Overview
- Female: 4
- Male: 0
Context
The bake sale is wrapping up and the four women are clearing up their stalls. Mae is gutted that she didn't wait to sell her pie to the man she really wanted to offer it to, instead of giving in to another. All of the women have different philosophies about how to sell their baked goods but, ultimately, Julia, Dana, and Mae all agree that Lila is too free with her cookies. The women's chat reflects differing opinions on the choices women make with their bodies, as well as their baked goods.
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LILA (COOKIES) Are you alright?
MAE (PIE) Fine.
Mae angrily shoves things into her bag.
LILA (COOKIES) You don't seem fine.
MAE (PIE) This is your fault. If you hadn't been selling your cheap cookies, and givin' away samples to everybody, I wouldn't have dropped my price. I would have got full price!
LILA (COOKIES) I didn't make you do anything! You could have kept your original price. You could have held out for two fifty. You could have gone to another bake sale tomorrow!
MAE But it would be day-old pie! Who wants that?
JULIA (BROWNIE) She's right. If you hadn't waved your sample plate around, I wouldn't have sold the batch I was saving for church.
LILA (COOKIES) You didn't have to sell if you didn't want to.
MAE (PIE) I heard you saying stuff about my pie. You said I would end up eating it myself if I didn't drop my price!
LILA (COOKIES) You told them my cookies came from a store! Which they did not! So what if I made twelve dozen?! It's a bake sale!
MAE (PIE) You could have made a ton more money. Even with all your cookies, she outsold you.
LILA (COOKIES) I don't care. I didn't do it for the money. I would have given them away. I make great cookies, and I wanted everyone to taste them. They'll all be talking about my cookies.
MAE (PIE) Like I said, your fault! Not everyone wanted to taste your cookies. This wasn't all about you.
JULIA (BROWNIE) Forget it, Mae. Let's go.
LILA (COOKIES) Have fun at your church sale, Julia. I'm sure they won't mind whatever or whoever you can scrounge to sell. And Mae, you should’ve made a side deal with that guy. You really couldn’t bake pies for one guy and cupcakes for another?
MAE No.
LILA I would.
Mae and Julia look at each other. Beat.
MAE (PIE) (to Lila)
Slut.
Mae walks out. Julia follows her. After a moment, Lila sits, stunned. And after another, she pulls open her sack of cookies, and pulls one out. She nibbles on it. It tastes pretty good.
LIGHTS OUT.
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