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    The Green Lake Collection: The Seattle Play Series, #1
    The Green Lake Collection: The Seattle Play Series, #1
    The Green Lake Collection: The Seattle Play Series, #1
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    The Green Lake Collection: The Seattle Play Series, #1

    By Rebecca A. Demarest, Courtney A. Kessler, J.D. Panzer and

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    The Seattle Play Series presents their debut collection of plays about Green Lake by Seattle playwrights.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Seattle Play Series
    Release dateOct 15, 2014
    ISBN9781502272126
    The Green Lake Collection: The Seattle Play Series, #1

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      The Green Lake Collection - Rebecca A. Demarest

      For Green Lake,

      or Greenlake,

      however you choose to spell it.

      Forward

      Seattle has many wonderful features, but one of the best aspects of Seattle is the neighborhood culture. We love neighborhoods here. Mention Belltown or Madrona or the U-District and any Seattleite will be able to tell you all about that area’s hot spots, best-kept secrets, coziest coffee shops, most beautiful parks, bike trails, and even free parking spaces. Each neighborhood has a culture all its own - a way to define itself from the others. Some neighborhoods are quirky and a little weird; others are walkable and family friendly. Some are super trendy and crowded while still others are grungy, and that’s okay. No matter your style, there is one place in the whole of Seattle where you are guaranteed to find what you are looking for, and that place is Green Lake.

      In the fall of 2013, I was taking a walk around the lake and playing my favorite people-watching game, What’s the story? The basic idea is to wildly speculate who the people you are watching are, what they do, or what their secrets are. After commenting on a couple runners that passed me, I began to think, What are these people’s lives truly like? The idea for The Diagnosis began to form right then and there. The thought continued, though, and I began to think about all of the other stories that could be told about these people. I got in touch with some local playwrights and The Green Lake Collection of the Seattle Play Series was born.

      These plays were written about and for the Green Lake community. They represent the history and the strength of the people that come and go each day. Good or bad, happy or sad, reminiscent or thoughtful these plays reflect this intersection of people and, hopefully, honor Green Lake as a place that brings everyone together.

      Courtney A. Kessler, 2014

      The Path

      by Jerry Kraft

      Two people meet on the running path around Green Lake over the decades of their lives. Never really close, they nonetheless share most of the important experiences of their individual lives, all through brief encounters on this iconic path.

      Characters

      Ariel: A relatively sophisticated, but not snobbish woman who is very secure in her life and the choices she makes about it.

      Joey: A much more working-class man who suffers many losses and many disappointments during his life.

      JD: A teenage boy in the current day.

      April: A teenage girl in the current day. Granddaughter of Ariel.

      Setting

      All of the action takes place on the running path around Green Lake.

      The entire play takes place on the path around Green Lake. The actors must age, sometimes by many years, during each lap around the lake. This must be done physically and emotionally, and not with the aid of any costume or makeup. The play begins in 1922. Ariel enters stage right at an easy jogging pace. She is an attractive young woman dressed in casual, modest recreational clothes. She has obviously been running for a while, but she is only slightly fatigued. Immediately behind her Joey runs on, totally exhausted. As He gets to center He stops, bends over and tries to catch his breath. His gasping for breath is so great that Ariel stops and turns back to him.

      Ariel: Are you all right?

      Joey: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Fine.

      Ariel: You probably need to stop.

      Joey: Yeah. I...yeah...ah...yeah. Maybe just a little rest...I’ve run all the way around Green Lake. (Ariel laughs) Why is that funny?

      Ariel: I’ve just finished my second lap. (Joey stands up, having caught his breath now. He reassesses this young woman.)

      Joey: You’re young. I’m Joey.

      Ariel: Hello, Joey. I’m Ariel. Young Ariel.

      Joey: Ariel. Pretty name. Are you some kind of girl athlete?

      Ariel: Certainly a girl. I like to stay fit.

      Joey: Well, you’re definitely in great shape.

      Ariel: And you’re a bit fresh, aren’t you? I should be going.

      Joey: No, please. Stay. Just a moment. I’d just like to talk.

      Ariel: I’m not sure we have anything to talk about.

      Joey: Won’t know ’til we talk. I don’t mean to offend. You know this is 1922 right? Not 1882.

      Ariel: I forgot. The Jazz Age means people no longer need to be polite or concerned with the morals of others.

      Joey: That’s not what I meant. I’m getting off to a rather bad start with you, aren’t I?

      Ariel: I don’t think this is the start of anything.

      Joey: It’s unusual.

      Ariel: A woman running?

      Joey: A woman running the path alone. I would expect you to be here with other women.

      Ariel: I thought it was 1922. We modern girls have a bit more independence. Perhaps you didn’t know that.

      Joey: Sorry.

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