24710: Title: So Maybe the Basquiats Afterall Summary: Flutter calls Wow to check on preparations for the meeting. Wow is depressed because he just acquired tickets for a concert but realized that the concert conflicts with the memorial service for Avide. Cast: Wow Flutter The qualities of these two characters are defined in the main script. Stage Manager Ð over the years we have created a character that is slightly disappointed and frustrated with the other characters in our show. I think that attributed is quite evident here. Location: A phone conversation as the two of them are getting ready for the SPoG meeting. The two live in separate cities and see each other only at meetings. Both are packing suitcases that are far larger than one might normally use for a one-day meeting. WowÕs suitcase is meticulously organized. Socks and underwear is carefully folded and packed in plastic bags. FlutterÕs suitcase is a bit of a mess. It still has some items in it from the last trip. (He didnÕt use them, so why should he repack them?) Time: 5 days before the meeting. Midafternoon. Text: <>[00:00] Stage MGR: HWMS Audio Theatre is producing a new show, a show about relationships, about good motives, about betrayal, and, finally, about Board Meetings. Its working title is ÒPinky and Beta Read Roberts Rules of Order.Ó <>[00:00] Stage MGR: Wow and Flutter. Characters, putting it gently. Members of the board of directors for the non-profit Society for the Promotion of Goodness or the ÒSPoGÓ as we call it. <>[00:00] Stage MGR: The names. Yeah. Wow. Flutter. Real birth names, apparently. [with resignation] Everyone has a mother and not every motherly idea is good. ÔSpecially when it comes to names. <>[00:00] Stage MGR: ItÕs five days to the SPoG board meeting. Wow and Flutter are doing the most important things they can imagine: Outfits. Picking their outfits and organizing their suitcases. <>[00:00] Flutter: Finished packing, Wow? <>[00:00] Wow: DonÕt know, Flutter. <>[00:00] Flutter: No, No, No, Sticky. Five days. Only five days Ôtil the meeting starts <>[00:00] Wow: [despondent] Yeah, yeah, yeah. <>[00:00] Flutter: Sound depressed. É The new jacket? <>[00:00] Wow: [sigh]. No, no, no. ItÕs fine, fine. Swizz. Avide. You know. The thing for Avide. <>[00:00] Flutter: [Trying to cheer Wow] Avide. Yes. So sad. But youÕre ready for a great meeting. New Jacket. New Basquiat Boots. Sets you on fire, Sticks. <>[00:00] Wow: Going with the Tony Lama boots rather than the Basquiats. <>[00:00] Flutter: Lamas? Oooo. So formal. <>[00:00] Wow: Respect. Respect for Avide. Sends formal kind of message. <>[00:00] Flutter: For the Society Board? <>[00:00] Wow: No. No. No. You know. Avide. <>[00:00] Flutter: Not formal. ShouldnÕt be. Avide was a rumpled man. And had only one pair of shoes. <>[00:00] Wow: Or many pairs that all looked alike. <>[00:00] Flutter: So we honor him by bringing a little style. <>[00:00] Wow: Style. Yes. But thatÕs the evening. CanÕt do anything else. We go. We feel sad. No concerts. No shows. Not even a memorial dinner. HeÕd have loved a memorial dinner. <>[00:00] Flutter: You werenÕt finding anything. No shows. <>[00:00] Wow: Until yesterday. <>[00:00] Flutter: Yesterday Did the world move? <>[00:00] Wow: The comet came into view: Annual Gala. <>[00:00] Flutter: CanÕt be true. <>[00:00] Wow: True as life itself. Two tickets. Annual Gala. Morehouse College Glee Club. <>[00:00] Flutter: Be still my heart. Tickets? No. Sold out you said. <>[00:00] Wow: Did say. But Dress Rehearsal. Put our names on the list. Just came through. <>[00:00] Flutter: WeÕre going. WeÕre going. WeÕre going. We will sit. Music will wash over us and we will cry. <>[00:00] Wow: Crying for Avide. His event. CanÕt do both. <>[00:00] Flutter: The Gala. Avide would want us to go. <>[00:00] Wow: No he wouldnÕt, Swizz <>[00:00] Flutter: Loved to sing. <>[00:00] Wow: When he was drunk. Only then. <35i.1>[00:00] Sound: [bottles openning] <35i.2 >[00:00] Sound: [bottles clinking] <>[00:00] Flutter: Music is the food of love. [See Note] <>[00:00] Wow: Music Love? Food ? Beer, Beer, Ò99 Bottles of Beer on the WallÓ Only song he knew. [See Note] <>[00:00] Flutter: