MADDIE: (furious) You're cheating on me! You're cheating on me with...with...(she can't bring herself to look at FIONA)
MADDIE: (smiling) Yes. I'm free from all that toxic nonsense. I'm free to start my life over.
MADDIE: (coldly) Just get out.
MADDIE: (frustrated) I just can't believe I'm stuck in this rut, Carol. I'm 30 years old and I've got nothing to show for it. extremities play script pdf
As they talk, we learn that MADDIE has been having problems with her boyfriend, TROY, who has been distant and unfaithful.
CAROL: (laughing) Liberated?
MADDIE: (interrupting) That's just it - it's not a good job. I'm a secretary, Carol. I'm a glorified typist. I want to do something meaningful with my life. MADDIE: (furious) You're cheating on me
CAROL: (concerned) Oh, Maddie, I'm so sorry. What are you going to do?
TROY and FIONA leave, and MADDIE is left alone, feeling devastated and angry.
MADDIE: (defeated) Yeah, right. Like it's that easy. I'm free to start my life over
CAROL: (sympathetic) Oh, Maddie, you're just being too hard on yourself. You've got a good job, a nice apartment...
The play opens with a conversation between two friends, MADDIE and CAROL, who are discussing their lives and relationships. MADDIE is a strong-willed and independent woman, while CAROL is more timid and unsure of herself.
MADDIE: (cutting him off) No, you listen. I want you out of my life. I want you out of my life for good.
MADDIE: (angrily) And to make matters worse, Troy's been acting really strange lately. I swear, he's been cheating on me.
MADDIE: (confidently) I'm going to do whatever I want. I'm going to travel, I'm going to learn new things...I'm going to live.