31 Plays in 31 Days, #18 - “The Honorable Cash”

This scene immediately follows Day #15 - “Reputation Precedes”. While that scene introduced the romantic prospect Justin will be pursuing currently, this scene introduces the old flame with whom he still has some antagonistic chemistry. My goal with this character, the Honorable Cassius Evans, is to capture a sort of David-Rose-like acerbic wit and charm that conceals an inner insecurity that will be revealed more later. They are going to get each other’s goats in a charming way, but Justin will see that Cassius has a lot more burdens on him than he thinks, and he will have to step up to be a good friend to his old flame.

In this scene, we just meet the character and hopefully dig their interplay and have a few laughs. We’ll go into the deeper stuff later. This play is very much shaping up to be “Justin Hawking learns that life isn’t a game... but proves you can still have some fun anyway.”

The scene's a little overstuffed right now, but I wanted to give the vibe of them being witty and acerbic.


Photo by John Benfield

( Day #18 - The Honorable Cash )