Cause you’re always busy gallivanting.
In drama scene from one-act play script Day In, Day Out, learning to cook pasta helps bring together a mother and daughter.
Featured Scene – Day In, Day Out
Mom is in the kitchen banging pots and pans around.
SCARLET: Another episode?
MOM: What?
SCARLET: You.
MOM: What about me?
SCARLET: Forget it.
MOM: NO, you said something, finish…
SCARLET: You’ve been like this all week.
MOM: Like, what?
SCARLET: Like the world is coming to an end.
MOM: It is coming to an end.
SCARLET: No, it’s not.
MOM: My world is.
SCARLET: (sighs)
MOM: You want to cook?
SCARLET: No.
MOM: Thought so.
SCARLET: Not like you ever show me anyway.
MOM: Cause you’re always busy gallivanting.
SCARLET: You hate cooking, so I don’t know what you’re talking about.
MOM: Yeah, I do, but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t still show you a few things.
SCARLET: Like, what?
MOM: Do you know how to make pasta?
SCARLET: You boil water, heat up sauce, mix them together, and eat.
MOM: Terrible.
SCARLET: What?
MOM: You need to chop fresh garlic, add some spices, make your own fresh sauce if you really want to do it right. What my mother taught me.
SCARLET: You never show me.
MOM: You want pasta or hot dogs tonight?
SCARLET: Hot dogs.
Mom goes back into the refrigerator and pulls out hot dogs, slamming them down on the kitchen counter.
MOM: You know how to make hot dogs?
SCARLET: Yeah.
MOM: So, make ’em.
SCARLET: I don’t wanna make ’em.
MOM: Make ’em.
SCARLET: I don’t wanna.
Mom throws the hot dogs back into the refrigerator.
What are you doing, psycho?
MOM: I’m done cooking for you!
SCARLET: You never cook for me anyway. Every night it’s either McDonald’s or cereal!
MOM: Stop your nonsense!
SCARLET: Dad eats out cause he’s on the road, and you never eat anything, so I’m always left to starve.
MOM: You’d be dead if you starved.
SCARLET: Cause I eat McDonald’s from up the block or cereal.
MOM: It’s food, ain’t it?
SCARLET: It’s why I always feel like crap.
MOM: I never tell you to eat that food.
SCARLET: Admit it.
MOM: Admit what?
SCARLET: That you don’t cook for your child.
MOM: You’re not a child. You are sixteen years old.
SCARLET: Mom, since the day I could remember, I’ve always eaten fast food, or a plate of spaghetti at best, OR SNACKS. I survive on cheese crackers and chips.
MOM: What do you want me to do?
SCARLET: Don’t act like things are one way when things are a different way.
MOM: Go get a job, then you could eat whatever you want.
SCARLET: It’s not about that.
MOM: Don’t you dare judge me.
SCARLET: I’m not judging you.
MOM: You are judging me, that’s all you do. You loaf around and point your finger at me. Miss Criticism.
SCARLET: You don’t have to cook for me, ’cause it’s not like you ever did anyway!
MOM: I’m gonna ring your neck today, Scarlet!
SCARLET: Stop it!
MOM: What do you want to eat?!
SCARLET: I’m not hungry.
MOM: So starve.
SCARLET: Already do.
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Scene Summary
In the one-act eplay Day In, Day Out, Scarlet finally tries to open up to her mother in an attempt to bring them closer together.Â
- Genre:Â Drama / Family Drama
- Length: ~5 minute scene
- Characters:Â 2 women
- Themes:Â family, mother/ daughter
- Best For:Â 2 women drama scenes
FAQ
A: Visit Monologues Blogger’s Scene Hub collection where you will find hundreds of scene scripts for two women.
A: Monologue Blogger has a few scripts you can check out and read titled Don’t Leave Me Without Muffin, Treat Me Nice, and Day In Day Out.
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- Haven’t ya heard a word I said? – from Bloke on the Dock
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- Should I go out there for a closer look? – from Becky’s Night Out
- Why should we intervene in someone’s fate? – from As if She Were Medusa
- I ain’t perfect, but at least I make the effort. – from Songs From the Courtyard
Scene Source: Day In, Day Out
Day In, Day Out is a drama play script by Joseph Arnone, 2026.
