Day 2 The End of Longing
Day 2 The End of Longing
By
Sophie Terrell
2.
ACT I
Scene 1
Curtains are closed. Over the top, a scene from
Friends plays. The One With All The
Thanksgivings where Joey gets his head stuck in
the turkey.
Once the scene gets to the part where Phoebe says
Its not supposed to be funny, its supposed to
be scary. the audio becomes distorted, lower and
more sinister, as the curtains slowly begin to
open revealing...
A man with his head up a turkeys ass lays face
down in the middle of the stage, completely
motionless, wearing the same clothes as Joey in
the projected episode. The projection continues to
descend into further distortion, the audio clip of
Joey saying Its Joey! begins repeating itself,
mixed with various clips of other characters
saying Joey! in a worried, loud or sad way from
different episodes.
Enter MATTHEW PERRY stage left. He looks down at
the man on the floor and sighs heavily, upset. The
projection sputters and ends when Joey does his I
scared you! dance at Chandler.
MATTHEW PERRY begins to sob as the projected scene
fades and a final Its Joey! echoes. Lights out.
Pause. Silence.
Lights up and a thin woman, also with her head up
a turkeys ass, wearing the same clothes as Monica
in the final scene of The One With All The
Thanksgivings lies stage right. A fez and a
large pair of glasses lay scattered in front of
her prone body. JOEY is still lying face down
stage left.
MATTHEW PERRY sits between the two with his head
in his hands.
Projected behind them we see the scene in which
Monica dances with the turkey on her head for
Chandler. It is glitching a lot and there is no
audio.
Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton begins to play
quietly, getting louder and louder as the scene
continues.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
3.