DAVID ROBY  |  Arts and Science

Characters and Setting

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.   —Margaret Mead

For Linda—the one who got away

The play is set in a large industrial loft apartment in Brooklyn, New York. Stacks of canvases are everywhere, leaning against the walls, on top of each other, on the floor, etc. A lot of small wooden boxes containing knickknacks fill the room. 

A few original paintings and self-portraits are mounted on the walls. They should be quite large as the audience must know the content of the work: a medical theme is a common thread to all the paintings. Doctors. Nurses. Magnified parts of the body.

DAMMOND
Early thirties. A visual artist. He is dressed in an oversized sweatshirt splattered with paint. His baggy pants are hand painted with bright colors working up the pant legs from the cuffs to the knees.

AMELIA
A very awkward yet attractive woman. Dressed in a knee-length flannel pajama shirt. Late twenties. Her face is somewhat angelic, yet unbalanced.

MISS JUSTESEN
Appears to be a middle-aged woman. Danish. Appropriate dialect. Dressed quite attractively in a long coat, revealing a very unusual attire. Her clothes and jewelry are all beautifully handmade. She walks with a wooden cane, crafted and carved quite ornately.

NAAKTGEBOREN
Very dark complexion. Beautiful. His age is indefinable.

DANA GRAY
Appears to be a woman of great confidence and knowledge. Solid and strong. Striking. Absolutely no makeup.  

   Act One  |  Act Two

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