Royal Flushers

By Jane Braaten

The playwright grew up working in a bowling alley. She cooked, she waitressed and she became an avid bowler. In high school, she won a state tournament, all events, scratch. As ad adult, she joined the 600 Club during league bowling and won money back at statewide tournaments. Her last average was 172. But, she also did theater. This is her first attempt at script writing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jane Braaten
• Release date: Feb 23, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215090015

Book preview

Characters:  All dressed in Levis with matching bowling shirts.  Team Sponsor is Juanita’s husband’s plumbing firm.  Team name is the Royal flushers.  Special attention to accessories for individual characters.

Cast of Characters

Rosie  40s quiet divorced mother of two teens a legal assistant

Delphine  Single 30s waitress:  has a past

Juanita  30s married to Marco, a plumber  three sons

Eartha  college teacher in a troubled marriage to Joe and a mom  wants a future

Mary  parish secretary  single and virginally paranoid

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In a Universe of Ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, and never again. No matter how many lifetimes you live.

Royal Flushers

Act One

Scene one

The Place.  Living room of Eartha; carpooling for bowling league begins.

The Time.  The present.

Show Music.  Before lights, excerpt of Gary Puckett’s Woman, Woman.

Eartha

(Offstage to kids)  Leave the remote alone, for God’s sake.  You cannot use that for your sister’s new capital punishment.  Knock it off and knock it off now.  (Phone and doorbell ring simultaneously)..Get a life, I keep telling myself.  (Deep breathing techniques, goes to door)

Mary (enters)

Eartha (goes to phone)

Mary (stands with coat on and bowling ball bag and purse overwhelming her)

Eartha

Take a load off your shoulder, Mary dear.  (To phone)  Yo! Yourself.  The teen line is 5784.  Yeah you get a life too.  (Hangs up).  (To phone)  You little shit.  Oh god, not you Mary.  Now aren’t you a little early this week?

Mary.  (Nods no).