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DIVONNE

Anna, I’m so fed up with this theater department.

ANNA

What happened?

DIVONNE

Peterson hates me! I tried so hard in his class, and he barely passed me! I never get anywhere in this backwater dump! Maybe I should just quit St. Gustov’s and move to New York.

ANNA

Divonne, come on! We’re only sophomores...hang in there.

DIVONNE

Easy for you to say, you got the lead in two shows last year.

ANNA

(changing the subject)

Hey, my brother Cliff is starting school today. I told him to drop by our little hideout.

DIVONNE

Yippee! I hope he’s not a flaky actor like your boyfriend, John...

ANNA

(defensive)

Cliff is an actor AND a writer, and John is NOT a flake.

DIVONNE

Truth hurts! He’s only in theater to chase you around the furniture. You need to dump the moron and concentrate on your acting!

ANNA

Divonne!

DIVONNE

I’m sorry, but that grade just blew my chances at the Uta Hagen scholarship I was hoping for.

ANNA

Scholarship! You have lousy grades!

DIVONNE

So I failed a few classes freshman year, but I couldn’t help it, I was too involved in theater. Why they want me to take all those stupid classes I’ll have no use for is beyond me...