Stage Directions

excuse me is this where the rehearsal is yeah yeah I'm Mallory Matt I'm playing Thatcher Oh Marguerite okay great well do you know anything about this director no I haven't even met her yeah yeah nothing me neither good evening Thatcher Marguerite I'd introduce myself but I assume you already know who I am Valencia yes tonight we'll be rehearsing scene 3 page 24 in your scripts mm-hmm scene 3 uh-huh we are in Thatcher's fire lit living room Thatcher is gazing into the fire while swirling a glass of brandy bigger swirls Thatcher good yes get it all over yes yes now keep that up don't ever stop swirling that brandy okay okay marguerite enters she walks up the Thatcher clutching a live ferret is that a misprint no you'd be surprised how many rodents there are in this piece okay is it just yes yes pet the ferret oh that's wonderful that's lovely okay procede yeah Marguerite what are you doing here at this hour Sacher keep in mind that you're holding a cigar oh um no no you look like you're blowing bubbles a cigar hold this why have you stopped swirling the brandy never stops swirling the brandy I'm sorry I've never smoked before bigger swirl stature I'm here because I have to talk to you it's about our son he's dead at that moment Marguerite reaches into her duffle bag and pulls out the body of a full-grown man yes and I've already cast the body so you have something to work with Jamie are you around here Jamie dear oh yeah Here I am hello darling back in the bag okay um Sacher we must burn the evidence before the police arrive including this Marguerite pulls an 18 pound bowling ball from the bag oh okay so no put your fingers in the holes the bowling ball holes yes the three of them and the ball should be a little heavier than that Marguerite get heavier a little more down yes there you want and you have the ferret on your shoulder still is Petitte okay Marguerite and Thatcher carry the body and the bowling ball to the fireplace while wiping away gentle tears okay mind his head um son the ferret Marguerite the ferret and the bowling ball Sacher please keep in mind you have the cigar in the brandy still yes Margaery don't forget about that ferret and Jeremy you should have rigor mortis at this point yes wonderful really feel the terror okay let's go let's go come on come on more tears you're cremating your only Son yeah snatcher you have a line here no don't leave the body the police are on their way it no it's so wrong you look like you've got palsy Thatcher Margaery you are crushing that ferret beneath your mannish jaw it's dead honey okay Thatcher gazes into the fire for one last look at his son and promptly bursts into flames uh-huh so how are we gonna do that exactly we're going to set you on fire oh okay Thatcher begins to roll on the ground marguerite grabs a blanket and desperately tries to suffocate the flames okay so Jeremy if you could play the fire as well yes Marguerite your fingers are stuck in the bowling ball still for the rest of Act two bowling ball the bowling ball yes Susa yes beautiful struggle little okay yeah smell the brandy Thatcher isn't that like a major fire hazard at this point pile it all over yourself before everything the ferret Jam be a beautiful darling I feel the heat okay okay okay I'm sorry does this not look ridiculous to you know it just feels unnatural because you don't have the actual props I promise it'll look great I don't know I've never tried to fight a flaming rolling man while holding a bowling ball in a ferret but I feel like my character would put some down I don't know Valencia maybe we should look into a rewrite for this scene I mean it's not a comedy it's a drama her children fine fine let's put this on the back burner and move on to scene four Thank You Jeremy if you could play the meteor and the unsuspecting traffic cop that would be great okay scene four Marguerite enters as a robot and flies yes and keep in mind you're still holding your pet ferret on a bowling ball

Channel: Studio C

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Rating: 4.8969812 out of 5

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Id: UUzCVoBA99Y

Length: 6min 51sec (411 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 29 2012