#waa waa waa <- sound of me being forced to be a responsible adult

[orcelito]

Tonight would be such a lovely night if I didn't have this damned manager meeting to do in a bit over an hour 😠

[beachweekdramaturgy]

Definitions

Each word or phrase lines up with the character who says the line (or SD- stage directions) and the approximate page number since all of our scripts are just a little off. If you click on the links, you’ll get a gif or a video or a photo of what I’m talking about. There are also pronunciations. 

Raise the roof (SD-1): dance move, as exemplified by Michael Scott and Dwight Schrute

“Waa waa” (SD-3): a sound effect that the adults in the Peanuts comics

Over my minutes (LIZ-3): a reference to the technology- prepaid cell phones generally give the user a set amount of minutes to use per month. The user has to factor in incoming as well as outcoming calls into their monthly minutes. Since beach week usually happens at the end of May, Liz has already used her allotted minutes for the month. By being over her minutes, Liz is paying a per-minute fee for any calls she receives or makes.

Candy Kitchen (CAROLINE-4): a popular chain of candy stores on the Eastern Seaboard exclusively catering to beachers

DD (SAMMY-4): drunk drive

White Jetta (JEN-4): a type of car, looks like this

Fogo de Chao (LIZ-5): fancy Brazilian steakhouse all over the country, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Brazil (though mostly in the U.S.)

Sophie’s Choice (JEN-6): a very popular Holocaust movie where the main character reveals that, upon her arrival at Auschwitz with her two children, she was forced to choose which child to get gassed and which would go to the labor camp, ie. very difficult choice

Bethesda Bagels (SAMMY-7): store with handmade gourmet bagels with a location in Bethesda and one in Dupont Circle

Mother Teresa (LIZ-7): a Roman-Catholic nun and missionary widely recognized for her charity work

Sister wives (LIZ-8): references to polygamy, two sisters married to the same man, in context of the play, Evil Liz and Krissy both dating the same boy at the same time

Gypsy Rose Lee (CAROLINE-9): an American burlesque entertainer famous for her striptease act, actress, author, and playwright. Her memoir was turned into the musical and film Gypsy. For Caroline, she’s the star of the show. 

Carrie quotes (GIRLS-10): “They’re breasts, Mama, and every girl has them!” is from Carrie, the specific lines are from Carrie directed to her mother after her mom tears her down over her prom dress; “Plug it up!” is a reference to when Carrie gets her first period in the showers at school and thinks she’s internally bleeding to death and other teenage girls throw sanitary napkins at her shouting “plug it up!”  

Greenwich Village (SEAN-11): a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, known as an artists’ haven and is generally very carefree and hippie type

Smirnoff Ice (JEN-14): brand of Vodka, 70-100 proof, 35-50% alcohol by volume

Mike’s Hard Lemonade (JEN-14): essentially beer, 5% alcohol by volume

Tree pose (SAMMY-20): pose in yoga, looks like this

Bonsai (SEAN-21): a Japanese art form of growing trees in containers, looks like this

Harvard on the Pike (SAMMY-23): nickname for taking community college classes and then transferring into a “proper” university, “on the pike” refers to Rockville Pike

California Tortilla (LIZ-27): popular Mexican-style restaurant (actually was originated in Bethesda in 1995)

QVC (JEN-27): an American cable/satellite/broadcast television network that specializes in televised home shopping, essentially a TV version of Amazon

IM speak (KRISSY-28): instant messaging, basically texting over the Internet only

Solipsistic (LIZ-30): the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist, pronounced like this

GW (JEN-32): George Washington University in DC

Giffords (JEN-32): ice cream store that is no longer in business (actually was founded in Silver Spring in 1938)

Abercrombie (KRISSY-34): casual clothing store that targets tweens and teenagers, advertisements notoriously featured barely clothed teenage models

Aloe (CAROLINE-35): type of plant that soothes sunburn, pronounced like this

Dr. Phil (SEAN-39): TV personality that offers his advice to people who come on his show

Costco (JEN-41): absolutely enormous store that offers almost everything in bulk

Tempeh (JEN-42): traditional soy product originating from Indonesia, pronounced like this

Plebs (LIZ-43): short for plebeians, in Roman times, a commoner, pronounced like this

Seitan (CAROLINE-45): wheat meat, is just gluten, pronounced like this

Cosmo (LIZ-48): short for Cosmopolitan, a magazine that offers advice on beauty, fashion, career, sex, and relationships

Bop It (SD-49): type of toy that looks like this

Drano (SAMMY-50): sink cleaner, unclogging

Everclear (LIZ-50): a grain alcohol, bottled at either 75.5%  or 95% alcohol by volume

Little Lizzie Homemaker (JEN-50): a reference to the term “little Suzy homemaker,” putting Liz’s name into the term, refers to a woman who displays habits linked to stereotypical domestic activities traditionally done by women, based off of the Suzy Homemaker dolls launched in 1966

Nordstroms (LIZ-53): department store all over the U.S. with upscale clothing

Nalgene bottle (CAROLINE-55): type of water bottle

Bud Light (CAROLINE-55): beer, 4.2% alcohol by volume

Creme de menthe (CAROLINE-55): sweet, mint-flavored alcoholic beverage, 20-25% alcohol by volume

Cheech and Chong (TODD-58): stoner comedy duo consisting of Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong, comedy based on the hippie era and counterculture

Up in Smoke (TODD-58): stoner comedy movie done by Cheech and Chong, is regarded as the beginning of the stoner comedy genre

Thrashers (TODD-60): a restaurant in Bethany Beach known for their french fries, now closed

Hot in Herre (SD-62): a truly iconic song by Nelly that’s all about taking clothes off, released in 2002, won a Grammy for Best Male Rap Solo Performance, sounds like this

Wong Kar-wai (JEN-63): a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized, emotionally resonant work (real sad but real pretty)

D.A.R.E. (JEN-63): Drug Abuse Resistance Education, a substance abuse prevention education program

Bob Marley (LIZ-63): a Jamaican musical performer, in the context of the play, Marley saw marijuana as a vital part of spiritual growth and medical treatment

Chunky monkey (SAMMY-68): flavor of ice cream by Ben & Jerry’s, Banana Ice Cream with Fudge Chunks & Walnuts

The Middle (SD-71): another truly iconic song, performed by Jimmy Eat World, was responsible for the group’s popularity, released in 2001, sounds like this

1970s swinger (JEN-77): a swinger refers to people in a non-monogamous relationship having sex with other people, swinging from one partner to another, in the 1970s it was more prevalent, though still viewed as a “fringe” activity because of its association with communes

Sex and the City (LIZ-81): a popular romantic comedy that ran from 1998 to 2004 about a group of women in New York City

Buzz nightclub (JEN-82): an electronic dance event in DC that appeared at multiple nightclubs, not an actual fixed location

Sabrina the Teenage Witch (CAROLINE-84): a TV character based on the Archie Comics of the same name, uses magic to get her way and to make many mistakes through the show’s run

Drive Me Crazy (LIZ-84): a 1999 movie about a boy and a girl who live next door to each other and date each other to spite their real crushes, however they realize that they are actually in love (unfortunately, they return from prom to find that their parents have also fallen in love, making them step-siblings)

Duncan Hines (LIZ-92): in Beach Week’s context, a brand of cake mix, amongst other baked goods