[In a park near a playground swing, NADINE has been trying
to help her partner MAIA interpret a troubling dream.]
NADINE
Think about it, Maia. You complain that I push you too much,
but your dreamer knows better. (pause) Maybe this is about
your going back to work.
MAIA
Uh-uh, no way!
NADINE
Oh yes, way. It's been three months, Maia. You need to get
back to --
MAIA
I've needed time. Time to think.
NADINE
And think you have. You've taken walks, you've watched sunsets,
you've read books - and those are all good things - but have
you picked up a brush? The whole point was to give yourself --
MAIA
Space.
NADINE
Time, space, whatever. But it's not exactly making you more
productive, is it?
MAIA
Productive!
NADINE
Hell, you painted more when you worked at Starbucks.
MAIA
I don't think my profound mythic dream is telling me to be
a barista, Nadine. "Higher, higher" is not about latte
foam!
MAIA pulls away. Fumes. A beat.
NADINE
Look, babe - you know it's not about the money. I make enough,
it's not --
MAIA
Yeah.
NADINE
You spend too much time alone.
MAIA
Maybe.
NADINE
I worry. You get this haunted look, and --
A FEMALE FIGURE appears, upstage, in a long gauzy white
dress.
MAIA
Franny was in the dream, too.
NADINE
Oh, geez. Why didn't you --
MAIA
I couldn't see her face but I knew it was her. She was wearing
a long white dress.
NADINE
What, like a wedding dress?
MAIA
No. It was this gauzy thing, almost see-through.
NADINE
What was she doing?
MAIA
Just standing there. Radiating this - intensity.
NADINE
Did she say anything?
MAIA
Not with words. I don't remember words, just the feeling.
She seemed - far away, but still so intense. (beat) God, I can't
believe I finally dreamed about Franny. I wanted to for months,
then I got so I was afraid I would dream about her. Funny.
NADINE
What's funny is that you didn't bring it up 'til now. I mean,
Franny, my God, no wonder you - (beat) Was she watching you on
the swing?
MAIA
Maybe. Yes, I think she was.
NADINE
How did you feel about her watching you? I mean, there we
are, you're swinging away, pumping your legs, having fun --
MAIA
I don't know.
NADINE
She'd want you to, you know. Have fun. (beat)
(CONTINUES)
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