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W52: “On the ship that does not return” – A treatment for a play of which 1/2 has been staged as ‘The Run’ and other 1/2, ‘Exit’, is currently assembling itself

Posted on February 2, 2019 by tara1910

Note: the audience sits where the stage normally is, looking down to the setting of the play: a black box. At times, the scenes will involve actors speaking both from inside and outside of this box towards the group on … Continue reading →

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W51: Act 1 (P5-finito)

Posted on January 20, 2019 by tara1910

(continued) V (os) – LY? Hello? LY (with glee) – V. Come in please!!! (flush light on.V enters. SHADOW runs offstage, hides behind TRA, then squats on a chair. Ly sees him) V – Hello LY. LY – Hello V. You got … Continue reading →

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W50: Act 1 (P4)

Posted on January 13, 2019 by tara1910

(continued) V (os) – LY?? Hello? (Beat)LY are you ok? (Beat)Hello? (SHADOW dances towards center stage-right. MUSIC: Vivaldi’s ‘La Notte-Largo: 00:52 – 01:12 picks up. Ly breaks from balled-up position, stretching up like just awaken from sleep. SHADOW mimics Ly’s movement. Ly recognizes SHADOW, … Continue reading →

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W49: Act 1 (P3)

Posted on January 6, 2019 by tara1910

(continued) LIGHT change: flush, house light on lower stage too (enters EIGHT to stand on the raised platform. He dresses like a boxing trainer and drinks from a sport drink) (enter LY and V from stage right. they are surprised at … Continue reading →

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Week 46: “Tell, Letter, Mayonnaise, Chicken, Encrypted, Tree Voice, Lover, Father”

Posted on December 16, 2018 by tara1910

Dear Langone, There are ripples on your pond. Identical, those ripples, jutting up at the perfect distance from each other. The way water folds makes me feel I really could see the wind blow. How are you My encrypted lover. … Continue reading →

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Week 45: “Bubble, Gamma, Boredom, Dot, Trapeze, Red, Truth, Chicken, Tall”

Posted on December 9, 2018 by tara1910

I tell Al I had so many bubbles for him – I’ve saved them for quite some time now, just didn’t know when to give it to him. They’re nice bubbles but nobody just gives people bubbles, you know, especially … Continue reading →

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W44: “Race, Rabbit, Measure, Thatched, Lord, Fly, Panel, Screen, Fan”

Posted on December 1, 2018 by tara1910

The morning I saw Lana Flaningan, there wasn’t any sound but the breaking of her thatched roof; the panels on my head glimmered. Lana Flaningan smothered a rabbit by tying his legs up and cupping his snout for twelve minutes … Continue reading →

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Week 43: “I, Cactus, Shred, A, Got, Moon, Have, To, Fiber”

Posted on November 25, 2018 by tara1910

When I was seven my aunt said to me Another cactus week and you’d have the moon to shred I did not know what she meant Until I was eight And she said Half a cactus week more I thought … Continue reading →

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Week 42: “Octopus, Heart, Street, Sky, Drape, Year, Tall, Triangle, Coffee”

Posted on November 18, 2018 by tara1910

The Turtle looked at me and said “You have the heart of an Octopus.” Now I LIKED octopuses, they’re round, red; they crawl like heavy clouds on the bottom of the sea; they are curious. But I did not know … Continue reading →

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Week 41: “Song, Nathan, Larson, Top, Upright, Team, No hair, Off-white”

Posted on November 10, 2018 by tara1910

I’d ride a shark one day, says Nathan You can, says Larson The shark will sing a song I wouldn’t understand, but I’d smile with it, says the one with no hair You can, says Larson We would swim to … Continue reading →

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