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THE SOULS OF THE SEA

Book and lyr ics byFRANK TEDESCO

Mu sic byALLEN ESTES and FRANK TEDESCO

(Ad di tional mu si cal com po si tions byMaurizio Martinotti, Steve C. Burke,

Emil Thoroddsen, Sari Kaasinen,Da vid and Doug Brown)

Dra matic Pub lish ingWoodstock, Il li nois • Aus tra lia • New Zea land • South Af rica

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©MMXBook and lyr ics byFRANK TEDESCO

Mu sic byALLEN ESTES and FRANK TEDESCO

Ad di tional mu si cal com po si tions by Maurizio Martinotti,Steve C. Burke, Emil Thoroddsen, Sari Kaasinen,

Da vid and Doug Brown

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(THE SOULS OF THE SEA)

ISBN: 978-1-58342-691-3

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IM POR TANT BILL ING AND CREDIT RE QUIRE MENTS

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The Souls of the Sea was pre miered in Glou ces ter Mass., Au gust 2007, by Thea tre in the Pines with the fol low ing ac tors and pro -duc tion team:

The Com panyMarge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mar jo rie GraceShir ley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauri HahnFay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheryl KeatingAngelina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justine CurleyCosmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick DoucetteManny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles VogelNoah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jo seph StilianoJack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave RashSoul 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gap PallazolaSoul 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mar tin RaySoul 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Ron GaraboldiSoul 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark NattiWidow 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Su san BarrettWidow 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linn Parisi

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Coast guard 1, Wal ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ian O’ConnorCoast guard 2, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jon a than Ar nold

Ar tis tic and Pro duc tion Com panyDirector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nan WebberCho re og ra pher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Thom senSet De signer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank WalcottCostume Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edeline LemoineLight Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin GerstnerSound De signer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Rog ers/ Dave Ad amsStage Man ager . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke O’Donnell/ Jen Ara bianPro duc tion Man ager . . . Ami Bennett/ Joe Langhan/ Joe KaknesCarpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Desi Smith/ Pe ter Mar shallScenic Painter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathryn TedescoPho tog ra phy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger Ward/ Pe ter PrybotGraphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karl BronkOut reach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vickie and Pe ter Van NessSpot light Op er a tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robby Moss/ Travis Moss

The Souls of the Sea BandAllen Estes, Ardys Flavelle, Den nis “Fly” Amero, Steve C.Burke, Matt Leavenworth, Sal Baglio, Seth Pappas, John Troy,Da vid Brown, Marty Rich ards

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THE SOULS OF THE SEA

CHAR AC TERS

MARGE . . . . . . . . . . . bar tender, wife of Cap tain Cosmo,sis ter of Shir ley

COSMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . skip per of the Bella Figlia,hus band of Marge

ANGELINA. . . . . . . . . . young wait ress, girl friend of Jack

JACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fish er man on the Bella Figlia,boy friend of Angelina

NOAH . . . . . . . . . . . . old salt, reg u lar pa tron of the tavern

SHIR LEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . wait ress, Marge’s sis ter,widow of a lost fish er man

FAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bar fly, daugh ter of a lost fish er man

MANNY. . . . . . . Por tu guese fish er man on the Bella Figlia

WAL TER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coast Guards man

GEORGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coast Guards man

SOULS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lost fish er men

WID OWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . wives of lost fish er men

EX TRAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fishermen, bar patrons

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MU SI CAL TRACKS

Track 1: The Souls of the SeaTrack 2: I Re mem berTrack 3: My Fish er manTrack 4: We Men of Glou ces terTrack 5: The Al ways Ready TeamTrack 6: If EverTrack 7: Not With Ya HandsTrack 8: Fishermen’s WivesTrack 9: An chor BluesTrack 10: Reg u lateTrack 11: Spir its of the SeaTrack 12: The Bella FigliaTrack 13: Headin’ HomeTrack 14: Where’d They GoTrack 15: Christ mas in Glou ces terTrack 16: We Are Wait ingTrack 17: The Fish er men Fol lowed the LordTrack 18: East of the Sun riseTrack 19: Find You

Re prise: Find YouTrack 20: Man Over boardTrack 21: Glou ces ter Is the Only Place for MeTrack 22: The Souls of the Sea Reprise

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ACT I

SCENE ONE

House of Mitch Tav ern, 6:00 a.m., early De cem ber.

