‫- PREVIOUSLY ON ‫ "SWITCHED AT BIRTH"... ‫ - REGINA, UM,
‫ANYTHING ‫IN THE HOUSE IS YOURS. ‫WE HAVE A FULL BAR--
‫I'M SOBER, KATHRYN.
‫I'VE BEEN SOBER FOR ‫11 AND A HALF YEARS.
‫- WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ‫- TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ‫ WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF
‫NOW THAT I'M NO LONGER ‫A HAIRDRESSER.
‫- REGGIE? ‫- HI! WHAT'S IT BEEN, ‫ 15 YEARS?
‫- YEAH. ‫- KATHRYN, THIS IS ZANE.
‫ZANE, KATHRYN.
‫WHY DON'T WE CALL A TRUCE?
‫( sighs ) ‫HI! SHOULDN'T YOU ‫STILL BE AT SCHOOL?
‫MY LAST CLASS ‫WAS STUDY HALL.
‫HEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE ‫SEA-SALT PITA CHIP THINGIES?
‫YEAH. ‫WAIT WAIT WAIT!
‫- WASH YOUR HANDS. ‫- OH, SORRY.
‫I'M DOING ‫POTTERY WITH REGINA-- ‫THROWING CLAY.
‫IT'S SUPER ‫WET AND SHAPEY.
‫- SHE CAN DO THAT ‫ WITH HER HANDS? ‫- THAT'S THE COOL PART.
‫SHE JUST TELLS ME ‫WHAT TO DO AND I DO IT.
‫IT'S LIKE I'M HER HANDS. ‫TOTAL VULCAN MIND MELD.
‫WELL, I'M GONNA BE MAKING ‫TURKEY MEATBALLS LATER.
‫MAYBE YOU CAN COME ‫AND BE MY HANDS.
‫THAT'S HILARIOUS. ‫YOU KNOW WHAT--
‫I THINK I'M JUST GONNA ‫HAVE DINNER OVER THERE
‫'CAUSE WE STILL MIGHT BE, ‫LIKE, IN THE ZONE.
‫ONCE MORE INTO THE CLAY!
‫"AND HOW DO YOU PROPOSE ‫PAYING FOR THIS NEW ‫RESOURCES BOARD?"
‫UH, WELL...
‫- ( sighs ) ‫- THROUGH THE CLOSING
‫- OF LOOPHOLES-- ‫- CLOSING OF TAX LOOPHOLES ‫ IN THE STATE TAX CODE
‫- WILL GENERATE ‫ THE NECESSARY REVENUES. ‫- OKAY. OKAY.
‫HEY, CAN I INTERRUPT ‫FOR A SECOND?
‫- ABSOLUTELY YOU MAY. ‫- SO I'M THINKING ABOUT APPLYING
‫- TO WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. ‫- OH!
‫- WASH U. ‫- BUT IT'S COMPETITIVE,
‫SO A FAMILY CONNECTION
‫- WOULD REALLY HELP OUT. ‫- OKAY.
‫GRANDPA BILL WENT ‫TO WASH U, DIDN'T HE?
‫TOBY, YOU GET GOOD GRADES,
‫YOU'RE GOING TO A GOOD SCHOOL. ‫YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE.
‫HONEY, HE'S NOT WRONG. ‫THESE DAYS YOU HAVE TO ‫PRESS EVERY ADVANTAGE.
‫A RECOMMENDATION ‫FROM SOMEONE WHO HASN'T ‫BEEN THERE IN 40 YEARS?
‫- WHAT GOOD IS THAT GONNA DO? ‫- CAN I AT LEAST ASK, THOUGH?
‫- I MEAN, WHAT'S THE HARM? ‫- WELL, IT'S YOUR APPLICATION.
‫DO WHAT YOU WANT.
‫I NEED A BATHROOM BREAK. ‫BE RIGHT BACK.
‫WELL, I KNOW GRANDPA BILL ‫ISN'T COMING OVER
‫FOR SUNDAY DINNERS, ‫BUT I CAN'T EVEN ASK ‫FOR A FAVOR?
‫HE SAID YES. ‫I'D JUST RUN WITH THAT.
‫TWO VODKA ROCKS, ‫ONE WITH A TWIST. HANG ON.
‫EXCUSE ME. ‫YOU'RE WITH ZANE, RIGHT?
‫- UM... ‫- OH, SORRY.
‫NOT ASKING ‫FOR A STATUS UPDATE.
‫IT'S JUST COULD YOU TAKE ‫THIS TRAY UP TO THE GUYS?
‫I'M A LITTLE ‫SLAMMED HERE.
‫- SURE. ‫- YOU ARE OVER 21, RIGHT?
‫( chuckles ) ‫NICE TRY.
‫A LITTLE FLATTERY ‫TO GREASE THE WHEELS. ‫YOU KNOW WHAT? HERE.
‫FOR YOU.
‫I CALL IT ‫A "HEADLESS HORSEMAN."
‫- LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. ‫- OKAY.
‫Zane: ‫ NO, MAN, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. ‫ I TOLD YOU.
‫HEY, IF I'M GONNA ‫SELL MY SOUL, I AT LEAST ‫WANT TO RIDE IN A LIMO.
‫WHO IS ‫SELLING THEIR SOUL?
‫ZANE'S TRYING TO BOOK US ‫INTO SOME CORPORATE DEATH MARCH.
‫IT'S EVENT, STAN. ‫IT'S AN EVENT.
‫YOU CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT, ‫I DON'T DO BACKGROUND MUSIC.
‫TRY BEING UNEMPLOYED. ‫THAT'LL GET YOU OVER ‫YOUR INTEGRITY.
‫PLEASE. HE'S A DRUMMER. ‫THEY'RE NEVER UNEMPLOYED.
