#BestRevenge – Alysse Aallyn

Woman Into Wolf: the play

(Scene 9. Lights up on PERSEY House set where ROY & JAROD wrestle by firelight while the hot tub smokes suggestively and the eyes in the portrait track their movements. NED & PERSEY at the door. WOLF SPIRITS gather around and on top of the house, eyes blinking on & off. NED beckons JAROD aside,…
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Woman Into Wolf: the play

Act 3 Scene 8(The forest outside JAROD’s house. PERSEY is dragging DIGGER along by his collar.) PERSEY DIGGER! I need you!What the heck is your problem? (DIGGER is doing everything he can to stall and resist. TREES surge, rustle, threaten. WOLVES howl.) Are you scared of coyotes?I thought they were your friends. (DIGGER covers his…
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Woman Into Wolf: the play

(NED the cop exits; having to push vines aside. DIGGER runs out between his legs to dance with his friends. PERSEY throws herself on sofa, dials phone. Cell phone rings on BISH making his way through audience. Ring tone is Strangers In Paradise.) BISHPersey! You’re just the person! (He leans on an audience chair arm,…
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Woman Into Wolf: the play

Scene 7(Later. PERSEY’s house. She wears cleaning overall and carries duster & spray can. NED the cop in plain clothes knocks at the door. She’s surprised to see him.) NED(Very relaxed, strides in carrying folders)Some place you’ve got here.Looks like your help has help. PERSEYWe’re do-it-yourselfers.Um…how can I assist? NEDReady to work?(Shakes the folders at…
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Woman Into Wolf: the play

(PERSEY & BISH finish their yoga with a good gossip when – unexpectedly – ROY, PERSEY’S husband – who hates BISH – comes home) BISHBut I have no playmateAs you cruelly point out.(Sighs) PERSEYSorry.(Offstage, ROY’s voice) ROYCupcake! I’m home!Where the hellz is my baby? (PERSEY & BISH galvanize. He picks up scattered clothes and rushes,…
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Woman Into Wolf: the play

Scene 6(PERSEY’s house. She & BISH, dressed in yoga clothes, go through a series of poses together in choreographed movement. BISH adjusts PERSEY every now and then. DIGGER imitates & riffs off them doggie style.) BISHYour breath!Where’s your breath, Persey? PERSEY(Gasping)Sorry. I’m afraid my pigeon’sBeen…shot. BISHBut your sleeping swan’sA thing of beauty andA joy forever.…
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Woman Into Wolf: the play

Scene 4(PERSEY turns out the light and the women exit. Firelight spreads across the room, lighting glittering eyes of the portrait – the eyes move, watching the women leave. DIGGER’s Dance with the WOLVES: Sniffs wolves suspiciously; they are wild and strange, he is home-raised and scared but envious of their freedom and “cool.” Threat…
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Woman Into Wolf: the play

Scene 3 – Persey’s big house (BABE, (Persey’s mother-in-law) a commanding, magnificent, scary older woman strides into the yard, holding a blanket and calling,) BABEPersey! Persey, where are you? (PERSEY & DIGGER emerge from the forest, both looking dirty, scratched and sheepish)Oh, my goodness, poor PERSEY! What happened to you! PERSEYEr – Hello – Mother.…
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Woman into Wolf: the play

Scene 2 – Deep Woods(DIGGER dances for freedom.) PERSEY A walk in the woods In the gathering night, Nothing’s more wondrous than Forest bathing! (She inhales deeply) Spirits reach out to us –You feel it, Digger? (DIGGER nods and dances. The trees begin to “humanize”; open eyes, swell up and trail their leaves invitingly.) Ever…
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Woman Into Wolf: the play

Act 1, Scene 1(THE SCENE: A house on the right edge of a large forest; a wild party is in progress. Raucous music, biker iconography, party guests hang out windows.) ( EnterROY & PERSEY step out of a car stage left – she is carrying a hugely glittering wrapped package. DIGGER – the Dog leans…
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