person, and start breathing deeply! That's when I really started living!

Lisa (enviously). I want the same!

Xana (with intrigue). Teach?

Lisa thinks for a little bit.

Lisa (definitely, loudly, firmly and confidently). Yeah!

Xana (with intrigue). Get up!

Xana approaches Lisa, holds out her hands to her. Lisa takes it. Xana pulls Lisa out of her seat. Both are standing.

Rhythmic music begins to sound softly.

Xana (with intrigue). Come on, shake it up. Imagine that you have been wearing a bunch of different blocks, clamps, chains and shackles since childhood. Close your eyes and directly imagine all this in material execution!

Lisa closes her eyes. Presents. He slouches a little under the weight, sits down a little, imagining all this heaviness on himself.

Xana (with intrigue). Introduced?

Lisa (heavily, with a tired hoarseness). Yeah…

Xana (loudly, imperiously). And now get rid of all this nonsense with one jerk, one time!

Lisa imagines how she takes on all this binding and burdening, and jerks off all this, having managed to jump aside.

Lisa sighs with relief, looks wearily at Xana. Lisa's look is already different. She's different.

Xana (with interest). How? Easier?

Lisa (discovering something new in herself, carefully). Yeah…

Xana (with intrigue). Now straighten up, spread your arms as if they were wings.

Xana shows you how to do it. He spreads his arms out to the sides like wings. Lisa repeats the movements.

Xana (with intrigue). Feel every feather, take a deep, deep breath, straightening your shoulders.

The girls sigh deeply with pleasure, closing their eyes, straightening their shoulders, not waving their wings too much.

The music starts playing a little louder.

Xana (with intrigue, loudly). Feel it? Do you feel a different Lisa awakening inside? The true Lisa? The one who came into this world, which has not yet had time to hang labels, locks and chains?

Lisa (with pleasure, covering her eyes with pleasure). I feel… Good…

Xana (loudly, to the point of trembling on the back). And now soar to heaven inside yourself and finally allow your Soul and body to do what they want!!! What they have been dreaming about for so long!!!

The music is getting even louder!!!

The girls start dancing. Dance body and Soul, the way they want.

At first, it is relatively modest and restrained, but as the music increases, the girls begin to "break away" so that everyone around them wants to start dancing!

The music abruptly subsides to the level of being able to say something.

The girls continue to dance.

Xana (addressing the audience, cheerfully, goading). Spread your wings, People! Dance with us, let's light up!!!!

The music increases dramatically in volume!

More!

Even louder!

That's it, yes!

Girls just tear up the space with their dancing, daring and sharp dance moves.

We anneal it so that the operator starts dancing with us and the light spotlights go on a spree in his hands!!!

Dancing and rejoicing, all the girl actresses come out.

Bow.

A curtain

Novosibirsk, January 2023

***

Dedicated to Tatiana Pavlova,

a former flight attendant.

She lived 69 years.

In 2022, she was gone.

I always remember the kind, open

smile of this pleasant, friendly

person.

…

With warmth, Nikolai Lakutin

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Explanatory note for the director:

1. Not for staging in the Penza region!!! It is highly not recommended to install the original version in the Penza region. If you put, then all the jokes about the residents of Penza from the 3rd scene of the 2nd act should be removed. Although this episode with the name of Penza residents is not fiction, but no one likes to be laughed at. It is better not to take risks and not to touch on this topic at all when staging in the specified region.

2. There are several borderline jokes in this play. Every director knows his audience. Therefore, look at the situation. You think that somewhere it is better not to voice something — so be it. If you know that this particular audience will perceive certain moments with a bang — act boldly!

3. In the second act of the second scene "Oh, it's good-it's not good", Damira and Angelina communicate without words, after tumultuous tumbles with Marat's "gift". It is not necessary to use gestures, facial expressions and individual voice notes to try to convey the proposed version of a little discussion. You can have your own version, but + is close to the original one. In any case, the girls are emotionally and admiringly, exhausted from fatigue, trying to tell each other how good it was for them.

4. In the scenes where the girls (Xana and Angelina) look at the clock! You can beat them in different ways. They can look at a wristwatch, but then the watch must be provided on their hands (for example, a fitness bracelet). They can look at the wall clock, if they are provided by the scenography. You can simply watch the time on your smartphone. But the coolest thing would be if the clock would appear on a large monitor or on the wall from the projector. It would also switch the audience to an interesting directorial move, and in general it would be unusual, though troublesome.

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These explanations and suggestions are optional for the production, all at the discretion of the director.

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The conditions for staging the play are negotiated individually.

All the plays of Nikolai Lakutin are presented for review in open access on the official website of the author http://lakutin-n.ru the "Plays" section

Author's email [email protected]

The cover photo of the play is borrowed from a free photo bank, under a Creative Commons license