(JOANNE’s loft. In blackout another phone rings. We see MAUREEN in silhouette.)
MAUREEN
Hi. You’ve reached Maureen and Joanne.
Leave a message and don’t forget “Over the Moon” — My performance, protesting the
eviction of the Homeless (and artists) from the Eleventh Street Lot.
Tonight at midnight in the lot between A and B.
Party at Life Cafe to follow (BEEP)
MR. JEFFERSON
Well, Joanne — We’re off
I tried you at the office
And they said you’re stage managing or something
MRS. JEFFERSON
Remind her that those unwed mothers in Harlem
Need her legal help too
MR. JEFFERSON
Call Daisy for our itinerary or Alfred at Pound Ridge
Or Eileen at the state department in a pinch
We’ll be at the spa for new year’s
Unless the senator changes his mind
MRS. JEFFERSON
The hearings
MR. JEFFERSON
Oh yes — Kitten
Mummy’s confirmation hearing begins on the tenth
We’ll need you — alone — by the sixth
MRS. JEFFERSON
Harold!
MR. JEFFERSON
You hear that?
It’s three weeks away
And she’s already nervous
MRS. JEFFERSON
I am not!
MR. JEFFERSON
For Mummy’s sake, Kitten
No Doc Martens this time and wear a dress …
Oh, and Kitten — have a merry
MRS. JEFFERSON
And a bra!!
