I'm not some old person dying in a home somewhere gimme a shoulder and I'll smile at you all happy and forgiving. That's one reason The Great War, his contribution to Ensemble Studio Theatre's one-act-play marathon, is so welcome. Change is resisted because it can hurt. If you don't have a meal or instead ofnot after you already ate.GREG Oh.KENT They're not dessert. Steph is out on the town, and the previous couple ungracefully make casual conversation, endeavoring to be lovely. Show dates: June 20-23, 27-29, 2013. I mean, look he's always had an eye for, you know, whatever. In comparison to the protagonist in Fat Pig, Greg exhibits both courage and selflessness by the end of the play. De Greg huet Plng fir d'Schoul ze goen, a realisiert datt hien net op engem Lagerhaus fir de Rescht vu sengem Liewen ze schaffen. In Reasons to Be Pretty, Greg's tight-knit social circle is thrown into turmoil when his offhand remarks about a female coworker's pretty face and his own girlfriend Steph's lack thereof get back to Steph.But that's just the beginning. Maybe she looks at her and thinks, "This dude must be worth it, a woman like that on his arm." / STOP!GREG goes to grab her by the arm as she gets up but CARLYworks to shake him offshe has the training, after alltheyboth freeze as KENT walks in the room.KENT Dude. GREGlooks around, embarrassed by what's happening.GREG We should probably just / Go. No, I'm already in the food court. Den Greg mengt datt hien net gleewen, datt Kent ongerecht ass. Very cryptic, my friend.KENT That's 'cause you're Don't worry about it.GREG What? In hopes of showing Carly the truth about her husband, Greg strongly suggests that she takes the evening off and go home to her husband. / So how come I can't do the same with you even if I said what I said about how you look?STEPH Yes. / You're kidding me.KENT No. OK? Greg frsker ta verhanden och antyder att han kanske berttar Carly sanningen, men Kent tror att han bluffar. (Smiles.) / We can't all get to Barney Fife our way through life.CARLY Fine. Director Terry Kinney keeps the confrontations tense, volatile and mostly unpredictable whether its the awkwardness of long-term male friends with nothing in common beyond their history or the timid mutual explorations of former lovers, negotiating unhealed wounds while gently testing the depths of residual affections. Auditions are coming up on April 20 for our production of Neil LaButes Reasons To Be Pretty. It does. (Beat.) I'll flush them or I'll, I'll do whatever it takes but I will hurt you and you will not like it! Coovers equally terrific Steph may embody the very traits that can drive men mad, whether in the persistence of her opening salvo or in the downright cruel (and apparently endless) list of character faults she reads out loud not merely to Gregs face but to a food court-full of assembled mall diners, but Coover (despite being rather too pretty to ever be called regular in real life) makes us see the insecurities that drive her to such apparent insanity. This calms Carly until further notice. (Beat.) I'm living with some dude who's a child and thinks that because he works this regular shift he can just be a a infant about the rest of his life.KENT Mommy gimme milk, Mommy He half rises, reaching out for her, pawing her breasts. Whole deal is square with her, why I don't know. Wham!GREG No, no, no, no, no, uh-uh, no!STEPH Yes!GREG No, that's not it! It sucks." Listen to me! / Call Steph and make some big ol' CARLY What? What?KENT Nothing, man, don't worry about it.GREG Just asking.KENT I'm hanging, that's all.GREG Cool. I said this. Plot summary: When Greg makes a seemingly harmless comment about his girlfriend Steph's "regular" looking face, the information gets back to Steph and sends their relationship over the deep end. (Beat.) "Women. no, no, no, no, no! (She starts crying.) Not you. Thanks for coming.STEPH 'S okay. / (Takes it.) Begins reading.At work. Find myself just staring at 'em sometimes, and her eyes are a color, I don't even think it's one you'd find in a box of crayonsmaybe one of those bigger cartons, like, sixty-four colors, with the sharpener in itbut even then I'm not sure. / Hawthorne. He hasn't got any "plan"! / What?KENT I'm serious here. Lyceum Theatre; 149 W. 45th St., New York, NY; Care for. This new thing just, you know, makes it more than perfect (Beat.) GREG and KENT sitting around the break room of their workplace. Am Verglach zum Protagonist am Fecht Pig , huet Greg sech an der Courage an der Selbstlosegkeet duerch d'Enn vum Spill ze gesinn. / Then GREG stop. / No?GREG No. reasons to be pretty contains very strong language and adult themes. So what about her?KENT I'm, you know (Waits.) In a, you know, roundabout way CARLY Well, I'd send flowers next time instead, maybe 'cause your communication skills suck. . Carly laughed it offshe makes fun of him all the timebut still, that's the kind of stuff I'm talking about. One thing I said, and it wasn't a, like, some big Goddammit, why'd you tell her? Right? And I like your face, I do I've always thought you were gonna sound stupid now, but you know I have. That's