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CAST

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Robbi, 20-22, White, wife of Righteous; short order cook; smartass badass with neon-colored hair; tattoos both dangerous and sweet; on the side of what’s good and what’s right; wants to be a poet, but she’s rap/hip-hop on the corporeal side and lyrical on the spirit side. 

 

Amara, 65-75; psychopomp; historic-sites tour guide; wry seer; “Mama” to the Ghost Soldiers and Robbi.

 

Mrs. Taylor, 50; Black, elegant Chair of the Beautification Committee; Candace Owens meets Condoleezza Rice meets Clarence Thomas.

 

Clay (reincarnates Jimmy), 20, White, all snark, son of the diner owner, incel, Civil War re-enactor, the proudest of proud Boys; attracted to Robbi but has no idea how to engage with her.

 

Righteous (reincarnates Billy), 20-22, Black, Robbi’s husband; sweet, lost, stuck, hurting.

 

John-o (reincarnates Tanasi), 16-20, Non-White; LGBTQ+/gender fluid; autistic.

 

Ghost Soldiers 

They are all in love with Robbi and want to claim her as their own. Can be actors, puppets, masks, or a single actor switching cultural identities.

 

Billy, Black (doubles Righteous)16-20; caught between impulses.

    

Tanasi, Cherokee (doubles John-o),16-20; LGBTQ+/gender-fluid, protector of women.

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 Jimmy, White (doubles Clay), 20-30; all snark, a true believer in the Southern cause; dismissive of Robbi, in love with her goodness but no idea how to interact with it.

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VIBE

The sensory world is a character. Infinity, sound, color, nature, where the ghosts dwell, beautiful destruction, engulfs the audience, theatre house, living room, bar, wherever the play is performed.

 

WHEN

1864 and 2025. 

 

WHERE

Harpers Ferry / Appalachia / Antietam

 

STAGE

1 physical setting: an old diner called The Confluence

•     Right-wing flags hang from the walls

•     Large window to the street, glass door, imaginary or not. 

•     Commercial kitchen oven door that can be used as an imaginary mirror

•     Binders and papers piled on the counter