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? I know my parents love me ?

? Stand behind me come what may ?

? I know now that I'm ready ?

? Because I finally heard them say ?

? It's a different world ?

? From where you come from ?

? Here's a chance to make it ?

? If we focus on our goal ?

? If you dish it, we can take it ?

? Just remember you've been told ?

? It's a different world ?

? From where you come from ?

? It's a different world ?

? From where you come from ?

Stay with me.

I'll take care of you.

We don't need him.

We can take care of us.

Can we?

We are afraid.

We are also confused.

Who are we?

You're Eve.

I thought I was Eve.

You're Eve, too.

See, you, Eve/girl, and you, Eve/woman,

you represent the inherent dialectical confusion

in the female psyche.

Ooh, that's clear as mud.

You're two sides of the same personality.

Who am I?

You're Adam. You represent the male principle.

Ah.

I can play that.

Ron, we'll let you know.

Girls.

- Brilliant. - Pretty good audition, little guy.

Not as good as you.

That's the truth, but at least you didn't embarrass yourself.

Okay, we have Denise and Whitley for Eve.

And Eve.

I guess we better make a decision on Adam.

Oh, well, no, not until you've seen Rick.

He's really incredible.

And mine is the only play in the spring festival

he even wants to audition for.

Well, if he doesn't get here soon,

he'll be trying out for the fall festival.

Well, just give him five more minutes.

He's the one I dreamed of when I wrote the part.

Well, even sight unseen, he's better than the alternative.

In the meantime, just a thought�

Denise and Whitley, why don't you switch roles?

Brilliant, brilliant.

And perhaps our stage manager can help us out and read Adam.

Um, Lettie, I would be happy to help you read.

You know, I'll do it again if you want.

Thank you, Dwayne,

but four readings were enough to assess your "talent."

"We don't need-"

Maggie, I'd love to be in your play.

- Stop. - Aren't you-

Yes, you are.

Rick Evans. You remember his Oedipus.

Oh, yeah, I saw that.

That was excellent.

And I will never forget your King Lear.

In the storm scene, I shivered with you.

I really believed you were cold.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

I'd be cold, too, if I were wearing tights.

Word.

Maggie,

the part of Adam, what can I say?

It's an actor's dream.

And it is my dream to continue the auditions.

Rick, we'll be reading from the top of Act Six.

By the way, we're really going to have to trim this.

Why?

It's four hours long.

Yeah, but it moves.

Uh� Page 195, right there at the top.

You're reading Adam.

The guy's no good.

Thoughts

are dangerous things, my sweet Eve.

They lead you into places that you should not go.

I will think for you.

"Oh, Adam,

"you lift all worry from our shoulders

and we rise like a bird."

But he has clipped our wings,

and we can fly no higher than he allows.

I'd like him to clip my wings.

Millicent!

Rick�

Rick. I cannot believe

they chose Larry Leotard over us.

Too macho. That was the problem.

- Too macho. - You're right.

I was.

No, not you. Me.

I showed my masculinity, and they couldn't deal.

Rick can't touch you.

Ha! He better not touch Denise, either.

So what if she's his leading lady?

Denise is too deep to fall for just muscles and good looks.

I've got to get into this play.

Mags, I know what your play needs.

A narrator.

A what?

A narrator, like in Our Town.

Someone to help explain the play to the audience.

And to the actors.

My work speaks for itself.

No, wait, wait, wait.

Ron, Dwayne,

what we need

is someone who can conceptualize and mount the entire production,

someone without whom there would be no play.

- We'll do it. - What is it?

- You build the sets. - Ah.

Okay, now, here's $35.

I want receipts.

- No problem. - Okay.

Does this mean we have to read that whole play?

Millie, the man is smitten.

Rick?

No, the Man in the Moon.

Hmm! Well, did he tell you?

Not exactly, but he shared a very private moment with me.

He did an acting exercise

where he relived losing his teddy bear as a toddler,

and he actually sobbed.

What did you do?

I relived the time

that I lost the electricity in my doll house,

and I cried and cried.

Oh, it's so gothic.

"Adam, you are the Sun.

"And in your golden arms, I evaporate and rise

"like a phoenix

into the clouds of your love."

Rick helped me bring out the nuances.

Mm, I'll bet he did.

Ooh!

Last night, he did an acting exercise

where he relived losing his teddy bear when he was five.

He actually cried.

There he is!

Wait a minute. Here.

You may need this.

Oh, Adam, it is I, Eve, and I bring you the fruits of�

I forgot the rest of my speech.

I like what I hear so far.

Really?

Denise, I've got to tell you something.

I haven't been proud of the work I've done lately.

I mean, sure, the audience loved it,

but, uh, it wasn't satisfying to me.

I was just going through the motions.

I was forgetting why I was on that stage,

and then I met you, and I remembered.

You did?

Well, welcome to the theater, Denise.

Hello, fellow thespians.

Eve/woman, join us.

