My friend Joe Brooks and I wrote this script for a short film some years back, after a trip to Vegas. I’m not sure where the title character came from. But I’m pretty sure he’s real.
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Note on characters: Guy is a man. Brent Huffman, on the other hand is a stuffed peccary mounted on a wheeled board with casters and a twine string to pull him with. All the characters in the play react to Brent as though they can hear him. The audience cannot. The Dealer, the Waiter, Second Dealer and the Mob Boss can be played by one actor
SCENE ONE – EVENING AT A BLACKJACK TABLE AT THE SAHARA IN LAS VEGAS
The dealer, Paul, Guy and Brent Huffman are sitting around the table.
DEALER
Sir?
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