October 8, 2026 · daily scene
The Practice Date
Given circumstances
- Character
- Friend
- Setting
- Diner booth, late evening, two menus on the table between you.
- The moment before
- They asked you to help them practice for a date tomorrow. You said yes before you thought about it.
- Scene partner
- Your friend since high school, sitting across from you in the booth
Direction
Start helpful and joking. Stop joking halfway through and don't start again.
Script
Okay. So pretend I'm them. Ask me something you're planning to ask tomorrow.
FRIENDThis feels ridiculous.
It's not. You want to be ready, right? Go ahead.
FRIENDFine. Do you think this could work? Us, I mean.
(beat)
I don't think you should ask them that.
Not because it's a bad question. Because if someone asked me that right now, I wouldn't know how to lie.
Written for Act It Up. Free to rehearse and perform for practice, classes and self-tapes.
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