The Airport Bar
A comedy written by Stephanie Bourbon
When an old curmudgeon's plan for suicide goes awry due to a freak snowstorm, which keeps him in an airport bar at LAX on Thanksgiving weekend, he realizes that maybe he does deserve a second chance.
Have you ever flown the day before Thanksgiving? It sucks... now imagine a snowstorm ruins your plans, and you're at LAX...
This script is about Nick Baker, an aging man who feels trapped in his life and is ultimately planning to commit suicide. After being stuck in a bar at LAX due to a freak snowstorm with an aging actress who feels like she has lost “it”, a young gay man searching for his own truth, and a man who is constantly rattling off statistics about plane crashes, Nick’s life takes a turn he wasn’t expecting. This offbeat and quirky story is about the choices people are forced to make, the ones they decide on their own.
UP IN THE AIR meets SIDEWAYS
The Characters
Ensemble Cast of travellers & unlikely friends
NICK-our lead. An older, famous surgeon turned professor who isn't happy unless he's complaining about all the morons he must endure in his daily life. His behavior since the death of his wife has driven everyone away. He's not a bad guy; he's just having a very bad day.
KATE -an aging, once-famous soap actress who feels like she'll never live up to her mother's expectations, is on her way to her hometown to finally say what she means, even if it's too late.
CHARLIE -a young medical student who wants to be an actor, is afraid to tell his parents that he's engaged to the love of his life, a man with whom he lives.
MICHAEL- the bartender who used to be a lawyer but gave it all up to work here, in the airport bar.
STEWART-a man desperately afraid to fly who comes every day and sits at the end of the bar rattling off statistics about plane crashes, carrying an open-ended ticket hoping that someday, he'll make it down that jetway.
BRIAN - an aspiring chef who cheats on his girlfriend.
EMMA- a waitress at the bar who can't quit Brian, but maybe today is the day.
The Setting
LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
A bar in the middle of a busy terminal at LAX.