The Shape of Things

ACT ONE

–Scene 1-

While working his shift as a security guard at a college campus art museum, undergraduate English major Adam notices graduate art student Evelyn crossing over a velvet rope with a can of spray paint. She cheekily rebuffs his requests to step back and says that she’s going to spray paint a phallus on one of the nude statues in the gallery. She’s unhappy with the fact that a fig leaf has been placed over the statue, because art should be real and not subject to censorship. Evelyn is a graduate art student getting her MFA in applied theory and criticism. Adam is an undergraduate English literature major. The two flirt a bit and Adam asks Evelyn for her number, which she spray paints into his jacket. With his shift over, Adam leaves, and Evelyn prepares her spray paint can…

-Scene 2-

At a restaurant, Evelyn compliments Adam for the changes he’s made to his hairstyle and the fact that he’s lost some weight. She bets him $20 that his friends will comment on it. She tries