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Libretto for Tomie dePaola’s

The Night of Las Posadas

2nd draft

Music:

1. The Night of Las Posadas 2. The Night of Las Posadas (reprise)

3. Song of Sadness4. March of the Five Doors

5. No Room at the Inn6. I won’t Feel the Cold

7. No Room Part II 8. Maria's Prayer9. The Final Door

10. Through the Door11. Miracle

Cast:

Angie…could also play a devil

Priest…will also play a devil

Lupe…will also play Mary

Robert…will also play Joseph

Set:

A unit set…built like a box that contains wood carvings of Mary and Joseph. This can be projected on to show scene changes and illustrations from the book.

1.

Tomie dePaola’s

The Night of Las Posadas

(As the audience comes in an Overture will be played live or a pre-recorded CD will be played. At the front of the performance space is a plain wooden box, closed up. On the front of the box is projected one or more scenes from the town and church we are performing in. These can be older, historical photos or photos taken just moments before the overture started—showing the real audience parking and coming in, the farolitos being lit, etc. As the audience is seated the cue to end the overture will be given, lights will fade and a video will be shown of Tomie introducing the story.)

Introduction

Good evening and welcome. Los Posadas, an old Spanish custom which celebrates Mary and Joseph seeking shelter in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve, stems from the word posada, meaning “inn”. It began in Spain and came to the New World, first to Mexico, then to the American Southwest and now, tonight to __________________, New Hampshire.

Sister Angie (Tomie—indicates the actress as she enters with a candle in a bag) had been preparing the town for the celebration of The Night of Las Posadas for weeks.

Angie

The costumes are finished…the statues are in place…the farolitos are lit and placed throughout the town. (coughs and then shakes it off…music starts up) All the refreshments are done and…the music! Is the music finished!!!!?

1. The Night of Las Posadas

(The other three traveling singers come out to help the audience join in on the chorus. Projected on the box are photos from the town, again, with the last photo being the farolitos leading up to the front door of the church.)

VASQUEZ: GATHER ‘ROUND AND HEAR THE NEWS

COMING STRAIGHT FROM SANTA CRUZ

AT A PRICE YOU CAN’T REFUSE

SO COME ALONG WITH US

MAKE THE PREPARATIONS AND

HANG THE DECORATIONS

ANGIE AND VASQUEZ: WE’LL HAVE A CELEBRATION ON

2.

THE NIGHT OF LAS POSADAS

(Chorus) THE NIGHT OF LAS POSADAS


THE NIGHT OF LAS POSADAS DRAWS NEARS



THE NIGHT OF LAS POSADAS IS FINALLY HERE

LUPE: MY MOTHER INSISTS I PARTICIPATE

IN THIS SPECTACLE YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR

IT’S NOT QUAINT, IT’S NOT FUN, READ MY LIPS, LUPE’S DONE

I CAN’T WAIT TO GET OUT OF HERE! OUT OF HERE! OUT OF HERE!

ROBERTO: AND THEY’RE MAKING ME POUR THE PUNCH AND CUT THE CAKE

ANGIE: SEW THE COSTUMES, GOODNESS SAKE

VASQUEZ: LIGHT THE FAROLITAS,

LUPE, ANGIE AND ROBERTO: SHAKE THE RUGS OUT, MAKE A FUSS

VASQUEZ: SWEEP THE FLOORS AND TRIM THE TREE

ANGIE: LIGHT A CANDLE TEARFULLY

LUPE: (spoken) Won’t somebody set me free?

ANGIE AND VASQUEZ: IN THE HOPES THAT VIRGIN MARY

BLESSES ALL OF US

3.

ANGIE, VASQUEZ, LUPE AND ROBERTO: THE NIGHT OF LAS POSADAS












(The actors playing Mary and Joseph look very modern in their dress and just stand around after the song. The priest goes to give Angie a Kleenex box and to comfort her.)

Angie

Lovely…(coughs) lovely…Oh, did I forget to mention that we’ll need your help singing some of the songs? It’s the way it has been done for centuries—The Night of Los Posadas is a celebration in song and everyone joins in! (to priest) Thank you father. (she blows her nose) Our father is going to play two parts—a priest (to audience) which should be easy for him, si? And he’ll also be our devils. Devils you say, in a Christmas Story? Just wait and see—some people think the Devils are the best part.

