Conceived by Rani Deighe Crowe with Jill Summerville * Monologues from Macbeth and Henry VI by William Shakespeare ** Dialogue from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Additional references to A Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, Noises Off by Michael Frayn, and the musical Chicago
CHARACTERS BETHANY Owner of Refresh, Inc. SAM Potential customer for Refresh,
CHARACTERS KATE 30. Aria’s mother. ARIA 7. Kate’s daughter. SETTING A park, in any town. TIME November, hopefully not forever. At lights up, Kate, 30, is sitting on a bench C; outside, November, a chill in the air. Her large handbag sits on the ground
(Regular and unremitting except where pause is indicated) A Underwater. Deep underwater B No. Shallow water A Deep Underwater B Set sail in your deep water. Shallow water A I could fuck you now B Deep Underwater? A In your shallow water B I told
Characters The Singer The Daughter The Lover 1 The Lover 2 The Painter The Lost The Elder The Mother The Hunter Opening Nine women gather around a large oak tree that dwarfs the stage. There is the SINGER, the DAUGHTER, the two LOVERS, the
The room is dimly lit. Most of the light comes from two spots on the actors. At downstage left, CELIA and LYMAN sit across from each other at a small table set for three. At each place setting an oversized menu. At upstage right, a
BELINDA, elderly woman, never married, a nurse. MAJORIE, her sister, also elderly, in sixties or above. Uses a cane. Also never married. A retired bus and farm truck driver. SETTING: The front porch of the two sister’s shared trailer house. Two rocking chairs, potted plants
CHARACTERS: GINA: protagonist, early twenties PAUL: ex-boyfriend of GINA, also early twenties MOTHER: of GINA MARGOT: best friend to GINA; we only hear her voice MIDDLE-AGED MAN: balding, with a paunch I. Lights up on a mostly empty stage. Center stage is a bed. GINA
CHARACTERS AVERAGE AMERICAN: Female or male. In the depths of poverty. BULLY: Ruler of America if not the world. Impossibly wealthy. Despicably egocentric. JOSEWULF: A citizen of Mexico. Courageous. Fearless. Heroic. Honorable. Strong. Wise. Good. TIME The future. PLACE Washington, D.C., and Mexico on the
Carolyn Kras is a writer whose awards include the Hamptons International Film Festival Screenwriters Lab, Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting Award, Visionary Playwright Award, and a Fulbright LUSK Grant to the United Kingdom. She has been a writer-in-residence at Ucross Foundation, Hawthornden Castle, Sell a Door