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Deidre Where's that?
Ameer It's far away.
Deidre How long have you been in America?
Ameer Seven years.
Deidre Is your family here?
Ameer No, my wife and two kids are in Pakistan.
They're coming next year, hopefully.
Deidre Is it fun?
Ameer What?
Deidre Sri Lanka.
Ameer No. No money.
Deidre Oh.
Ameer So where are you from?
Deidre Oklahoma.
Ameer Where's that?
Deidre It's far away too.
Ameer So why you come to New York?
Deidre Have you ever been to Oklahoma?
Ameer No.
Deidre It's awful.
Ameer What do you do in New York?
Deidre I'm going to school.
Ameer What you study?
Deidre Biology.
Ameer What's that?
Deidre Biology?
Ameer Yeah, what's that?
Deidre It's, um, about how things like your body and
stuff, like how things work together.
Ameer (he looks at her dumbfounded) Oh. So are you
ready to work?
Deidre Well how much money can I make?
Ameer Oh, everybody's different. Depends on what you
do.
Deidre And there's definitely glass between me and the
customers?
Ameer In the booth, yes.
Deidre Yeah, I only want to work in the booth. I don't
want anyone touching me.
Ameer You don't like to dance?
Deidre I'm not a good dancer.
Ameer You do the dance on the laps, you make a lot more
money.
Deidre I'm just not comfortable.
Ameer Deidre, the booth is good, but you make a lot
more money doing lap dances.
Deidre How much more?
Ameer A lot more.
Deidre I just don't think I'm comfortable doing that.
Ameer Okay, if you change your mind you let me know.
So are you ready now?
Deidre To work?
Ameer: Yeah?
Deidre I didn't bring any clothes.
Ameer That's okay, we'll take care of you. You wanna
try?
Deidre Right now?
Ameer Sure right now.
Deidre I guess.
Ameer Don't worry you'll be fine.
Deidre Where do I go?
Ameer Okay, you come with me.
Scene 13: The Lap Dance: Working Day and Night
Sherry and Shane will begin the Lap Dance sequence, Shane is
sitting on one of the runway cubes. As they come to a close,
Rhonda and Janet will role on the Grocery Wall for Katherine
to shop at. When Katherine is done, the two lap dance
couples will switch positions, leaving Sherry and Shane
exiting with wall and Rhonda and Janet on the cube dancing.
The process will be repeated again for Susan to grocery shop,
except this time Jennifer and Philip will bring on the
Grocery Wall and take over the lap dancing while Shane and
Rhonda exit with wall. The point of all of this is that the
audience never sees the lap dancing couples switch positions,
they simply appear and reappear. Also, besides the actual
lap dances, during the scene we see Ameer getting Deidre
dressed and ready for her first night on the job. (Length of
song: 5:06)
Working Day and Night lyrics:
In opening music section, Ameer & Deidre
exit, Jennifer and Rhonda cross stage,
stopped by Ameer & Deidre's entrance.
Deidre joins Jennifer & Rhonda and all 3
exit off SR, Ameer off SL.
Sherry and Shane get into place, they
begin to dance on first line of song.
Ooh my honey
You got me workin' day and night
Ooh my sugar
You got me workin' day and night
Scratch my shoulder
It's aching, make it feel alright
When this is over
Lovin' you will be so right
I often wonder if lovin' you Ameer & Deidre enter
opposite sides,
Will be tonight Ameer gives an outfit to her.
But what is love girl
If I'm always out of sight (ooh)
(That's why) Ameer & Deidre exit opposite
sides.
You got me workin' day and night
And I'll be workin'
From sun up to midnight
You got me workin', workin' day and night Katherine goes
grocery shopping.
You got me workin', workin' day and night Janet & Rhonda
switch places with
You got me workin', workin' day and night Sherry and
Shane. All exit after
You got me workin', workin' day and night Chorus.
You say that workin' Rhonda & Janet dance.
Is what a man's supposed to do
And I say it ain't right if I can't give sweet love to you
(Ah)
I'm tired of thinkin'
Of what my life's supposed to be (well)
Soon enough darlin'
This love will be reality (ah ah)
How can you live girl Ameer & Deidre enter. Ameer
gives
'Cause love for us was meant to be (well) Deidre shoes.
Then you must be seein'
Some other guy instead of me (ooh)
(That's why) Ameer & Deidre exit.
