By Dennis Kelly
Typed up by Ben Wesley Alvin Simon Theodore Logon the third Ashton
LEA
I’m going. I’m out of here, I’m gone, I’m, I’m, this is it. I’m running away, Phil. (Phil says nothing). Where am I going? I dunno. Wherever the universe decides that I should be. It’s a big world, Phil, a lot bigger than you, it’s a lot bigger than you and me, lot bigger than all this, these people, sitting here, a lot bigger, a lot bigger.(Pause. Phil starts to butter his waffle).
Don’t. No words. There’s no point, so...what’s the point? “Why are you going? Is it me, is it us, is it what we’ve done, is it what we’re becoming, why, Lea, why, is it me, is it the impossibility of ever saying exactly what you mean?” There’s no point, Phil. So don’t even try. I’m outta here. I’m gone. I am a part of history, I’m on a jet plane, I’m moving, I’m discovering, I’m, I’m, sayonara baby, sayonara Phil and hello discovery and, yeah, don’t try and stop me, because, because, exit stage left Lea, right now. Right now.
(Phil stops buttering the waffle. Opens the jam. Starts putting on a thin layer of jam on the waffle).
Right now. Right now, Phil, right, fucking...I mean it! I really, really...
(Pause. Phil continues with his waffle).
You’re not going to stop me, are you? You’re not even thinking of stopping me. You’re not even thinking of thinking of stopping me. The only thing in your brain at the moment is that waffle. Your brain is entirely waffle, single-mindedly waffle and maybe a bit of jam, I don’t know how you do it. I admire you so much.
(Phil decides that the waffle needs more jam. Lea sags. She drops her suitcase and sits with Phil).
Did you see Jan at Adam’s memorial? Floods of tears. It was wonderful, everyone felt wonderful, I felt terrible of course, but everyone felt wonderful. It’s incredible. The change. This place. You’re a miracle-worker. Everyone’s happy. You know that? You notice that?
