BRENDA!....................................................!SOPRANO FAITH..........................................MEZZOESOPRANO PAUL..........................................................BARITONE
PIANO!+!MIDI!KEYBOARD
PERCUSSION
[VIBRAPHONE,!3!POTS!AND!PANS,!KICK!DRUM,!SUSPENDED!CYMBAL!(large),!TOMETOM!(low),!SNARE!DRUM, TEMPLE!BLOCKS!(high,!medium,!low),!WIND!CHIMES,!GLOCKENSPIEL,!CROTALES!(2!octaves)]
At top, light comes up gradually. There are some large boxes onstage used in packing. After a moment, Faith enters with a suitcase. She pauses, looks around, and drops her suitcase -- music is cued on the drop.
[Brenda looks after Faith, and then begins unpacking cans of food from the shopping bags.]
[Faith lifts her small suitcase and exits through the swinging doors.]
[Begins to nosily put pots and pans in boxes. Do not make noise in rhtyh. Gradually grow in rage and intensity -- to slamming lids, pots/pans counter, etc.. Notated x's are a guide until m. 16 silence.]
[slowly walks to Brenda, sits, and puts his arm around her shoulder]