Here's an early script that was performed in the stage show "Children with Hands", directed by Oliver Butler at the wonderful
UNDER St. Mark's. Will Carlough played Pete and Paul Thureen played Felix. Each actor did excellent work and it was delightful for me to see someone else play parts that I would've messed up. (Spoiler: Paul did an amazing job at making the crying very real and laugh-out-loud funny; whereas I would've probably played it for laughs or made it too pathetic.)
“AUTOMATIC PILOT”
(PETE and FELIX sit side by side, holding the controls of a commercial airplane)
PETE: Confirm cabin pressure to altitude.
FELIX: Check.
PETE: Then we can kick back ‘til Fort Worth.
(PETE visibly relaxes and seems much more comfortable. FELIX begins to sob, gently.)
