Two Mrs. & Ablaze

By Kevin Lōttes

Two women, who have lived together since their husbands died, are brought asunder by a young waiter at their local diner. A promise between two "widows for life" is put to the test as youth and the possibility of new love interrupts the routines of an old friendship.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kevin Lōttes
• Release date: Aug 3, 2013
• ISBN: 9780976241669

Kevin Lōttes

Kevin Lōttes (pronounced “lotus”) won the Bob Dylan Days first-place prize for fiction in 2008. He is the author of the story collection, First Person Last. He is the playwright of several produced plays, including The Leash of the Rainbow's Meow, The Line Shack, Paralyzed July, San Francisco Scarecrows, and Two Mrs. & Ablaze. His selected prose appears in The Good Things About America (Write Bloody Publishing). Monologues from his numerous plays appear in Classroom Scenes and Monologues (Dramatic Publishing) and in several editions of the Audition Arsenal Anthology Series (Smith & Krauss, Inc.). He lives in Columbus, Ohio.

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Two Mrs. & Ablaze

a play by Kevin Lottes

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Copyright 2013

Smashwords Edition.

This ebook is a work of dramatic fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

This ebook play format is designed for the reading public only. All dramatic rights are fully protected by copyrights, and no public or private performances---professional or amateur---and no public readings for profit may be given without written permission of the author and the payment of a royalty. Anyone disregarding the author's rights renders himself liable to prosecution. Communications should be addressed to the author, Kevin Lottes, 1407 Chesterton Square North Columbus, Ohio 43229 or by email: [e-mail].

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Scene One

Amplified sound of coffee percolating, followed by K.T. Oslin’s You Call Everybody Darlin plays throughout the theatre. Lights up on a well-kept bungalow. It’s an early Saturday morning. SALLY SPICER---female, forties---comes out of the kitchen, wearing a brand new outfit and sipping from a coffee cup. She performs a private, little dance to the music. Then there’s a knock at the door. She turns the music down and crosses to a mirror, taking one last look at her reflection. She’s good to go. SALLY opens the door. CLAYTON ABLAZE---male, thirties---stands in the doorway.

SALLY: Hey.

CLAYTON: Hey.

SALLY: How’s it goin?

CLAYTON: It’s goin, but I don’t know how.

SALLY: Well, come on in. I’ve got a fresh pot of coffee in the kitchen. Want some?

CLAYTON: Yeah. Sure. Sounds good.

CLAYTON enters. SALLY shuts the door behind him.

SALLY: Black, or do you put stuff in yours?

CLAYTON: Just the bean, baby. Just the bean.

SALLY: You got it. Comin right up. Go ahead and make yourself at home.

SALLY goes to the kitchen. CLAYTON takes in the living room. In the background, K.T. Oslin’s You Call Everybody Darlin