Overview
A Love Song in Three Movements
Lina and Roberto’s lives intersect and parallel as three alternate realities unfold. The play renders the near hits and near misses that are the realities of this worn-out waitress and immigrant dishwasher as well as the mystical ways the universe conspires to bring us all together.
Casting & Production
Casting
CAST OF CHARACTERS (1W, 1M, 1 Any)
ROBERTO — a poet, an immigrant (see casting note), agreeable, earnest, gentle, passionate, warm, generous, highly intuitive, ever the optimist, also:
Movement 1: a long-time dishwasher at Frankie’s
Movement 2: a new bus boy at Frankie’s
Movement 3: a teacher
LINA — a dreamer, emotional, cynical, frequently despondent (in the way people get when they’ve been beaten down by life), also:
Movement 1: a long-time waitress at Frankie’s
Movement 2: a part-time waitress at Frankie’s
Movement 3: a nurse
STAGEHAND — a non-speaking part which should be “performed” by the actual stagehand of the production. There exists in this world a magical elf (part butler, part sommelier, part nursemaid) with impeccable timing and exquisite taste, always and most honorably in the service of the players.
Place:
Frankie’s (a Trattoria)
Time:
May 5th. Midnight. Present Day.
All three variations occur at the same time and location.