Yeah, Whitley, sit down.

We were just talking about acting.

Oh, I'm sure you had a lot of questions.

This is Denise's first play.

He knows, Whitley.

Whitley, you studied dance, didn't you?

Ballet, tap, and jazz, since I was this high.

Oh, it shows.

Well, thank you.

You haven't had any dance training before, have you, Denise?

Since I was�

this high.

Rick, I am so confused about this line.

Should I make it "I've changed, and you haven't,"

or�

"I've changed, and you haven't"?

Help me.

Whitley, you're such a perfectionist.

Yet, underneath your composure,

I sense a hunger for reassurance.

Oh.

Rick, I feel as though you've opened the drapes on my soul.

Whitley�

I've got to tell you something.

The theater had grown stale for me,

until I discovered the joy of working with a partner

who pushes you to the limit.

It's like playing tennis with an ace.

Well, I play tennis, too.

I'd love to play with you sometime.

Clay or grass?

Excuse me.

I'm sorry for the delay.

Rick, let's continue with your line, "You're different."

Okay, that's revised Page 109.

And how many pages have we cut?

Forty, but I see whole chunks that can go in Act Two.

No, Whitley, you're not that close to Rick just yet. Okay?

When we did this yesterday, I was right here.

Fine.

Uh, Rick, then would you step back about five paces, please?

Good.

Whenever you're ready.

"You're different.

I hardly recognize you."

That's because I'm standing so far away.

Whitley, please stay on script.

"That's because I've changed, and you haven't.

"Look into my eyes�

"and tell me

you don't want me."

I don't want you.

And what's more than that, I don't need you.

You thought of me as a plaything, not as a partner.

Now think of me as gone.

Uh, Whitley�

Um�

Whitley, you're supposed to leave now.

So soon?

Do you think she's ready?

It's Page 109. She's ready.

"Oh, Adam, I want to stay your Eve/girl,

but I fear Eve/woman is trying to tear us apart."

Excuse me.

That was lovely, Denise.

I hate to be a problem,

but I really think that Rick and I would benefit

from more rehearsal time.

Whitley, I wouldn't change a thing about your performance.

I'm the one who needs to rehearse.

Nonsense, Denise.

I don't think you're gonna get any better than you are right now.

Ladies, I think both of your performances are riveting.

Now, if we can just get back to the play.

Millie, my towel.

Let's take it from the phoenix speech.

"Eve/girl, my budding flower,

your fragrance makes me dizzy."

"Oh, Adam, you are the Sun,

"and in your golden arms, I evaporate,

"and rise like a phoenix into the clouds�

of your love."

Hold it. Hold everything!

We are here with the set design.

It's deep, and it's cheap.

You guys, we're right in the middle of a very intimate scene.

Oh, I'm so sorry. I feel terrible.

All right, let's see what you guys got.

- Voil�. - Okay.

Now this play takes place at home,

and we feel that this is the universal symbol of home.

It looks like a couch.

It is a couch.

I like it.

It's avant-garde.

It's minimalist.

It's back to the drawing board.

Dag, the theater can be cruel.

What do they expect for $35, the Taj Mahal?

I just love what the three of you are doing with my words.

Mm.

It's Rick. Acting with him is like magic.

I bet Whitley's feeling the magic, too.

You notice how she's throwing herself at him? Isn't it embarrassing?

Whitley is throwing herself at Rick?

Yeah, Whitley. And what do you mean by that?

What do you mean what do I mean?

"Oh, Adam, you are the Sun.

"And in your big, strong, powerful arms,

I melt like a raindrop."

Maggie wrote it. I'm just saying it.

Oh, and with such feeling!

You know, it's like when you play tennis

with someone who returns every serve.

You've worked up a fine dew of perspiration,

and you know that when the match is over,

you're going into the clubhouse

for something tall and cool.

Mm.

But he's an actor.

Are you sure he really likes you?

Millie, a woman knows these things.

Of course, some don't.

Have you seen the way Denise Huxtable's been throwing herself at him?

Shameless.

"Actor," a five-letter word for "fool."

You take away the boy's script, he's got nothing to say.

Exactly. He's got no rap.

No rap.

Hey, Dwayne, Ron.

Rick! We were just talking about you.

Good things. Good things.

Hey, I just wanted to tell you guys how much I liked the couch concept.

- Brilliant. - You liked that?

Well, coming from you, Rick, that means so much.

Hey, the play goes up in three days. Where's my set?

Mags, it's all up here.

How about getting some of this up on the stage?

Next play, we go union.

I hear you, brother.

What?

I have to go cut another 40 pages.

Um, Rick� I was wondering

if we could work on the phoenix speech after rehearsal.

You mean the embrace?

Yeah.

Denise,

if it will help your performance, I'm there for you.

Oh. Well, it would help.

Hi, Rick. Denise.

Whitley.

I wanted to tell you that today when you said,

"I've changed, and you haven't,"

it wasn't acting, it was real.

