Characters in the Play:
WOMAN 1: a middle-aged, non-traditional student
WOMAN 2: a young student, about 19 years old
SCENE: An emptying anthropology class. WOMAN 1 and WOMAN 2 are gathering their belongings, getting prepared to leave.
WOMAN 2: I wonder if bonobos inbreed.
WOMAN 1: Of course they inbreed; they have orgies!
[Beat.]
WOMAN 2: Well, that doesn't mean they inbreed.
WOMAN 1: Oh come on! We're talking about orgies here! There's no way to tell whose son is whose in an orgy!
WOMAN 2: But--
WOMAN 1: I mean, just think about it. Use your logic. They don't know who each other's father is.
[This takes a moment to register.]
WOMAN 2: I just can't believe it.
WOMAN 1: Of course not; that's because you're a human, not a bonobo.
[The two leave the classroom, leaving the future contours of their discourse on bonobo morality unknown.]
CURTAIN
