Teenager’s room, rock posters on the walls, littered with soda and empty food containers. Mock gang graffiti on the walls with a pile of spray cans nearby. There are two couches piled with clothes and stray school books. Snowboards, surfboards, and skateboards, now lifeless, adhere to the ceiling, which slants towards audience. Door stage left. The windows to the rear and stage right are covered with tapped-together newspaper and foil. A window stage left has a pull down blind. Its screen is bent, leaning at the base of the window. A young woman, about 16, sleeps in the corner on a mattress thrown on the floor. There are thin blankets bunched at her feet. She’s wearing a nightshirt and baggy men's shorts. A fan, set at floor level, is on high, tied with strips of newspaper which move with the stale but circulated air. There’s a TV, also on the floor, at the end of the bed. Its screen displays “off air” lines. Outside the stage left wall of the room is the end of a driveway with potted plants and a gate. The area is cheery. It is very early morning, before 3 a.m.
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