what Carly said to me you said. Fr vem du r och vad du har gjort, och fr allt du kommer utan tvekan att beg resten av ditt liv. We see Greg, Steph, Carly and Kent deal with the pressures of what it means to be 'pretty', and observe how the four friends manage the infidelity, betrayal and deceit . With the sun going downyou know how it shoots a ray out sometimes around something, like a halo, almostit was doing that and he was bathed in this light for a second, in this splash of gold and creamy light, and I thought, "Yeah, he is. / (Beat.) It went whizzing by my headI didn't exactly take stock, I ducked. / OK, and? It's kind of pathetic; I am not the only person who thinks that I'm not gonna be so crass as to say much about your dick because that would put me on your levelbeing hurtfulbut I will say this: you're way too hairy down there and most girls find that disgusting. In order to show Carly reality with regards to her significant other, Greg unequivocally recommends that she takes the night off and return home to her better half. I might be willing to overlook your general fuckheadedness if I felt as if the truth might be on its way at some point here GREG I'm telling you the whole STEPH Don't say it if it's not because I will know and you know that I'll know. (Looks around.) Obwuel mer ni d'Konfrontatioun tscht Carly a Kent gesinn, ass et impliziert datt d'Carly d'Wahrheet iwwert hir Affr zitt, a geet op en neit Kapitel an hirem Liewen. They enjoy better success finding mates. (Beat.) The last thing 20something factory worker Greg (Wolfgang Novogratz) expected when he casually referred to his girlfriends looks as regular was to provoke a shitstorm of invectives launched in his direction, but thats precisely what Stephanie (Laura Coover)unleashes in what may well be the most profanity-fueled scrimmage-of-the-sexes in theatrical history, for despite Gregs attempts to deny, deflect, or defang Stephs invective and despite his best efforts to convince her that by calling her looks regular he was in fact complimenting her on one of her most attractive assets, Steph is having none of this, and by scenes end, she has left him with a final Fuck you! (or words to that effect). Kent says that he expects Carly to hit the gym the day after the baby is born. Yes.STEPH Good. / Sit down.GREG Thanks. Still, no matter how much of a (expletive deleted) Steph can be, her minuses pale in comparison to Kent all-around jerkhood, the magnetic Boffey giving him an unapologetic macho braggadocio outweighed only by the contempt he feels for women in general(and Carly in particular),a role Hunt bringsto vital, multi-dimensional life, making us see how beauty can be nearly as much of a curse as its lack is purported to be. (Beat.) MIN. I'm sorry that I wanted to go early or whatever Damn. . Casting is by Donna Morong, CSA. Please, just explain that one bit to me and then you can go. What?STEPH You don't remember? Ever.GREG Yes. Anyway KENT She was mad at me before, so I'm sure it just carried over. / Seriously.STEPH Don't say that, either. A key ring or, or your name light up on my phone or shit. All Rights Reserved. He comments that has not seen Kent lately. OVERVIEW. (Looks around.) Where do I begin with your nose? Hon pratar om graviditeten. You do not know a goddamn thing to do with me is what I've discovered in my four years with you. Wanna get some time in the batting cage / Sure you're OK?KENT Good. Why do we feel that way, though, I wonder? Carly och Greg hnger i pausrummet. Frying pan. You always wanna say shit for me, vouch for me or sign shit that we should both have our names on and I'm not gonna have it anymore You are not me so you don't know. A slow shake of his head.GREG Oh, boy.At work. / She's basically holding you responsible for her closest pal moving away and all that, so give 'er a little space for the moment.GREG Fine. Huh? She asks if Greg was out with Kent and girls, but Greg lies and says that it was just guys from work. A 2-year-old having a temper tantrum is pretty common and generally accepted - or at most, frowned upon. And I looked over to where she was pointing, expecting to see a boy from the neighborhoodwe know a lot of people, having grown up here since, like, foreverand she's pointing at Greg. It is a really, really cute face. Greg frsker frklara att han inte lngre ljuger om Kents affr. Just so you know, though it's a pan.GREG Fine! I mean, I'm constantly on the alert, either seeing how some dude is eyeing her at a diner or who she seems to be looking atI'm not saying she cheats on me, I'm notbut with a face like that it's hard to believe it's not always up in her head, the idea of being sexy, or at least how she makes other guys feel. After over-fueling his ex-companion, Greg leaves Kent, who exhaust in rage. / I'm just saying. Kent bullies him, wrestles him to the ground, and then calls his ex-girlfriend ugly. Oh, I see (Beat.) I need scissors.GREG Oh.STEPH I also have to stop by the apartment and get a few things, too. Yes! Looking around while he does another quick check of his watch. 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