Explore this scene
Scene Overview
Note: We are not able to display the full text for this scene.
- Female: 1
- Male: 1
More Scenes
Context
Charlotte is an unconventional therapist. She has trouble remembering basic words (mistakenly referring to her “porpoises” instead of “patients”); she’s decorated her walls with drawings made by unstable children; she uses a Snoopy doll during her sessions, speaking to Snoopy and barking encouragement at her patients. When Bruce comes to speak to her about a recent date he went on--on her advice--he receives either the strangest or wisest help one could receive from a therapist.
to read the context for this scene from Beyond Therapy and to unlock other amazing theatre resources!Text
Note: We are not able to display the full text for this scene. However, to assist users who already have access to the script, starting and ending lines are presented below. Please visit our scenes database to find scenes that include text.
START: Charlotte: (Into intercom) You may send the next patient in, Marcia. (She arranges herself at her desk, smiles in anticipation. Enter Bruce. He sits.) Hello.
Bruce: Hello. (Pause) Should I just begin?
Charlotte: Would you like to begin?
Bruce: I threw a glass of water at someone in a restaurant.
[... ... ...]
END: Bruce: Alright, thank you, Mrs. Wallace.
Charlotte: See you next week.
Bruce: I thought you wanted me to come right back to finish the session.
Charlotte: Oh yes, see you in a few minutes.
(He exits. Charlotte speaks into intercom.)
Marcia, dear, send in the next porpoise please. Wait, I don’t mean porpoise, I mean . . . pony, pekingese, parka, penis, no not that I’m sorry, Marcia, I’ll buzz back when I think of it. (She moves her lips, trying to remember.)
Durang, Christopher, “Beyond Therapy,” Christopher Durang Explains It All For You: 6 Plays, Grove Press, 1983, pp. 270-274.
Videos
Links
Related Products
Related Articles
Related Learning Modules
All scenes are the property and copyright of their owners.
Scenes are presented on StageAgent for educational purposes only. If you would like to give a public performance of this scene, please obtain authorization from the appropriate licensor.