(They may walk in, or run in, or do cartwheels in. They may all start on stage at once. They may be hidden in shadow until it is their turn to speak. They may swim in, sprint in, motorcycle in, be piped in via satellite, appear as a hologram from R2D2, or materialize from nothing. It doesn’t matter. But once they speak, they can not leave.)
MAN
This is not a play about death.
(Pause.)
This is not a play about love. This is not a play about learning to love. This is not a play about suffering.
(Pause.)
WOMAN
This is not a play about children. This is not a play about how we are all children. This is not a play about we can never be children again. This is not a play about angst. (Pause.) This is not a play about God, Heaven, Hell, Purgatory, the cosmos, life after death, death during life, Scientology, the mysteries of the universe, Jerry Falwell, or spirituality in any form. This is not a play about suffering.
MAN #2
This is not a play about the Torah. The Bible. The Koran. The Old Testament. The New Testament. The Bhagavad-Gita. This is not a play about books.
WOMAN #2
This is not a play that will teach you anything. This is not a play that will help you heal.
MAN #3
This is not a play to awaken memory. This is not a play with its heart in the past.
MAN #4
This is not a play about my mother.
WOMAN #3
This is not a play about social justice. This is not a play about social injustice. This is not a play about justice of any kind. This is not a play about the never ending construction in this God forsaken town. This is not a play about the power hungry, semi-retarded politicians that hire their buddies to perform the never ending construction in this God forsaken town. This is not a play about the hard-nosed reporter who uses her pluck and street smarts to break the big story. This is not a play about The Big Story.
MAN #5
This is not a play about Mars. (Pause.) Or Saturn. (Pause.) Or Jupiter. (Pause.) This is not a play about the moon or the Sun or the fateful Apollo missions. (Pause.) This is not a play about space travel.
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