Fish in a Barrell, A Short Play

Dramatis Personae:

Company Actor: A skittish young man, unsure of himself, but sexy and flirty when he drinks.

Music Director: A tall thin, nerdish-ly cute guy, who is playing piano for the current cabaret.

Equity Actor: Rugged mountain man type, cast to play an older brother in an upcoming production.

Scenic Designer: A cute but modest guy struggling with the happy choice of which of two boys he wants to flirt with more.

Scene
: A party at the resident company housing, on the occassion of the end of a show.

Act 1, Scene 1:
Scenic Designer and Music Director are talking while the other characters mingle the party in the background.

Music Director: So will you seeing the cabaret more than once this week?

Scenic Designer: Oh, I'm sure. I love watching you play piano. A man and an instrument is always a turn on for me, of course if I see it too many times I may demand that you start making out with me after watching the show.

MD: Oh, really? Well...

Act 1, Scene 2:

Company Actor has just finished performing a tour-de-force dance rendition of a Madonna song in the middle of the party and wants to continue dancing.

Company Actor:
You never dance.

SD: I've told you before I only dance if there's a cute boy to dance with.

CA: Well, let's go.

SD glances around to make sure MD isn't watching then begins to dance.


Act 1, Scene 3:

A quiet moment in the party, SD is talking with a group of actors that includes Equity Actor.

SD: Yeah, load-in for this show shouldn't be a big deal, it is pretty light scenically.

Random Actor: Good, that last load-in was a bear.

Equity Actor:
I'm glad I don't have to deal with all this, you guys put in a lot of work on these shows. (While speaking he puts his arm around SD and his hand slips down to SD's butt, giving it a quick squeeze.)

SD: (Shocked by what is happening) Uhm.... yeah... but it's worth it.

THE END

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