You got me workin' day and night
And I'll be workin'
From sun up to midnight
You got me workin', workin' day and night Susan goes
grocery shopping.
(hold on) Jennifer & Philip switch with
You got me workin', workin' day and night Rhonda & Janet
(I'm so tired, tired, tired now)
You got me workin', workin' day and night
(hold on)
You got me workin', workin' day and night
(hoo, hoo, hoo) All exit.
INSTRUMENTAL Jennifer dances.
Hands part follows.
When that is done, Ameer & Deidre
enter, Ameer looks her over a final time.
Ameer and Deidre exit, so that Jennifer
is left alone with Philip for "oh, oh, oh"
You say that workin' Everybody enters: the 3
dance couples take
Is what a man's supposed to do places, the 2 married
couples set up for
And I say it ain't right dinner.
If I can't give sweet love to you (well, ah)
How can you live girl
'Cause love for us was meant to be (well, ah)
You must be seein' (woo)
Some other guy instead of me (ooh)
(That's why)
You got workin' day and night (I don't understand it)
And I'll be workin'
From sun up to midnight
You got me workin', workin' day and night ....
You got me workin', workin' day and night ....
You got me workin', workin' day and night ....
You got me workin', workin' day and night ....
INSTUMENTAL Another "hands" section with all
couples
participating.
Lyrics continue and music fades out.
Scene 14: The Couples Eat Dinner and Jennifer and Philip
Talk
A.Katherine and Mike
Katherine Do you have any idea how disgusted I am by you?
Do you?
Mike I do.
Katherine Do you really?
Mike I do.
Katherine No, you don't.
Mike Yes, I do.
Katherine Really?
Mike I'm sorry.
Katherine Are you really?
Mike Yes, I really am.
Katherine After everything that we've talked about.
Mike I know.
Katherine You promised me.
Mike I know.
Katherine You swore you'd never go back to those places.
Mike I'm sorry. I slipped.
Katherine You slipped? You slipped. Is that how you see
it, Mike? A slip. Really, is that how you see it? You are
destroying this marriage. You are tearing a hole inside of
me. You are humiliating me in front of all of our friends.
And you have the nerve to sit here at this table and look me
in the eyes and describe what you're doing to me as a "slip".
B. Susan and Bradley
Susan What do you tell him when he tells you about
going to those places?
Katherine Fuck you, Mike.
Bradley What do you mean "what do I tell him"?
Susan Don't you tell him how disgusting he is?
Mike Katherine.
Katherine No, fuck you.
Bradley That's not my job.
Susan But what do you tell him?
Bradley I don't tell him anything.
Susan You don't tell him that he's a pig?
Bradley No, I never told him that.
Susan Well he is, you know.
Bradley Katherine and Mike just got married way too young.
Susan They're the same age we are.
Bradley Well, you know.
Susan How's the salmon?
Bradley Excellent.
Susan Really?
Bradley No, I'm lying.
C.The Customer Couples
Philip I hope this doesn't bother you, but I've been
with hundreds of women.
Jennifer Hundreds, really? Now would that be like two hundred
or like nine hundred?
Philip Baby, I lost count. But I'm telling you, and I
am not drunk right now and I
am not on drugs.
Shane And I want you to believe me when I tell you
this.
Sherry What?
Rhonda No, seriously, I'm gonna tell you something and you
have to believe me.
Janet What?
Philip Will you believe me?
Jennifer What Philip?
Shane I want you to trust me because I'm gonna be
really honest with you right now. Out of all the women I've
been with my entire life, you are by far the most amazing.
Rhonda The most beautiful.
Philip The most perfect.
D.Katherine and Mike
Katherine The lies, Mike, they never end. It's like you'll
say anything. You try to figure out what I want to hear and
you repeat it over and over and you convince me you're
something that you're not. And after awhile I begin to
believe you. I wake up in the morning, I make you breakfast,
you kiss me goodbye, you head off to work, and I think this
is working, this feels right, this is what marriage is. I
feel safe, I feel secure and I start to trust you again. And
then I start the laundry and I empty out your pockets and I
find a gold token with a picture of two people fucking on the
back and I picture you creeping into those places on 8th
Avenue. I've been by them, Mike, I know what they look like.
