IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY by Paul Bowman is a semi-finalist for NYCPlaywrights project "Women in the Age of Trump."
PAUL BOWMAN, a retired maintenance man, writes plays and stories. He has had six of his one-acts produced; five of his short fictions have been published.Thanks to Paul Bowman for allowing NYCPlaywrights to publish this excerpt from his play IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY
PRESCOTT
The management team thinks Jay will be a perfect fit.
(HALEY steps backward.)
HALEY
Are you serious?
(ROBERT raises a conciliatory hand to console her.)
ROBERT
I know you must be---
HALEY
(interrupting)
Are you serious?? Him??
PRESCOTT
Haley---
HALEY
(interrupting; louder)
He’s a salesman! What does he know?
ROBERT
Jay is very knowledgeable.
HALEY
He doesn’t know the difference between a volt and a watt!
(HALEY looks at the floor, trying to make sense of it. She looks at them.)
He makes promises that production department can’t begin to keep! They complain about him all the time.
PRESCOTT
Haley, he got us the Regal Bio-Tech Industry contract. That’s---
HALEY
(interrupting)
Which were going to lose money on!
ROBERT
Haley. We have to think of the future.
HALEY
He misses----he takes Friday afternoons off to play golf. Did you know that? He made a fool of himself at the Christmas party! He got drunk and grabbed Melissa’s boobs!
ROBERT
That was just hearsay.
HALEY
I was there! I saw it! And should I mention the affair he’s having with Stephanie?
(HALEY starts to pace.)
ROBERT
His personal life is not germane.
(HALEY stops.)
HALEY
Then what is? Huh? His work record? I was the one who dealt with the press when that spill polluted the North River. I smoothed things over for us! Me! Not him! And if you had listened to me and followed my recommendation in the first place that spill could have been prevented. Which would have saved the company a boatload of money. Jay knows nothing of the manufacturing process! NOTHING!