‫HERE IS TO WORKING ‫FOR AN HONEST LIVING.
‫- Regina: HEAR HEAR. ‫ - SALUT.
‫- IS THAT YOURS? ‫- OH, UM...
‫I'M ON A CLEANSE.
‫I GOTTA HIT ‫THE LITTLE DRUMMER'S ROOM.
‫- I LIKED YOUR SET. ‫- I LIKED HAVING YOU HERE.
‫YOU ARE NOT GONNA CALL ME ‫A "MUSE" AT ANY POINT, ‫ARE YOU?
‫- NOT OUT LOUD, NO. ‫- ( laughs )
‫I'M GONNA HAVE ‫TO GO PRETTY SOON.
‫NO NO-- YOU GOTTA ‫STAY FOR MY NEXT SET.
‫ZANE, I HAVE TO MAKE ‫BREAKFAST AT 7:00 A.M.
‫OKAY, I TURN ON ‫A COFFEE POT, ‫BUT STILL.
‫LOOK, REGGIE, ‫YOU'RE HERE.
‫THE NIGHT'S YOUNG. ‫THE MUSIC'S GOOD.
‫I WILL HAVE YOU HOME ‫BY MIDNIGHT.
‫I PROMISE.
‫( sighs )
‫CAN I GET A CLUB SODA?
‫AND, HERE, ‫YOU CAN TAKE THIS.
‫WHAT?
‫"GRAVES"? ‫UH, NO.
‫I-- THROWING CLAY.
‫POTTERY?
‫MY MOM ‫IS TEACHING ME.
‫UH, PAINTING MOSTLY.
‫BUT, YEAH. ‫YOU?
‫OKAY.
‫YEAH, ‫I'LL CHECK IT OUT.
‫- HEY. ‫- HEY THERE.
‫I, UH-- I HEARD
‫THAT YOU PLAY. ‫AND I STARTED A LITTLE
‫PICKUP GAME AT LUNCH. ‫SO YOU SHOULD JOIN.
‫I REALLY HAVEN'T PLAYED MUCH ‫SINCE THEY CUT OUR ‫BASKETBALL TEAM.
‫YOU KNOW WHAT? ‫IF YOU CAN DRIBBLE ‫OR YOU CAN SHOOT
‫YOU'RE GONNA BE THE M.V.P. ‫OF THIS TEAM. ‫I PROMISE YOU.
‫( laughing )
‫SO IT LOOKS LIKE ‫YOU'RE STARTING TO FEEL ‫AT HOME HERE?
‫YEAH, YOU KNOW, WHEN LIFE ‫GIVES YOU LEMONS...
‫WAIT-- HEY! ‫WE'RE NOT LEMONS.
‫BAD CHOICE OF WORDS.
‫- BAD A.S.L.! ‫- ( laughing )
‫STUPID EXPRESSION ANYWAY ‫BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN ‫LIKE LEMONADE
‫- OR LEMONS. ‫- OH, THAT'S TOO BAD.
‫BECAUSE MY LEMON MERINGUE ‫IS AWESOME!
‫- MMM! HEY MAN. ‫- ( both chuckle )
‫SO NO LUNCHTIME HOOPS.
‫WHAT ABOUT ‫A LITTLE ONE-ON-ONE ‫AFTER SCHOOL MAYBE?
‫ACTUALLY I HAVE PLANS ‫AFTER SCHOOL WITH TRAVIS.
‫DO YOU KNOW TRAVIS? ‫HE'S DEAF?
‫WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUT ‫MY FOOD TRUCK.
‫ALL RIGHT.
‫HEY.
‫SO THAT'S IT.
‫DOES THE PLAY ‫TAKE PLACE IN--
‫I DON'T KNOW THE SIGN ‫FOR "DUNGEON"--
‫LIKE A CASTLE BASEMENT?
‫UH...
‫YOU KNOW ‫WHAT YOU COULD DO? ‫PROJECTIONS.
‫MAYBE SOME SOVIET PHOTOS ‫OR ARTWORK OR SOMETHING.
‫OH! ‫YOU COULD HANG FABRIC
‫IN LIKE STRIPS, ‫YEAH, SOMETHING SHEER,
‫THAT WAY IT HAS ‫ALL THESE LAYERS.
‫STUDENTS? ‫STUDENTS, CAN WE GATHER ‫TOGETHER PLEASE?
‫I'M SORRY TO INFORM YOU ‫THAT YOUR DIRECTOR
‫WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ‫WITH THIS PRODUCTION.
‫AS YOU KNOW, ‫CARLTON HAS BROUGHT IN ‫SOME NEW PROGRAMS,
‫AND WE'VE HAD ‫TO ELIMINATE OTHERS.
‫AND IN SPITE ‫OF THESE CHANGES,
‫WE ARE STILL STRUGGLING ‫FINANCIALLY.
‫AND, AS DIFFICULT AS IT IS ‫FOR ME TO TELL YOU THIS,
‫WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO
‫THE SPRING PRODUCTION ‫THIS YEAR.
‫NO, NO ONE HAS BEEN FIRED.
‫WE CANNOT PAY ‫THE DIRECTOR'S SALARY ‫AND HE HAD TO MOVE ON.
‫I THANK YOU ALL ‫FOR YOUR ENERGY
‫AND YOUR PASSION ‫AND YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
‫WE'LL TRY AGAIN ‫NEXT YEAR.
‫I'M REALLY SORRY.
‫AND JUST LIKE THAT, ‫THE ENTIRE DRAMA ‫PROGRAM GETS CUT?
‫IT WASN'T REALLY ‫A WHOLE PROGRAM.
‫IT WAS MORE OF ‫AN AFTER-SCHOOL THING.
‫YOU KNOW, SWEETIE, ‫IF YOU WANT TO PAINT SETS,
‫THERE'S THIS REALLY GREAT ‫PROGRAM AT BUCKNER.
