SONG: "AWAY WE GO"
(As the song begins, lights up on the bridge of a space ship. The crew enters, singing. It's a busy deck. As they sing, they attend to their panels and controls, which can be as basic or as detailed as you like. Captain Magellan and first mate Info enter together and move downstage, center, Magellan slightly forward. In Info's arms is a short, fireplace-sized cut log. Ideally freshly cut growth rings will be visible, if not small branches.)
(Magellan looks out at the audience expansively and she begins her monologue.)
MAGELLAN: (dialog begins during meas. 75) Captain's log. (Info hands Magellan the log.)
MAGELLAN: Thank you, Info. Captain's log, March 25th
performance) location: deep space. Captain Tiffany Magellan in command of the S.S. Emmanuel, the world's most advanced space ship. We blasted off from the Space Center hours ago, and are departing Earth orbit into deep space. Our mission is to discover, witness and record the indescribable beauty and size of God's creation. Our ship, the "Emmanuel" can travel at or near light-speed, which will allow us to complete in just six months what would take a normal ship decades. Our mission motto is Psalm 19:1, "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands."
, 2012; (year of the
(Magellan hands the log back to Info and the two resume their positions on deck, the captain in a chair in the middle of the set.)
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