I saw one the night we took your parents to see Phantom of
the Opera. We were standing on 44th and 8th, trying to hail
a cab, and I looked across the street and I saw one. There
was a big sign flashing, "Live Girls! Live Girls! Twenty
five cents." And I saw the men slinking in and out and I
thought, "Do all their wives know?" Am I the only woman
whose husband sneaks off to those places?" Do other women
find gold tokens in their husbands' laundry? They must,
right?
Mike I don't know.
E.Susan and Bradley
Susan You know I'd kill you, right?
Bradley What?
Susan If I found one of those.
Bradley One of those what?
Susan One of those gold token things.
F.Katherine and Mike
Katherine When I was holding that token this morning
picturing you doing God knows what with God knows who... You
just make me feel so alone.
G.Susan and Bradley
Susan Oh my god I almost forgot. Linda's having
another party on Friday.
Bradley Another one?
Susan Don't act like that.
H.Shane and Sherry
Shane Do you like to party?
Sherry We're partying now.
Shane You know what I mean.
Sherry No, I don't.
Shane Yes you do.
Sherry You mean party.
Shane I mean party, party.
Sherry I'm not that kind of girl.
Shane I don't believe you.
Sherry Honey, you're scaring me.
Shane No, seriously, you ever do drugs?
Sherry Sometimes I do, yes.
Shane You do, don't you?
Sherry Sometimes.
Shane How often?
Sherry Too often.
Shane Oh baby. I'd like to get high with you. That'd
be cool, huh? Would you like to get high with me?
Sherry What are you talking about?
Shane Whatever turns you on.
I.Janet and Rhonda
Rhonda You turn me on.
Janet Do I really?
Rhonda Janet, you really do.
Janet I was thinking about you last night.
Rhonda What were you thinking?
Janet My wife and I were getting dressed, we were going
to a party with some
friends. She put on this beautiful dress. The top was
sequin and the bottom part was this really light, thin
chiffon.
Rhonda What color?
Janet Salmon.
Rhonda I love salmon.
Janet I couldn't stop thinking about you. I wanted to
put it on and go to the party with you instead. I can't take
it anymore, I hate her.
Rhonda I know you do.
Janet When are we gonna be together?
Rhonda It's in your hands, Janet.
Janet I can't divorce her. She'd get half of
everything.
J.Susan and Bradley
Susan Oh and your mom called. She got tickets for
Ragtime on the 14th.
Bradley What's that?
Susan It's a Broadway show.
Bradley Is it long?
Susan It's a Broadway show, Bradley.
Bradley But is it one of those long ones?
Susan It's Rosie O'Donnell's favorite show.
Bradley Who's that?
Susan She has that talk show. Oh my god, Bradley,
where the hell have you been?
Bradley I work during the day.
K.Katherine and Mike
Katherine I watch talk shows, Mike. I know the world is
full of disgusting men who cheat on their wives, but it
doesn't make it any easier and it doesn't make me hate you
any less.
L.Shane and Sherry
Shane So, what are you doing for lunch?
Sherry Are you making me an offer?
Shane Are you available?
Sherry Where would we go?
Shane Meet me out front at one o'clock.
M.Janet and Rhonda
Janet I thought more about our house.
Rhonda What did you think?
Janet I picked a color.
Rhonda What color?
Janet Yellow.
Rhonda I love yellow.
Janet You do?
Rhonda Janet, that's my favorite color.
Janet You never told me that.
Rhonda I'd like to see you in a yellow dress.
Janet I look good in yellow.
Rhonda Are you coming in next Tuesday?
Janet I'm planning on it.
Rhonda Then next Tuesday I wanna see you in a yellow dress.
Janet Would you like that?
Rhonda I would like that very much.
N.Jennifer and Philip
Philip You're definately the kind of woman I could
settle down and have babies with.
Jennifer Philip.
Philip We could get a big house in Connecticut and raise
four kids. Would you like that?
Jennifer Philip, honey, I don't even know you.
Philip But don't you feel like we've known each other
our whole lives? Don't you think we have a connection? Do
you feel that? Do you?
Jennifer I do.
Philip Do you really?
Jennifer I really do.
O.Katherine and Mike
Katherine I honestly feel like I don't even know you.
Mike You know me.
Katherine Do I?
Mike Yes.
Katherine Do I really?
Mike Yes.
Katherine Then tell me, tell me honestly, why do you go
there?
P.Shane and Sherry
Shane When I woke up this morning, I said to myself, "I
want to get high with a beautiful lady." And now, here you
are. It's kind of magical, huh?