(Priest exits and Angie goes to actors playing Mary and Joseph—they look like typical modern teens.)

Angie

And this year I’m so proud. My niece, Lupe, and her brand new husband, Roberto, are playing the parts of Mary and Joseph. Don’t they look perfect for the parts?

(both teens slouch as music comes up…)

Don’t they look perfect for the parts?

4.

(Lupe changes her posture and Roberto does so with her help…they look a bit more like Mary and Joseph.)

(to an audience member) Do you think they look like Mary and Joseph? (negative response) Here…I know…let’s look at the carvings…(she coughs)

(Angie opens up the box at the front of the room and we see carved figures of Mary and Joseph…they are all wearing bright costumes.)

Just think of these beautiful carvings and try to look like them?

(Lupe and Roberto look at them…they both scowl a bit and look dubious.)

Lupe

We’ll try Aunt Angie…we’ll try.

Roberto

At least we don’t have to worry about a smelly burro.

(Music note—something magic with lights and we think for a moment that we hear a burro bray—a piano chord--but then back to underscoring and regular lights, no one is sure if they heard this or not.)

Angie

Costumes! (loud coughing) That’s what you are missing, your costumes! Did you forget the nice ones I made you?

(Angie closes the box and the projected scene changes to a snow storm.)

Lupe

Roberto, did you forget the costumes!?

Angie

(coughing louder, Priest comes back out—he is now wearing part of his devil costume) You forgot?

Robert

S—(looks around the audience and the room) ugar! I knew I forgot something. I’ll hop in the truck and be right back.

Lupe

I’ll come with you!

5.

Priest

Be careful of the snow! It is really starting to come down—(indicates the snow storm being projected)

Angie

We have to have costumes. We can’t have our Mary and Joseph going from house to house with no—

Priest

There, there…Angie…they’ll be right back. Roberto and Lupe just live straight up the hill…

(Angie is coughing more—being upset doesn’t help.) Angie, I think you should go in the back and rest…all of this stress and now the snow…I’m afraid you’re going to get very sick! You rest…we’ll tell you as soon as Roberto and Lupe return.

Angie

Promise?

Priest

I promise.

Angie

Are you promising me as a priest or a devil?

Priest

(he leads Angie off…) Angie…just rest, Angie…just rest…

Angie

If I fall asleep wake me as soon as Roberto and Lupe return…(yawns) with the costumes.

Priest

(shows us his crossed fingers…of course, Angie…of course.)

2. The Night of Las Posadas

VASQUEZ: THE NIGHT OF LAS POSADAS


6.





(Song reprises…this time Priest will lead the chorus…)

(After a few lines the song is interrupted and the music stops abruptly—slide changes to a truck off the road in the snow.)

Voice

(over loud speaker or can be an audience member) Ohh, Noooo!

Priest

(leads everyone) What!? What is it?

Voice

Tragedy!

Priest

(and everyone) Tragedy!?

Voice

Roberto’s truck slid off the road and it won’t be until morning that they’ll be free!

Priest

(leads everyone as sadness song starts…) Oh, no! (to audience) Let’s not tell Angie…there is nothing she can do about it…(gets quieter) I’m afraid it’ll just make her sicker…

Angie

(comes out looking even sicker…) Not tell me what?

Voice

Roberto’s truck slid off the road and it won’t be until morning that they’ll be free!

7.

3. Song of Sadness

ANGIE: OH, WHAT TERRIBLE NEWS TO BRING

VASQUEZ: TELL US THIS ISN’T HAPPENING

ANGIE: OUR FESTIVITIES CAN’T PROCEED

WITHOUT THE MAIN ATTRACTION

OH, THE CHAOS THAT WILL ENSUE

VASQUEZ: WHAT ON EARTH ARE WE GOING TO DO?

ANGIE AND VASQUEZ: FOILED BY INCLEMENT WEATHER

AND A SUDDEN LACK OF TRACTION

MISERY!

THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING

OH WOE IS ME!

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT

CAN’T CONCEIVE SUCH A CATASTROPHE

COULD JUANITA PLAY MARIA?

ANGIE, VASQUEZ AND CHOIR: MISERY!

THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING

OH WOE IS ME!

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT


VASQUEZ: COULD JUANITA PLAY MARIA?

ANGIE: NO, THE WOMAN’S FAR TOO CHUBBY

8.

