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WRITTEN: 2005.
SUMMARY: Emily and Joanne are spending a quiet evening together, drinking and playing poker, using
the contents of their pockets as betting chips. Joanne suggests a new game: "Liar" - the players
take turns providing two true facts and one lie. Emily can't seem to figure out when Joanne is lying
and when she's telling the truth. Joanne can read Emily like a book, since, in Joanne's words, Emily
"tips her hand." A harmless game soon turns into a series of surprising revelations.
CAST: 2 Women.
LENGTH: 10-Minute.
PRODUCTION HISTORY:
"Closets are for Clothes", Penny Dreadful Players, Champaign, Illinois, February 2008.
"Girl Play" Festival, Women's Theatre Project, Scottsdale, AZ, June 2011
PURCHASE: Electronic copies of Lie to Me can be purchased for $5, using PayPal. When your payment has
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EMILY
Why are you so good at this?
JOANNE
Because I can read people. I was briefly a psychology major.
EMILY
Is... is that one of the three? I mean -
JOANNE
No, I was just making conversation. But you're catching on. Ready?
EMILY
Go.
JOANNE
For most of the first night I met you, I thought your name was Brooke. I worked for Best Buy for
almost a month one summer. And... I've never had more than a thousand dollars in my checking account,
in my entire life.
EMILY
I'd be surprised you never mentioned it before now... Of course, you're really not that forthcoming.
JOANNE
Not traditionally.
EMILY
How is it that we've known each other for more than a year, and I know so little about you?
JOANNE
You know more about me, after knowing me for a year, than some people know after ten.
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