The October People’s Choice Award goes to…
The people have spoken… The October People’s Choice Award goes to Jacob Marx Rice for his short play, Six Weeks, presented as a staged reading Simulcast & On-Demand via Vimeo Live on October 25th. Congratulations, Jacob!
Courtesy of Jacob, we’re pleased to share the first few pages from the award-winning script. Enjoy!
Six Weeks
by Jacob Marx Rice
Characters
MADDIE: Female. 18. White. A chatterbox who can come off as ditzy but with a sharp mind
and a big heart. She has big plans for her life and a baby is not part of them.
DR. TURNER: Female. 30s or 40s. POC. A bit shy and awkward but a good doctor. She became an OB-GYN because she wanted to help people.
Setting
A doctor’s office.
Punctuation
Punctuation follows speech patterns over grammatical convention. Additionally, the following punctuations have the following specific meanings:
A dash (—) indicates an interruption by either the speaker themself or by a new speaker.
A slash (/) indicates the point of interruption if it is not at the end of the line.
An ellipse (…) indicates a slow trailing off, either on purpose or accidental.
A dash-ellipse (—…) indicates a sudden stop and then a silent continuation of thought.
MADDIE
We were gonna do it at prom like in those funny old movies. You know, like that one where the
guy has sex with a pie.
DR. TURNER
American Pie? I’m not sure I’d consider that an old movie.
MADDIE
That’s cuz you’re old.
DR. TURNER
Oh. Right.
MADDIE
We were in his dad’s basement just, like, talking about prom and he got really quiet. He’s a
really deep thinker. He reads books for fun. And then he said “what if I’m bad at it?” Like, no
cap, he was sitting their worried that he wouldn’t be good even though he is the hottest guy in
our entire class. Well, second. But definitely the smartest. And being smart probably makes you
extra good at sex because you, like, know things, right?
DR. TURNER
I’m sure it does.
MADDIE
But he was really worried. I mean we waited nine months. He wanted it to be special. He legit
said that, “I want to give you what you want.” It’s just… It’s the sincerity for me, you know?
DR. TURNER
Not really. But sure.
MADDIE
So I said we should, like, practice.
DR. TURNER
Practice?
MADDIE
Not sex, just a little… So he could make sure he found the right hole and stuff. That happened to
my friend Jessie. This guy was kinda drunk and he missed and went right up her butt. Which is
super gross but also, like, I wouldn’t be in this situation so…
DR. TURNER
So the sex occurred at prom?
MADDIE
No. Isn’t that random? The school rented out this hotel ballroom in downtown Dallas that was
totally snatched. And there was dancing and pictures and a chocolate fountain. Then a friend of
Jason’s had an afterparty at his house with this whole barbecue buffet and by the time we got
home we were so tired we just legit passed out in our clothes. We didn’t even do it.
DR. TURNER
So you haven’t had sex?
MADDIE
We did. A couple days after prom. It was really good.
DR. TURNER
And you didn’t use a condom.
MADDIE
Of course we did. We’re not stupid.
DR. TURNER
Did it break or… How did you end up here?
MADDIE
It wasn’t during sex. The, like, whatever you call it. The beginning
DR. TURNER
Fertilization.
MADDIE
We were practicing. So we’d be ready for prom. Not thrusting or anything. Just, like, matching
up the pieces. But then…
DR. TURNER
Oh.
MADDIE
I know. He was so cute. He kept apologizing and everything.
DR. TURNER
He ejaculated inside you?
MADDIE
Eww. That word is nasty.
DR. TURNER
It’s a scientific word.
MADDIE
Science can be nasty.
DR. TURNER
And when was this sex?
MADDIE
Not sex. Practice.
DR. TURNER
When was the practice?
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