BUT MANUEL IS BACK FROM MEXICO

SO HE COULD PLAY THE HUBBY

VASQUEZ: NO HE CAN’T; HE’S SICK IN BED

AND HE’LL BE LAYED UP FOR A WEEK OR EVEN TWO

BUT IF WE’RE DESPERATE WE COULD ASK HIS BROTHER LOU

8.

ANGIE: HIS BROTHER LOU IS BACK IN JAIL

BUT THEN THERE’S ALWAYS COUSIN CLEO

AND HER HUSBAND (WHAT’S HIS NAME AGAIN?)

VASQUEZ: TOO BAD THEY FLEW TO RIO!

ANGIE: COULD ROSITA DO IT?

VASQUEZ: MAYBE, BUT SHE STILL WON’T TALK TO DANNY

WHO’S THE ONLY DEVIL IN THE SHOW

BESIDES YOUR NEPHEW MANNY.

ANGIE: MAYBE PEDRO?

VASQUEZ: PEDRO’S FAR TOO OLD AND HAS A BROKEN PELVIS

ANGIE: AND MIRANDA WITH HER SIDEBURNS,

WELL SHE’D ALMOST PASS FOR ELVIS

VASQUEZ: ANGIE!

ANGIE: ISABELLA’S FAR TOO FRAIL TO MAKE IT OUT THE DOOR

VASQUEZ: AND POOR SOFIA CAN’T REMEMBER WHAT HER NAME IS ANYMORE,

BUT THERE’S PRISCILLA…

ANGIE: SHE HAD SURGERY AND NOW HER NAME IS DAVEY

VASQUEZ: SO THEN HE COULD BE JOSÉ

9.

ANGIE: BUT JUST LAST WEEK HE JOINED THE NAVY

VASQUEZ: HOW ‘BOUT JIM?

ANGIE: HE SMELLS LIKE STALE TEQUILA

VASQUEZ: TOM?

ANGIE: NO WAY!

VASQUEZ: HIS DAUGHTER SHEILA?

ANGIE: FATHER, THE GIRL IS FOUR YEARS OLD.

VASQUEZ, ANGIE AND CHOIR: MISERY! HOW CAN THIS BE HAPPENING

OH WOE IS ME!

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT


MISERY! HOW CAN THIS BE HAPPENING

OH WOE IS ME!

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT


Angie

(has a coughing fit and priest gets stern with her)

Priest

Sister Angie. If you don’t go back to bed immediately we will have to call the ambulance for you!

Angie

But (gestures towards the statues) the Las Posadas?

Priest

There is nothing more you or anyone else can do, Sister Angie. (Angie staggers) Now go to bed!

10.

Angie

Yes, yes…you are right…as always…(yawns, coughs and exits…)

(Lights shift and we hear the bray of the burro once more…lights stay shifted…Priest is checking the curtain, making sure it is closed—going around the back where he will disappear for a moment as he sprinkles snow on the statues and makes them wet.)

(Music plays softly in background after the burro bray.)

(After Angie’s exit…Roberto and Lupe enter but they are changed—he wears a beard, she wears a traditional scarf, their hair styles have changed, if possible, and they wear the same costumes as the statues…)

Priest

(comes around box and stops--leads audience) OHHHH! (himself) Who are you?

Lupe

(with a different accent) We are friends of Sister Angie…Roberto and Lupe are stuck in the snow so we have come to be in the procession.

(The priest can’t believe their good luck…he circles the couple looking them over closely, smelling clothes, etc.)

Roberto

(also with an accent) We know what to do and we want to be in your procession.

Priest

Hmmmn…you say you are friends of Angie’s?

Lupe

Si.

Priest

You don’t look very familiar. I think I’ll have to go wake Angie up and ask her—

Roberto

Don’t do that!

(Mystery music stops.)

11.

Priest

Don’t do that? Why not?

Lupe

We know she is very sick and we don’t want to make it worse.

Priest

Ahh…they must be good friends with Angie if they know that.

Roberto

Venerable father…

Lupe

May we be in your procession?

Priest

Venerable father—I like that. Did you bring a donkey?

Lupe

Father…father…do you really think a woman 9 months pregnant is going to want to ride a donkey?

I mean just imagine—if you can.

Priest

I can’t, actually. (looks them over again, smells clothing—it is wet from snow) Hmmmmn…

(Miracle mystery music comes up again, softly.)