Q.Katherine and Mike
Katherine You don't even know why you do what you do?
You're like a child who insists on sticking your finger in
the light socket even when you know you'll be electrocuted.
Mike Katherine.
Katherine What?
Mike I am really, really sorry.
Katherine That's nice.
Scene 15: Deidre and Shane, Her First Customer
(Deidre is in booth 2. She puts on some lipstick, Shane
enters booth. In the scene, "(money)" indicates the times
when Shane gives Deidre more money.)
Shane You know you're really pretty.
Deidre Thank you. (money)
Shane People tell you that all the time, don't they?
Deidre What?
Shane How pretty you are. I'd like to kiss you. You
have beautiful lips. Do you like to kiss? Do you?
Deidre Yeah. (money)
Shane Would you like to kiss me? Would you? Say it.
Deidre Say what?
Shane "I want you to kiss me."
Deidre You want me to say that?
Shane Yeah, say, "I want you to kiss me."
Deidre I want you to kiss me.
Shane Say it softer.
Deidre I want you to kiss me. (money)
Shane I bet you got a tight pussy. Do you? (Deidre
nods "Yes.") Do you really? (She nods "Yes.") Don't lie to
me you fucking whore. Are you lying? (She shakes her head
"No." money) So, what's your real name?
Deidre Deidre.
Shane No, your real name.
Deidre It's Deidre.
Shane Nobody uses their real name here. Tell me your
real name.
Deidre Jessica. (money)
Shane So where are you from?
Deidre Oklahoma.
Shane The city or the state?
Deidre The city.
Shane You're from Oklahoma City?
Deidre Yeah.
Shane No, you're not.
Deidre I really am.
Shane Tell me where you're really from.
Deidre I did.
Shane Do you want more of this? (He waves the money.)
Then you tell me where you're really from.
Deidre Minneapolis. (money)
Shane God, I wanna fuck you. Would you let me fuck
you? Really? (money) Open your mouth. Wider. Come here.
Closer. (money) All the way on the glass. Stick your
tongue out. I think I'm in love with you.
At end of scene, Booth 2 turns back around and Booth 1 turns
open to audience to reveal Janet masturbating under his
dress. He cums and booth revolves back around.
Scene 16: Katherine and Mike Reconcile
(Katherine enters -actually at end of previous scene- with a
cup of coffee, looks at the audience and drinks her coffee.)
Katherine You know when I was younger I use to fantasize.
I use to fantasize about growing up and getting married. I
had my wedding all planned out. I would sit in church and
picture the whole thing. I knew exactly how my dress would
be: pure white with pearls, a veil and a really long train.
I was so jealous when Princess Diana got married because I
didn't know a wedding dress could be that big. I use to
stare at my parents wedding picures for hours. I thought my
parents were perfect. So many of my girlfriends complain
about their childhoods, but mine was great. I grew up in
this really loving home. My parents were incredibly popular,
everyone loved them and they loved each other. Everytime
they parted, they hugged and kissed and said, "I love you."
They were so affectionate. I couldn't wait to grow up and
have everything they had.
When I first met Mike it was great. I was so in love. He
was everything I thought I wanted. He was intelligent, he
was honest, he'd always bring me flowers. He was so cute.
He has this really great butt. You can't really see it
because he always wears suits but it's cute. I can't really
describe it, but it's like... (she tries to show it with her
hands but gives up) It's just really good. And whenever we
went out it was really fun because people would always say,
"Katherine, he's so cute. Katherine, where did you find
him?" And now... he brings me flowers and I want to throw
up. He kisses me and I wonder who else has he kissed today.
He walks in the door says, "Honey, I'm home." And I think,
"Lucky me."
I'm sorry, am I depressing you? I don't mean to, really. I
use to have a sense of humor. I swear I really did. In the
seventh grade I was actually voted class clown. God that
seems so long ago. How did this happen? What kind of a man
goes to a place like that? (Mike enters.) Why do you go
there? Tell me. I wanna know. I can handle it, really.
Tell me, why do you go there? Are you bored with me? Am I
no longer attractive to you? Is it because I won't put my
mouth on it? Is that it? I need to know. I really, I want
to know. I don't want to live a lie here. Tell me, why do
you go there?
Mike I don't know.
Katherine Try to figure it out. Just try.
