Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Week Four, Day Twenty-Three -"Looking Great"

“Looking Great”
Written by Joe Janes

2/10/09

23 out of 365


CAST:

Rob

Jennifer


(Lights up on Rob stepping out of a door into an alley. He wears a business suit. He takes out a pack of cigarettes and lights up. A moment later, Jennifer, in a woman’s business outfit, steps in to the alley. )

ROB
Hey, Jennifer. Haven’t seen you in, like, ages.

JENNIFER
Hey, Rob.

(Jennifer lights a cigarette. It seems like her first in a long time. She is really savoring it.)

JENNIFER (continuing)
It’s been a long time.

ROB
Did you lose weight? You look great.

JENNIFER
I did. I dropped about 35 pounds.

ROB
Wow. Well, you look great. How’d you do it?

JENNIFER
I got cancer.

ROB
Oh.

(Long awkward pause.)

ROB (continuing)
Well, you look great.

(They continue smoking. Lights fade.)