A Mini-Play: All an Act?

3-Act Play in 12 Lines

Jill: “Are you different with different people?”

Jack: “No, not really. I think my act is pretty consistent.”

Jill: “Your act, Jack?”

Jack: “Yes. Affable, witty, chill is what I try to project. How am I doing?”

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“Fine, until now.” Jill spikes her eyebrows: “It’s all an … act?!”

Jack: “ … Well, sure. Isn’t your sweet, empathetic and inquisitive an act?”

Jill: “No! It’s who I am. … And thanks, by the way.”

Jack: “Then, why'd you ask if I’m different with different people. Are you?”

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Jill: “I’m different variations of myself, sure, but I’m always myself.”

Jack: “How is a variation different from an act? Doesn’t each require inner direction?”

Jill: “No. … I don’t think so. It’s unconscious, automatic.”

Jack: “So’s my act, more and more. I guess we become our act, huh?”

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