Mike I don't know.
Katherine Just try.
Mike I've tried to figure it out, Katherine, I really
have. I think about it all the time. It doesn't make sense
to me. Sometimes I go when I'm really depressed and
sometimes I go when I'm excited about something and sometimes
I go when I feel really lonely, but other times I go when I'm
perfectly content and everything's great with us. I can't
tell you why I go. I worry I'm addicted or something. I
don't want to go, but I keep going. Like last time when
everything blew up between us and I said I wouldn't go back,
I really meant it. But last week I was on my way to Penn
Station and I walked by and I just stopped and looked in the
window. And I said to myself, "Don't go in there." But then
five minutes later I was inside and afterwards I felt
disgusted with myself.I really did.
Katherine Do you really want to stop going?
Mike Katherine, I'm in love with you.
Katherine Still?
Mike Yes.
Katherine Are you really?
Mike Yes.
Katherine Why?
Mike Why what?
Katherine Why are you in love with me?
Mike Because you're perfect. Because you're funny and
you're smart and you're beautiful?
Katherine But, I'm not enough.
Mike You are enough.
Katherine You're not bored with me?
Mike No, I love you. I have a problem. It's not about
you, it's about me. (They begin to kiss. It becomes more
passionate. When they are done.) Listen to me. Are you
listening? I will not go back, I promise.
Scene 17: Sex I'm A
The window/pole set piece appears on-stage with Jennifer
posed on it. Throughout the song, windows open and shut.
Money is constantly being exchanged. The women get lots of
money, stick it in their g-strings.
They get felt up by the men. When the windows close, the
women wipe themselves off with wet wipes. The men's faces
and hands reaching through are the only thing we see of the
men. When Jennifer is finished, Sherry does her thing,
followed by Rhonda, and finally Rhonda and Jennifer.
Scene 18: Jennifer's Monologue
(As Sex I'm A is ending, Jennifer will step off the platform
and count her money.)
Jennifer When I was younger and I first started to have sex
with guys, I just assumed that if I ever got pregnant I'd
have an abortion. My best friend, Lisa, had had three
abortions and she made it seem like it was no big deal. I
never grew up wanting to have kids. Like some girls in our
neighborhood were always volunteering to baby-sit and I would
never do that. I was a bit of a wild child, I guess. I was
really into Stevie Nicks and I used to dream about dressing
like that and hitchhiking across the country.
But when I got pregnant at fourteen everything changed. And
it really was ... (she breaks down a little bit) I'm sorry,
I don't talk about this that often. But anyway, the day I
got pregnant really was the greatest day of my life. I knew
that I would have this baby and that we would build a life
together. I just knew it. I did not for one second consider
having an abortion. It was not even an option. And I kept
saying to myself over and over all day, "I'm gonna have a
baby. I'm gonna have a baby." I was so excited. I didn't
want to tell my parents because I knew we would end up in
some big screaming match, even though I knew there was
nothing to argue about because I was definitely pregnant and
I was definitely having the baby and I was definitely ready
to accept my responsibilities as a mother.
And I would love to explain to you why my life changed in one
day, but I can't. My wild streak was gone and I jumped feet
forward into the wonderful world of motherhood and nine
months later I had a baby son. I always say that first day I
found out I was pregnant was the greatest day of my life, but
it wasn't. It was actually the second greatest day of my
life. The greatest day was the day Eric was born. He was
born 6lbs.4ounces with a full head of brown hair and big blue
eyes. People ask me if he looks like his father, and I get
so embarrassed because I have no idea. He'll be eight years
old next month. And he really is the sweetest kid.
So how did I end up here. How does a fourteen year old
pregnant girl from Lincoln, Nebraska, end up working at
Playland on 8th Avenue? Well first of all, I have to tell
you that this did not happen over night. I didn't just wake
up one morning and start working at peep shows.
Somewhere very early on, and I'm not sure who taught me this
maybe it was all those Stevie Nicks albums, but I learned at
a very early age that for a woman in this country or in the
world I guess for that matter you have to have a talent, you
have to be special to actually go somewhere. Men don't.
They just have to show up. But we're different, we have to
prove ourselves or be satisfied with less. So I looked
around for women to model my life on: single women,
successful women, happy women who were raising children on
their own. And I couldn't find any. This was before Murphy
Brown. The women I knew who were single with children were
on welfare and miserable. And I didn't want that for myself.
