0 that? GINNY. I believe you, Stephen. STEVE. Thank you. JERRY. I'd say you're too late. (Pause) 1 ae fired last week. STEVE. Wait a minute. Are you kidding? JERRY. I've just been pretending to £9 work every GINNY. You lost your job? My God. why’ ‘didn't you tell me? BOBBY. Oh, shit. More problems. JERRY. I really didn’t mean 00 ay this on | everybody ATHERINE, I didn'teven know youn eT a JERRY. Ie was just a parttime ba survival joo wasnt iportant— . BOBBY. Jerry, I'm sorry Y# ost your ob: GINNY. You didn't tell me. A BOBBY. | know what bummer hati i 907 JERRY. Look, I should have ment ae wasn'imporeant: AY mention ita CATHERINE. But JERRY RINE a ca eee MERINE. (Te Gite?) He * eA ouldart have ld UF bes ERR ingin me, by the ways 1 confiding 1 ‘anks 2 ot for STEVE. Thanks 210 Bespun noord eh ETE CATHERI NE. (To Jerry.) Am I right? ya, everything's GINNY. I just can't believe you ditin' JERRY. (To Ginny.) Ie STEVE. (Cuttin 2) Tes not that I didn ou Ould ten JERRY. Because the off) Then why didn’t yo totell you ™: T thought Lovato °28 MOFe tot than j uP € ! ae STEVE. Sure! make you understand theo sn every cont, a ae deen dang Manager cal me i : apy. TOO can you smoke so much and sill drive? fey doing some thinking eae into his office and sa, GINNY: Maybe - - how 2 : THE we've decided to let you osBY. Years” “aidrive 2 RSE FE CATHERINE. Did he give youn rea to lee BENNY. Youre sure ou can sl —— . Did he = ; : , Pre said Te beon things a BOBBY a ean you all to arrive safely at the INE. Did ‘off to0 often GINNY- rte Hey, what are you do Bet fired? 10 80 auditions, reunion. sell me you're not goin’ now? woot y the pS minute I know au | Lode ‘elomcunderstand ‘why you don’t want (0 0 tothe ing, and 1 comnstaire—tim oueiie i am, next minute I'm taki ae on gu=ve ae oo CATHERIN! ‘know what todo— the street, the sun inne reign oudon'? - a ne sbi ey : is shin. STEVE. She doesn’t have to go with me if she doesn’t wantto. © ‘Shei SINNY. I didn’tsay I didn’t want co, stephen! amie : feat STEVE. Because if she ‘doesn’t want to go with me, Td justas soon : BPM OI Aas : Sty nome and finish that crossword puslein TVGuide - sane, Hey, what is this? What ee hells B01" 07 here? 1 dont know what's the matter with everybody anymore! 1 dont at wel the problem is: we were SPO is reunion, #0 this reunion! I don’t wanna hear no more about anybody else ae d orh then he goin! You're all gonna have a good time! First Jerry says he ain 208 1 aid we 1% Begotten there oF which on * which [try to understand— 2nd V aide oy gues SUE” there or which nay to go goin’ which | ery 9 a fi nown what Ve Bot a ticket is way to JERRY. Hey, Bobby’ ant rt time, if your OU Mere doing, eve et in your hand, you BOBBY. Then she says she’s not sure about goin’ then he #72 Jenne mthout you | ome Aboard everybody salle afraid the the don't go, he don't go— (Bobby breaks down” tears.) Tene be cam we're goi STEVE. Bobby, I was only kidding! - CATHERINE, no's bail ees CATHERINE. Baty, don't ery. (Z0 in.) Just eas him alone. in ner Fld, and asf ‘ Helllbe fine. 5 hing: hen he reach and as fara Troan Fan back d Ginny ‘Oy no, Iwas afraid this would happens 1 didn’t mean 6 JERRY. Yeah Thnom thetermin could see, he was sal none upset you, (To Sieve) Can't ‘you do something? RATHERINE. Of coune yor age “_ STEVE. Do what? ere BEE all over again ie BENE you . SINNY. [don't know. Do something ete Fre tw change, but hey TS "38 nothing