Roberto and Lupe

Well? Can we?

(Music ends.)

Priest

Of course, of course! We were ready to cancel our celebration and then here you are! You may use the rest of the townspeople and whatever else you want to, yes? (asks audience) Yes?

12.

(audience responds with a loud “”YES” as music comes up for March of Five Doors…Priest helps put numbers of each door—projections change to town square…)

4. March of the Five Doors (instrumental)

(Priest exits to get his first devil mask on as Mary and Joseph begin their journey…they will go to five specific doors—either real or projected and a different masked devil will appear from each one.)

5. No Room at the Inn

CHOIR: OH, LET THE HOLY COUPLE IN

GIVE THEM SHELTER

THEY ARE WEAK AND WORN

PLEASE, LET THE HOLY COUPLE IN

LET MARIA REST SO THE HOLY CHILD CAN BE BORN

ITALIAN DEVIL: THEY CANNOT COME IN ‘CAUSE I MAKE A THE PENNE

IT TASTE VERY GOOD BUT I NOT GIVE YOU ANY

YOU CRY AND YOU BEG AND YOU FUSS AND YOU MOAN

BUT DIABLO NO LISTEN SO LEAVE HIM ALONE

AUDIENCE: NO, NO, WE WON’T LET THEM IN

SLAM THE DOOR AND TURN THE KEY

IF YOU’RE WEARY, WEAK AND THIN

DON’T LOOK HERE FOR SYMPATHY


GIVE THEM SHELTER


13.



WEALTHY TELEVANGELIST: I FEEL YOUR PAIN, INDEED I DO

IT GRIEVES ME TO THE CORE

BUT JESUS LOVES ME MORE THAN YOU

AND THAT IS WHY YOU’RE POOR






GIVE THEM SHELTER

THEY ARE WEAK AND WORN…

SCOTTISH DEVIL (INTERRUPTING):

YOU CAN’T COME IN, NO YOU CAN’T COME IN

I’LL SAY IT AGAIN, NO YOU CAN’T COME IN

HEAD FOR THE HIGHLAND AND STAY OFF OF MY LAND

YOU DIRTY WEE BUGGERS YOU CAN’T COME IN!


14.





GIVE THEM SHELTER




ELTON JOHN DEVIL: IT’S A LITTLE BIT FUNNY

‘CAUSE HERE I AM INSIDE

AND YOU’RE OUT THERE, I WISH I CARED…

BUT I DON’T-AND I WON’T TRY TO HIDE IT

SO FOLLOW THAT YELLOW BRICK ROAD

TILL SOMEONE LETS YOU IN

BUT GET THERE QUICK, OR YOU’LL START TO FLICKER

LIKE A CANDLE IN THE WIND





15.

NO, NO, WE WON’T LET THEM IN



DEVIL: DON’T HANG AROUND

GET OUT OF TOWN

ALL: DON’T COME CRYING TO ME!

(Devil exits as Mary and Joseph circle around and end up in front of the box…they are outside, cold, with nowhere else to go…music starts up softly…lights comes down to just one on them…)

6. I Won’t Feel the Cold

JOSÉ: I WON’T FEEL THE COLD

IF WE STAND TOGETHER

LET THE WINTRY WEATHER

TUMBLE DOWN UPON MY BACK

MARIA: I WON’T HEED THE SNOW

IF YOU’RE HERE BESIDE ME

TAKE MY HAND AND GUIDE ME,

IT’S ENOUGH FOR ME TO KNOW THAT

BOTH: NO ONE IN THE WORLD

NO ONE IN THE WORLD

COULD DRY MY TEARS

AND CALM MY FEARS

AND LOVE ME MORE THAN YOU KNOW WHO

YES, NO ONE IN THE WORLD

NO ONE IN THE WORLD

COULD BE MY FRIEND

16.

AND COMPREHEND THE LIKES OF ME

THE WAY YOU DO.

JOSÉ: LIFE IS FULL OF DOORS YOU SEE

OF EVERY SHAPE AND SIZE

WE CHOOSE THE ONE WHICH SUITS US BEST

TOO LATE WE REALIZE

THAT DOORS PROVIDE NO CLUES

ABOUT THE DEVILS HOUSED WITHIN

AND SO WE KEEP ON KNOCKING

UNTIL SOMEONE LETS US IN

MARIA: YET I WON’T HAVE A CARE

THOUGH THE DEMONS TAUNT US

RIDICULE AND HAUNT US,

LET THEM COME, I WON’T DESPAIR

JOSÉ: SO COME AND TAKE MY HAND

WE CAN FACE TOMORROW

THERE’LL BE NO MORE SORROW

WHEN WE REACH OUR JOURNEY’S END

BOTH: FOR NO ONE IN THE WORLD

NO ONE IN THE WORLD

COULD DRY MY TEARS

AND CALM MY FEARS

17.

