Lipstick on his Collar

This short piece was actually inspired by a real classified notice I saw in the newspaper. A woman placed an ad to the effect that, "If your husband came home last night with lipstick on his collar, it's only because I fell against him in the subway." Placing the ad was either an act of altruism on the part of the lady with lipstick - or a desperate evasive measure to save a lover from destruction. Either way, it got me thinking...

Synopsis:
Tiffany and Chelsea have just gotten off work and are taking a crowded subway train home. The subway car lurches and Tiffany falls against a businessman, leaving lipstick on his collar - and unleashing her conscience and some tears about her own love-life.

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Characters:
Tiffany Esteves - 25
Chelsea Pickett - 35
Businessman - any age

Time and place:
Now. A crowded subway car.

Play History (and an update on Tiffany and Chelsea):
Lipstick on his Collar premiered at Studio 400, at the Pensacola Cultural Center, Pensacola, Florida in February 2012. It has had a number of productions at ten-minute play festivals across North America since then. Tiffany and Chelsea have also appeared in a longer play, Conservatives in Love. And, when they weren't riding the subway and falling into men, the fragrant pair would take coffee breaks at a roastery inear work - and that resulted in the ten-minute comedy Like a Blueberry Goldfish, which premiered at the Port Hope Arts Festival in August 2024. 

The Pensacola Arts Center, Pensacola, Florida