Sure Thing

I absolutely love this dialogue. I've heard quite a few like this before, but they're so enjoyable that they don't get old. It's funny and charming and well-written. I could imagine it all easily, and I actually had it "cast" in my head (I could definitely see a couple of my friends who I used to act with in high school doing this). The setting is perfect in a cafe; it's simple enough not to take the focus away from the characters, the development of whom is obviously the focal point of this play. Just get two thespians who can capture an audience's attention and who mesh well together and you have a production. The bell is the perfect way to change the direction of the dialogue because it's very obvious but wouldn't distract. I also love how Ives gave the characters the extremely generic names "Betty" and "Bill." It shows that these characters could be anyone, anywhere. It goes through several situations of how two normal people could end up either never giving one another a chance, or else hitting it off so well that they get married and raise a family together--two girls and a boy to be exact. The title is ironic because it shows that meeting someone new is never a sure thing. It is written with a lot of energy so it would be fun to watch, and it made me laugh just reading it so I'm sure it would funny seeing it performed.