‫WELL-FUNDED IN PART BY US, ‫I MIGHT ADD.
‫DAD, I AM NOT GOING ‫BACK TO BUCKNER.
‫THAT'S THE BUMMER ‫ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING.
‫I WAS FINALLY STARTING ‫TO FIT IN AT CARLTON
‫AND NOW THIS IS ‫YET ANOTHER THING
‫THAT WAS KILLED OFF ‫BY THE HEARING KIDS.
‫THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID? ‫THEY CUT THE PLAY BECAUSE ‫OF THE HEARING PROGRAM?
‫THEY MIGHT AS WELL HAVE.
‫YOU KNOW WHAT? ‫I'M JUST-- I'LL BE--
‫- BACK FOR DINNER. ‫- I'M GONNA MAKE A COUPLE ‫ OF CALLS ABOUT THIS.
‫OH, MOM, NO. ‫I WOULDN'T.
‫HONESTLY, ‫IT'S A DONE DEAL.
‫HAVE YOU NOT SEEN ‫YOUR MOTHER IN ACTION? ‫NOTHING IS A DONE DEAL.
‫FIGHTING FOR ARTS ‫IN PUBLIC EDUCATION?
‫THEY BETTER WATCH OUT.
‫HEY! CAN I TALK ‫TO YOU GUYS?
‫- CHANGING OF THE GUARDS. ‫- NO, STAY.
‫I WANT TO TAKE ‫THE FOOD TRUCK OUT AGAIN ‫TOMORROW AFTER SCHOOL.
‫SWEETIE, WE TALKED ‫ABOUT THIS, OKAY?
‫YOU ARE TOO YOUNG TO BE ‫SETTING UP SHOP BY YOURSELF.
‫MY MOM SAID IT WAS OKAY. ‫AND I WON'T BE ALONE. ‫I'M GOING WITH TRAVIS.
‫REGINA SAYS IT'S OKAY...
‫OKAY, BUT I WANT YOU ‫BACK HERE BY 9:00.
‫- OKAY, OF COURSE. ‫- ALL RIGHT.
‫YES. ‫THANK YOU!
‫HEY HEY!
‫WHY ALL THE SECRET ‫SIGNING?
‫NOTHING!
‫SO WHY WASH U, HUH?
‫- WELL, YOU WENT THERE. ‫- ( chuckles )
‫I KIND OF LIKE ‫THE IDEA OF KEEPING UP ‫A FAMILY TRADITION.
‫WELL, YOUR FATHER ‫DIDN'T GO THERE.
‫HE DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.
‫I GUESS SOMETIMES ‫FAMILY TRADITIONS ‫SKIP GENERATIONS.
‫- SO WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE? ‫- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
‫WELL, YOU DID TWO YEARS ‫OF LACROSSE AND QUIT.
‫YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ‫EXTRACURRICULARS?
‫ARE YOU FLUENT ‫IN ANY LANGUAGES?
‫A.S.L.-- SIGN LANGUAGE.
‫- EVER SINCE ‫ DAPHNE-- MY SISTER-- ‫- YEAH, I KNOW WHO YOU MEAN.
‫WELL, MUSIC REALLY ‫TAKES UP MOST OF MY TIME.
‫- I HAVE A BAND-- ‫- A ROCK AND ROLL BAND, I BET.
‫YEAH! ‫WELL, ALTERNATIVE ROCK, ‫BUT YEAH.
‫YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ‫YOU'RE COMPETING AGAINST--
‫THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOLOS ‫WITH THE ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY.
‫- WELL, THAT'S-- ‫- AND I JUST READ
‫ABOUT A KID ‫WHO SPENT HIS SUMMER
‫EXCAVATING MAYAN RUINS ‫IN GUATEMALA
‫AND THEN GOT ‫THE FINDINGS PUBLISHED ‫IN AN ARCHAEOLOGY JOURNAL.
‫SO FROM WHERE I SIT,
‫THERE'S JUST NOT MUCH HERE ‫TO DISTINGUISH YOU
‫FROM HUNDREDS OF OTHER KIDS ‫WHO ARE APPLYING.
‫WELL, THAT'S WHY I WANTED ‫TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP.
‫CAN I HAVE SOME KETCHUP?
‫- DO YOU HAVE ‫ ANY USE FOR THIS? ‫- Kathryn: NO.
‫I USE AN ELECTRIC.
‫OH, UM, SORRY. ‫ANYWAY, THIS MEETING?
‫YEAH, IT'S THIS AFTERNOON. ‫AND I PLAN ON GOING INTO ‫THAT PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE
‫WITH A BATTERING RAM. ‫AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ‫MORE PARENTS WITH ME.
‫I AM SO WITH YOU ‫ON SAVING ARTS PROGRAMS.
‫BUT I CAN'T THIS AFTERNOON. ‫I HAVE A JOB INTERVIEW.
‫- THAT'S TERRIFIC. WHERE? ‫- ANSWERING PHONES AT A SPA.
‫THAT COULD BE FUN-- ‫DISCOUNTED MASSAGES?
‫AT THIS POINT, ‫I'LL TAKE ANYTHING.
‫BECAUSE CLEARLY I NEED ‫TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.
‫SO ARE YOUR ARMS ‫HURTING?
‫( sighs )
‫NOT IF I DON'T USE THEM.
‫AND DON'T WORRY, ‫I'M NOT DEPRESSED.
‫I'M JUST IN MY ROBE ‫BECAUSE I WAS OUT LATE.
‫REALLY?! ‫IS THIS WITH...?
‫ZANE. ‫I SAW HIS BAND ‫LAST NIGHT.
‫I KNEW IT. ‫DID I CALL IT OR WHAT?