I've always been very attractive. People have always wanted
to have sex with me. I guess I could have gone to college
and studied something, but I just didn't know what. And so
here I am eight years later making a very good living and
providing for my child.
It was weird at first. I got a job working in this peep show
in Omaha. My girlfriend, Lisa, had moved there a year
earlier with her boyfriend, but it hadn't worked out. And my
parents were so repulsed by the fact that I was pregnant that
we all decided it would be best if I went to Omaha and stayed
with Lisa. For the first six months I was in Omaha, I was on
public assistance and I hated it. I got food stamps and it
absolutely was humiliating. And we met a girl and she told
us about the peep show she worked in and she told us how much
money she made working there. It was an obscene amount, at
least to me. And I became so angry. It was just so enraging
to me that a woman who is half as pretty as me, half as
intelligent, with no family to support was making that kind
of money and Eric and I are barely getting by on welfare and
I have to put up with people pointing fingers at me and
judging me every time I stand in line at the grocery store
and try to use my food stamps.
I don't know if any of you have ever had to use food stamps
before, but it is a completely humiliating experience. The
minute you take them out, people think they know every
fucking thing about you. It slows up the line, people get
angry, the checkout girls don't know what to do with them,
they call the manager over, they tell you, "you can't buy
these, you can buy that, you can only have one of those, not
two." It's fucking humiliating. If any of you learn
anything new tonight, let it be that using food stamps is the
most humiliating thing in the whole fucking world. I bet a
lot of you would consider it humiliating to have to work in a
place like this, but this is nothing. I'm telling you food
stamps, that's humiliation. Anyway, enough about food
stamps.
So I went down to the peep show, the Palace. That was the
name, The Palace.
I did an interview and I got a job and I made more money in
one week than the government gave me in two months. I
stopped taking money from my parents. I threw away my food
stamps. And I was free and it felt so good. In the
beginning, I was only comfortable working in the booths where
there's glass between you and the customer. I wasn't crazy
about being touched by strangers. Because now that I had a
son, I knew I had to stay healthy and the whole idea of
letting some strange man shove his fingers inside me for
twenty bucks was really not that appealing. But I still made
great money and I never had to touch them. And I guess it's
like this with every business, I don't know I've only been in
this one, but once you get in, it's very hard to get out
because I became very good at my job. And the better I got,
the more money I made. And I experienced career advancement.
I started to have regulars. People would call in and say,
"Is Cindy working today?" That was the name I used then
because I ..., I don't know why actually.
But eventually I grew tired of "Cindy", and that's when I
became "Jennifer." I thought about changing my name to
"Stevie," like Stevie Nicks, but later on I read in a tabloid
that she shot cocaine up her butt and that really turned me
off. So, I decided on "Jennifer." Some girls pick these
really ridiculous names like "Sapphire" or "Diamond," you
know those jewel names, "Ruby." But I wanted something more
real, more human. Also I noticed that those girls with the
diamond names tend to burn out much faster than the
"Jennifers" or the "Marias." Don't ask me why.
Anyway, when you work in the strip clubs and the peep shows,
there's like a circuit. You hear about clubs from other
girls passing through town. You have a falling out with the
boss. If you're good or if you're reliable and other places
hear about you the managers might come and try to lure you
away, especially if you're reliable. A lot of the girls
here, and you did not hear this from me, a lotta girls that
work in this business are really flakey. A lot of the girls
are on drugs. I don't do 'em, I never have. And I'm not
standing up here trying to be the Peep Show Spokeswoman, but
a lot of the girls are really fucked up. That's why the
managers like me, because I always come in when I say I'll
come in and I do my job and then go home. I try to be very
professional. Don't get me wrong, a lot of the girls are
professional, but a lot of them are really fucked up, too.
Anyway, a lot of the people all know each other: the
owners, the managers, the dancers. It's all kind of
connected. And that's how I ended up in New York. I worked
my way up the corporate ladder and here I am, The Big Apple.
The bigger the city, the more money you make.
Sometimes my friends say, "You're funny, you're intelligent,
you could get a real job." But I don't want a "real" job.
I don't want to work for $500 a week and watch the government
take a third of it. Please! Some weeks I walk out of here
with 1000 bucks. And that's cash. No taxes. It's mine.
