[New] Action! Inside the Method of Acting James Anderson

by Paul Seiple photo courtesy of Smokestack Theatre Co

Plant: You’ve staggered out of bed. About time.

Linda (shaking her head as if to reset it): I’ll never get used to this.

P: Get used to what?

L (yawning): To having a talking plant. You appear to be a morning plant. I’m not a morning plant, I mean, person. Come on, Plant. Let’s take a tour.

P: I like the sunrise. Seeing the drops of dew on surrounding leaves. And I do love a change of scene. Where are we going?

L: Let’s start out in the living room. There’s more of your kind in there. Okay for me to carry you?

P: How else would I get there? And what do you mean by more of my kind?

L: Well, they’re plants, but inarticulate. Normal. Green. Photosynthesizing.

P: That’s not an optimal place to put them when the heat is on.

L: Where? In the window?

P: On top of a radiator cover.

L: But the radiator’s in front of the window. The cover has a flat surface.

P: I know, but why put a significant heat source below a source of significant heat loss, meaning a window? Where else would an architect put a radiator? Along a wall? In the middle of a room?

L: I haven’t had coffee yet, and I’m discussing architecture and interior design. With a plant. But putting heat sources in the middle of a room makes sense from a family gathering and chatting perspective.

P: Like an electric firepit wired by design for interior use. Outdoor firepits are hot this year.

L: How would you know about firepits?

P: Home beauty magazine pictures.

L: From your previous owners.

P: A rapidly fading memory compared to the effervescent energy of this new space.

L: Ever-positive, Plant. You are a font of optimism. About the