DEVIL AHHH!!!
(rolls dice and moves LITTLE BOY gamepiece)
Yes!!
LITTLE BOY scrambles out of pot as SIX are about to descend over
him and runs downleft, realizes he doesn’t have the clock and stops.)
PSYCHIATRIST
Not so fast.
(rolls and moves MOM forward)
She’s still got the soul!
MOM crosses down center to show BOY the clock and laughs.
DEVIL
(rolls and moves BOY one square)
Boy moves toward soul one
square.
PSYCHIATRIST
(rolls and moves SIX Pieces. They move forward to
back up MOM.)
Demons move in two squares!
DEVIL
(rolls dice and moves BOY piece)
She may have the soul for now,
but the Boy is safe!
PSYCHIATRIST
(rolls and moves piece. Draws a Card.)
Maybe, but you’
re not.
(Shows DEVIL the card)
Fear Card! Prep Him! Nurse Jane!
(Jane runs off. THE SIX begin to remove their Hats and Demon
gowns, readying for the song. MOM takes clock to cauldron and
wheels it downleft to prepare for cooking)
DEVIL What does that mean?
PSYCHIATRIST It means to move forward you have to face your
deepest fear. What are you afraid of?
DEVIL I don’t know!
(Nurses give him a shock)
PSYCHIATRIST Who
are you really?
DEVIL I don’t know!
(Nurses give him a shock)
PSYCHIATRIST Tell us! What are you most afraid of!
DEVIL I don’t know!
(They shock him and leave defibs on his
head)
PSYCHIATRIST Think!
DEVIL I can’t think with them doing that!
(Nurses remove defibs
and put them away)
I’m afraid of being left alone.
PSYCHIATRIST Good. Now face it. Face it head on!
DEVIL I can’t!
PSYCHIATRIST You have to. Go Deep! Deep!
TWO NURSES
Deep into the forest, where the crazies hang...
...a-skif boff dibbity dip, dibbity boff dang
PSYCHIATRIST one...two.. three...four....
Song Starts. Nurse Angels enter. The LITTLE BOY remains hidden
under downright ramp, watching the action. THE SIX and chorus
begin gyrating to the beat. The DEVIL watches in confusion and
terror, PSYCHIATRIST gets into
the song, and MOM dances as she
stirs the pot with the clock ready to be stewed.
NURSE
Slap hap pappy on a corner to nine he got the situation suckered
given a manner of time and If you give him a chance he'll slip-in-a-
numeration happy hippy common denominator nature lover
Gone.To . Give. A.
Gamelon a panther in the manner described he’s gonna panalong the
jammer on an ax he would grind it’s said he’ll make a finger linger on
a loveable spine and himmy jimmy on a hell of a lot of fish
And himmy jimmy on a hell of a lot of fish.
NURSE JANE
One little fishy he swim swam swan
into the school of fishies in the jim jam jam
in the great big ocean the big big ocean
and he swam and he swam and he swam
into the light of the silvery moon 2-3-4
Every hero has his Achilles heel
he try to consciously object but end up makin a deal
to even think you could avoid it
slip away like an eel
is just denial baby buggy bumper
canna' frumpa lumpa
CHORUS your deepest fear
your deepest fear... your deepest fear
your deepest fear... your deepest feat
MOM sees BOY and crosses with clock to get him. The crowd
carries DEVIL downstage center and sets him beside MOM before
running off. MOM turns and is shocked by his presence. BOY grabs
clock, runs off, MOM starts to follow, stops, and turns back. DEVIL
and MOM face each other.
PSYCHIATRIST
(to DEVIL)
Your turn.
NURSE JANE You’re gonna whimper
like a baby when it gets here
DEVIL runs off.
Blackout.
End of ACT I