Some weeks it's slow, but in an office what am I gonna make
answering phones and filing papers. It's all about money,
period. Don't let people kid you, it's not about anything
else, it's only about money.
If I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd never come back here.
Some women like to work cause they like to get out of the
house, but I've never been like that. I love being with
Eric, I love watching him grow up. He's very intelligent,
everybody says that, they really do. I just love him, and I
want to be with him all the time. But until I win the
lottery, or I get a million dollar tip from some crazy
customer, or until I find a simpler job that pays just as
well, I'll be here. So come up and see me sometime. I've
always wanted to say that. (Jennifer walks straight upstage
to where Mike is sitting.)
Scene 19: The Beautiful Ones
During this song, a montage of visuals occur all over the
stage. Jennifer lap dances with Mike, Sherry shoots up,
Katherine drinks coffee, Rhonda is with Deidre fixing her
hair and makeup. (Length of song: 5:15)
Beautiful Ones Lyrics:
Opening Music 1. Jennifer stands facing
audience
Mike enters thru B2
Jennifer turns to face Mike
Jennifer walks back towards Mike
Jennifer begins lap dance
Baby, baby, baby 5. Bradley & Susan dance from
SL to SR
what's it gonna be?
baby, baby, baby
is it him or is it me?
Bradley Do you know how sexy you are?
Susan Oh, Bradley.
Bradley No, you really are.
Susan Bradley, you're embarrassing me.
Bradley You're just so damn sexy, do you know that?
Susan Okay, that's enough.
Bradley You're just so incredible. I look at you and I can't
believe how lucky I am.
Susan Are you trying to embarrass me?
Bradley It's not my fault you drive me crazy.
don't make me waste my time 6. B3 turns around,
Deidre is there
don't make me lose my mind baby counting her money
Baby, baby, baby 7. Bradley & Sherry dance
from SR to SL
can't you stay with me tonight
oh baby, baby, baby
don't my kisses please you right?
Bradley Do you know how sexy you are?
Sherry Oh, honey.
Bradley No, you really are.
Sherry Honey, you're embarrassing me.
Bradley You're just so damn sexy, do you know that?
Sherry Okay, that's enough.
Bradley You're just so incredible. I look at you and I can't
believe how lucky I am.
Sherry Are you trying to embarrass me?
Bradley It's not my fault you drive me crazy.
You were so hard to find 8. B1 turns around, Janet
as maid is
the beautiful ones, they hurt you everytime
cleaning Rhonda's booth
Paint a perfect picture 9. Sherry and Shane enter
and shoot up
bring to life a vision in one's mind
the beautiful ones
always smash the picture
always everytime
Music 10. Rhonda enters DSR and lights
cigarette
B3 turns around, Deidre is doing her
makeup
If I told you baby 11. Ameer and Philip, with
bouquet, enter
that I was in love with you and meet at
center, they exchange
oh baby, baby, baby money and tokens
it we got married
wouldn't that be great? Ameer and Philip
exit
Philip Is Jennifer in today?
Ameer Oh, she's with a customer right now. She's doing
a private show.
Philip How long?
Ameer I don't know.
Philip Maybe I'll come back.
Ameer Hold on, hold on. We got new girl, Deidre. Very
beautiful, very young.
Philip How young?
Ameer Really young, she's a student. Maybe you could
teach her a few things.
Philip Where is she?
Ameer Booth #3.
Philip She's available?
Ameer She's waiting for you.
You make me so confused 12. Final look at Sherry
and Shane
the beautiful ones 13. Final look at Rhonda
you always seem to lose. 14. Rhonda, Sherry and
Shane exit
Janet, dressed in suit, exits B1
while Philip enters B3 and red light
comes on B3
Baby, ... Baby, ... Baby 14.5. Jennifer and
Mike begin to exit.
what's it's gonna be baby? 15. Katherine crosses
SR to SL
do you want him As Mike is about to close
the booth
or do you want me door, he sees Katherine
for a moment.
cause I want you Door shuts and music
fades.
I want you
tell me baby,
do you want me
I gotta know, I gotta know
do you want me
Baby, baby, baby listen to me
I may not know ...
Scene 19a: Sherry and Shane
Shane How are you doing? You feel good? (she nods
"yes") Can you feel it? (she nods "yes") It's nice, huh?
(she nods "yes") What are you doing tonight?
Sherry When?
Shane Tonight, after work.
Sherry Oh my god.
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