- Oh. - Wasn't it, Denise?

Definitely wasn't acting.

Behold�

the set.

The set!

I love it!

What is it?

First, the Moon,

representing the changing faces of a woman.

Three dollars.

Next, a barren tree,

representing the fruitlessness of Eve's relationship with Adam.

$7.50.

And lastly, a cube.

And what does this represent?

A place to sit down.

$11.75.

Where's my change?

Labor.

Well, as promised, it is cheap and deep.

I love it.

It's like you were inside my mind.

Uh-oh.

Ron, Dwayne, thank you.

Denise, Whitley, let's take it from revised Page 75. And Maggie�

What? No, I can't cut anymore.

Calm down, dear.

I was going to compliment you.

- Oh. - Well done.

Thank you.

Can someone hold the script

in case someone forgets her lines?

Gregory?

Yes, ma'am.

I'm here.

I'm ready. I'm here.

Well, we're in good hands.

Okay, let's go.

Come with me to a brave new world.

I can't, I'm afraid.

Eve/girl, Eve/woman, now this is the point

where you are supposed to join together.

You look more like two people stuck in an elevator.

Come on. Come on!

Adam is no longer the beacon that guides us through the dark.

Are we not lost and trembling?

"Shivering." It's "shivering!"

Right. That's right.

Shivering! Okay?

Oh! That's a professional attitude.

Whitley, I was trying to get in touch with the emotion!

Ha! I've seen better acting in a puppet show.

You should know a lot about puppets. You act like a stick!

Relax!

Now, Adam may have been the only man in Eden,

but Rick is not the only man at Hillman.

Rick?

I don't know why you're dragging Rick into this.

Neither do I.

Excuse me.

Somebody just delivered these.

Oh, what an angel! Bring 'em here.

- How do you know those are for you? - Who else will they be for?

Excuse me. I'm in this play, too.

I'm sure they're from Rick.

Actually, they're for Rick.

"To my darling Rick. Break a leg. All my love,

Sarah."

- "Sarah"? - "Sarah"?

Yes.

Rick tells me she's a terrific girl.

Goes to Georgetown, I think.

Gregory, will you put these flowers backstage?

It's a lovely arrangement.

Well, if this is the Garden of Eden,

I have certainly found the snake.

Millie.

Actors. They're�

- They're like children. - Mm-hmm.

He has a girlfriend? Why didn't anyone tell me?

You didn't ask.

Well, you saw the way he was acting with me.

Exactly. What I saw was acting.

No, he was "acting" with Whitley, he wasn't like that with me.

That's what makes him so good.

He believes what he's saying.

He said my air of authority was very attractive.

He said I had great depth as a director.

He said he loved my play.

That man will obviously say anything.

What a slime bucket!

What did he do?

- "What did he do"? - Mm-hmm.

- He led me on. - How?

"How"?

Well�

He�

That sounds terrible.

You don't understand, okay?

He told me I was special.

You are special.

And�

that we had a real connection.

The man is a slime bucket.

I've known a few slime buckets in my time.

Believe me, Rick does not fit into that category.

Oh�

You saw what he was doing-

I saw an attractive young man flirting with two young women

who were doing a lot of flirting of their own.

Okay, so, I was flirting a little.

Oh, Denise, I've never seen you

throw yourself into anything with such zeal!

Now, all you have to do�

All you have to do is to hold onto some of that energy

for tonight's performance.

Yes, yes, yes, this is a wonderful opportunity

for you to grow as an actress.

I'm so excited for you.

Break a leg.

I'm going to break his.

Eve/girl, my budding flower.

Your fragrance makes me dizzy.

Oh, Adam, you are the Sun,

and in your golden arms, I evaporate,

and rise like a phoenix into the clouds�

of your love.

Eve/girl, kiss me.

Eve/girl, I love your shyness.

You're different.

I hardly recognize you.

That's because I've changed,

and you haven't.

Look into my eyes,

and tell me you don't want me.

I don't want you, and you can believe that.

Excuse me?

You thought of me as a plaything, not a partner.

Now, think of me as gone!

But before I go�

I'd like tell you what I think of you, you half-baked Hamlet!

You may rise like a phoenix for your friend Sarah,

but you're nothing but a turkey to me!

Oh, my God!

Eve/girl, am I glad to see you.

Oh, I'm not here for you.

You thought you cried when you lost your teddy bear?

You don't even know what real tears are!

What are they doing to my play?

Eve/woman, come with me!

Yes, Eve/woman, go with Eve/girl, now!

Eve/woman, I'm ready,

even though we may be lost and shivering.

That's right, "shivering!"

Eve/woman, we were angry,

but we are no longer angry.

He's ashes to us�

and so is his teddy bear.

He told you about the teddy bear?

We don't need his toys.

Come with me.

We'll be there soon.

The sooner, the better.

Gregory, hit the curtain!

Is it over? What about these pages?

Trust me, it's over.

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