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Morning Sun
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I have kind of become invisible. Nobody looks at me. Not like they used to. You reach an age. Like my age and people stop looking at you. They stop checking you out. In Greenwich Village a generation or so ago, the city is alive. Joni Mitchell sings, friends and lovers come and go, and the regulars change at the White Horse Tavern. As 50 years pass, one woman's life is revealed in all its complexity, mystery and possibility in this enthralling world premiere about mothers and daughters, beginnings and endings in New York City. Simon Stephens's new play, commissioned by MTC, premiered off-Broadway in November 2021 starring Blair Brown, Edie Falco and Marin Ireland.
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Scene Three
Three And then thereâs fifteen years.
One Thereâs what?
Three Fifteen years.
One Like that?
Three I mean. Pretty much.
One Thatâs. Er. That feels quick.
Two It doesnât feel quick at the time.
One Youâre telling me.
Three Fifteen years defined by a desperate need to master a peculiar range of card tricks.
And something of an obsession with listening to the radio shows of Leonard Bernstein. And watching buildings get knocked down.
Two I remember that phase.
Three Standing watching Penn Station get taken away.
One Smashed. Not taken away. Smashed.
Two That is a very peculiar thing for a teenage girl to concern herself with.
One I donât think so.
Two It is.
One I think itâs a tragedy.
Two You may well think that but most girls your age have better things to be thinking about.
Three Your parents get the opportunity to buy the place on 11th from the landlord at a cost which is a stretch but which manageable.
Two It is.
Three And they take it.
Two We do.
Three They get a mortgage from JP Morgan. And itâs not easy.
Two Itâs not.
Three You watch your mother become infatuated with Jane Jacobs.
Two You meet her. On the campaign trail. In Washington Square.
One I donât remember.
Two Do you know who this is?
One No.
Two This is Jane Jacobs. Say hello, Charlotte.
One Charley. I prefer to be called Charley.
Three Hey Charley. How you doing?
One Iâm doing very well, Miss Jacobs. Itâs lovely to meet you.
Three You donât really know who I am do you, sweetheart?
One My mom says youâre the woman whoâs going to beat Robert Moses.
Three I hope so.
One She says youâre going to kick his ass.
Two I never used those words.
One Not those words exactly. But your own words to say the same thing.
Three I will, Charley. I will kick his ass from here to Coney Island and back again.
Two She does. Itâs the most amazing thing to be part of for a while.
Three You wish you could draw.
One No I donât.
Three And paint. And recite poetry in a sexy accent. And sing.
One Now that isnât true. I never had any interest in singing.
Three You so want to sing.
You hear Joni Mitchell sing âSong to a Seagullâ. A song about a working bird that flies above the city and the ocean looking for a place to call home. And your heart fills completely and you want more than anything to sing like that.
One Well.
Three Or hold Pete Cabnetâs hand out in public so that everybody can see. Or kiss David Parkerâs brown eyes. You want to do so well at school.
Two Really?
One Iâm trying, Mom.
Two Well, you need to try harder.
One Thatâs not fair.
Two Fair has nothing to do with it. You could really do something with your life.
One Jesus, Mom.
Two What?
Three But no matter how much you want to do well you just canât. And after a while you decide to try not wanting so much. The thing you will remember most about those years, and actually remember in the last moments, is the time you spend on the way to High School with your father. You remember the stories you make up together about the people from your neighborhood that you pass every morning.
One Sheâs a spy. A brilliant spy. She works for the Russians.
Three And she keeps her husband in a locked closet in the basement...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Morning Sun
- Three actors
- Scene One
- Scene Two
- Scene Three
- Scene Four
- Scene Five
- Scene Six
- Scene Seven
- Scene Eight
- Scene Nine
- Scene Ten
- Scene Eleven
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