Audition Script: Alicia

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Audition Script: Alicia
Age 29
Alicia thought enlisting in the Army National Guard would be a good
compromise: a way to serve her country, get money for college, and avoid
the worst of the fighting. She was wrong on that last count—she served in
the military police in Afghanistan—but she has no regrets about her service.
Going to school after Afghanistan was tough, but nothing she couldn’t
handle. After a successful first year, she’s stepping it up and taking some
extra classes. Some of them are more challenging that she expected,
though, and schoolwork is taking a lot of time… but she refuses to make
her family pay for that. She always makes time for her husband and two
kids, and as a result, she often studies until 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning.
The fatigue doesn’t bother her, though. She can deal with fatigue. What’s
really eating her up is that her G.I. Bill benefits got delayed, so she had to sell her car so they could pay rent for
the next couple months. She’s had some… “discussions” with her husband about finances. He wants her to
take a few semesters off, which is not happening.
Direction: In this exchange, Alicia’s friend Nate, a fellow veteran, is concerned about how stressed
she’s seemed lately. Alicia is stubborn, a bit defensive, but matter-of-fact; not loud or
overwrought.
NATE: Parece que estás bajo mucha presión.
ALICIA: Sí, a lo mejor, pero puedo con ella. Esto es ridículo. Ya sabes cómo era estar en el terreno…
Cuando íbamos en un convoy o salíamos para una operación pasábamos días sin dormir. Teníamos que
aguantar y punto. La cosa era así y todos lo aceptábamos. ¿Y ahora de repente te preocupas porque
parezco un poco cansada? Hay que ver.
NATE: Ya no estamos en una zona de combate, Alicia, y no sabes cuándo va a durar esto. ¿Podrías
aguantar así durante semanas? ¿O meses?
ALICIA: Pues, en fin… (suspiro) Supongo que no. Durante meses no. Es que… He estado demasiado
tiempo lejos de mi familia, ¿entiendes? Al regresar vi que mis hijos habían crecido un montón. Apenas me
reconocían. Ahora tengo que compensarles por todo ese tiempo. Pero también tengo que recuperar mi
vida. Tengo que ponerme las pilas, sacarme el título y encontrar trabajo. En mi cabeza pienso que si lo
voy a pasar fatal un par de meses, pues… Ese es el precio que tengo que pagar.
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