MATTHEW WEAVER is a Spokane, Wash. playwright. His writing has been performed in Washington State, Canada, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Texas and West Virginia.
https://newplayexchange.org/users/9069/matthew-weaver
BED RIDE production: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvFLNvQZMGk GLUTTONY AND LUST ARE FRIENDS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BygMxGrpBUA
Thanks to Matthew Weaver for allowing NYCPlaywrights to publish this excerpt from his play THE FLUIDITY OF TRUTH.
Thanks to Matthew Weaver for allowing NYCPlaywrights to publish this excerpt from his play THE FLUIDITY OF TRUTH.
GINA
And I’m complaining. I’m pressing charges.
POLICE OFFICER
Really? Still? After all that?
GINA
Yes, really. How would you like it if somebody grabbed your chest and said “Honka honka”?
(GINA grabs the POLICE OFFICER’s chest.)
POLICE OFFICER
(scary intense)
Ma’am!
DONNIE
Hey now!
POLICE OFFICER
Back up, ma’am. That’s assault.
GINA
I know it is. I was just showing you -
POLICE OFFICER
Get down on the ground. Get down on the ground. Get down on the ground. All units, all units, requesting backup. Woman in (describes GINA’s outfit) assaulting police officer. Woman assaulting police officer.
DONNIE
Terrible. Just terrible.
GINA
You -
(GINA lunges at DONNIE. The POLICE OFFICER grabs her, forces her to the ground.)
POLICE OFFICER
You saw that, right?
DONNIE
Saw the whole thing, with my own two eyes.
POLICE OFFICER
(to audience)
You all saw that, right?
DONNIE
Better frisk her, officer.
GINA
Keep your goddamn hands off me.
DONNIE
Very cranky. I think she’s probably unstable.
(The POLICE OFFICER cuffs GINA.)
POLICE OFFICER
You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, then one will be provided to you ...
(The POLICE OFFICER forces GINA up.)
GINA
Please. This isn’t - this isn’t right.
(POLICE OFFICER hauls GINA away. As they exit ...)
DONNIE
Lock her up! Lock her up! Lock her up!