The tavern is quiet ex cept for the dis tant howl and rat tle of wind. The low light ing casts shad ows on the drabwalls where framed pho to graphs of fish er men, boats and crews hang among post ers ad ver tis ing beer and foot ball. Slumped mo tion less at the bar, old NOAH cra dles hishead in his arms. A large empty jug-han dled beer glassrests on the bar in front of him.

(Mu sic be gins. Track 1: The Souls of the Sea)

(SOUL 1 emerges, his dark, heavy rain gear glis ten ingwith brine. As he moves downstage, SOUL 2 ap pearsand fol lows him. Their tor sos are draped with oil skinslick ers, and their feet are swathed in thick, black rub -ber boots. Ob scured by the wide brims of their sou’ -westers, their faces are pale and in dis tin guish able.)

SOUL 1.WHEN I JOINED THE CREW I WAS SEVENTEENAND I THOUGHT I KNEW WHAT THIS LIFE WOULD MEANWITH MY BROTHERS ALL THREE MY UNCLES

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WE FISHED JORGES BANK LIKE OUR ANCESTORSHAD

SOUL 2. OVER TIME I SAW WHAT A MAN SHOULD KNOW’BOUT THE DEADLY LAW OF THE DEPTHS BELOW

(SOULS 3 and 4 emerge.)

AND THE RAGE OF THE GALES AND THE WAVESOF DESTINY

THAT BREAK OFF THE SHOALS WITH THE SOULSOF THE SEA

SOULS 1 & 2.WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW EACH RECKONING

UNROLLSLIFT UP YOUR HANDS FOR THE SOULS OF THE

SEA

SOUL 1.WHEN OUR TIME HAD COME WE WERE HEADIN’ HOMEWE WERE RUNNIN’ FROM A VICIOUS WINTER STORM

FOUR SOULS.AND WE PRAYED AND WE WAILED FOR OUR

WIVES AND FAMILYNOW WE REST OFF THE SHOALS WITH THE

SOULS OF THE SEA

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(Mu si cal in ter lude— More SOULS emerge.)

WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW EACH RECKONINGUNROLLS

(They raise their arms.)LIFT UP YOUR HANDS FOR THE SOULS OF THE

SEA(They lower arms.)

SOUL 2.THOSE AT HOME WHO WAIT ARE FOREVER BOUND

FOUR SOULS.TO THE SHADES OF FATE AND THE LONGING SOUND

ALL SOULS.WHEN THE WAVES AND THE WIND IN A

MOURNFUL HARMONYRESOUND OFF THE SHOALS WITH THE SOULS OF

THE SEARESOUND OFF THE SHOALS WITH THE SOULS OF

THE SEA

(The SOULS drift back ward, fad ing. SOUL 1 and SOUL 2 stand at the bar. SOUL 1 lifts NOAH’s empty glass,flips it by its han dle and places it back on the bar up side down.)

ALL SOULS (cont’d).RESOUND OFF THE SHOALS WITH THE SOULS OF

THE SEA

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RESOUND OFF THE SHOALS WITH THE SOULS OFTHE SEA

(Mu sic ends. SOULS dis ap pear.

SHIR LEY en ters and wipes ta bles. She stops, winces and holds her side for a mo ment. MARGE en ters and bus iesher self be hind the bar.)

MARGE. They were in Port land for a week…makin’ theirown re pairs. I don’t like it! He shoulda called.

SHIRLEY. He should have. But you know…MARGE. And here I thought they were outta range out in

the weather. SHIRLEY. Maybe he re ally was n’t able to call this time.MARGE. Come on, sis. When I did n’t hear from him, I got

scared, and went down to the Coast Guard sta tion. Theytold me where he was—up in Port land.

