This is the sample play for IDS 101.

1. Mr. Taylor
Sample Play
The Long Distance Break-up/ The Lover’s Telephone Revenge
JANE: Packing up her belongings from ex-boyfriend’s
apartment.
SUE: Jane’s friend.
Setting: Ex-boyfriend’s apartment. Items thrown around the
room.
JANE
I can’t believe that jerk.
SUE
Well, I don’t want to say “I told you
so....”
JANE
So don’t.
SUE
I’m just saying, he left his last
girlfriend for you.
JANE
I know, I know. And now he left me for
someone else.
SUE
But did you have to move in with him? I
mean, it was just so fast.
JANE
Love works like that, I guess.
SUE
So do hormones.
JANE
What’s that supposed to mean?
SUE
Nothing.

2. JANE
Yeah, I’m sure. Are you going to help
me pack this up or not?
SUE
Um, not.
JANE
Guess again.
SUE
Um, sure?
JANE
I knew I could count on you.
SUE
What are friends for, if not to help
pack up their best friends belongings
after foolishly rushing into living
with a guy she barely knows.
JANE
I knew him. Or at least I thought I did.
SUE
Have you talked to your sister yet?
JANE
As far as I’m concerned she can rot.
SUE
Come on, she’s your sister.
JANE
And he was my boyfriend, but that
didn’t seem to stop them.
SUE
If it’s any consolation, they said they
were drunk.
JANE
That just the excuse they’re giving to
justify being jerks.
SUE

3. You could take her to Jerry Springer.
JANE
But then she’d get a free trip to
Chicago and stay at a nice hotel. And
they pay for everything.
SUE
Really?
JANE
Tonya went on there last year. She
partied all weekend, and they drove her
around in a limo. My sister doesn’t
deserve that.
SUE
A limo? Really? Man, they want to make
their guests feel comfortable. I wonder
if Oprah does that for her guests. It’s
probably better than the people who go
on Divorce Court. Maybe the People’s
Court or Judge Judy has better hotels.
JANE
Can we focus?!
SUE
Sorry, I just never thought that
Jerry’s guests would be treated so
nicely.
JANE
(sarcastically)
Yeah, it’s great. Now help me finish
loading up this box.
SUE
Fine. You know how to ruin all the fun
out of these things.
JANE
What things?
SUE
Break ups.
JANE

4. I didn’t think they were supposed to be
fun.
SUE
They can be. With the right motivation.
JANE
What’s that supposed to mean?
SUE
We could break his TV?
JANE
No, I wouldn’t feel right. He loves
that TV.
SUE
Like he loved your sister?
JANE
Still....
SUE
We could take a knife a cut up his
mattress.
JANE
Wouldn’t that be illegal?
SUE
We could microwave a DVD. That would be
fun. The sparks flying everywhere.
JANE
But that’s my microwave.
SUE
Oh.
JANE
Let’s not do anything. I just want to
get out of here.
SUE
We could call China.
JANE

5. China?
SUE
Yeah, China.
JANE
Who’s in China?
SUE
Who cares? Someone, I’m sure.
JANE
I don’t know.
SUE
Think about it. Why not make him pay
for every minute of his affair. You
were hurt, it’s time to hurt him.
JANE
Maybe.
SUE
You know you want to. It’s better than
Jerry Springer.
JANE
Okay, let’s do it.
Sue dials a number.
SUE
How long will he be gone?
JANE
Until tomorrow.
SUE
Perfect!
JANE
By the way, how do you know the number
to China?
SUE
I have a sister, too.