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Characters
Alberta: a reserved woman in her late fifties.
Deedee: a restless twenty-year-old.
Shooter: a black disc jockey in his late twenties.
Willie: a black man in his late fifties.
TIME AND PLACEThe time is the late seventies. The two acts of this play take place in a laundromat and the pool hall next door, at the corner of Third and Oak, in the middle of the night.
INTRODUCTION
These two plays are about the same thing: why we lie to protect ourselves when we could tell the truth and be saved. Not that the plays answer this question. Plays don't answer questions, they simply preserve them, they pass them on.
And though each act is frequently performed by itself, I prefer that the two acts be seen together. Rather like the right foot following the left.
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Act 1
ACT ITHE LAUNDROMAT
Lights come up on a standard, dreary laundromat. There are tile floors,-washers, dryers, laundry baskets on wheels, and coin-op vending machines for soaps, soft drinks, and candy bars. There is a bulletin board on which various notices are posted. There is a table for folding clothes, a low table covered with dirty ashtrays and some ugly chairs littered with magazines. A clock on the wall reads three o'clock and should continue to run throughout the show. One side of the laundromat will be used as a window looking out onto the street. The song "Stand By Your Man" is playing over the radio. The door to the attendant's room is slightly ajar.
SHOOTER?
(On the radio, over the final chords of the song.) And that's all for tonight, night owls. This is your Number One Night Owl saying it's three o'clock, all right, and time to rock your daddy to dreams of de-light. And mama, I'm comin' home. And the rest of you night owls gonna have to make it through the rest of this night by yourself or with the help of your friends, if you know what I mean. And you know what I mean.
(The radio station goes dead, music replaced by an irritating static. Alberta opens the door tentati
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