September 24, 2026 · daily scene
The Wedding Speech
Given circumstances
- Character
- Best Man
- Setting
- Hotel ballroom corridor, muted music through the doors, index cards in your hand.
- The moment before
- He asked if you're ready to give the speech. You looked down at the cards and realized you wrote the wrong name on half of them.
- Scene partner
- The groom, straightening his tie, three feet away
Direction
Play it straight. You are not aware this is funny. The panic is completely real to you.
Script
So — about the speech.
I practiced it. Forty times. Timed it, recorded it, the whole thing.
GROOMWhat's wrong?
Nothing's wrong. It's great. Really heartfelt stuff about your journey together, the first time you met, that trip to Portland—
GROOMWe went to Boston.
(beat)
Right. Boston. Which is what I wrote. I'm just testing you. Making sure you're paying attention on your big day.
And her name is definitely Sarah with an H, right?
Written for Act It Up. Free to rehearse and perform for practice, classes and self-tapes.
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