AND LOVE ME MORE THAN YOU KNOW WHO

YES, NO ONE IN THE WORLD

NO ONE IN THE WORLD

COULD BE MY FRIEND

AND COMPREHEND THE LIKES OF ME

THE WAY YOU DO.

(At end of song projection changes to the outside of the church door…they move towards it hopeful that they will be let in this place…the devil is more subtle here but he sneaks out to lead the song.)

7. No Room Part II

LAWYER DEVIL: IN SECTION B, CLAUSE 23

IT’S STATED QUITE EXPLICITLY

THAT OUR INSURANCE COMPANY

DOES NOT ENCOURAGE CHARITY

WE CANNOT LET THE CHURCH BECOME

A HOSTEL FOR JUST ANYONE

THE RULES CONCERNING THIS ARE CLEAR

DEVILS: YES RULES MUST BE OBEYED MY DEAR

NO, NO, WE CAN’T LET YOU STAY

THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO

PACK YOUR BAGS, BE ON YOUR WAY

THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU

CHORUS (WITH MARIA AND JOSÉ): O, LET THE HOLY COUPLE IN,

GIVE THEM SHELTER, THE ARE WEAK AND WORN

18.

PLEASE LET THE HOLY COUPLE IN


POLITICIAN DEVIL: WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARRIVE IN TOWN

WITHOUT A PLACE TO STAY?

WHERE DID THEY COME FROM ?

WHERE ARE THEY GOING?

WHAT ARE THEY UP TO ANYWAY?

SOMETHING ABOUT THIS IS NOT QUITE RIGHT

MY SUSPICIONS ARE AROUSED

PENNILESS STRANGERS

LOOKING FOR HANDOUTS

TAKE IT FROM ME: THEY MUST NOT BE HOUSED

REDNECK DEVIL: ARE THEY GYPSIES FROM A CARAVAN?

POLITICIAN DEVIL: MAYBE FUGITIVES ON THE LAM?

REDNECK: CON MEN! POLITICIAN: COMMUNISTS!

REDNECK: PUSHERS! POLITICIAN: SLOBS!

BOTH: ILLEGAL ALIENS TAKING OUR JOBS!



IF YOU’RE WEARY WEAK AND THIN

DON’T COME HERE FOR SYMPATHY

19.

(CHORUS, AUDIENCE JOINS IN)



IF YOU’RE WEARY WEAK AND THIN

DON’T COME HERE!

DON’T COME HERE!

DON’T COME HERE FOR SYMPATHY!

(Joseph gives up and he begins trudging towards the exit leaving Mary alone at center…music comes up for her solo: #8…)

8. Maria’s Prayer

MARIA: SCORNED BY ALL, TURNED AWAY

FROM EACH PLACE WE TRY TO STAY

FREEZING COLD, FALLING SNOW

ALL ALONE, NOWHERE TO GO

BUT I PRAY MY GOD WILL WATCH OVER ME

AND HIS ANGELS WILL FULFILL THE PROPHECY

THAT MY CHILD WILL SAVE US ALL

THE MEEK AND THE MIGHTY, THE GREAT AND SMALL

O GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO

THERE’S NO ROOM ANYWHERE

DOESN’T ANYBODY CARE?

20.

DON’T THEY KNOW? CAN’T THEY SEE

THE MIRACLE INSIDE OF ME?

BUT I KNOW MY GOD WILL KEEP US FROM HARM

WE WILL SLEEP TONIGHT SAFELY IN HIS ARMS

AND MY CHILD WILL SAVE US ALL



LET MY CHILD FIND SHELTER

A SOFT AND COZY BED

SOMEPLACE WARM AND SAFE WHERE HE CAN

LAY HIS LITTLE HEAD

WE GIVE OUR LIVES TO YOU O LORD

IN THOUGHT AND WORD AND DEED

I BEG YOU, DON’T FORSAKE US

IN OUR GREATEST HOUR OF NEED

YES, MY CHILD WILL SAVE US ALL



9. The Final Door (a capella)

MARY: PLEASE, WON’T SOMEBODY LET US IN?

