Aurora 2026

Krislyn Moreland

Narrator He put everything… everything he had into them. You are a creation of his in a way. His traces must exist within you. Mariana (tearfully, now collapsed to her knees with drawings and fabric all around her) But how do I exercise it? What power of God can make me my father’s daughter? Narrator Give what he gave. All of yourself. (Mariana scrambles from her knees to the seat at the workbench and takes hold of a knife and scissors. The lights fade to black.) (We hear frenzied sounds of work along with some small cries of pain. The set is still in darkness as we hear small drips into metal buckets. This is when the outfit change and prosthetics will occur. We see the faint outline of the windows through the darkness and see the morning sun begin to rise. We stay this way for about two to three minutes. At the midpoint of this, the narrator speaks.) Narrator Hurry now; Cecily will be here anytime with the financial report from last week. Do you wish to see her disappointed look again?

Mariana (small, almost whimper-like) no no no no no

(A single spotlight hits the left side of the stage, still obscuring Mariana and the workbench. It is Cecily in a mink coat holding a manila envelope marked finances. She looks older than her years now, and her eyes hold sadness. She takes off the coat as she speaks, revealing she is impeccably dressed for a woman in the 1930s.)

Cecily

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