SCENE 1
(Maxie enters, pushing/pulling a wagon. It is loaded with boxes,
and the sleeping figure of Joe, seen only by the audience.)
MAXIE: Delivery!
SPINNER: And so this is how the adventure begins—on an ordinary day,
with an ordinary delivery, for a not-so-ordinary boy with an
extraordinary dream.
MAXIE: I said delivery! Hey. Who's in charge around here? Which one
of you is … (checking clip board) … Papa Jake?
J.D.: That's our dad, but he's outta town. These are some of my
brothers and sisters. This is …
ANNETTE: Annette!
CUBBY: Cubby!
SHARON: Sharon!
J.D.: (sighs) I'm … J.D. … and I guess I'm the head honcho right
now.
MAXIE: Fine, Mr. Honcho. Sign here. This is your last shipment of
supplies for the summer. Make it last. See you in September.
(Maxie exits, leaving the wagon with boxes, and Joe, center stage.)
SPINNER: This was a downer for the diner. They were now short-handed
and short-supplied.
SHARON: It's our last shipment, J.D.! And summer is our busiest time!
CUBBY: What if we run out of food?
ANNETTE: What if we run out of cooks?! It's almost noon and I haven't
heard a peep from Joe!
(Loud snore; J.D. and his siblings now see Joe.)
ALL FOUR: (yelling) Joe!
(Joe jolts awake.)
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