Playwright Portrait, Gina Gionfriddo, Excerpt from Beck Shaw

Gina Gionfriddo, Playwright 2010

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a quote from the play, "Becky Shaw."

performed @ second stage nyc 2010

SUZANNA: Iraq is not your problem, Becky is not your problem...

MAX: That's right. They're not. And I make no apologies. Unless you're Ghandi or Jesus, you have a limited sphere of responsibility. You have a plot of land and the definition of a moral life is tending that plot of land--

SUZANNA: You need new material. I've heard the "plot of land" speech.

MAX: Becky Shaw is not on my plot of land! You are. And I tend my plot. I will always tend my plot.

SUZANNA: You make me sound like an obligation. Am I more than that to you?

MAX: Yes! If I didn't want you on my plot, I would rip you out and compost you. I want you on my plot.