21.

I AM SHIVERING FROM THE COLD AND FRIGHT

PLEASE, WON’T SOMEBODY LET US IN?

WE HAVE JOURNEYED FAR

AND MY CHILD WILL BE BORN THIS NIGHT

10. Through the Door (instrumental)

(the final door opens and they are welcomed in by Voice leading the audience—ad libs, “Come In, Welcome! You found the right place! Merry Christmas! Priest reappears—no longer the devil…he leads everyone in cheering and wishing everyone Merry Christmas…during this Mary and Joseph exit…)

Priest

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Our young friends certainly saved Las Posadas, yes? (Looking around) Did anyone see where they went? (ad libs looking around) Maybe they went downstairs to be first in line for the hot chocolate—let’s go down and—

Angie

(enters, rested and looking around) Whew…do I feel better. (looks around some more) But where are Roberto and Lupe? Didn’t you celebrate the Night of Las Pasados?

Priest

Their truck slid off the road and they are waiting with it until they can get pulled out.

Angie

So there was no Mary and Joseph? There was no celebration? For the first time in fifty years---

Priest

Not to worry! (to audience) Right? (waits for them to respond with “Right!”) Your friends came and saved the day…

Angie

My friends? (to herself) My friends?

Priest

The ones who are going to have a baby.

22.

Angie

The ones who are going to have--? But I have no friends who are having a baby.

Priest

What? You don’t know who we are talking about?

Angie

No, I don’t…where are these supposed friends?

Priest

Well…we thought they were in the basement getting hot chocolate but I guess they aren’t…(looks around) We don’t know where they are…

Angie

But they were here!?

Priest

(leads everyone) Oh, yes…yes. Yes!

(Angie looks around…the projection on the box has changed to Tomie’s illustration of Mary and Joseph—they have snow on them…she opens the curtain and sees the same on the real statues.

(Music starts as Priest holds up and everyone looks at the statues…)

Angie

Were the statues outside in the night?

Priest

(leads everyone else) Noooo…

Angie

Then how did they get snow on them? And how did their costumes get…(touches) wet?

Priest

There is no way they could have gotten snow on—and is the church leaking? No, of course not-- so how could their costumes be wet? I am confused Sister Angie…confused.

23.

Angie

It’s a…

11. Miracle

ANGIE: HOW CAN YOU UNDERSTAND A MIRACLE?

OR HOLD IT IN YOUR HAND, A MIRACLE?

EXPLAIN IT ALL AWAY, AND YET, IT HAPPENS ANYWAY

FOR WORDS CANNOT CONVEY A MIRACLE.

VASQUEZ: WE ORGANIZE OUR LIVES SO NEATLY

OUR DESTINY IS OURS TO PLAN COMPLETELY

THEN SOMETHING CHANGES YOU

REPLACING ALL YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW

ANGIE: AND LIFE BEGINS ANEW,

VASQUEZ: MORE SWEETLY

ANGIE, VASQUEZ start and then LUPE AND ROBERTO join in: ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA

Priest

I think I get it.

Angie

I knew you would…

ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA

ROBERTO: MIRACLES CAN HAPPEN IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE

LUPE: OR MAYBE TAKE A LIFETIME TO MATURE

24.

ROBERTO: SOME INSPIRE LAUGHTER,

LUPE: SOME MAY MAKE YOU CRY

ROBERTO AND LUPE: WHILE OTHERS LEAVE YOU SPEECHLESS, AND UNSURE…

ANGIE, VASQUEZ, LUPE AND ROBERTO: ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA




ANGIE: DON’T TRY TO UNDERSTAND A MIRACLE

VASQUEZ: OR HOLD IT IN YOUR HAND; A MIRACLE

ROBERTO AND LUPE: THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO IS

PRAY THAT GOD WILL SEE US THROUGH

LUPE: FOR THERE IS NO MISTAKE

ANGIE, VASQUEZ, ROBERTO AND LUPE: GOD ALONE CAN MAKE

LUPE: A MIRACLE.

(Roberto and Lupe have entered for final lines and repeat of the “Miracle” song…then stay out for the Finale.)

12. Finale

(Curtain Call )

The End

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