Overview
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Context
Jake is out in the woods with his imaginary friend, Tom (who is a banjo-playing turkey). Jake is 16 and running away from home after failing his driver's test. While Jake does some introspection on his past failures, Tom tries to commiserate with him through music and jokes. This scene reflects their bond and the number of years they've been with each other.
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THOMAS singing
High on the mountain..
Lo wind blowin’ free..
JAKE enters with his breakfast of fried eggs and sits in the other chair
Thinkin’ ‘bout the day that used to be
High on the mountain standin’ all alone
Wondering where the days of my life had flown…
THOMAS continues riffing around but not making an actual song
JAKE munching
Know when I was about 11. Dad tried to teach me how to ride a lawn mower. One of those rickety death traps. Not the kind that kinda’ look like a race car. Well.. I got on there.. Pair of my mom’s garden gloves. Boots too big. A Miami Dolphins cap of all things. And it got so shaky. Rattling and cuttin’, ratllin’ n cuttin’, it was like… God reached out to me from the heavens, picked me up and…
JAKE puts his hands together as if grabbing an imaginary person
Where’s my damn collection plate money boyyy!
I got off that damn mower and ran inside before anyone could see me cryin!.. Never again.. Good eggs.
THOMAS
GOBBLE! GOBBLE!
JAKE
Its chicken!
THOMAS
Fine, we’ll designate that a morally gray area.
JAKE
Don’t remember dad bein’ mad.. Just kinda.. I don’t know. Perplexed. Just said, “Jacob. its ok.”
THOMAS
I’s there.
JAKE
No you weren’t.
THOMAS
I’s always been there.
JAKE
...Guess so.
THOMAS
I’s there when you left summer camp early ‘cuz them big kids were pickin’ on you.
JAKE
Yeah.
THOMAS
There when you snuck outta’ Sunday school.
JAKE
Yep.
THOMAS
There when you nearly got kicked outta’ gym class for not jump ropin’.
JAKE
Damn Tom we got any good memories together?
THOMAS
Well there was that time in parking lot with Caroline-
JAKE
Sh#t you were there for that?!
THOMAS
No, but you told me all about it!
JAKE
Yeah.. well.. Who’s I supposed to tell?
THOMAS singing
When the road looks rough yooooonder!
JAKE
You gotta be so.. bellowing early in the morning?
THOMAS
Bet you wouldn’t say that to a rooster!
JAKE
Damn it Tom!
THOMAS takes out a cob pipe, fills it, lights it and takes a puff. Gently rocking away
THOMAS
H-hey Jake!
JAKE
Hmm?
THOMAS
I’m a baked turkey!
JAKE
Tom I told you. No one likes your jokes.
THOMAS
Hey the pastor liked that one joke
JAKE
The one that made him choke on potato salad?
THOMAS
Yesiree! ‘Cuz he was laughin’ so hard!
JAKE
No cuz we nearly gave him a heart attack.
THOMAS
Welp.. it was funny.
JAKE gets up pacing for a bit. THOMAS picks a bit
JAKE
I’m just thinkin’ bout winter. Bound to get cold.
THOMAS
Got blankets in the house.
JAKE
Yeh… Guess it's you an’ me.
THOMAS
Mhmmm.
JAKE
Better not hog the blankets!
THOMAS
I’m a turkey not a hog.
JAKE
Tom.. you’re plain unfunny.
THOMAS
GOBBLE! GOBBLE!
JAKE
Shh! You’ll stir up the Bobcats!
THOMAS
Bobcats
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