(ANGELINA en ters with mop and bucket. She mops.)

ANGELINA. Why did n’t Cosmo call you, Marge?MARGE. ’Cause he never does.ANGELINA. Why?SHIR LEY. ’Cause they never do. ANGELINA. Who?MARGE & SHIR LEY. Fish er men!MARGE. Nothin’ but worry, worry and more worry. SHIRLEY. And beat ing a path to the church, es pe cially in

De cem ber with the foul weather. (She makes the sign ofthe cross.) It keeps you down on your knees.

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MARGE. Well, the boat’s done for the sea son. The regsdon’t al low ’em to make up for those lost fishin’ days…

SHIRLEY. Maybe we’ll have a nice safe quiet win ter for achange.

MARGE. He’ll have to hire on for some piece work at thefreezer plant again.

SHIRLEY. He hates that.MARGE. Yeah, well then maybe I’ll put him to work back

in the kitchen. SHIRLEY. Oh, sure.ANGELINA. If Cosmo can’t fish, what else will he do?NOAH (raises head). Aaaahhhhh.

(FAY en ters, sits on a bar stool op po site MARGE.)

FAY. The boys ain’t back yet?MARGE (nois ily). They were up in Port land for the whole

damn storm…all those bar rooms. Just wait ’til he gets in here.

FAY (preen ing her self in a small handheld mir ror). A lotof young floozies up there.

MARGE. He’ll give me one of his non-ex pla na tions like,“No trou bles.” He al ways does.

SHIRLEY. He’s a skip per. That’s what they do. Cap tainCosmo is no dif fer ent.

MARGE. He shoulda called. I’m gonna let him have it this time, you’ll see.

FAY. Fish er men al ways cheat ’cause there’s so manybimbos around who adore the rug ged life style. Trust me, I know.

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(NOAH reaches out and touches FAY’s hand. She pullsaway.)

FAY. Rug ged don’t mean shit-stu pid, cu pid. NOAH. Ooh. Those lips were made for kisses, not for

curses.MARGE (to ANGELINA). I guess you could say that some -

times the men like to cut loose af ter a cold hard win tertrip.

FAY. Yeah, they can’t wait to thaw out those frozen masts.MARGE. You ain’t kiddin’… Just wait ’til I get my hands

around his thick neck.FAY. Drunken dogs in heat. Trust me, I know. MARGE. They’re not al ways like that, o’ course. I just

wish he’d call me, that’s all.ANGELINA. Does n’t he know how much you worry?

(MARGE looks at SHIR LEY and sighs.)

SHIRLEY. You just learn to hang on to the things you’resure of.

MARGE. Like, at least he’s got a great me chanic aboard. ANGELINA. Who’s that?MARGE. Manny…FAY. Handy Manny, a dandy Porta’gee. Me beija. (Smacks

lips.) Ah, he’s just an other loozah’- b’doozah.MARGE. He’s a wiz ard with the en gine. ’Course Cosmo

don’t say much about that.SHIRLEY. He does n’t say much about any thing that might

be im por tant to us. ANGELINA. Why not?

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SHIRLEY. It’s a fish er man thing. They don’t like to talkabout what goes on out there, be cause they’re afraidwe’ll freak out or some thing. They don’t lie about it ex -actly, but…

FAY. They don’t even know when they’re lyin’. ANGELINA. Still, I can tell that Cap tain Cosmo is hon est. MARGE (hand on hip). There’s dif fer ent kinds of hon esty,

honey. Some times the plain truth just ain’t hon est, ’spe -cially when it hurts peo ple.

ANGELINA. I guess. But hon esty is very im por tant in re -la tion ships. Hon esty and loy alty and… (she wraps herarms around her self and sways) …love.

(Laugh ter.)

MARGE. It’s hard to love a fish er man. There’s lots of back and forth, up and down.

