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From the musical "The Gloaming"

DON'T LET GRAVITY GET YOU DOWN

© 2010 Lovewell Institute for the Creative ArtsAll rights reserved - All copying prohibited!

Written by the 2008 "New Zoar" Lovewell Theatre Project artists

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ORPHEUSIf you don’t believe me, ask King Oedipus!

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OEDIPUSIndeed! And you think you’ve got a problem with your mother? Not to mention my father. Oh dear, his actions brought plagues, murder, incest, self-loathing. It was more than I could bear to look at….So...

(HE points to his eye sockets.) ORPHEUSHe put out his own eyes. That must have really hurt.

OEDIPUSYes…I wish I had thought about it a bit. Be that a lesson to you, my boy.

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MEDEAIt’s Medea. Medusa! Why does everyone confuse me with that horrific chick? All those snakes coming out of her skull. Don’t you call me Medusa ever again, Ed. If you know what’s good for you.

OEDIPUSAlright, alright. But our friend Telemachus here is contemplating…(HE points to the noose and then makes a comic gesture indicating hanging.) MEDEAEnding it? Oh, how noble of you. But I understand how you’re feeling, Mac. After Jason, my man, ran off with a skinny little princess, I thought about offing myself too. Might have been better than living with rage, but hey… live and learn.

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