! Scene 1
ANTONIO: MARIA:
SOPHIA: TIA:
Alright everyone, are we ready for tonight's show? (Everyone is lined up to report on their areas.)
Your trapeze artists, Maria … (each saying her name in rapid succession, with some choreographed movement)
Sophia … And Tia …
ALL THREE: Are ready to fly! ANTONIO: My wonderful nieces. And where's Bruno, our lion tamer? (Bruno hurries in, looking frantic.) Did you say lion?
BRUNO:
ANTONIO: BRUNO:
ANTONIO:
(suspiciously) Yes … why? No reason!
Not again. Where's your lion?! SFX 1: "Lion Growl" (screaming is heard off stage)
BRUNO: SHEP:
ANTONIO: MAX:
(pointing to where the scream came from) Maybe the ticket booth? (he runs out)
I've been counting sheep all night, sir … all one hundred are accounted for and ready to dance!
Thank you, Shep.
(Knife thrower comes in with thick glasses, bumping into things. She is obviously blind as a bat. She faces someone else as she reports in.) Your knife thrower, Max, reporting for duty, Mr. Parabalini.
ANTONIO: Uh, over here, Max!
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