‫YOU DID. ‫I'M JUST NOT SURE IT'S ‫THE RIGHT CALL FOR ME.
‫- WHY NOT? ‫- LOOK AT MY LIFE.
‫THIS ISN'T EXACTLY THE TIME ‫FOR ME TO BE HANGING OUT ‫AND LISTENING TO JAZZ,
‫AND ARGUING ABOUT ART ‫AND POLITICS AND THEN ‫GOING OUT FOR PANCAKES.
‫WHY NOT?
‫BECAUSE I'M NOT IN MY 20s.
‫I NEED A JOB, ‫A PLACE OF MY OWN
‫AND A HUSBAND ‫WHO ISN'T OUT GETTING ‫OTHER PEOPLE PREGNANT.
‫SORRY.
‫I KNOW YOU'RE GOING ‫THROUGH A LOT RIGHT NOW,
‫BUT THAT'S EXACTLY ‫WHY YOU NEED TO GO OUT.
‫SEE, THIS IS MY POINT. ‫WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH
‫THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED ‫CREATIVITY THE MOST.
‫STIMULATION, ‫INSPIRATION,
‫EXPRESSION-- ‫THESE ARE THE THINGS ‫THAT RENEW US
‫AND KEEP US GROWING ‫SO WE CAN FIGHT THROUGH ‫ANOTHER DAY.
‫YOU ARE READY TO TALK ‫TO THAT PRINCIPAL, ‫AREN'T YOU?
‫YEAH.
‫I APPRECIATE THE VALUE ‫OF ARTS IN EDUCATION,
‫- KATHRYN, I DO. ‫- I KNOW YOU DO--
‫BUT THAT DOESN'T ‫BALANCE MY BUDGET.
‫AND IF I DON'T BALANCE ‫MY BUDGET, THEN THERE IS ‫NO MORE CARLTON.
‫THEN GIVE IT TO US. ‫LET THE PARENTS ‫TAKE OVER THE PLAY
‫AND YOU JUST WORRY ‫ABOUT SAVING THE SCHOOL.
‫PLEASE! ‫IT WOULD MEAN ‫SO MUCH TO THEM.
‫WE JUST LOST ‫THE DIRECTOR.
‫I DON'T HAVE A SALARY ‫OR A PRODUCTION BUDGET.
‫I THINK THE SHIP HAS ‫SAILED ON THIS ONE.
‫- Daphne: THANK YOU. ‫- ♪ I TURNED THE CORNER ♪
‫♪ AND I SAW YOUR SMILE ♪
‫♪ IT TAKES ME BACK, ‫ TAKES ME BACK FOR A WHILE ♪
‫♪ TO A PLACE ♪
‫♪ I FEEL LIKE I BELONG ♪
‫♪ YOU GOT ME LAUGHING, ‫ LAUGHING LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO ♪
‫♪ IT'S REALLY SIMPLE, ‫ BUT I DIG THE THINGS YOU DO ♪
‫♪ A LITTLE WINK ♪
‫♪ JUST LIGHTS UP THE ROOM ♪
‫♪ YOU GOT A GLOW ♪
‫♪ FROM HEAD TO TOE... ♪
‫- ( vocalizing ) ‫ - ( laughing )
‫♪ IT'S SUCH A GOOD TIME. ♪
‫HI, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
‫UH, TWO OF THE SPECIALS.
‫OKAY, SPICY ‫OR REGULAR?
‫- SPICY. ‫- SPICY.
‫YEAH.
‫- IS HE THROWING ‫ GANG SIGNS AT YOU? ‫- NO NO,
‫- IT'S SIGN LANGUAGE. ‫ WE'RE DEAF. ‫- FOR REAL?
‫- BUT YOU HEARD WHAT I SAID. ‫- I READ YOUR LIPS.
‫COOL.
‫WHO DO YOU WORK FOR? ‫I'VE NEVER SEEN ‫THIS TRUCK BEFORE.
‫- OH, IT'S MINE. ‫- YOURS?
‫- MM-HMM. ‫- DAMN.
‫I CAN HEAR AND SEE PERFECT-- ‫ALL I GOT IS AN OLD BIKE.
‫( laughs )
‫HEY, YOU KNOW ‫WHAT YOU SHOULD DO? ‫PUT YOUR PICTURE
‫ON THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK, ‫CALL IT "DEAF HOT TACOS."
‫WITH A FACE LIKE YOURS, ‫GUYS WILL BE LINING UP ‫AROUND THE BLOCK.
‫THANKS. ENJOY.
‫OOH, SCARY.
‫I'M SORRY ‫ABOUT THE MESS.
‫I PROMISE I'M GOING ‫TO CLEAN IT UP.
‫NO, IT'S FINE. ‫IT'S NICE HAVING ‫YOU WORK HERE.
‫I HATE TO BOTHER YOU ‫WHILE YOU'RE IN "THE ZONE,"
‫BUT I JUST WANTED ‫TO TELL YOU
‫THAT SOME WONDERFULLY ‫COMMITTED CARLTON PARENT
‫SPOKE TO PRINCIPAL ROSE ‫THIS AFTERNOON
‫AND IT LOOKS LIKE ‫THE PLAY IS BACK ON.
‫- SERIOUSLY? ‫ WHO DID THAT? ‫- ME.
‫THAT'S AMAZING! ‫THANK YOU.
‫REHEARSALS START ‫TOMORROW AFTER SCHOOL,
‫AND I AM SO EXCITED!
‫WHY ARE YOU SO EXCITED?
‫WELL, AS YOU KNOW, ‫THEY HAD TO CUT THE SALARY ‫OF THE DIRECTOR
‫BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET, ‫SO IT BECAME A VOLUNTEER ‫POSITION.
‫- YOU VOLUNTEERED. ‫- YEAH.
