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| Amy Sellors, Geoffrey Tyler and George Masswohl in the Lighthouse Festival production of Sitting Pretty. 2005 |
| Sam Thorn is 'Sailor Sam', the host of a hit children's television show, and he has a beautiful fiancée. Then his world begins to fall apart. His television show is canceled and his fiancée breaks off their engagement. As a result, Sam sets off in search of the meaning to his life. |
| In this scene, Sam discusses his fate with Julianne. Julianne is in love with Sam, but Sam doesn't realize it. | |
| Julianne: | Hi Sam. |
| Sam: | Oh, hi Julianne. (To the audience.) That's Julianne. We've known each other for years. We went to university together and became really good friends. And then I went out west to look for work and she moved out there two weeks later. Got an apartment in the same building as me in fact. And then after a couple of years I came back here, and two weeks later she moved back. Into the same complex oddly enough. What are the chances? And then when Wanda and I got engaged, Julianne threw us a big engagement party. Wanda got really sick on some shellfish though. Funny nobody else did. Just her bad luck I guess. |
| Julianne: | Oh, Sam. Sam, Sam, Sam. |
| Sam: | What's wrong, Julianne? |
| Julianne: | I just heard you got canceled. |
| Sam: | Where'd you hear that? |
| Julianne: | It was in the newspaper. |
| Sam: | The newspaper? |
| Julianne: | Yes. 'Sailor Sam Sunk'. |
| Sam: | That was the headline? |
| Julianne: | No, that was my own. So, whatever will you do now? |
| Sam: | I don't know. |
| Julianne: | How will you survive? Let's think. You could move in with me. I could help you through the emotional crisis. I mean, being canceled, it's gotta make you feel unwanted. Unloved. Worthless. I could offset that. |
| Sam: | Well, thanks, Julianne, but being canceled isn't the worst news. |
| Julianne: | There's worse news? |
| Sam: | Yes. Wanda broke off our engagement. |
| Julianne: | Oh, no. And what's the worse news? |
| Sam: | That's it. Wanda left me. |
| Julianne: | Oh, you poor dear. You poor, pathetic little puppy. Come. Let me hold you. |
| (Julianne holds out her arms and Sam moves to her. She hugs him.) | |
| Sam: | Thanks. So, anyway… |
| (Sam tries to break the hug but Julianne holds onto him.) | |
| So, I… | |
| (Sam tries to break the hug again but Julianne holds onto him.) | |
| Thanks, Julianne. | |
| (Sam breaks the hug finally.) | |
| That's very nice of you. | |
| Julianne: | My pleasure. |
| Sam: | So, anyway, I have some decisions to make now. |
| Julianne: | I should say you do. Would you like chicken or pot roast for dinner tonight? |
| Sam: | What? |
| Julianne: | I am going to cook you a sumptuous meal to help you forget your troubles. |
| Sam: | No, you don't have to do that. |
| Julianne: | No, I insist. |
| Sam: | No, really.. |
| Julianne: | No. I insist. |
| Sam: | Oh. All right. Gosh, Julianne, you are such a good friend. |
| Julianne: | Oh, no. Don't think of me as a friend, Sam. Think of me as someone you can lean on. Or lie on. |
| Sam: | Rely on? |
| Julianne: | That too. |
| Sam: | Well, what I need right now is time to reflect. Maybe I should just go away. Leave all of this behind for a while. Maybe what I'm looking for isn't here at all. Maybe it's somewhere else. |
| Julianne: | Where? |
| Sam: | I don't know. Maybe that's what I have to find out. |
| Julianne: | You won't leave without saying goodbye, will you? |
| Sam: | No, of course not. |
| Julianne: | And without leaving a forwarding address where a person could find you? |
| Sam: | No. I'll do all of that. |
| Julianne: |
Good, because it is so expensive to track someone down using a private detective.
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| Copyright 2005 Norm Foster |
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