title: Upholstery: Plays, Scenes, and Monologues
author: Lizz Astor
description: Lizz Astor is an up and coming playwright from Baltimore, Maryland.
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  Dedication
  
  For Lyn Lucas, Judy Peddle,
  
  Tena, Laurie, Lyn, & Jan
  
  The Playwright | _Carolyn LeVine Topol_ 3
  
  **Chapter 1**
  
  “I CAN’T believe you did this without my permission!” Nick was fuming. He
  couldn’t imagine the audacity of his best friend, roommate, and cowriter.
  
  “I’ll tell you what gives me the right. I’ve been watching you work, work,
  work all day and all night without going on a single date in as long as I can
  remember.” Ken stood with his hands on his hips like some put-upon housewife.
  
  “It’s paid off, hasn’t it? We have two plays running Off Broadway and two in
  production. Not too shabby for two thirty-five-year-old men from Upstate New
  York.” Nick pushed his shaggy, too-long hair off his forehead and rubbed his
  temples.
  
  “But you’re a healthy man, too, and you need some companionship. I worry about
  you. You’re becoming a hermit.”
  
  “I’m not becoming a hermit! I went out just two nights ago.”
  
  “With our producer and his wife. Even if she is hi