Fabulous Monsters by Diana Burbano Draft #1 for Chapman 2014 310-437-9246
[email protected] 100 Atlantic Ave #401 Long Beach, CA 90802 Cast of Characters Sally: 17. Punk rock girl. Androgynous. Latina. Slade: Sally at 50. Still angry. Still punk. Lulu: 17 Very pretty. Ambitious. feminist. Any ethnic. Luisa: Luisa at 50. A rock icon. Steely. Kady: 17. Luisa’s pretty, complicated and conniving teenage daughter. Nick: Ageless. Working-class. Punk rocker. Dying of liver cancer. Scene A Los Angeles punk club. Seedy Time 1977-2015 PROLOGUE Sound: A roaring crowd at a rock concert: the first loud chord of a punk song is heard. TRANSITION Blitzkrieg Bop 1977 A space that can be a music studio, a nightclub, a performance space. Graffiti on the walls, archeological layers. 1977. Lulu is sitting on the edge of a club stage. She has the number "14" pinned to her blouse. Sally enters, shy, with the number "15", which she rips off. She is in ripped up jeans and a t-shirt in contrast to Lulu’s short shorts and Mexican blouse. Lulu is a beauty. They eye each other like suspicious cats. Sally starts to pack up her guitar. LULU (calmly) How’d your audition go? SALLY: He told me to put more make up on. LULU Are you cut? (Picks up the discarded number tag)...Sally? SALLY No. He wants me to come back later. You? LULU I hated the fucker on sight. He stared at my boobs the whole time. SALLY: Well... LULU Whatever. If they help me get the gig, I’ll show him my boobs.