The King of Cans
2012; Volume: 31; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2327-9648
Autores Tópico(s)Theater, Performance, and Music History
ResumoCHARACTERSLATEROA beer alcoholic. A veteran haunted by the ghost of his past. A natural leader. A visionary.THE CHAMPA coke snorter. He tends to speak after the nose sniffle sound. Speaks with an addict's diction. He is an ex-boxer and carries that stance. Ready to pounce at a moments notice.REVEREND SIDEWALKAn excommunicated minister. He is an alcoholic and an adulterer. Searching for redemption.THE BRAINA well-educated heroin addict. Well-read. Takes pill after pill, which he concocts from a laboratory in his high tech carton bed. He never walks (transports himself on a piece of wood on casters or drags himself around). He has an abnormally large cabeza. You could almost see his brain. He is constantly scribbling on pieces of paper.YOUR HIGHNESSEx-madame. A strong woman. She is afflicted with asthma. She has a limp or walking impediment. She uses inhalers which sound like an air pump (sound effect). She carries around a money machine. And a picture of her dead daughter, Pamela, on a huge button on her costume.SUBWAY MISS CANEx-beauty queen. Still in her youth. Strong and proud. Hides a tragic past and because of that she has a nervousness about her. Her hands are constantly in motion making points or tapping beats. She is a chain smoker.NARCO COPAn undercover rogue cop. Mysterious presence. Tough and versatile, a man of many faces. Sharp dresser.All the characters with the exception of Narco Cop are homeless and live in las calles of Spanish Harlem.*Theatrical notes by George ZavalaAct I/Scene 1[MUSICAL OVERTURE TO THE SONG ARE WORKERS! WORKFORCE! SOFT FADE ON EACH CHARACTER AS THEY JOIN THE SONG. THE SIX HOMELESS CHARACTERS ARE SEEN INDIVIDUALLY PICKING UP CANS AND GOING THROUGH TRASH AT NIGHT. EL NARCO COP IS ALMOST ALWAYS IN LAS SOMBRAS, OBSERVANDO. NIGHTTIME IMAGES OF DESERTED EAST HARLEM STREETS ARE PROJECTED ON THE SCREEN, JUXTAPOSED WITH IMAGES OF NYC HOMELESS PEOPLE.]Song #1 WE ARE WORKERS WORKFORCECASTWe are workers! Workforce!We are workers! Workforce!A whole day's work, five hundred cans,six hours, Forty blocks, a dollar an hour,self employed, Who would believe we arehomeless bums, homeless bumsWe are workers! Workforce![THE SCENE ENDS WITH URBAN SOUND EFFECTS OF THE START OF A NEW DAY AS THE CHARACTERS PACK IT UP FOR THE NIGHT AND WALK UPSTAGE AND FADE INTO THE DARK. SUBWAY MISS CAN, YOUR HIGHNESS AND LATERO REMAIN ONSTAGE. THE STAGE FADES TO BLACK AS THE FINAL IMAGE REVEALS THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY.]Act I/Scene 2[SUBWAY MISS CAN AND YOUR HIGHNESS HAVE A CONVERSATION. LATERO IS OFF BY HIMSELF WITH A SOFT LIGHT]SUBWAY MISS CANWhat's wrong with Latero?YOUR HIGHNESSPressure. Un ataque.SUBWAY MISS CANWhat to do?YOUR HIGHNESSLet's keep him busy, I'll call my padrinoWalter Mercado[She speaks on a cell phone]Oyeme Padrino Walter, my godson esta craqueaoHis whole cuerpo from top to bottom hablandoCon los muertos!LATEROOh my god, but the human element and its capacityto solve with nothing is the ultimate challenge!YOUR HIGHNESS[Still on cell phone]Te digo mijo, nervous twitching in all directionssome kind of reaccion nerviosa. Give me aprognostication! Padrino, espera un minuto,[Speaks to Latero]You got me working como esclava, morenabag lady, vendedora de cuchifritos, recogiendolatas, jodedora, assistant bailadora, recepcionistaand I'm not wearing these high heels, who do youthink I am, the statue of liberty?[back to cell phone]What's his problema? Bulequera, o bellaquera, that's bilingualfor horny, yes you're right. Four years without a woman.How do I know? I listen to him over the phone.LATEROBut no doctor mental. …
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