hee 708 would STEVE, What am { going todo? BOBBY. Gi Would ye thing holdin STE a comes Debt BY. Ginny, what's the be expected eat you, you WE, Bobby. Watch me (ete pus on go oe ee Bd cheers up ond sts laugh tpt 40 1 Bobi ce Py ane. a) fashion in front of him watching ee‘watching a Marx Brothers movie. (He slumps lower in hi his head to one side.) ‘eps lower in his sea, ting a INNY. ‘Actually, we rarely get to the movies. I mean, I rarely gc? othe... tok : ly get in STEVE. Impression of Jerry watching a W. C. Fields moyvie iw, VE, There . 2a 1B a W. C. Fiek ; ste i t i he erases hs esas el as his arms, tors chair to one non Nee She of ote Si tare children—women are not childfe sloomily atthe screen over his shoulder) looking SN. Women ne eemnan 1 went out with for about 2 BOBBY. (apy ogsin) Hey Stevie, yanow wo ya remind me of STEVE. Right vente ae it mas| s 2 Gene yest. as this crazy woman’s name? Feet gn Wt nee . STEVE. a ike? * soap? STEVE T: she look like? >! . i STEVE. Torry os GINNY. San Leite ‘Jerry, I wrote you a letter and said I met this STEVE (S 'y brother Nicky can't help the way he STEVE. 7 7 re Dace : SREY E omewhat ashamed) I'm sorry. I don't know why 1 said Bi eT remember the > CATHERINE. Bobby, who does Stevie remis ere LG JERRY; fallen in love and were going to ask her to marry YOU" BOBBY. Yorke d remind you of? ot = i hal ned , ack en naw, Every ime they show it, we get really stoned CATHERINE. Ab ener 6. i B agry CIN: te ‘ CATHERINE 2001. : BOBBY. Kowabunga! ~ : aoe an OBBY. Yeah, ee ight, right—it was a pure Hollywood ending- ¢ Caen STEVE. Right, right—it eeve. In the rain, no less. And her au ~ (She sees the Seren in front of her) “The Doce our ast day together. The final scene. IBTM eo this fantasy teling me with tears in her eyes that 1 was livit world, Right? Now, you have to picture this: the sanding together on the sidewalk, not oe rnperyes BOBBY. Right. The part wit i GINNY. I never saw that aay ao CATHERINE. You never saw 200]? " GINNY. I don't keep up with movies, (Steve, still wearing mask, will ct out everythir each other, in close-up, the camera cuttin tween our faces, This warm Spring rain « GINNY. (Shutting her eyes.) Yes, I can see eee ashe CAT eo STEVE. (He' im, still in control the id 4 ee this absolutely incredi cones ae memory contvols im.) And then $*° 517 Berge or aeEHON, who are, Of course, these peng where goodbye, and turned, and walked away. And as 1 watched her. rassert roming men. We sce them canny rom apes, on the foodbye, and turned. jag back foralongsbOt = + oe it with « + and ther use Weapons to a meeeit. aT whey aE 0 beau °°" Teak ME 4e¢ them alone at night GINNY. (With eps sil lsd ean se, come a meron) | they do not undersiand . | “ang $OUa the sary. which EVE, . «.. and 1 felt her about ends wa imple caves in order to keep they huddle together in thei Temembered watching her w: The rain, oF singing: the Me from the elements foe Ach other warm ir slow-motion flashback you know. in the TNT ond Dre ae bw ea td the ig ade ad BOE MER and confront the mysten onde! a they prepare 1 turned ner 2 ing in i ou Y. Those were the daye a) 2°Y Of the univer you Were wave were soaked f CATHERINE, (Mystified,y Whaat the Wbrary 30T Over you and Pe Yeh hepa A Tad big een Ha rane didn’t know who you were: 1 ANE, pave let me a : around you, which you would "9mans tothe reunion Ta wanted to « Tdon'cknow what toa let it worry : : YOu, nobody knows knows what to Usually have dinner u Ie escapes me writing a book about at the " Stopover in Paris, is all honea 22% Know what smarter ¢ : me! CATHERINE. Robert! ( Pause. Bobby slowly saying) Are you through? What's the matter with Stevie? (To Ginny.) with Stevie? + GINNY. Oh no! I hate when this happens. JERRY. Hey, Stevel 5) 30008 ‘CATHERINE. What is it? JERRY. Hey, Steve! BOBBY. What's the matter with ‘Stevie? GINNY. It's been so long since this happened. ‘Stephen? CATHERINE. This is fascinating. GINNY. What you have to understand is tha other people. CATHERINE. Yes, I can see that. GINNY. I mean he's extremely ‘sensitive—I mean— CATHERINE. Will he be all right? id. GINNY. Yes, He just won't remember what He ° Is somethin’ the matter 1. Stephen isn’t like CATHERINE. (76. jony) Does this happen ofeN? . qpout once JERRY. Only se Steve is forced to deal with reality. Al ‘or twic ings take time, YOU GINNY. Well, at least he's trying Ceri? ee a know. : -gsrip oF JERRY Tkpow ing to shiver) HEY revie, get # 6BSIP OP yourself. yar eee Ie obby? CATHERINE. Bobby’ aa BOBBY. Hey, Cee, Jesus, I just got ‘carried away. Ya know how I getsometimes. 5 = Ze EATHERINE. Are you through? BOBBY. I'm fine, I'm fine, just go ahead with what— CATHERINE, That was negative energy, Bobby. BOBBY. I hear what you're sayin’. (He notices Sieve in trance.)BOBBY. I'lb-b-b-b- be O-ka-1 CATHERI ka-ka-kay! when? INE, Yes, Bobby. I know yi e BOBBY. S-s-s-s- we Ginny. Nipcen teem -ATHERINE, It's tee BOBBY. And a not ‘i Boney tee” BY. Twee-twee— ie aS vascmeg CATHERINE. Wha? * wed BOBBY. Twee-wee— a "INNY. Oh, my ore t CATHERINE soot hat wines BOBBY Ne Bobby? the matter with him? bitchen as C Gen Teese En ‘atherine Not sure. Let STEV ses B t me check. (Ginny ex E (Coming ot of ta) Nay check. (Ginny exits o rance.) Natural Hi wot gece CATHERINE ee reting ‘up with mn STEVE. Bi 3 ut that’ €) Did you say somertn Bobby? CATHERIN! oa rE. He 2 look who's here. aust got a fi litle nervgic Be OBBY.Twee-weens Rervous. He'll be fine. Bobby. , au otnrn si bck do and ip tt drinks. shld en ry are ening eft et) STEVE. I feel great! TE NY, Are yousure? NY. Are You SM pjease don't look at me like that. “Yes! «+ sTENY. If you don't feel all right, you shouldn't be afraid to say something. STEVE. | feel fine. BOBBY. We gotta STEVE. What? BOBBY. Well, you main! STEVE. Yeah, sure. BOBBY. Ya want a Devil Dog, Stevie? I don’t think I can eat all these. CATHERINE. Well, I don't think anyone expects you tocat all 24 of them. - STEVE. Give me one. BOBBY. Straighten ya right out. «° STEVE. Straighten me right out? . BOBBY. Jerry, ya want a Devil Dog? ‘Anybody else want a Devil Dog? 7° GINNY. I'monadiet. SOBBY. In that case, ya only get two. (He throws 70 1 her.) Hey Jerry, ya want a Devil Dog? er” ‘shakes his head.) STEVE, Straighten me right out? (He laughs) BOBBY. Just relax, Stevie Youtlbe OK ago sont chat STEVE. (To Ginny.) Do you hear what he's saying? Isn't Ginn ug—hasn't heard 2 word he’ id.) Hrammmmn? GINNY. (Busy eating—hasn't heard & ‘ssaid) a STEVE. 1 said if youre on a diet, why do 200 keep a box of these in the Kitchen? (Ginny, sill busy cong. points om accusing finger Jerry.) Oh. You only keep ther Ln for Jerry? 5 (Nodding. 7 ERR un ay DO, BOBBY. Jerry, | hope hishead.) se wouldlikeone. 