APPEARING HERE
SOFI, forties, lives in Los Angeles, California
EILEEN, seventies, lives in Wichita, Kansas
ELAINE, sixties, lives in Dublin, New Hampshire
GINNIE, sixties, lives in Rio Vista, California
YVETTE, sixties to seventies, lives in Midland, Michigan
SETTING
The courtyard of a medical clinic two hours north of San Francisco.
Two rows of outdoor chaise longues.
May 2019.
A “/” indicates that the next speaker’s dialogue has begun.
SCENE 13
Everyone is onstage lying on their chairs. Elaine is holding a green juice and Ginnie is reading a Thich Nhat Hanh book.
GINNIE
Here’s a provocative question.
YVETTE
Ready.
GINNIE
I just finished a section of this book where the author tells a whole story about an Asian pirate/who—
ELAINE
An Asian pirate?
GINNIE
Yes, an Asian pirate who rapes a twelve-year-old girl.
ELAINE
I don’t know if I want to hear about this.
YVETTE
… Okay.
GINNIE
He rapes her and she throws herself off the boat/and—
