Juno's Daughters by Lise Saffran

Author:Lise Saffran
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2010-11-30T22:00:00+00:00

A bonfire on the beach after the play.

Captain Jack: Who needs their brewski topped off? Got a pitcher comin’ round.

Ferdinand: I guess I’ll try some after all. I don’t want to be a party pooper. You said the beer was homemade?

Esme: Pretty much everything is, on Waldron.

Winifred: Brewed with real chocolate. Twelve percent alcohol.

Sally: I can tell. I’m seeing two Calibans. And one is enough for anybody.

Chad: Who’s our designated driver, anyway?

Winifred: There are no traffic cops on Waldron.

Miranda: No clubs, either. And I always go out on opening night.

Dale: You are out, my girl. Way out.

Lilly: What are the cast parties like in New York?

Miranda: Crazy. One time I was dancing with this guy to . . . you know that song by King Arut? Jolly Rancher?

Lilly: (Sings.) She know I do anything that she tell me.

Miranda and Lilly: (Together.) So I say, suck me like a Jolly Rancher.

Peg: Girls! You’re ruining a perfectly glorious night. After a wonderful performance.

Ferdinand: I liked the part where you told the audience to move their pillows and blankets because the tide was coming in.

Winifred: My pants are still damp.

Captain Jack: The lanterns were spooky at the end. That was a good touch.

Sally: It was beautiful.

A howl echoes toward the fire, followed by hysterical laughter and several loud thumps.

Chad: (Calls out to the dark.) What’s going on out there, you burnouts?

Miranda: What is that?

Chad: Caliban and some local boys are having an excellent adventure. Jasper has some blue veil growing in bark mulch on his property.

Miranda: Magic mushrooms? Aren’t those dangerous?

Chad: Only to us, if they come near. Would you like to try?

Lilly: Yes.

Chad: I wasn’t asking you.

Miranda: Hmmm. I don’t think so.

Peg: Chad, you should have told me. Don’t you remember what happened to Puck that first year?

Chad: Caliban won’t get lost here. No matter how often we tell him to.

Peg: He better not.

From deep within the woods comes the sound of the didgeridoo. A low moan growing high and echoing like a metal spring.

Captain Jack: You better hope that Raven abstained or we’ll be hearing that racket all night long.

Dale: It was great for the show tonight, though. The Spirits were wonderful also, with their bare feet on the sand.

Peg: I’m thinking they should go shoeless from now on. Lilly, Jenny? What do you think?

Lilly: Whatever. Sounds good.

Peg: And the others? Spirits, speak!

Dale: Frankie went to bed about an hour ago.

Chad: I thought I saw Jenny here a while back.

Lilly: Where’s Trinculo anyway? Wasn’t he here a few minutes ago?

Dale: He might have gone to bed also. He seemed tired.

Lilly: Don’t be ridiculous. C’mon, Miranda. Let’s go find him and take him skinny-dipping.

Chad: (Scrambles after them.) Sounds like a plan!

Exit.

Sally: Well, that was a pretty good try, Dale. But Trinculo can probably look after himself.

Dale: It’s not Trinculo I’m worried about.

Peg: I’m not sure about that scene when the girls pretend to be dogs. I thought it worked in rehearsal, but tonight I didn’t like it at all. I think they need to be more ferocious.

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