No White Picket Fence. Robin C. Whittaker

      Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Foreword: Fashioning Truth to Think Otherwise

      4  Verbatim Theatre, Youth in Care, Social Action

      5  Production History

      6  Characters

      7  Pre-Show

      8  Scene 1: Meeting Emily

      9  Scene 2: Living Well (Pt. I)

      10  Scene 3: Amanda’s Journey

      11  Scene 4: Meeting Lotus

      12  Scene 5: Catalysts

      13  Scene 6: Emma is Around Six

      14  Scene 7: Lisa Asks, “Why Don’t they Take Him Away?”

      15  Scene 8: Amanda’s Beautiful House

      16  Scene 9: Alisha Sees A Difference

      17  Scene 10: Kris’s Mom is Very Ill

      18  Scene 11: Mary Isn’t Adopted

      19  Scene 12: Brooklyn is Hospitalized

      20  Scene 13: Lotus is Prescribed Dexedrine

      21  Scene 14: Kari’s Cats (Pt. I)

      22  Scene 15: Emily (PT. I)

      23  Scene 16: Lisa’s Garbage Bag

      24  Scene 17: Mary’s Being Watched

      25  Scene 18: Brooklyn Does the Opposite

      26  Scene 19: Things Don’t Work Out with Kris’s Aunt Brenda

      27  Scene 20: Kari’s Cats (Pt. II)

      28  Scene 21: Lotus Joins Athletics

      29  Scene 22: Emily (Pt. II)

      30  Scene 23: Lisa at the Bridge

      31  Scene 24: Mary’s Dream

      32  Scene 25: Emma’s Punishments

      33  Scene 26: Lotus’s Friend Plays AccordÉOn and It’s Past Our Bedtime

      34  Scene 27: Everyone Drinks at University, Amanda

      35  Scene 28: Alisha Makes her Own Pieces

      36  Scene 29: Emily (Pt. III)

      37  Scene 30: Lotus Detoxes

      38  Scene 31: Kris’s Coat

      39  Scene 32: Amanda’s Finding Roots

      40  Scene 33: Living Well (Pt. II)

      41  Scene 34: Reflections

      42  Afterword

      43  Acknowledgments

      44  Copyright

      Page List

      1  Cover

      2  iii

      3  v

      4  vii

      5  xi

      6  xii

      7  xiii

      8  xiv

      9  xv

      10  xvi

      11  xvii