Chutzpah

In short script Chutzpah, Sandra ends up speaking to a homeless woman named Agnes, after having a horrible argument with her mother.

Featured Script – Chutzpah

FADE IN.

EXT. STREET – BENCH – DAY

SANDRA is walking past who is considered the neighborhood homeless lady, AGNES.

AGNES:  Hello.

SANDRA:  …Hey.

AGNES:  Nice day today. Sunshine. Cool enough to be comfortable and warm enough to feel the sunshine touch your face gently.

Agnes notices blood on Sandra’s arm.

Oh dear…let me give you a tissue for that cut on your arm.

SANDRA:  That’s okay.

AGNES:  No, no, here.

SANDRA:  I don’t want it.

AGNES:  It’s only a tissue, dear.

SANDRA:  I don’t feel like saying thank you…to anyone for anything.

AGNES:  Please, take the tissue.

Sandra takes it.

You don’t owe anyone anything.

SANDRA:  What you sayin’ lady? You don’t know me.

AGNES:  But, I do know you, I know you very well, actually.

SANDRA:  I never see you move off this bench, accept for picking in the trash. Maybe you’ve seen me, but you don’t know me.

AGNES:  You’re an interesting one. Lots of chutzpah.

SANDRA:  What’s chutzpah? You making fun of me?

AGNES:  Chutzpah is a word for guts. I like your guts and your heart. You’ve got a good heart in you.

SANDRA:  Stop acting like you know me!

AGNES:  Why don’t you sit down? Relax. The dogs bark enough around here all night. Howling in the wind, begging for someone, anyone to hear them, to care enough to scold them quiet…no one ever does.

SANDRA:  I don’t hear no dogs barking at night?

AGNES:  Because your sound asleep when the howling begins.

SANDRA:  I think you’re crazy.

AGNES:  Maybe I am, child.

SANDRA:  I’m not a child.

AGNES:  At my age, everyone’s a child.

SANDRA:  Why you live on this bench in this neighborhood?

AGNES:  This is where I’m from.

SANDRA:  Why don’t you leave?

AGNES:  And go where?

SANDRA:  Anywhere.

AGNES:  This neighborhood isn’t what everyone seems to make it out to be.

SANDRA:  Now I know for sure you’re crazy.

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Script Summary

In the short drama script Chutzpah, Sandra encounters the local homeless woman named Agnes, who sheds light on her difficult family situation.

• Genre: Drama
• Length: ~10 Minutes
• Script Characters: 2 women
• Age Range: Any
• Themes: friendship
• Best For: drama scripts

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Script Source: Chutzpah

Chutzpah is a drama script by Joseph Arnone, 2026.