{"id":501,"date":"2019-07-11T19:34:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T19:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imaginedtheatres.com\/?post_type=theatre&#038;p=501"},"modified":"2022-10-27T14:06:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T14:06:09","slug":"animal-friendship-a-docudrama","status":"publish","type":"theatre","link":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/animal-friendship-a-docudrama\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Friendship: A Docudrama"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>1<\/h1>\n<p><em>Floor, a small box, a giant hand. The hand slowly pulls the box toward the audience, Maru looks <\/em><em>at the audience through the box, crawls into the box. Curtain.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Floor, a small box, no hand. Maru runs and slides into the box, the box slides with Maru inside. <\/em><em>The box with Maru inside hits a table leg, which the audience only now notices. Curtain.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Floor, two small boxes lined up one next to the other. Maru runs, slides into both boxes. The <\/em><em>boxes stay put, Maru stays put, tail twitching. Curtain.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Floor, Maru lying down, his torso contained within a small box that is open on both ends. His <\/em><em>front and back legs extend from either end of the box. Maru stands up, wearing the box, exits. <\/em><em>Curtain.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1>2<\/h1>\n<p><em>Bright lights, the sound of purring. A figure comes into focus. It is Max-Arthur dressed as a Great<\/em><br \/>\n<em>White Shark. Lights out.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lights up on Max-Arthur in his shark costume. He is sitting on a Roomba, which describes<\/em><br \/>\n<em>fragmentary circles across the stage. From stage left, a Baby Duck enters. The Baby Duck scampers<\/em><br \/>\n<em>across the stage, pursued by Max-Arthur on the Roomba. The Baby Duck pauses at the center of<\/em><br \/>\n<em>the stage. Looks out at the audience with black, inscrutable eyes. Beat.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Baby Duck turns and pursues Max-Arthur on the Roomba. Max-Arthur rides into the horizon,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>collides with the back wall. Enter Sharkey, from stage right. He is dressed as a Hammerhead<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Shark. Max-Arthur, the Baby Duck, and Sharkey begin an oblique trio. Then, the Roomba stops.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Silence. Max-Arthur, Sharkey, and the Baby Duck all turn and gaze out into the audience. Beat.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Max-Arthur licks his lips. Sharkey licks his lips. The Baby Duck stares. Beat. Curtain.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1>3<\/h1>\n<p><em>Lights up on Goo and Yat Jai, upstage, facing each other in profile to the audience. Behind them,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>two large computer screens. From the rear, light floods the stage.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Goo and Yat Jai each raise their front paws. They reach out and their paws meet, first Goo\u2019s left<\/em><br \/>\n<em>paw and Yat Jai\u2019s right paw, then Goo\u2019s right paw with Yat Jai\u2019s left paw.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>VOICE FROM ABOVE: Patty Cake, Patty Cake, Baker\u2019s Man, Bake me a cake as fast as you can.<\/p>\n<p>VOICE FROM ABOVE: Patty Cake, Patty Cake, Baker\u2019s Man, Bake me a cake as fast as you can.<\/p>\n<p><em>Goo and Yat Jai play patty cake. They stop, then begin again. They stop, then begin again. They stop, then begin again. They stop. Curtain.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1 Floor, a small box, a giant hand. The hand slowly pulls the box toward the audience, Maru looks at the audience through the box, crawls into the box. Curtain. Floor, a small box, no hand. Maru runs and slides into the box, the box slides with Maru inside. The box with Maru inside hits [&hellip;]","protected":false},"menu_order":0,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/theatres\/501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/theatres"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/theatre"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}