A short play.

"Name that Ligament"
By: Alison Ross

Setting: The Shoulder

Dramatis Personae:
CLAVICLE - A long bone which articulates with the manubriam medially and the Scapula laterally.
SCAPULA - An irregular bone with many aspects that are difficult to memorize.

Set: CLAVICLE and SCAPULA are uncomfortably close together, connected by many ligaments, and surrounded by musculature.

Scene One:

CLAVICLE
Hey, what is the name of the ligament that connects us?

SCAPULA
Do you mean the Acromioclavicular ligament?

CLAVICLE
No, no. There's one...or two of them...and they attatch to your...um

(beat)

SCAPULA
Corocoid process?

CLAVICLE
That's the one!

SCAPULA
Hot damn.

CLAVICLE
But what are they called?

SCAPULA
Oh! Oh! The Conoid Ligament?

CLAVICLE
Well that's one, but what's the other?

SCAPULA
It starts with a T...

CLAVICLE
Ah, right. The Trapezoid Ligament.

SCAPULA
Well there we are, a job well done.

CLAVICLE
No wait, there's a special name for when they're together.

SCAPULA
Look, this is all getting a little tedious, can we just talk about the latest episode of House, or something?

CLAVICLE
Got it! The Coricoclavicular Ligaments!

SCAPULA
Fuck you and fuck this class.

End of Scene.