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Scene by scene summary
Breakdowns of individual scenes follow:-
| SCENE 1:
| WELCOME TO MY HEAD - 20 mins |
| SET:
| MELISSA'S KITCHEN |
| VISIBLE:
| MELISSA and SUSAN are sitting on a couch deep in conversation stage front. |
| SONGS:
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1. PITY THE CHILD
2. WHORE SLAG SLUT BABY
3. WERE YOU THERE
4. WALK IN MY SHOES
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| PLAYERS:
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EVERYONE
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| STORY:
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An introduction to the cast: A fight develops over Melissa's tendency to lewd and provocative behavior and quickly degenerates into a bout of overnight drinking and cutting. Under the influence of drugs and alcohol Melissa is an easy target for depression which sets in in the shape of a visit from The Feelings Monster.
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| SCENE 2:
| THE AFTERMATH - 12 mins |
| SET:
| MELISSA'S KITCHEN |
| VISIBLE:
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MELISSA ASLEEP ON A CHAIR AT THE KITCHEN TABLE
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| SONGS:
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NO SONGS
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| PLAYERS:
| NOT FEELINGS
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| STORY:
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CPI are perplexed to find that even when their supposedly most-strong member (Tapes) is in charge things can go badly wrong. Tapes attempts to explain the reason for her self injury and tells them about the feelings monster and her hunch that things are not quite what they seem. Tapes then sets off alone Deep Inside in order to find out more about what is going on.
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| SCENE 3:
| INTO THE UNKNOWN - 9 mins |
| SET:
| DEEP INSIDE |
| VISIBLE:
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A series of red-lit passageways or gantries descending into a cavern resembling the interior of the heart. The bottom most section is not yet lit but has all the trimmings of a comfortable cave-dwelling.
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| SONGS:
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5. DEEP INSIDE
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| PLAYERS:
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TAPES FEELINGS & SUSAN
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| STORY:
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Tapes goes Deep Inside and discovers the monster in it's lair singing a love song to their father. The Monster is revealed to Tapes to be a young girl, and Tapes flees in abject terror and eventually makes her way back to the surface.
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| SCENE 4:
| TAPES' PLAN - 10 mins |
| SET:
| MELISSA'S KITCHEN |
| VISIBLE:
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A normal domestic scene, people washing up, doing the laundry etc.
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| SONGS:
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NO SONGS
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| PLAYERS:
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EVERYONE
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| STORY:
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Tapes returns to the surface to tell the rest of CPI what she has discovered about the monster. CPI are not convinced that having Feelings near the surface is a good idea and Tapes is reluctantly forced to return Deep Inside alone in her endeavour to learn more about what it is the monster represents.
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| SCENE 5:
| MAD AT YOU - 16 mins |
| SET:
| DEEP INSIDE |
| VISIBLE:
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TAPES MAKING HER WAY BACK DEEP INSIDE
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| SONGS:
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6. MAD AT YOU
7. MELTING ICE
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| PLAYERS:
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TAPES FEELINGS & SUSAN
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| STORY:
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On her return journey (Deep Inside) Tapes expresses her annoyance at having the onerous task of dealing with feelings thrust upon her. Having reached the monsters' lair however, she and Feelings quickly discover a mutual yearning for something totally beyond their previous experiences and are drawn magnetically towards each other into a relationship of unconditional love with Feelings being the child-tutor and Tapes the parent-student.
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INTERMISSION
| SCENE 6:
| SUNDAY MORNING - 6 mins |
| SET:
| MELISSA'S KITCHEN |
| VISIBLE:
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Folks are wandering around the kitchen area in and out of cupboards getting breakfast sorted out and doing bits of washing up and tidying up etc.
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| SONGS:
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NO SONGS
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| PLAYERS:
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EVERYONE EXCEPT TAPES & FEELINGS
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| STORY:
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At Harmony's prompting CPI decide to go to church, with Hopty promising to keep an eye on Badbits and Princess should things start to get out of hand.
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| SCENE 7:
| SO MUCH FOR SUNDAY - 19 mins |
| SET:
| MELISSA'S KITCHEN |
| VISIBLE:
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Folks are just arriving back home looking pretty miserable. They proceed to take their coats off etc. and slump down.
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| SONGS:
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8. THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON SONG
9. THE BEST OF YOUR DREAMS (1)
10. IT'S ME
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| PLAYERS:
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EVERYONE EXCEPT TAPES & FEELINGS
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| STORY:
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CPI return home from a disastrous visit to church. The disaster caused in part by the subject of the sermon and also as a consequence of John, the Pastor, not being aware of their heightened state of sensitivity regarding Melissa's sexual abuse at the hands of her Uncle Joe, (also a minister), and giving them a huge hug as they came out of church. Stephen had rescued Melissa from that particular predicament and invited her to go to the park with him the following day and on returning home CPI set about expressing their feelings towards the day's events and highlight the contrast between John's motives and those of their Uncle Joe. CPI are uplifted somewhat by their ability to even discuss such subjects and as night-time approaches Twelvish sings a bed time song about Stephen, (her hero and would-be childhood sweetheart), to princess. Melissa too has noticed their increased ability to deal with difficult to understand subjects, and when Badbits feels abandoned at seeing Princess being cared for in such a warm and loving manner she acts likewise and is able to comfort her.
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| SCENE 8:
| PEACHES AND CREAM - 14 mins |
| SET:
| MELISSA'S KITCHEN + DEEP INSIDE |
| VISIBLE:
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CPI have just got back from the park and are in a remarkably good humour.
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| SONGS:
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11. HEADWAY
12. CRAZY DAY
13. FOCUS
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| PLAYERS:
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EVERYONE
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| STORY:
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Melissa (Twelvish mostly) and Stephen, have a wonderful day in the park, and she returns home to find that for once she is almost happy and becoming ever more whimsical. She allows Twelvish Badbits and Princess their childhood happiness and begins to understand how she might work together inside herself to resolve the many differences that a life-time of abuse and unhappiness has presented her with. The bigs too are finding their own roles within Melissa and celebrate the new fangled feelings that are coming through - Tapes and Feelings re-emerge together in the finale as having been the driving force behind Melissa's internal parenting and hopefully her future happiness.
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