Patience Script

Scripted Space
Grace-Marie Brunken

1.The space will be on a city bus. A teenage boy and girl are going to have an argument, and the boy will get physical with the female. Ex the male will grab the female’s arm violently and drag her to another seat. The couple will be fighting about something mundane that turns into a bigger situation about the female flirting with other guys. This is when the young man will violently pull the girl to another seat away from other passengers and the young girl will begin to cry. There will also be another actor on the bus who may get up and tell the young man to calm down.

2. The program of being a passenger on a city bus. Most passengers try to mind their own business and ignore whatever else is going on in that space. People are mostly interested in themselves. There is also the program of where one decides to sit on a bus, next to other passengers or far away from them. Another program that will be very important in this script is that fact that a city bus is such a small space. Passengers will not be able to ignore the fight that is going on, especially if the actors make it loud. There is also the program of being a stranger and witnessing something that is wrong. Some people may stand up and try to stop the violence, which others may sit and try to ignore the situation all together. But because this script will be performed in such a small, closed in space, viewers will be forced into the story and will create their own ending to the situation. There can also be the program of when someone stands up to help, what do the other people do? Will they also stand up, or will they continue to ignore the situation?

3. Potential Inhabited Narrative #1: The couple will fight and the male becomes violent, throwing the female around the bus and slapping her face. A passenger may pull the male to the side and tell him how wrong it is to hit women while another passenger consoles the young girl and tells her to leave the male.
Potential Inhabited Narrative #2: The couple fights and the male starts calling the
female a slut/whore/skank and telling her she isn’t worth anything. Passengers may
watch the fight, but no one stands up for the girl. Once the male exits the bus,
passengers console the female who is crying.
Potential Inhabited Narrative #3: The couple fights and gets loud. The male grabs the
female and pulls her viscously to a different seat while cursing and calling her crude
names. A passenger gets up and tells the young man to leave the girl alone.

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