‫IT'S JUST ‫A STOPGAP MEASURE.
‫ARE YOU REALLY QUALIFIED ‫TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
‫I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF PLAYS ‫AND I DIRECTED THE HOLIDAY ‫PAGEANT AT THE CHURCH--
‫RIGHT, UH... ‫YEAH, I KNOW.
‫I'M SURE IT'S GONNA BE FINE.
‫HEY, HOW DID IT GO ‫WITH YOUR GRANDFATHER?
‫UH, ACTUALLY NOT SO GOOD.
‫WHAT DO YOU MEAN? ‫IS HE GOING TO MAKE ‫THE CALL OR WHAT?
‫I DON'T KNOW. ‫HE DIDN'T SAY.
‫HUH. ‫SO WHAT DID HE SAY?
‫THAT I AM NOT ‫WASH U MATERIAL.
‫- HE SAID THAT? ‫- WELL YEAH, THAT I'M...
‫LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE ‫THAT'S APPLYING.
‫DID YOU TELL HIM ‫ABOUT YOUR MUSIC?
‫I TRIED, BUT HE JUST ‫KEPT CALLING IT A HOBBY.
‫HONESTLY, ‫I DON'T EVEN CARE.
‫OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? ‫LISTEN TO ME.
‫YOUR MUSIC, YOUR BAND-- ‫THESE ARE THINGS
‫THAT ARE GOING TO SET ‫YOUR APPLICATION APART.
‫AND YOUR GRANDFATHER...
‫( clears throat ) ‫HE'S NOT THE KIND OF MAN
‫TO OFFER ‫A LOT OF APPROVAL.
‫HE'S GOT HIS OWN IDEAS
‫ABOUT HOW THINGS ‫SHOULD GO.
‫AND IF YOU WANT ‫TO GO YOUR OWN WAY-- ‫LIKE, LET'S SAY,
‫TURN DOWN ‫A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP ‫TO THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
‫TO PLAY BASEBALL ‫IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES--
‫NO AMOUNT OF SUCCESS
‫WILL MAKE HIM ‫COME AROUND.
‫ALL HE SEES
‫IS THAT YOU DIDN'T ‫DO IT HIS WAY.
‫WELL, IF I DID IT HIS WAY, ‫I'D BETTER START ‫HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN.
‫NOW YOU LISTEN TO ME.
‫THIS AFTERNOON, ‫YOU PUT IT OUT ‫OF YOUR HEAD.
‫YOU FINISH THOSE APPLICATIONS. ‫HE DOES NOT GET TO DERAIL YOU.
‫- BUT, DAD, I-- ‫- NO BUTS, TOBY.
‫YOU GET ‫THOSE APPLICATIONS IN.
‫SO WHAT WAS ‫THE THEORY AGAIN?
‫FAMILY CONNECTIONS ARE GONNA ‫HELP TOBY GET INTO COLLEGE?
‫- DID HE TALK TO YOUR DAD? ‫- OH YEAH.
‫JUST LONG ENOUGH ‫TO START THINKING HE DOESN'T ‫HAVE A SHOT AT GETTING IN.
‫- HOW DID HE DO THAT? ‫- I KNOW EXACTLY HOW HE DID IT.
‫PEERING OVER HIS GLASSES ‫LIKE YOU BOTH KNOW ‫IT'S THE TRUTH,
‫AND IF YOU CAN'T ADMIT IT, ‫YOU'RE A COWARD.
‫OKAY,
‫WE KNOW TOBY.
‫HE MAY GET PUSHED OFF ‫HIS AXIS FOR A DAY OR TWO,
‫BUT HE'LL THINK ABOUT IT
‫AND HE'LL COME BACK ‫STRONGER THAN EVER.
‫- YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? ‫- HE'S NOT LIKE YOU, JOHN.
‫- WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? ‫- IT MEANS HE DIDN'T GROW UP
‫HAVING TO DEFEND HIMSELF ‫ALL THE TIME.
‫HE HAS A LOVING FATHER
‫WHO SUPPORTS HIM. ‫HE'LL TAKE IT IN
‫AND THEN REMEMBER ‫WHO HE IS.
‫REGGIE, COME ON, ‫IT'S NOT EVEN ‫MIDNIGHT YET.
‫WHAT, IS YOUR CAR GONNA ‫TURN INTO A PUMPKIN?
‫HAVE YOU SEEN MY CAR? ‫BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE ‫AN IMPROVEMENT.
‫OKAY, HAVE YOU ‫HAD THE MARTINIS ‫AT THE GREEN MILL?
‫- BECAUSE IF YOU HAVEN'T-- ‫- ZANE, I GOTTA GET HOME.
‫DO YOU UNDERSTAND? ‫RESPONSIBILITY, ‫DAUGHTER,
‫- CRAPPY JOBS TO APPLY FOR. ‫- ALL OF WHICH WILL STILL ‫ BE THERE
‫- AFTER THE MARTINI. ‫- ( laughs )
‫HAVE YOU EVEN HAD A DAY JOB?
‫UH, HELL YES.
‫REUPHOLSTERING FURNITURE ‫IN MY UNCLE'S SHOP. ‫I WAS MISERABLE.
‫BY THE WAY, ‫IT'S NOT LIKE I'M LIVING ‫A LIFE OF LEISURE HERE.
‫BUT IT'S A HELL ‫OF A LOT MORE FUN.
‫( sighs )
‫YOU KNOW WHAT?
‫MAYBE I'M JUST ‫NOT IN A FUN PLACE ‫IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW.
‫UH-OH.
‫YOU LIVE IN OZ,
‫AND I AM IN KANSAS
‫IN, LIKE, THE MIDDLE ‫OF A TORNADO.
‫- HOLD ON-- ‫- AND HONESTLY? I DON'T EVEN ‫ LIKE JAZZ ALL THAT MUCH.
