THE COLUMBIAD PART I, MYTHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN DEAD ZONE

Act II, Scene I – [RETURN FROM INTERMISSION, GODMIC REMINDS AUDIENCE ABOUT DONATION BUCKET FOR GHOST COMMUNITY THEATRE AND UPCOMING SILENT AUCTION]

[SNOW STARTS SCENE III (OR IV?? ASK PEACH)]

[GO AUDIO TRACK 5, FADE AFTER 4 SECONDS]

[PREP AUDIO TRACK 6]

(Several days have passed. THE KING OF CHICAGO sits up against the remains of the Seared Tower, wounded in his side. His Ghost, FOOL, enters SL, still reeling over their argument from that morning. She heals him.)

FOOL

I cannot stand your hurried, brash approach.
The monster hunts for you if it escapes!

[SIGNAL STAGE MANAGER PREP CIVILIANS]

KING

And what of it, if this life be my fate?
If brave I rose to serve, then serve I must
For Chicago, sleeping kingdom, slumbers still!
When I defeat this lost and maddened beast,
then I ensure humanity's return.
I must divert its eyes from lonely Ghosts.

(Offstage noise. A frightening animalistic noise. [GO AUDIO TRACK 6] The CIVILIANS flee onstage SR and exit SL [GO CIVILIANS])

[LIGHT CUE 28]

(Fool and King cross DSC)

[GO SPOTLIGHT]

FOOL

Nobility like yours, it needs no crown.
Is this your purpose? Then it's mine as well.

[GO AUDIO TRACK 7]

[LIGHT CUE 29]

[SNOW CUE HERE???]

KING

Then I reject Last City and my name.
My title is my home, its steel my claim.
I am Chicago's king, the stalwart sword
Guarding her magnificence as her lord
My heart, my city, what is it you say?

Say, cry vic'try, for we will win today.