1. BETTY 1 IS IN A RAGE
BETTY 1 walks out on stage.
The space is very empty and very spare.
She looks very proper. But sheās pissed off.
BETTY 1
I was watching the news the other day and
there was this segment on mutilated children?
And then I was watching the news, and
there was this special insider report on amputees.
And then I was watching the news and
it told me that I was going to die of diabetes and high blood
pressure and lyme disease and ovarian cancer and
violent-thug-attack by a person, I think a Man? A Foreign Man?
āoh maybe thatās racist.
Well thatās just the news, I am not responsible for the news.
This world is terrible. This world is awful.
I am Very Very Concerned about the State of Things.
My husband Richard came home and I said to him RICHARD
I said RICHARD
I am Very Very Concerned About The State of Things.
My husband Richard is a calm person.
He is a logical and a rational person and He Wears A Suit.
And Richard said to me: BETTY
Richard said: BETTY
Richard said: Betty, Donāt Worry.
Pauseāwith sudden fury.
AND THAT DIDNāT MAKE ME FEEL BETTER.
Beatābreathāwith great dignity.
There is currently nothing in the whole world
that makes me feel better.
So I decided to throw a Dinner Party.
2. BETTIES 1 AND 2 AT A DINNER PARTY
BETTY 2 walks out onstage.
Sheās younger and a little more fragile. Possibly coming unraveled.
Now all of a sudden the two BETTIES are having a dinner party. A really uptight dinner party, where they pretend to be much better friends than they actually are.
BETTY 1
Betty.
BETTY 2
Yes Betty?
BETTY 1
Lady, I love your nails.
BETTY 2
Thanks lady, I love your nails too.
BETTY 1
I think that colour is just darling on you. Whereād you get it?
BETTY 2
Well I went to this little salon on the Upper East.
Charles said, You treat yourself, you just treat yourself.
So I just treated myself.
BETTY 1
That Charles. Heās so thoughtful.
BETTY 2
I know!
BETTY 1
Richard gave me the nicest present the other day.
BETTY 2
What was that?
BETTY 1
Well Iād been so Stressed out, Iāve just been feeling a lot of Stress and I came home and Richardās assistant had gotten me a gift card for a massage
Richard told his assistant to get me a gift card for a massage isnāt that thoughtful?
BETTY 2
Thatās so thoughtful.
An awkward beat. They sip their white wine.
BETTY 1
How are the kids?
BETTY 2
I donāt have kids.
BETTY 1
Oh!
I thoughtā¦?
BETTY 2
Noā¦
BETTY 1
Oh.
They sip.
BETTY 2
This neighbourhood is so lovely.
BETTY 1
Thatās so true.
Other neighbourhoods are so much less lovely these days.
BETTY 2
Oh, I knowā¦
BETTY 1
They say thereās an Influx
if you know what I mean
yes, thatās certainly happening.
Beat.
I didnāt mean to beā¦ [racist...