Kate Act II Flashcards
Bird sound
KATE: (Taken aback by the crowd.) Well, this is quite a
party you got going on in here…I thought you were
supposed to be rehearsing?
DUNCAN: I will not be treated like this. I was Lear!!
KATE: Okay, now everyone, Quiet! Well, I guess this didn’t
exactly work now, did it?
BRAYDEN: Not exactly.
KATE: All right, then, so what are we going to do here?
Huh? You’re all going to have to get along with each other
or there isn’t going to be a play.
DUNCAN: If I may…
KATE: (With control.) No, you may not. Now, look, what you
do on your own time is your business, but when you’re in
my theatre, you’re on my time and you play by my rules.
Okay?
KATE: (Cont’d.) I do expect more from them, but under the
circumstances, I’m forced to be understanding. But, you. I
really expected more from you. You’re the one who
wanted to do this. So, what’s the problem?
BRAYDEN: Look, the way you busted our chops just now…if
anyone’s gonna make this work, I got a feeling it’d be you.
(KATE is hesitant.) Plus, you’re kind of scary.
KATE: Huh?
BRAYDEN: Isn’t there some way you can do this?
KATE: Me!? No
BRAYDEN: (Big charming smile.) Why not? You do
everything else around here.
KATE: Because…because
BRAYDEN: C’mon, Kate. Don’t you care about the play?
KATE: Of course I do. (Thinks.) If I do this, will you take it
seriously?
BRAYDEN: Absolutely
KATE: (Somewhat skeptical.) I mean it, now. This is serious.
No blowing it off. No screwing around. No quitting!
BRAYDEN: Yep.
KATE: And you’ll do it my way? No questions asked?
BRAYDEN: (Cont’d.) I am being totally serious, Kate.
(Pause.) Hey, I know I’m a good actor. But I’m not that
good. (With charm.) Yet.
KATE: (Decisive.) Okay. I’ll help you. We’ll start right now.
Go home and read your script.
BRAYDEN: The whole thing?
KATE: The whole thing. Front to back. Twice.
BRAYDEN: Um. Okay.
KATE: Once you’ve done that, then we can get down to the
hard work.
BRAYDEN: Thanks, Kate. You won’t regret this.
KATE: I already do.
BRAYDEN: Farewell, then. Parting is such…um…sweet
stuff.
KATE: Well? What are you waiting for? Go home and read
your scripts! Front to back! Twice.
BRAYDEN/RUDY: (Off.) Will make us all fine actors yet!
KATE: Boy, he’s looks wrecked. I thought he said he was in
shape.
RUDY: He’s all yours, Kate.
KATE: Great. Thanks for your help, guys. Same time
tomorrow night?
RUDY: Ya know, I could stick around, Kate, if you think you
still needed me
KATE: Thanks, but I think we’ll be okay
RUDY: Oh. Okay. Sure. See ya tomorrow, then. Bye,
Brayden.
KATE: Okay. So you read your script? (BRAYDEN nods.)
Twice? (BRAYDEN nods.) Good. What can you tell me
about Romeo and Juliet?
BRAYDEN: Well, it’s about this guy, Romeo, from Corona…
KATE: Verona.
BRAYDEN: Uh, right. And, um, his folks are fighting with the
folks of Juliet, but he doesn’t know Juliet at this point,
because he’s all uptight about this other chick, but then he
sees her at a party and then…
KATE: Nope. Stop, stop, stop. You’re just telling me what’s
happened. I want to know if you know what it’s about.
BRAYDEN: Oh. (Looks down at his script for a long time.)
KATE: Anything. Give me anything at all.
BRAYDEN: Give me a sec, will you! (HE flips through his
pages while KATE stares intensely.) You’re making me
nervous! Stop looking at me!!
KATE: Stop looking at you?
BRAYDEN: Yeah. Turn around or something! (KATE
complies and turns. BRAYDEN reads, thinks and then
finally answers.) Passion
KATE: Passion?
BRAYDEN: (Cont’d.) No?
KATE: (Negating his “no.”) No
BRAYDEN: (Misunderstanding.) No?
KATE: No, I mean, no. That’s good. That’s really good.
BRAYDEN: (Thinks for a moment.) Could you turn around again, ‘cause I can’t think with you…
KATE: (Turning.) Oh. Sure, sure.
BRAYDEN: Oh, good, for a minute there I thought I was way off base.
KATE: (Pleased.) No, you’re on. You’re definitely on base.
So, how would you relate that to your character?
BRAYDEN: (Showing more confidence.) Well…I think
everything is really, really important to him. Kind of like my soap. You know, The Flame Within.
KATE: Uh. In what way?
BRAYDEN: Connecting?
KATE: Yeah. Connecting with the material. Connecting with
your cast. Connecting with your audience.