The Council of MothersCast of CharactersMaya: A scientist in her late 20s. About 8 months pregnant.Selena: A pottery craftswoman in her early 30s.SceneA lush private garden with a patio set.TimeApproximately 2,000 years in the future.Setting A lush private garden. We see a patio set with two chairs, one on either side of a table. A shiny laptop sits on the table. There are a few clay pots gathered near one of the chairs. Toward the back of the stage, there is a wood-fenced enclosure.At rise:MAYA sits on a chair, peering into the laptop. She pats her pregnant belly self-consciously. SELENA sits on the chair near the pottery. She is reading a le
The Man with the Golden ScrewA man is sitting on the beach, near the water's edge, with a rope tied around his neck at one end and a very large rock at the other. He is weeping piteously.Clearly, he is planning on ending his life.He takes one final look up into the night sky, the stars twinkling above him and to his amazement, one of the stars begins to grow in size and luminosity.It grows and grows, moving down out of the heavens toward him until--POOF!--it lands on the sand next to him and turns into his Fairy Godmother!"My dear child, why do you weep so?" she asks him."Well, you see... It's this golden screw in my navel." He replies."I see," she says, not
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