Cast of Characters:

ARIEL: 50 years old, 12 years old, and many places between. She is headstrong and
passionate. She gets in her own way.

MIRA: 50 years old, 12 years old, and many places between. She is self-effacing,
conflicted, and full of feelings. She is smart and too quiet for her own good.

DAVID: 50 years old, 19 years old. He is a well-meaning Modern Orthodox man.

MORAH SARAH/MIKVEH ATTENDANT/RABBI: Should be played by a queer
actor in drag. A Modern Orthodox sex ed teacher trying too hard to make religious
restrictions “cool”/Woman who guides women through the ritual bathing process/a
classic pantsuited reform Rabbi.

GRACIE/MEL/NOA: An endearing and shy cottage core sweetheart/soft butch
heartthrob/an androgynous lesbian with a dark sense of humor

Place
A bedrooms/A kitchen/A hallway/A sidewalk/A Mikveh/A Front Stoop

Time
Preteen years, early adulthood, middle age. Specific references to music or pop culture may be
translated into their more recognizable antecedent depending on when/where this is staged.

A Note on Punctuation:
/ means this line is cut off by the one that follows.
Extra spaces indicate dead air that is part of a line.
…means the speaker is vamping with some kind of nonverbal sound like an “um”