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(The stage is the set of spy headquarters. It has a retro spy feel to
it. A large map of Jerusalem is framed stage right. Stage left there
is an easel with a large pad of paper. There is a desk toward the
back with a globe on it, full of stacks of paper and folders. A
science table with interesting looking beakers with colored water,
and a retro looking switchboard are toward the back. Near the
science table is a bird cage or perch with a few fake parrots. At the
front stage left, a scribe sits at a desk with papers and a pen. Older
Dee enters and approaches the desk.)
(music begins to "Spies Like Us")
SCRIBE: Good morning, Dee. Or should I call you, Agent Dee?
OLDER DEE: Oh, Dee is fine. Thank you.
SCRIBE: Everyone loves a good spy novel. This is exciting!
OLDER DEE: Writing my memoirs is not something I ever thought I'd do.
Where do I begin?
SCRIBE: Tell me what it was like to be a spy in Jerusalem, and I'll start
getting it down on paper.
SONG: "SPIES LIKE US"
(The stage comes to life as agents busy around Headquarters
during the song.)
(agents freeze during dialog at measure 69)
SCRIBE: Let's talk about one of your biggest cases, Dee.
(Scribe writes as Older Dee talks.)
OLDER DEE: Alright. Well … the Jerusalem Intelligence Service Three, or
JI3 as those of us in the business know it, had closed many
cases in my tenure. But there was one we could never quite
wrap up. Jerusalem, 4 B.C. It was Passover and the city was
crowded. (thinking aloud) No, the city was bustling … teeming
with crowds. The rumor of a Messiah was creating quite a
commotion. And at JI3 … we knew this city, and the world was
counting on us!
(song finishes)
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