The Unbothering set consisted of hundreds of knick knacks hanging on screens at the back of the stage. Post its were pasted in an intricate pattern in an attempt to find order in the chaos. Marie was up against a website design job deadline that she has been putting off. Her boss was losing patience and ready to let her go. She was late on her rent and any time she started to focus on the website another advertiser or debt collector would break her concentration. From all the visual clutter and the attempts to find order in the chaos, it became clear the Marie has ADHD.
Ben knocked at Marie’s door and she was annoyed at the distraction. She ran down the litany of things he might be selling but he just wanted her signature on a marijuana legalization list. She liked the idea but insisted on signing later. Ben was fine with this, and just hung out in her apartment while she worked. Well, she didn’t work long. Soon enough they are playing video games and having a pillow fight in slow motion. Ben took joy in Marie’s exciting and creative cluttered life. They seemed perfect for one another, but Marie pointed out that she is a lesbian. Her partner, Sissy, called and stopped by adding another layer of distraction to the website design that Marie should be focused on.
The woman that Marie said was her partner turned out to be Marie’s sister who is getting married. Marie must have invented the lesbian relationship to be sure Ben never had any hope of a romantic relationship. There was friction between the sisters since Marie had let her sister down leading up to the most important day in her life. Ben chimed in and offered suggestions on how Marie might help her sister more and Marie became furious. She told Ben to straighten up his own life and get out. I felt bad since it seemed he was a kind person just trying to help, but she gave him a firm push out of her life.
In the end Marie did manage to complete the website design in a hilarious slow-motion sequence set to classical music and she lived happily ever after.