MADDIE: (cutting him off) No, you listen. I want you out of my life. I want you out of my life for good.
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.
CAROL: (concerned) Oh, Maddie, I'm so sorry. What are you going to do?
TROY: (calmly) Maddie, listen...
CAROL: (sympathetic) Oh, Maddie, you're just being too hard on yourself. You've got a good job, a nice apartment...
MADDIE: (furious) You're cheating on me! You're cheating on me with...with...(she can't bring herself to look at FIONA)
The scene shifts to TROY's apartment, where MADDIE has agreed to meet him. However, when she arrives, she finds TROY in bed with another woman, FIONA. extremities play script pdf
TROY: (pleading) Maddie, don't be like that...
MADDIE: (resolutely) I'm fine, Carol. I'm more than fine. I'm liberated.
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. MADDIE: (cutting him off) No, you listen
CAROL: (laughing) Liberated?
MADDIE: (resolutely) I'm going to confront him, that's what I'm going to do.
The play ends with MADDIE and CAROL laughing and embracing, as MADDIE looks out at the audience with a sense of hope and possibility. The play opens with a conversation between two
MADDIE: (coldly) Just get out.
MADDIE: (defeated) Yeah, right. Like it's that easy.
