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    My Sister's Choice
    My Sister's Choice
    My Sister's Choice
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    My Sister's Choice

    By Jerome Parisse

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    Julia and her sister Helen are both deaf. Whereas Julia is deeply involved in the hearing-impaired community, Helen has always inexplicably refused to learn sign language. The two sister's world is turned upside down when Helen's new, hearing, boyfriend becomes obsessed with learning to sign. The relationship between the two sisters becomes strained, and there is no turning back...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJerome Parisse
    Release dateJul 5, 2010
    ISBN9781452331010
    My Sister's Choice
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    Jerome Parisse

    I was born and grew up in France, where I developed a love for language, literature, and good food. In my early thirties I moved to Australia where I am based now. I am an agricultural economist and a linguist by education, and a management consultant by trade. However, my passion for writing and literature led me to more creative endeavours... I started by writing short plays. Having studied acting in Sydney and in Paris, it just seemed a natural extension of performing on stage. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to continue. The rest is history, as we say... I write in both English and French. One of my plays, My Sister's Choice, also makes extensive use of sign language. I have published one novel, The Wings of Leo Spencer, and two plays, The Birthday Knife and Guys, Only Guys! I have written two full-length plays and a large number of short plays, which have been produced in America, Australia, the UK, Singapore and Malaysia. Some of them have won prizes. I have also written and published (mostly online) a large number of articles related to the issue of rare diseases, research and patients, translated in many languages throughout Europe. My writing credits also include an award-winning short story and a radio play. I'm currently working on a full-length play involving spoken English and sign language, and shorter plays. I'm also putting the final touch to two novels, one for young adult (in English), titled Body Swap and another one in French, Metaphore du Rapide. Here's a list of my plays: Full-Length Plays My Sister's Choice Two sisters. Both Deaf. One who signs and one who doesn't. It's all very well, until one of them introduces her boyfriend to the other… A two-act play written for Deaf and hearing audiences, with a mixture of spoken and signed languages Eighty-three What would you do if your eighty-three year old father told you he was dating someone, shortly after your mother's passing? And what if he had been doing so for many years? Short Plays Love and Light Tania's deceased husband has left her with bills to pay, no job and no idea where he stashed the money. Will consulting a Psychic provide her with the answer she seeks? The Birthday Knife Never give someone a knife for their birthday… you may end up regretting it. Guys, Only Guys! David is about to reincarnate as a gay man… and he is ecstatic. But sho...

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      My Sister's Choice - Jerome Parisse

      MY SISTER’S CHOICE

      A PLAY BY

      JEROME PARISSE

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      PUBLISHED BY:

      Jerome Parisse at Smashwords

      My Sister’s Choice

      Copyright © 2010 by Jerome Parisse

      ISBN: 978-1-4523-3101-0

      CAUTION: Professionals and amateurs are hereby warned that performance of MY SISTER’S CHOICE is fully protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America, and of all countries covered by the International Copyright Union (including the Dominion of Canada and the rest of the Commonwealth), and of all countries covered by the Pan-American Copyright Convention, the Universal Copyright Convention, the Berne Convention, and of all countries with which the United States has reciprocal copyright relations. All rights, including professional/amateur stage rights. Motion picture, recitation, lecturing, public reading, radio broadcasting, television, video or sound recording all other forms of mechanical or electronic reproduction, such as CD-ROM, CD-I, DVD, information storage and retrieval systems and photocopying, and the rights of translation into foreign languages, are strictly reserved. For reading and professional and non-professional performance rights, permission should be sought in writing from the author at jerome@jeromeparisse.com.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the author, except by a reviewer who wished to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, or broadcast.

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      MY SISTER’S CHOICE

      CHARACTERS

      JULIA: In her thirties; deaf and fluent in sign language; can speak and lip-read.

      HELEN: Julia’s younger sister; deaf, but doesn’t sign; can speak and lip-read.

      FRANK: Julia’s best friend; deaf and fluent in sign language; can speak and lip-read.

      MICHAEL: Helen’s boyfriend; thirty-five or so; hearing; cannot sign in ACT ONE but has learned to sign in ACT TWO; very good looking.

      SETTING

      ACT ONE: Helen’s place

      ACT TWO: Julia’s place (scenes 1, 3 and 4); Helen’s place (scene 2)

      NOTE

      My Sister’s Choice is a bilingual play (Spoken English / Sign language). It is suitable for both hearing and deaf audiences.

      * * * * *

      ACT ONE

      Scene 1

      HELEN’s living room. The place is very neat and tidy. FRANK is alone. He is looking at an abstract painting on an easel. JULIA enters, carrying a birthday cake. She puts it down on the coffee table and starts placing candles on it. JULIA and FRANK sign to each other.

      JULIA: Maybe we should go to a different club next week?

      FRANK: Why?

      JULIA: It was boring last night.

      FRANK: I thought it was OK. Where would you like to go?

      JULIA: The Rex?

      FRANK: The Rex! It’s full of teen-agers with pimples.

      JULIA: What about Full-up?

      FRANK: Um… I haven’t been in ages, but… why not?

      JULIA: It’s the same people every weekend…

      FRANK: Maybe we should go to a straight club?

      JULIA: A straight club?!!!

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