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New Play SUMMERTIME ICARUS Part1 - Page 2© Selma Montgomery and Jon Blackstock
Dominique: So you left everyone's favorite restaurant to shovel horse mess—?
Dominique: Well that makes it a lot better. –to shovel mule mess for less money—? James: Almost no money. Dominique: And if sense were dollars, you'd still be broke. James: I didn't go down there for the money. Dominique: You didn't take the job for the money. You're losing me. James: All right. It was a bad idea. I said that. Dominique: So you're workin' with your mama again. James: For now. She won't let me work when school starts again. Dominique: So you gotta go to court? James: No. I just had to sign something saying I wouldn't press charges on them. Dominique: So you're gonna listen to Mrs. Lance—? So you're gonna listen to your mama now? James: It ain't about all that. I did what I set out to do. Dominique: You mean you set out to get bashed over the head or just you set out to shovel horse—? James: Mule. Dominique: Whatever. James: I'm seventeen. I wanted to prove that I'm my own man and I did. Dominique: How you figure you did that? James: Look, it's like I told Mama. . . . [Lights rise on the cafe as lights fade on Dominique and James. James walks to stage left of one of the tables with his book in hand.] Scene 2 At Rise: The New Charleston Renaissance Cafe. Some tables with red and white table cloths and four wooden chairs each sit down stage. A backdrop painted as a small restaurant has confined the action to far downstage. The sounds of Duke Ellington are heard as if coming from the kitchen. Alesha sits at the cafĂ© table working on a charcoal drawing. James carries a book as he enters seemingly unnoticed by Alesha. He looks over her shoulder at the drawing. James: That boy looks a little young for you. Alesha: What boy? James: The one you're drawing. Alesha: This is what he looked like in 1933. I suppose he would be much older now. It's Eugene Williams, but I wouldn't expect you to know who that was. James: How am I supposed to keep up with all of our family? We got family everywhere. Alesha: Family? James: He ain't family? Alesha: Eugene Williams was one of the Scottsboro Boys. James: Oh. Oh yeah. Have you seen Mom? Alesha: You don't even know who that is, do you? James: Mom. Yeah, she's the other nagging woman around here, the one who owns the place. Alesha: I mean, you don't know who the Scottsboro Boys are, do you? Go To Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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