DIVONNE Anna, I’m so fed up with this t...
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Anna and Divonne are both sophmore students at a Midwestern college. They both major in acting but Divonne is annoyed that she keeps being given lousy grades. She frequently wonders whether she should quit and try her luck in New York. Anna tries to cheer Divonne up with the news that her brother, Cliff, is starting school and will be coming by. Anna drinks a can of coke, while Divonne goes for a leftover beer.
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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...
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