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Sure Thing is a short play that focuses on two people, Betty and Bill, that meet for the first time in a café. Their interaction has multiple restarts, signified by a bell, as the two finally find the right combination of responses and characteristics to start a successful relationship.

 The play should show how complicated the average relationship can be—how any number of small details can end a potential interaction. In this way, the characters and setting should be rather generic; the audience is pulled into the play by relating to the number of mistakes and complications that they have similarly experienced with chance encounters in their lives. The concept of the play should be like a house plant. It is generic and yet requires care and upkeep in order to thrive. It is simple and yet has the potential to bloom into something greater with the right environment and attention. The actors want to be collected yet fresh. They are conveying an average moment, but one that has the ability to be retried until a successful outcome is achieved. The setting should have muted colors and be rather unremarkable as the focus is on the two actors and their dynamic personalities. Their clothing should be similarly casual, and the advertisement should reflect the simplicity of the production and yet the growth of their personalities and the relationship potential. Sharp contrast and a romantically style script should be featured, and the design should be simple and clean-cut.