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Setting Throughout the play the stage is divided into sections: At the foot of the stage lies an abandoned dinner table set for Passover Seder Stage Left - PATTY’s hospital room in a New York City ICU Stage Right – The Berkshires – as patty imagines it in her mind A note about PATTY: She will be referred to as PATTY when in coma and PATRICIA when in flashbacks as her former self Time Period: From April 2004 through April 2006, with flashbacks throughout. Characters easily pass in and out of past and present, until pre-coma and post-coma lives finally converge. •! Between the first and second act, BLAINE plays piano throughout. •! Between the second and third act, PHIL strums guitar throughout. •! Acts One and Two can be combined for a two-act play. Lighting Berkshires is represented by a warm, open light. Hospital room is represented by a sterile, bright white light Lighting is shifted as PATTY and PATRICIA “paint” with their arms Act 1: The Shattering Act 2: The Awakening Act 3: The Re-membering Since this is a conceptual piece, attempting to simulate life waking up from a coma, the protagonist's journey back to herself is guided through layers of music, movement and lighting in order to create a tapestry of past and present. In the next stage of development, I hope to integrate dance, art, music, perhaps film and other media to create a soupy memory collage, as the protagonist re-members what she thought a coma had permanently repressed - she is literally re-"membering" the former "members" of her life in order to heal. The set is minimal. The passage of time should be fluid, made possible by gradual, subtle shifts in light, music and movement. Pat’s family is looking forward with anxiety; looking backwards in regret, and presently frozen in shock and denial.