Act 1, Scene 1 Flashcards
(MUGGER wins, exiting with her purse. MODERNS exit paying no attention to the crime THEY just witnessed.)
Pg. 5
MILLIE: Help! Police! Somebody…!
(MILLIE and MUGGER are playing tug-of-war with her purse)
Pg. 5
MILLIE: Gimme back my purse!
(MILLIE seeks help from a MALE MODERN crossing S.R.)
Pg. 5
MILLIE: Excuse me, sir. My purse was–
(MILLIE approaches a FEMALE MODERN crossing S.L.)
Pg.5
MILLIE: Miss, some man grabbed my purse, and hat–
(FEMALE MODERN exits S.L., ignoring MILLIE.)
MILLIE: Miss? Miss?!
(MILLIE trips JIMMY SMITH.)
JIMMY: Owwwwww!
Pg. 5
MILLIE: That man, he stole my purse! That man, he stole my purse!
JIMMY: –learn to share it with the rest of us.
Pg. 5
MILLIE: Oh, I meant to trip you.
JIMMY: Of all the dirty, rotten–
Pg. 5
MILLIE: My purse is gone!
JIMMY: And?
Pg. 6
MILLIE: My hat, my scarf, (indicating her bare foot) my shoe!
JIMMY: They stole your shoe?
Pg. 6
MILLIE: While I was wearing it. Ten minutes in this town, and I have my New York horror story.
JIMMY: Honey, you’re my New York horror story. (JIMMY starts to exit S.R.)
Pg. 6
MILLIE: But it’s every penny I have!
JIMMY: –I’d make a beeline back to Keokuck or Gopherville or–
Pg. 6
MILLIE: Salina, Kansas.
(JIMMY exits S.R.)
MILLIE: And who are you, the un-welcome wagon?
JIMMY: –my good deed for the decade–
Pg. 6
MILLIE: If this is your good deed, is hate to see a bad one, ‘cause you’re really not helping!
JIMMY: I’m trying to, by telling you the way it is! Look, you got a place to stay?
Pg. 7
MILLIE: No, but–
JIMMY: Any friends or family nearby?
Pg. 7
MILLIE: No, but–
JIMMY: And you do t have a job?
Pg. 7
MILLIE: No, but–
