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Abby has kept a private room at the Bristol Place Senior Living facility for 4 years by sheer rudeness, and she is deeply annoyed when her latest roommate, wildly cheerful Marilyn, refuses to be scared off by her attitude. She attempts to rope Scotty, their resident aide, into getting management -- in the form of Miss Larusso, Scotty’s crush -- to reassign Marilyn, but has no success. When Marilyn and Abby are alone once more, they put all their cards on the table, and competitive Marilyn comes
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Abby: Oh good, you’re back! I’ve been on pins and needles all morning. You did it? You talked to Larusso?
Scotty: I did.
Abby: Oh thank god! I knew you’d do it. And just in time! I don’t think I could’ve taken another day with that woman. So when is she out?
Scotty: She’s not.
End:
Marilyn: I want the bed by the window.
Abby: Okay.
Marilyn: Then I’m in. Bet?
Abby: Bet.
Lindsay-Abaire, David. Ripcord. Theatre Communications Group, Inc. New York, NY. 2017. pp. 35-46.
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