‫( chuckles )
‫THERE SHE IS.
‫THERE'S THE GIRL ‫I REMEMBER.
‫I THINK SHE IS ‫LONG GONE.
‫YOU DON'T THINK ‫I HAVEN'T CHANGED EITHER?
‫I HAVE TWO GROWN GIRLS. ‫I HAVE AN EX-WIFE.
‫I'M PUTTING TOGETHER GIGS ‫WEEK TO WEEK.
‫I KNOW.
‫AND I REALLY LIKE ‫HANGING OUT WITH YOU.
‫BUT...
‫I GOTTA DEAL ‫WITH THE TORNADO.
‫( sighs )
‫TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
‫( exhales )
‫- HEY THERE. ‫- DAMN, THOSE TACOS ‫ WERE GOOD.
‫- THANKS. ‫- WHAT DO YOU PUT IN THEM?
‫MY SECRET INGREDIENT.
‫HEY, HOW DO YOU SAY "TACO" ‫IN SIGN LANGUAGE?
‫JUST HOW IT LOOKS-- ‫LIKE THIS.
‫THAT'S COOL.
‫- WHAT'S YOUR NAME? ‫- DAPHNE.
‫SO, DAPHNE,
‫YOU WANNA ‫GO OUT SOMETIME?
‫( faint rattling )
‫UH...
‫DO--
‫NO, DON'T! ‫NO!
‫- ( screaming ) ‫- Guy: LET GO!
‫- CATCH! ‫- C'MON, MAN! LET'S GO!
‫( sobs, gasping )
‫( groans )
‫( crying )
‫HEY.
‫HOW DID IT GO THE PARK? ‫DID YOU HAVE ENOUGH SHRIMP?
‫YEAH, WE HAD ENOUGH.
‫- ARE YOU OKAY? ‫- YEAH, UM,
‫I'M JUST TIRED. ‫I'M GOING TO GO TO BED.
‫OKAY.
‫( sighs )
‫LOOKS LIKE IT.
‫HELLO, EVERYBODY! ‫HELLO!
‫UM, GATHER AROUND, PLEASE.
‫COME ON, DON'T BE SHY.
‫MY NAME IS KATHRYN.
‫AND LET'S PUT ON A PLAY!
‫I KNOW THAT YOU ALREADY
‫STARTED REHEARSALS...
‫UM, UH,
‫THIS IS SO EXCITING.
‫I HAVE MY OWN INTERPRETER.
‫WE'RE ALL ‫STORYTELLERS, RIGHT?
‫SO PLEASE, ‫JOIN ME FOR THE STORY ‫OF ROMEO AND JULIET.
‫OKAY.
‫THIS IS THE STORY BALL.
‫WHEN YOU HOLD IT, ‫YOU HAVE
‫THE POWER ‫OVER THE STORY.
‫OKAY? ‫OH WAIT, I SEE--
‫YOU HAVE TO SIGN ‫AND HOLD THE BALL-- ‫THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
‫SO OKAY.
‫LET'S MAKE IT
‫AN IMAGINARY BALL. ‫YEAH?
‫ALL RIGHT, ‫HERE, BAY, CATCH!
‫OKAY, UH... ‫ONCE THERE WAS
‫A GIRL NAMED JULIET
‫AND SHE DID NOT WANT TO
‫MARRY THE GUY SHE WAS ‫SUPPOSED TO MARRY...
‫Interpreter: ‫ "SO SHE GOT INTO A SPACESHIP
‫AND STARTS HEADING OFF ‫INTO SPACE."
‫"WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ‫GOING OFF INTO SPACE!
‫THAT'S STUPID."
‫"THE SOVIET UNION? ‫ THAT WASN'T STUPID?"
‫WAIT, HOLD IT, HOLD IT.
‫WE DON'T USE ‫THE WORD "STUPID"! ‫ALL IDEAS ARE WELCOME!
‫COME ON, EVERYBODY. ‫OKAY-- EXCUSE ME?
‫EVERYONE, COME BACK, ‫PLEASE.
‫YOU-- IN THE BLUE? ‫CAN SOMEONE GET HER ATTENTION?
‫PLEASE. ‫OKAY, NOW WHO HAS THE BALL?
‫WHO HAS ‫THE IMAGINARY BALL?
‫YOU STAY HERE, OKAY?
‫- HELLO. ‫- HEY.
‫YOU AND TOBY ‫IN THE SAME WEEK.
‫- IT MUST BE MY BIRTHDAY. ‫- YEAH, I WANTED TO TALK ‫ TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
‫YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN ‫HEAR FROM YOU PEOPLE ‫FOR SIX YEARS,
‫AND THE DAY YOU SHOW UP, ‫YOU ASK ME FOR A FAVOR?
‫CALLING YOU WASN'T MY IDEA.
‫I TRIED TO TALK HIM ‫OUT OF IT.
‫- I THOUGHT WE HAD ‫ A NICE MEETING. ‫- OH YEAH?
‫IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK? ‫YOU THINK IT WAS NICE?
‫HE ASKED YOU ‫TO MAKE ONE CALL.
‫- I KNOW WHAT HE ASKED ME. ‫- THEN WHY COULDN'T YOU DO IT
‫WITHOUT ALL ‫THE LITTLE DIGS?
‫I TOLD HIM ‫I'D MAKE THE CALL
‫AFTER HE BEEFED UP ‫HIS RESUME.
‫YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED ‫TO CRITIQUE HIM.
‫HE WASN'T ASKING ‫FOR YOUR OPINION.
‫MAYBE, JUST MAYBE,
‫HE WANTED ‫A LITTLE SUPPORT.
