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2 Brothers Drinking/2 Sisters Drinking

Characters

Robin:
Male, late thirties
Russell:
Male, mid-thirties, Robin’s brother
Stephanie:
Female, late-twenties
Jennifer:
Female, mid-twenties, Stephanie’s half-sister

Set

A single set play: a very long plank bar. Behind the bar (upstage) is a display of alcohol bottles. An array of bar stools stands in the usual line in front of the bar. Everything is very minimal, suggestive.

Production history

Staged reading, The Marsh, San Francisco, 2007

The Story

2 brothers drinking/2 sisters drinking is a diptych. In act one, two brothers, Robin and Russell, sit and drink and talk about their mother and women and their relationship with each other and anger and drinking and sex. In act two, two sisters, Stephanie and Jennifer, sit and drink and talk about their mother and men and their relationship with each other and anger and drinking and sex.

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The Dialogue

Stephanie:
The bartender was very aggressive last night.
Jennifer:
I’m sure.
Stephanie:
Very athletic.
Jennifer:
Steph…
Stephanie:
You are such a lesbian.
Jennifer:
I’m not listening…
Stephanie:
Oh, honey…
Jennifer:
It’s just that the intimate details…
Stephanie:
He says he’s a lesbian.
Jennifer:
Everyone’s a lesbian these days.
Stephanie:
He said that he used to think of himself as just being a regular like straight guy with a penis, but then he realized that even though he had a penis he wasn’t a regular straight guy because he has "feelings" and likes to "process" and therefore he’s a lesbian like trapped in a man’s body.
Jennifer:
I’m not listening.
Stephanie:
It pisses me off.
Jennifer:
Everyone’s co-opted lesbianism and now it doesn’t mean anything.
Stephanie:
He wants to do a three-way with me and some woman who’s his tax accountant.
Jennifer:
Three-ways are so last year.
Stephanie:
They’re too complicated.
Jennifer:
Been there, done that.
Stephanie:
I can never figure out what to concentrate on.
Jennifer:
I prefer just me and my vibrator.
Stephanie:
You are such a lesbian.