SHIRLEY. Hot and cold.FAY. In and out…no doubt.ANGELINA. Well, I think peo ple can com pro mise if they

want to…like you and Cap tain Cosmo, Marge. MARGE. There’s two sides to the story, Angelina. And ya

gotta be able to switch sides all the time. Ya don’t takeno crap from ’em, but…

NOAH (play ing an imag i nary vi o lin). Ah, it’s just an otherbro ken trip.

MARGE. Shut up, Noah!

(CAP TAIN COSMO en ters. The room quiv ers as thehuge fish er man trudges to the bar.)

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COSMO. God damn gov ern ment stooges! Coast Guardcockheads! They’re gonna kill us. Hi, Marge.

MARGE (hands him a beer). Why did n’t you call me?COSMO. Ah, too busy. Outta range…you know, I don’t

know.MARGE. Bull!COSMO. It was slow goin’. The weather was a lit tle

sloppy, but no real trou ble…MARGE. You were up in Port land. COSMO. Yeah, ah…we’re shippin’ out; turnin’ right

around.MARGE. What? Your days are up. You can’t go out again

’til at least spring.COSMO. The law yer found us a clause, a loop hole. We

gain back ex tra ground-fishin’ days in ex change for time spent fixin’ the hull.

MARGE (hand on hip). I don’t buy it, ’spe cially if thatsleazebag law yer had anythin’ to do with it.

COSMO. Nah, it’s true. We logged eight days in dry dockup in Port land. Some kinda dou ble-du ra tion al low ancefor the hull re pair gets us six teen more fishin’ days.

MARGE. Save ’em for next sea son.COSMO. Can’t. The days gotta be used up ’fore the end of

the year. Gov ern ment rules, you know. If we leave to -mor row night, I fig ure we be back on Christ mas.

MARGE (points at SHIR LEY). Shhhhhsh! SHIRLEY. It’s okay, Marge.COSMO. Look, we had to put in at Port land any way to…MARGE. I don’t buy it.COSMO. …make re pairs.MARGE. I don’t buy it!COSMO. We were busy and I did n’t want you to worry.

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MARGE. For get it, Cosmo. COSMO. I gotta get back out there. You know I do.MARGE. I don’t know nothin’.COSMO. We’re goin’ beat ’em at their own game.MARGE. Grrrreat.COSMO. We’ll fin ish the trip by Chris…ah, end of the

month. (Pause.) We need the money. MARGE. If you’re wrong about the rules, they’ll take the

boat.COSMO. Jamb the rules! I’m a fish er man, and I will fish!

(MARGE low ers her head and turns away.) I’m sorry Idid n’t call, but…

MARGE. No you’re not. You’re gonna just keep doin’what you do.

COSMO. What else can I do? Come on, Marge… (Aside.)Can’t we get to gether? We don’t have much time.

MARGE. No, we don’t have much time. (She puts herhands over her face.)

COSMO. You know I gotta get back out fishin’. MARGE. That’s all you ever care about. You don’t even

remember about…us. How you prom ised you would n’tship out in De cem ber any more, re mem ber? And here we are again…you don’t care.

COSMO. I care about what’s im por tant. MARGE. No you don’t. Not about us, you don’t.COSMO. I do, like…MARGE. Like that night on the beach? COSMO. Yeah, I re mem ber that. MARGE. Like forgivin’ and forgettin’ all the hurt, re mem -

ber?COSMO. Yeah, I re mem ber.

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MARGE. Like a man over board, seein’ a light, hearin’ avoice…my voice?

COSMO. How could I for get? MARGE. And committin’ to God and to each other. COSMO. God put me here to fish!

(Mu sic be gins. Track 2: I Re mem ber)

COSMO (cont’d). Ah, I don’t know…MY DAYS AT SEA ARE LONG AND TOUGHWITH DANGER WHEREVER I GOAWAY FROM YOU IS HARD ENOUGHBUT THERE IS A COMFORT I KNOW

(He reaches out to MARGE.)I REMEMBER I REMEMBERTHE PROMISE WE SWORE BY THE SEAON A CLEAR NIGHT IN THE MOONLIGHTYOU GAVE YOUR FOREVER TO ME

(MARGE turns to ward COSMO.)