072 Gey eben a ie Dd em INE, @zin the entire world than any hi eee -for himsel.) What the hel m jother One: have anotht “aSTEVE. Why don't: BOBBY. on't you have another one (To himself.) That's Toney. Cs - STEVE. What? ) Hey Stevie, BOBBY. I'm . n Ren STEVE. ( gonna let ya ide shotgun “We we, CAT HEM N ef ou tread my mind, Mond coy RINE, Ginny, have you paar ee : ing back and forth from Jory ts a ; eve.) Well ri tle nap? ++ feally need to fi ‘ see h lie dow Gating stig OK when I getup ate minutes. CINK NE. That's fine. (Catherin Sotired, 1 NNY. Good. (She stars of, then stretches, Boing to lie down for a few ne cae mind—come wit minutes. | mind come with ur—there's sl ime f you wanna change your + Very doesn't answer) Sie) Don’ fall asleep on me rest my eyes for a minu amin that was good me. YOu have to jenny ‘row how to pace yourself. (She Bousy lana + ToJery) He's asleep He was al : , JERRY. Listen. Fn eng 2° sleeper. we, BOBBY. For what?” Sega 5 ; JERRY. Just 'm sorry, ' 48 7 lon't have to be sorry. Ya got somethin’ ya * ¢ ican make you understand. JERRY.! ace ‘BOBBY. Sure. That's OK. . walking around the streets? I thought JERRY. When I was fired, ple I had worked with in the office. ofall the peor Ya felt bad. I know. i Rill at their desks, as if nothing had ‘would ever happen. I knew I wasn't 2 part of their world. I knew it before they knew it. But I didn't Pari how to go back and say goodbye to them. BOBBY. So ya didn't say anything. JERRY. Ne oe BOBBY. Well . . . don't |. it's over, Everything is gonna work out, You'll to locker for his packet and :) Hey, where ya going? JERRY. [have to get out. BOBBY. What? BOBBY. Oh, sure. Quick wall JERRY. Yeah. (Jerry Picks up paperback H: SeeepY. Yeah? . - . Do ya some good: idea. Gonna be ae tonight, ya can tell. Fall's comin, et there an ing ial tC mne to tell them when y2 bac Sonny tes be fr the door, Fle stops.) What? JERRY. (He's been heading So BOBBY. Need some bucks? | x Ox. Tve got alle money | PUL aside. bread. ut he cont.) There's something 1 217 rouble. sn { got into all that oo he cops yy from home, ime in high school whet ran awa) jn Delaware? eee bo uad car. And my familywouldn't speak to me, and all hurebecase [never told anyone Teen BOBBY Sure anyone was going vay andy RR er JERRY. You were the only one that i noes 7 didn't avoid BOBBY. Yeah, well me atk me havetodo, ss shit. Ugurea . 4 JERRY. (After @ moment) Thank you. d Ya do what ya think yg off 7 . (He leave Lede ent aa 1 he the wh pn a era i ig TEE nivel htiglogedccnne STEVE Yorn. losed.) What? live of n the moc ps, moon someday rahe atcion Ys would ya Boppy. 2” t's what I love about to Ya nev ont Sie fs ASB abby moves stares sight aheog P88 Bs fade, ~~ yuTHOR'S NOTE night, Gracie was originally performed without an intermission, eee play was coker served without a break of any kind, and Uperipad no reason othink otherwise, However, if an intermission is ‘be used, I would recommend ener right before Catherine's big speech OP the Cuban Missile Chas The lastline and direction for Act | ‘would be: BOBBY. Thanks. (No one moves. Inshould be clear that theyre all very stoned.) FADEOUT ‘Act II would open begin her speech. « jen vl sentra faaont) iatied wae” COSTUME NOTE Steve's gorilla mask should somehow be a cross between the in Plant he Apes and 2001. There sho the mask should not be ‘nor should it be hideous-loo me who can obtain a photograph. oF view a videotape of Ernie Ko\se# Nairobi Trio will understand, Mog rani mo grits Donning mat ras ho beato be esd