Learned more if he could. <>[00:00] Wow: But he canÕt. Not any more. <>[00:00] Flutter: Make up for his loss. That is what we will do. <>[00:00] Wow: Skip his event? <>[00:00] Flutter: No. No. No. We go. We say kind words. <>[00:00] Wow: And what? Have a car waiting for us. <>[00:00] Flutter: Too much to ask for the finest male chorus in America? É Just listen. Listen right now? <>[00:00] Wow: [not sure]. Listening. Listening. <>[00:00] Flutter: You can hear, just hear É Opening notes of ÒTake My HandÓ. ÉComing from the heavens. Cleansing your soul, Sticks. [See Note] <>[00:00] Wow: [recognizing]. Yes. Yes. Oh. So maybe the Basquiats afterall. <>[00:00] Flutter: [excited]. Knew youÕd see it right. IÕll arrange the car. <48i.1>[00:00] Sound: [car start] <>[00:00] Stage MGR: Every Day! Every Day! These are the people I have to deal with every day. If I had a union, I might be able to do something about it. But IÕd be the only member. So I donÕt. I just got Wow and Flutter instead. <>[00:00] Stage MGR: A short scene from the world of our new show: ÒPinky and BetaÓ. Wow was played by Zoe Anastassiou Flutter was played by Kota Fudauchi The show is copyright 2025 by Djaghe LLC. Thanks for listening. <>[00:00]: [end of file] Notes, Technical Details, Glosses & Trivia: Basquiat Boots. Boots based on the art of Jean Michel Basquiat(1960-1988). Basquiat was a colleague of Andy Warhol . Doc Martens introduced them in 2020. Tony Lama Boots Tony Lama has a high-end cowboy boot. $1,000 a pair Morehouse College Glee Club The major musical ambassadors of Morehouse College in Atlanta. Founded in 1911. Morehouse is a Historically Black MenÕs College (Spellman is the womenÕs college. They are next to each other and are , for all purposes, one institution.) The Glee Club has played a major role in developing and preserving the African American Musical tradition. Many Alums of the group have had successful careers in show business. ÒMusic is the Food of LoveÓ Opening Line from ShakespeareÕs play ÒTwelfth Night.. It is a romantic comedy where two couples join together after 5 acts of misunderstanding. Ò99 Bottles of Bear on the WallÓ American Culture at its most common level. It is a countdown song. Every kid knows it. The basic lyric is: Ò99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer Take one down, pass it around 98 bottles of beer.Ó It keeps going until you get to zero. To see how it is commonly sung, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ape8e8aQdfA ÒTake My HandÓ It is a Gospel Hymn of comfort by Thomas Dorsey and is a classic in the African American community. Its full name is ÒTake My Hand Precious LordÓ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od5lY22b180 Notes on Script Conventions: Stage directions are in square brackets [as if to someone in another room] and are not to be read. The direction [beat] means to take a pause about as long as it takes to say the word ÓbeatÓ. [Pause] indicates a longer pause, perhaps as long as a second The slash / and insert ^ are used to indicate two speakers talking over each other. The slash indicates where the next speaker will start talking. The insert ^ indicates the words that will be spoken at the slash in the prior line. It is generally used in editing and doesnÕt have much effect on performance. The double backslash // is used to indicate lines that will be spoken simultaneously. It is placed at the start of each line that is to be spoken at the same time. It is generally used when two or more characters are saying the same thing. Words in (parentheses) indicate asides. They will be softer in the final product but should be spoken loudly but perhaps with a little more air. Lines that begin <>[00:00]Stage: [] as used to map the characters onto the audio stage. It generally has no effect upon performance except when a stage direction says the voice is Òat a distanceÓ or the character is Òcovering the microphone. In those circumstances, it is usually good to speak off center to the microphone or in some other way simulate the effect. HWMS Audio Theatre Performance Script HWMS 24710 ÒSo Maybe the Basquiats Afterall Ó 1 : 1 7/242025 Version 19 © Djaghe LLC