MARGE.WHEN CLOUDS APPEAR AND GRAY THE SKYIT FILLS ME WITH WORRY FOR YOUBUT I SHED MY FEAR MY SPIRITS FLY’CAUSE ALWAYS I KNOW WHAT TO DO

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I REMEMBER I REMEMBERTHE PROMISE WE SWORE BY THE SEAON A CLEAR NIGHT IN THE MOONLIGHTYOU GAVE YOUR FOREVER TO ME

(Mu si cal in ter lude— They dance with in ti mate in de -pend ence.)

COSMO & MARGE.NO MATTER WHEREOUR BODIES GOOUR SPIRITS ARE BOUNDLESS AND NEWLET ALL THE HOST OF HEAVEN KNOWMY AGELESS DEVOTION TO YOU

I REMEMBER I REMEMBERTHE PROMISE WE SWORE BY THE SEAON A CLEAR NIGHT IN THE MOONLIGHTYOU GAVE YOUR FOREVER TO ME

MARGE.YOU GAVE YOUR FOREVER TO ME

COSMO.I REMEMBER

COSMO & MARGE.YOU GAVE YOUR FOREVER TO ME

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COSMO. I gotta make some calls. I’ll be back.MARGE. I’ll be here, I guess.COSMO. The crew will be by shortly. Take care of them

boys, will ya?MARGE. Al ways do.COSMO. Marge, you’re okay with everythin’. (He pauses.)

Guess that’s why I keep comin’ back.MARGE. That the only rea son?COSMO. Well, ah no. (He and MARGE em brace.)ANGELINA. So beau ti ful.

(COSMO ex its. MARGE picks up a case of bot tled beerwith a wreath on it.)

ANGELINA. What do you usu ally do around here forChrist mas?

MARGE. Shhhhush. (Aside.) Shir ley, ah, never co mes outon…that day.

ANGELINA. How come?MARGE. Don’t ask.SHIR LEY. It’s okay. She does n’t know. ANGELINA. Know what?MARGE. Never mind.SHIR LEY. It’s okay Margie. I want to… It’s been too

long… (To ANGELINA.) Twenty years ago on Christ -mas morn ing, I lost my hus band, Buck…Buck Gomes.

ANGELINA. I’m so sorry, Shir ley. I did n’t mean to…SHIRLEY. Two Coast Guard of fi cers came by the house

while the kids were still open ing pres ents. They said myBucky had gone over board. It was his fam ily’s boat.

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They searched for a long time, but they could n’t findhim. They just could n’t find him. Af ter twenty-two days, the Coast Guard sent us a cer tif i cate.

FAY. A long time ago my daddy did n’t come home fromthe sea nei ther. He said he’d come back, but he neverdid. The liar.

SHIR LEY. There’s no clo sure with out the body. You al -ways think you’ll see him again. You look for him walk -ing down the street. Some times, late at night, I think Ihear Bucky com ing up the stairs, home from a trip. Onenight he pinched me.

ANGELINA. Oh, oh…SHIRLEY. It’s okay. I’m fine. The kids are fine… away at

col lege. FAY. Away from here. That’s a good thing.SHIRLEY. My Bucky was lost. But I’ll find him…in an -

other life.FAY. There ain’t no other life. This life sucks bad enough. SHIRLEY. Fay, your dad would not have wanted you to…FAY. Fish er men are lowlifes! They all cheat.NOAH. Ah, only when they are able.ANGELINA. It does n’t have to be like that. My re la tion -

ship with Jack will be dif fer ent, is dif fer ent. (ToMARGE.) If you love hard enough and true enough, itwill keep them from run ning around.

MARGE. I don’t know.FAY. Angelina Polly-eena. How long you known Jack? A

month? Most of which he’s been at sea. ANGELINA. So.FAY. Ole Jacky-six-pack picks you up the first night you

start workin’ here. Lit tle girl from the po tato farm. Fresh meat for a drunken dog fish, and now you’re…

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