Lodestar Quarterly

MARLA
A perennial student, interested in self-improvement and spiritual matters. She is chunkier than she'd like to be and cries easily.

JOEY
MARLA's lover, a domestic relations attorney. She is a high-energy materialist, somewhat spiky and quick-tempered.

VOICES
Voices from the radio inside MARLA's head. May be prerecorded. N.B.: All but the last one (MARLA's mother) may be versions of MARLA's and JOEY's voices.

Setting

A nearly bare stage, indicating MARLA and JOEY's apartment in a hectic urban city.

Time

today

Production Note

The transitions between scenes should be simple and fluid. Lights should probably never go down on MARLA.

If there are to be any waits at all, it could be nice to occasionally fill them with sounds. Juxtapose the cacophony of the real urban environment (e.g., taxi horns, sirens, breaking bottles, people screaming, etc.) with sounds one might associate with MARLA's desired peace of mind (e.g., New Age flute, sitar glissandi, temple bells, ocean waves, etc.).