‫HE'S GOT ‫SOME STIFF COMPETITION. ‫IF HE CAN'T TAKE THAT--
‫OH YEAH-- YEAH RIGHT. ‫YEAH.
‫THE BILL KENNISH ‫NO-BULL STRAIGHT TALK.
‫WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING ‫THE ONLY PERSON
‫TO TELL IT TO HIM ‫LIKE IT REALLY IS.
‫YOU TURNED OUT ‫ALL RIGHT.
‫YOU CAN'T TAKE CREDIT ‫FOR ME.
‫WHAT I'VE DONE, ‫I'VE DONE IN SPITE OF YOU.
‫( chuckles )
‫YOU CAME ALL THE WAY ‫OUT HERE TO PICK THAT ‫SAME OLD FIGHT WITH ME?
‫SOME THINGS JUST ‫NEVER CHANGE, DO THEY?
‫YOU KNOW,
‫EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE ‫I ASK MYSELF IF I DID ‫THE RIGHT THING
‫KEEPING YOU OUT ‫OF MY KIDS' LIVES.
‫AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ‫FOR REMOVING ANY OF THAT DOUBT
‫ONCE AND FOR ALL.
‫YES, HELLO, I WAS HOPING ‫TO SPEAK WITH CINDY?
‫HI, CINDY, ‫THIS IS REGINA VASQUEZ.
‫WE MET YESTERDAY ABOUT ‫THE RECEPTIONIST POSITION?
‫OH, YOU FILLED IT.
‫UH-HUH, RIGHT.
‫WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ‫SPECIFIC RECEPTIONIST EXPERIENCE
‫BUT I RAN MY OWN BUSINESS ‫FOR 12 YEARS, WHICH I THOUGHT--
‫WELL, IF YOU HAVE ‫ANY OTHER OPENINGS--
‫( sighs )
‫WELL, I WILL THINK ‫ABOUT THAT.
‫THANKS SO MUCH.
‫( groans )
‫KATHRYN WANTED YOU ‫TO HAVE THIS.
‫THEY ARE THE OUTLINES ‫TO THE STAGE.
‫SHE'S LOOKING FOR NEW ‫SET-DESIGN IDEAS.
‫"BUT BAY ALREADY ‫ HAD A GREAT IDEA."
‫- IT WAS JUST SOME PROJECTIONS. ‫- OH, THAT SOUNDS GREAT!
‫- WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME? ‫- IT JUST HADN'T COME UP YET.
‫OH. WE'LL TALK ‫ABOUT IT AT HOME.
‫BUT I WANT YOU ‫TO KNOW THAT I AM ‫OPEN TO ALL IDEAS.
‫YEAH. THAT'S MY MOM.
‫SHE JUST WANTED TO.
‫( sighs )
‫THAT'S MY OTHER MOM. ‫THIS MOM DOESN'T REALLY ‫HAVE A LIFE OF HER OWN,
‫SO SHE'S ALWAYS ‫PUTTING HERSELF INTO MINE.
‫( exhales )
‫MOM.
‫IS THAT ‫WHAT YOU THINK OF ME?
‫THAT I DON'T HAVE A LIFE?
‫THAT I'M SOMEONE YOU NEED ‫TO APOLOGIZE FOR?
‫NO.
‫AND TO WHO?
‫THAT MEAN GIRL? ‫HER OPINION MEANS ‫THAT MUCH TO YOU?
‫I'M SORRY, ‫I WASN'T THINKING.
‫I HAVE FEELINGS, BAY.
‫I AM NOT JUST A ROBOT ‫WHO JUST PROVIDES FOR YOU
‫AND THEN DISAPPEARS ‫UNTIL YOU NEED ME AGAIN.
‫MOM-- MOM!
‫THAT'S NOT WHAT I THINK.
‫YOU THINK THAT BECAUSE ‫I AM NOT ARTISTIC
‫OR INDEPENDENT ENOUGH ‫FOR YOU,
‫YOU DON'T HAVE ‫TO BE KIND TO ME ‫OR SUPPORTIVE?
‫BAY, I DID THIS FOR YOU.
‫NO, YOU DIDN'T.
‫I'M SORRY, MOM, ‫BUT YOU DID THIS FOR YOU.
‫YOU ASKED ME ‫TO SAVE YOUR DRAMA CLUB!
‫I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO JOIN IT! ‫IT WAS MY THING.
‫IN TWO YEARS ‫YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUT ‫OF THE HOUSE FOREVER.
‫AND THIS THAT WE HAVE ‫TOGETHER RIGHT NOW?
‫IT'S GOING TO BE GONE.
‫I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT ‫LAST A LITTLE LONGER.
‫( sighs )
‫( crickets chirping )
‫( exhales sharply )
‫( Kathryn sighs )
‫HEY.
‫YOU'D THINK ‫I'D HAVE LEARNED ‫TO LABEL THESE BUTTONS.
‫IT'S SO HARD ‫TO FIND A MATCH.
‫I'M SORRY ABOUT WHAT ‫I SAID TO NATALIE.
‫I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A LIFE.
‫YOU KNOW ‫YOU WEREN'T WRONG
‫ABOUT ME BARGING IN ‫ON YOUR DRAMA CLUB.
‫YOU DIDN'T ASK ‫ FOR THAT.
‫AND AS SOON AS I CAN ‫FIND A REPLACEMENT, ‫I'LL STEP DOWN.
‫THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT.
‫SOMETIMES IT'S NOT JUST ‫ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT.
‫I KNOW.
‫I'M SORRY. ‫I FEEL SO BAD.
‫HONEY, COME HERE.
‫YOU ARE NOT ‫THE FIRST DAUGHTER ‫TO TORMENT HER MOTHER.
‫( both laugh )
‫I'LL GET OVER IT.
