Joint Custody
Lisa scene from Joint Custody, practice script
- Women
- Playing age Teens
- 2 pages
- Two-person scene
- Comedy + drama
A comedy + drama scene from Joint Custody for an actress, playing age teens (13–19), with Joel.
Joint Custody: Lisa scene
INT. MOM’S TOWNHOUSE, LISA’S ROOM - NIGHT
The room is packed with stuff Lisa has guilted her parents into buying: A huge flat- screen TV, computer and a vanity piled high with Kiehl’s products and Mac makeup. Lisa is typing on her sidekick. Her brother Joel Enters.
JOEL
Tough day in Home Ec? Need a stiff one?
LISA
Oh, come on. It was for a party this weekend. It was a bottle of Peach Schnapps.
JOEL
It’s a slippery slope, Lisa.
LISA
Don’t try to lecture me.
JOEL
I’m not. I’m trying to fix things. Mom is bringing Terry to your little meeting tomorrow and Dad is bringing his own date. I’m here for you on this.
LISA
(Scoffing)
Yeah, right.
JOEL
What happened? We used to be close. I let you come downstairs when my friends were over. I took you to your first concert.
LISA
Please, the Backstreet Boys were for you. You belted "I Want It That Way" the whole ride home. I wanted to slice my ears off.
JOEL
That was a good song! But, wait. The point was that I’m here for you.
LISA
Here for me? You weren’t here for any of the stuff with Mom and Dad. And now you’re going to skate out of here to Manhattan just like you skated out of here to college in California. You’re a skater.
JOEL
Like a cool Avril Lavigne Skater boy?
LISA
Like a flaming gay ice skater.
JOEL
I’m just trying to help while I’m here.
LISA
We’ve been doing fine without your help for years.
Lisa leads him out of the room.
LISA (CONT’D)
Have fun in Manhattan. See you at Thanksgiving.
JOEL
Come on, Lisa, don’t shut me--
Lisa closes the door.
JOEL (CONT’D)
(Very small)
--out.
Excerpt for study and audition practice. Watch the show or film for context.
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