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John is a wealthy, entitled graduate student with cerebral palsy. He is interviewing a young woman named Jess to become his personal care worker. Jess is a graduate from Princeton and the daughter of an immigrant. She is on the brink of becoming homeless and works several jobs to support herself and provide a roof over her head. She has no care-giver qualifications, but she is honest, hard-working, and reliable. She also doesn’t take kindly to people looking down on her or wasting her time.
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START: JESS
Nice apartment.
(No response. She waits.
She judges his nice apartment.)
Should I be—?
JOHN
(From off) Hold on.
JESS
Cuz I could—[tidy or]
JOHN
(From off, “stop talking”) Can’t hear you.
[... …]
END: JESS
Can be.
JOHN
Six A.M.?
JESS
(Lying) … Yup.
JOHN
Well then.
(He extends his hand to her.
A moment.
She watches it shake.
Then she shakes his hand.)
Here we go then.
Martyna Majok. The Cost of Living Theatre Communications Group (electronic edition), 2018. p.26-40
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