‫( sniffles )
‫- BUT I'M NOT SURE ‫ I REALLY LIKE THIS NATALIE. ‫- ( chuckles )
‫I DIDN'T EITHER... ‫AT FIRST,
‫BUT SHE'LL COME AROUND.
‫MMM.
‫I CAN'T WAIT. ‫( laughs )
‫HEY, I GOT YOUR TEXT.
‫HEY. SO,
‫I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH ‫WITH DARRYL,
‫MY OLD BATTING COACH ‫WITH THE ROYALS. ‫HE'S A WASH U ALUM.
‫TURNS OUT HIS BROTHER ‫IS A DEAN OVER THERE.
‫HE WANTS TO SIT DOWN ‫WITH YOU AND CALL ‫HIS BROTHER
‫WHO'S GOT A LITTLE PULL.
‫- OH. ‫- C'MON! ‫ THIS IS GREAT NEWS.
‫YEAH, IT'S JUST--
‫I DON'T KNOW. ‫I'VE BEEN THINKING.
‫I ONLY APPLIED TO WASH U ‫BECAUSE MY COUNSELOR ‫SAID I SHOULD.
‫- IF YOU DON'T ‫ WANT TO GO THERE-- ‫- ANY COLLEGE REALLY.
‫I MEAN I ONLY APPLIED ‫BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ‫YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO--
‫AH, NO NO. ‫IT'S ABOUT GROWING UP
‫AND STARTING LIFE ‫AS AN ADULT.
‫BUT COLLEGE ISN'T ‫THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT.
‫YOU SAID YOU NEVER GREW UP ‫FASTER THAN THAT SUMMER
‫YOU PLAYED BASEBALL ‫FOR THAT CAPE COD LEAGUE ‫WHEN YOU WERE 17.
‫- I WAS ON A DIFFERENT PATH. ‫- I DON'T EVEN KNOW ‫ IF I HAVE A PATH.
‫SEE THAT RIGHT THERE?
‫THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT ‫YOUR GRANDFATHER WANTED:
‫GET UNDER YOUR SKIN ‫AND MAKE YOU DOUBT YOURSELF.
‫DAD, THIS ISN'T ABOUT YOU ‫AND GRANDPA AND WHO'S RIGHT.
‫IT'S ABOUT ME ‫AND WHAT I WANT.
‫YOU KNOW WHAT, ‫IT'S OKAY TO BE NERVOUS ‫OR EVEN HAVE DOUBTS.
‫COLLEGE IS A BIG CHANGE,
‫BUT YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE ‫SUMMER AHEAD OF YOU.
‫DO WHAT YOU WANT--
‫TRAVEL, PLAY MUSIC, ‫LOAF AROUND.
‫NO PRESSURE.
‫YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE UP ‫YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW.
‫WELL, I HAVE MADE UP ‫MY MIND.
‫I'M NOT GOING ‫TO COLLEGE NEXT YEAR.
‫HEY. SO DID YOU DO
‫A SET DESIGN IDEA?
‫OH.
‫NO, I GET IT.
‫WE HAVE A PRETTY SERIOUS ‫SITUATION HERE.
‫THE SCHOOL HAS NO MONEY ‫FOR ANY OF THIS-- NOTHING.
‫NOT FOR SETS, ‫NOT FOR COSTUMES,
‫NOT FOR INTERPRETERS
‫AND DEFINITELY NOT ‫FOR DRAMA TEACHERS.
‫SO WE NEED ‫TO BE DOING THIS,
‫ALL OF US,
‫SOLELY OUT OF LOVE.
‫LOVE FOR THE THEATER,
‫AND LOVE FOR WORKING ‫TOGETHER AS A TEAM--
‫EACH OF US ‫WITH DIFFERENT TALENTS
‫AND DIFFERENT IDEAS, ‫COMING TOGETHER
‫TO CREATE SOMETHING ‫THAT JUST MIGHT BE...
‫GREAT.
‫SO IF YOU'RE READY ‫TO DO THIS WITH ME,
‫THEN STAY. ‫AND IF YOU'RE NOT,
‫THEN IT'S TIME TO GO.
‫GOOD. ‫THEN LET'S GET STARTED.
‫I'VE MADE SOME COPIES ‫OF THE OPENING SCENE...
‫AND HERE YOU GO.
‫- Zane: HEY. ‫ - DID I MISS ‫ YOUR WHOLE SET?
‫PERFECT TIMING ACTUALLY.
‫WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO GO ‫GET SOMETHING TO EAT.
‫YOU GUYS GO. ‫I'M NOT THAT HUNGRY.
‫Bartender: ‫ AW MAN, JACKPOT!
‫SOMEBODY LEFT LIKE ‫HALF A BORDEAUX.
‫IT'S A $300 BOTTLE, PEOPLE.
‫- WHO'S IN? ‫- CAN'T PASS THAT UP.
‫REGINA?
‫YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK ‫FANTASTIC TONIGHT.
‫WHERE ARE ‫ YOU GUYS HEADED?
‫UH, EMERALD CITY.
‫♪ IT'S JUST ‫ A VACATION... ♪
‫- Bartender: NICE, RIGHT? ‫ - BEAUTIFUL.
‫GUESS YOU'RE DONE ‫WITH THAT CLEANSE.
‫ALL DONE.
‫SO, REGINA, ‫WHAT DO YOU DO?
‫COSMETOLOGY ‫FOR A LOT OF YEARS,
‫BUT I'M OPEN TO SOMETHING ‫NEW RIGHT NOW.
‫REGINA CAME HERE
‫EVER SINCE T.J. ‫WAS RUNNING IT.
‫- NO. ‫- ( Regina chuckles )
‫YOU'RE THE ONE THAT ‫CAN DANCE, RIGHT?
‫- OH, SHE CAN? ‫- I'VE HEARD OF HER!
‫( conversation fades )