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PUNITIVE WORM GOES FOR A WALK
2220 ARTS FEBURARY 2023
PUNITIVE WORM GOES FOR A WALK
Greek Chorus
Malavika Rao, Asa Arnar, Farah Abouzeid
Business Woman
Marion Brooks
Worm
Nikki Ochoa
Oracles / Puppeteers
Nicolas d’Agostino, Julia Saenz Lorduy, Jam Lincoln
Gamers
Sara Brodsky, Sundhya Anthony
Stew Man + Peddler
Josh Wolpert, Bea Vischer
United States Postal Service
Lena Martin
Devil Pop Star
Raianne Ochoa
Soul
Jacob Wolff
Orchestra
Brian Ffrench - Ethereal Mama making & healing scrapes, bangs, and ouches.
Chris Olsen - Ping Pong Dolphin
Dylan Marx - Upright Bass
Yenju Chen-
Violin Gabe Stout -Percussion
Projections
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5 movements
Intro/Birthing [black screen]
3 minutes
Suburbia Interior [inside home]
3 minutes
Suburbia Outside [walking on sidewalk]
3 mins
Portal /Hell
5 mins
Dry ancient desert
5 mins
*note to projectionist, keep/kill projections as action seem fit
THE BIRTHING
Movement I Total Darkness
Starts with solo violin, Chris Olsen AND Brian lightly sound scaping, then orchestra climbing with tension. Til’ explosion.
A creature is giving birth. United States Postal Service is helping her, moving with a [flashlight.] ALL in cast is recite a sloppy version of The Pledge of Allegiance.
There is screaming
Then sharp silence.
INTERIOR HOME
Movement II
Projection of suburban home
Abruptly orchestra starts up again, wonky elevator music. Lightly. Calm and relaxed. Commercial. Removed.
Stew Man and Peddler enter from the front door, begin to call out to audience and serve. [stew and bowls]
Spotlight to Woman waking up [pillow and blanket]
Entities are helping her intact her morning routine with large props, [coffee] [toothbrush] [comb] laying on the floor doing synchronized movement with feet up in the air, puppets on their feet at some points.
Woman is unbothered and is changing into business casual attire.
Greek Chorus is piled into a heap left of center and is also waking up, they pick up [mirrors] and gaze into each other’s reflections. They do not look at their own reflection.
Worm in a [cage] in the corner. It occasionally rattles.
Woman paces while placing [AirPods] into ears, picking up [purse].
She is preparing to exit her front door and collects [rope].
SUBURBIA EXTERIOR SIDEWALK
Movement III
Projection of a suburban neighborhood.
Oracles are dressed as shrubs, slowly pulsating, pulsating, pulsating, they follow woman with strange movements while she is on a business call.
United States Postal Service begins to write and pass out [cards], while moving throughout the audience.
Stew peddlers are still serving stew while interacting with audience and asking what the cards say.
Business woman “Yes I can talk. I’m just going to walk my worm.” She whistles.
A large and sickly creature slowly slugs to center stage.
Orchestra begins to slow tempo, sickly. Chorus begins to whine and cry.
This is her pet Worm, it wears a [large and grotesque mask.]
She puts the rope in its mouth and continues her conversation as she walks and talks.
Gamers laugh and play tag in the audience.
She steps onto the [Lazy Susan] Oracles turn her around and around as they read lines of
poetry at the same time, they are a tornado of words.
“A STATUE DOES NOT PROVIDE SHELTER
You pay for dishonestly more dearly than for cruelty.
If you want peace serve it.
The human imagination has its collective expression in civilization it is the thing created but this created thing contains within itself the process of its own creation the system of production and reproduction by which it comes into being sustains and perpetuates itself.
To be or not to be
Can’t get enough of what you don’t need
Did you put the cow away
Bang a dang dong a dang a dang dong
WE ARE TIRED OF COMMERCIALS NARROWING OUR DESIRE
WE ARE TIRED OF WHAT IS MORE THAN RESISTANCE AND LESS THAN REVOLUTION
THIS IS NOW AN UNLEASHING OF ENERGY
THERE IS NO NEGOTIATING WITH THE BEAST
THERE IS NO REASONABLE EXIT
The world is half squirrel I probably live in a creek”
Business woman still continues business while being turned on the Lazy Susan.
“I’m thinking Amazon is up. I’m not investing anymore in Tesla.” Laughs. “I’d do acid with the guy maybe but I don’t trust him with my money.”
Oracles are being coming increasingly upset, still reciting coded poetry.
ALL begin to dance in a choreographed manner, United States Postal Service leads.
Business woman “Yeah I need to get a massage, one second hold on.”
The Greek Chorus chant and approach her.
“My neck is a violin string ready to pop. My neck is a violin string ready to pop.”
Single spotlight on Yenju plays along on violin manically. ALL cast is still performing movement. And all chant.
“My neck is a violin string ready to pop! My neck is violin string ready to pop!”
The Worm is contorting in a corner. The projection changes, warps.
PORTAL TO HELL/ HELL
Movement IIII
Intensity as ground opens up and portal to hell breaks through the ground. All cast is slowing
movement phrase.
Jacob Wolff and Devil Pop Star take center stage, performing demented pop song to a completely different tempo than what the song being played.
Orchestra lightly follows.
Business woman is shocked and distressed by suddenly being transported into hell, she is observing every area of the venue.
[Large tall Puppets] are moved throughout the audience by Oracles.
Gamers are now laying on the stage playing on their [gaming devices] and occasionally playing
jump rope with worm’s leash.
Audience plants as pop song is playing after 2 minutes: “This stew is poisoned it’s
poisoned!!!” Audience plants scream, they wrestle Stew Man and Peddler to the ground.
CONGA LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL THIS IS THE WALK PUNITIVE WORM IS GOING ON A WALK AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE IN AUDIENCE SHOULD JOIN.
Brain is passing out [noise makers] and encourages audiences to play them.
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This rises until projections change, Greek chorus try singing this and repeat as many times as possible.
Orchestra is freaking out.
At climax [confetti] is popped by the Gamers. Hard cut off on music.
DRY ANCIENT DESERT
Movement IIIII
[LARGE OCTAGONAL BALL] is rolled around throughout audience by United States Postal Service.
Oracles in sync: We are in the dry desert. Percussion and strings play steady and rhythmically.
Extreme loneliness, calming, sand, whooshing sounds from Chris and Brian.
Gamers are playing an intense game of [Jenga]. Vibe is calm and focused all around.
Greek Chorus teach and sing each other’s melody while covering audience members in [large green fabric.]
Worm steps out from the darkness. “I was born underground. From magma was I formed, from magma I return. Pound water pound, water is and water will remain.”
End on humming tone [ALL] audience encouraged to as well.
END