A Song at Night (A Poetic Play in Ten Scenes) by
In a working class suburban neighborhood, a wounded vet, Rafa, relives a battle in his dreams. His lover, Claire, sits beside him trying to call him back with memories. A Hawk circles overhead waiting to take him on a journey.
When Rafa momentarily awakens he doesn’t recognize his surroundings, and strikes out at Claire in self-defense. Then he’s gone again. She packs and tries to leave. She...
When Rafa momentarily awakens he doesn’t recognize his surroundings, and strikes out at Claire in self-defense. Then he’s gone again. She packs and tries to leave. She...
In a working class suburban neighborhood, a wounded vet, Rafa, relives a battle in his dreams. His lover, Claire, sits beside him trying to call him back with memories. A Hawk circles overhead waiting to take him on a journey.
When Rafa momentarily awakens he doesn’t recognize his surroundings, and strikes out at Claire in self-defense. Then he’s gone again. She packs and tries to leave. She makes it to the street but can’t go any further. An old woman, Connie, who lives next door accosts her about the disturbances, as the Hawk descends and sits with Rafa, taking up the voice in his dream.
As the play progresses Claire and Connie share a series of encounters as Connie urges her to defend herself by leaving. But Claire doesn’t know if she can abandon her lover to fight this battle on his own.
Rafa awakens, as Claire sleeps, and echoes her memories. Then he leaves, scattering his poetry across the neighborhood. He ends up on Connie’s porch, armed and fighting invisible enemies. The young vet and the old woman reach each other, connecting through his battles, and her battles with the lover she lost during Vietnam. Then the Hawk arrives, and carries him away, as Claire wakes and searches for her lover.
On the journey Rafa relives the battle that haunts him, as Connie relives the battle that haunts her. Until the end, when Rafa returns to Claire in her dream.
When Rafa momentarily awakens he doesn’t recognize his surroundings, and strikes out at Claire in self-defense. Then he’s gone again. She packs and tries to leave. She makes it to the street but can’t go any further. An old woman, Connie, who lives next door accosts her about the disturbances, as the Hawk descends and sits with Rafa, taking up the voice in his dream.
As the play progresses Claire and Connie share a series of encounters as Connie urges her to defend herself by leaving. But Claire doesn’t know if she can abandon her lover to fight this battle on his own.
Rafa awakens, as Claire sleeps, and echoes her memories. Then he leaves, scattering his poetry across the neighborhood. He ends up on Connie’s porch, armed and fighting invisible enemies. The young vet and the old woman reach each other, connecting through his battles, and her battles with the lover she lost during Vietnam. Then the Hawk arrives, and carries him away, as Claire wakes and searches for her lover.
On the journey Rafa relives the battle that haunts him, as Connie relives the battle that haunts her. Until the end, when Rafa returns to Claire in her dream.