I felt you watching me dance the entire time.
In drama scene from play script The Dance, Chester and Elsie deepen the path to their relationship by having a moonlit dance on the road.
Featured Scene – The Dance
CHESTER: Why don’t you stop crying?
ELSIE: I can’t.
CHESTER: Yes, you can.
ELSIE: I can’t.
CHESTER: Just turn it off, like a faucet or a switch, just shut it right off.
ELSIE: I was having a good time.
CHESTER: I’m sorry I don’t dance.
ELSIE: You could try.
CHESTER: I’ll only embarrass you.
ELSIE: You could still try.
(pause)
CHESTER: There’s other things I like doing for fun.
ELSIE: I already know that.
CHESTER: Dancing is just-I can’t get into dancing. I don’t move like you can. I don’t know how you move the way that you do.
ELSIE: (shrugs her shoulders)
CHESTER: I wish you’d stop being emotional.
ELSIE: What’s it to you?
CHESTER: I feel like you’re making everything my fault.
ELSIE: Maybe it is.
CHESTER: But I didn’t do anything.
ELSIE: You hover over me.
CHESTER: I what over you?
ELSIE: Hover, you hover over me.
CHESTER: I do?
ELSIE: Always standing over me.
CHESTER: You danced with Tommy all night.
ELSIE: I know I did… I don’t need you to tell me what I did and what I didn’t do, I have my own intelligent mind to recall my memories with.
CHESTER: I’m trying to comprehend how I was hovering over you when you were dancing on the other side of the ballroom. I never interfered.
ELSIE: You didn’t have to, the way—I can’t explain it, your presence was interfering. I felt you watching me dance the entire time. Didn’t matter how far I was, your eyes were on me.
CHESTER: …Yeah…
ELSIE: Creepy.
CHESTER: Creepy?
ELSIE: Yeah.
CHESTER: I’m creepy?
ELSIE: Yeah.
CHESTER: You saying I’m creepy makes me feel creepy.
ELSIE: Why didn’t you go gamble or do something in the other room?
CHESTER: I don’t like to gamble.
ELSIE: Why not talk to some other woman?
CHESTER: Talk about what exactly?
ELSIE: FLIRT! Tease or get teased—it’s healthy—make me jealous for once.
CHESTER: You wouldn’t mind that?
ELSIE: Perhaps.
CHESTER: What if you found me locking lips with some other woman…what then?
ELSIE: Oh gosh, the thought of it – it’d be hysterical.
CHESTER: Really?
Elsie giggles wildly.
ELSIE: You’d look ridiculous kissing some random girl while your eyes are still on me. Ha, ha, ha, that would be hilarious.
CHESTER: It would?
ELSIE: Seeing you break open, or at least making the attempt. I’d give money to see that.
CHESTER: You are demented.
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Scene Summary
In the one act eplay The Dance, Chester and Elsie come closer together when they become honest with one another’s feelings.
- Genre: Drama
- Length: ~5 minute scene
- Characters: 1 woman, 1 man
- Themes: dating, dancing
- Best For: drama scenes
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Scene Source: The Dance
The Dance is a drama play script by Joseph Arnone, 2026.
