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Richard and Brigid have offered to host Thanksgiving dinner at their new apartment in Chinatown. Brigid鈥檚 family, including her mother, father, and senile grandmother have all arrived and settling in for a long evening of drinking and catching up. While the parents chat with Richard downstairs, sisters Brigid and Aimee take a moment to talk. Aimee has recently broken up with her long-term girlfriend, a move that has left her lonely and heartbroken. Brigid (who is a classically trained composer)
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Start: Brigid: Ugh...the restaurant pays me under the table so I can still collect unemployment, so that鈥檚 been good. But my career is鈥�
Aimee: Hey, okay.
Brigid: I鈥檓 just glad Rich and I decided to take the leap, it was time, you know?
End: Brigid: If you shat out of your ears-- if they rerouted your colon to your ears, I鈥檇 still marry you.
Aimee: When do I even--do I wait until the third date to be like: 鈥淛ust FYI, I shit out of a hole in my belly.鈥� Is that a fifth date thing?
Brigid: I鈥檓 sorry you have to go through that.
Karam, Stephen, The Humans, Dramatists Play Service, 2016, pp. 71-74.
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