Lean on a Gulf Islander (play) by Leanne Dyck Act III

 Question: Will KJ be waiting at the dock?

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Act III

Stage directions: Aster and Kate are seated in two chairs centre stage. Kate holds a cardboard steering wheel.

ASTER: You look strangely familiar.

KATE: I work at the ferry terminal

ASTER: Do you reside on Mayne Island? 

KATE: Yeah.

ASTER: Do you enjoy living here?

KATE: I won't live anywhere else.

ASTER: Pray tell, what are this island's positive features?

KATE: I like the peace and quiet; the ocean; the sunsets and the people.

Do you know that after every performance at the Ag Hall, we all help put the chairs away? It doesn't matter who we are or were. We all help.

ASTER (to audience): She likes to live here because she gets to put chairs away. How utterly ridiculous.

(to Kate): How long have you... Have you existed here?

KATE: Ten years.

ASTER: Ten...years... Oh, you poor... (trails off) My husband must have been unavoidably detained.

KATE: That's island time. Where would you like to go?

ASTER (brushes lap, adjusts purse) Go?

KATE: The address?

ASTER (to audience): I always regarded that information as extraneous.

KATE: Don't worry. We'll find--.

ASTER (interrupting): Please take me to Professor KJ Walburn's residence.

KATE: KJ?

ASTER: Yes, he's a landowner; he's building a house.

KATE: Oh, you mean Kjartan.

ASTER: My husband's name is Professor KJ Walburn. 

We've been happily married for twenty years.

KATE (to the audience): Happily? One of them definitely more than the other.

(to Aster): Congratulations! That's great especially when...when... Don't worry I know where he lives.

ASTER: How do you know the location of my husband's estate?

KATE: I... We... My husband and I are friends of KJ and...and... we like him very much. They've--. He's had us over for supper occasionally and we've had him over, as well.

ASTER: You expect me to believe that KJ cooked for you?

KATE: Oh, um...um... yes.

ASTER: Performing domestic chores, such as cooking, is not a skill KJ possesses.

KATE: Mayne Island has a way of changing people.

ASTER: Well isn't that fascinating, um... And your name is?

KATE: Kate.

ASTER: Kate? That's a nickname. What's your given name? Or is it unpronounceable?

KATE: Kathleen.

ASTER: Kathleen, that's lovely. Why would you hide it behind something as plain as Kate? Kathleen is your name and Kathleen is what I shall call you.

Please to meet you, Kathleen. My name is Aster. 

Please tell me, Kathleen, how did you make my husband's acquaintance?

Next Sunday:

Lean on a Gulf Island

Act IV

How did Kate meet KJ?

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"Mayne Island, a Vernacular Past"

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Mayne Island Church House

Mayne Island, BC

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Lean on a Gulf Islander (play) by Leanne Dyck Act II

 Question: Why doesn't KJ want Aster to visit him on Mayne Island? What is he trying to hide?

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Act II

Stage direction: Aster centre stage sitting on a chair

Ferry siren sounds

Voice over: This ferry sails to the Southern Gulf Islands, only.

ASTER: Do I have my sunglasses? Did I bring my chequebook? (searches purse)

(quickly stands and starts to pace) What will happen if I get off at the wrong island? How will I get back to Mayne Island? I don't know anyone on any of those other islands. I could be kidnapped and left for dead on some other island and on some other island, and no one would care.

(stage lights begin to fade)

Calm down (sits) Just calm down. Everything will be fine. KJ will be so happy to see me. He'll run to me, arms open--wanting--no, demanding a hug. I'll be a little embarrassed by this public show of affection. But I could never deny him anything. So we'll hug.

He'll say, "I love you."

And I'll whisper, "I love you too."

But we'll wait until we reach the truck to kiss. Then he'll drive us home. The house will be different from our townhouse obviously. But it will be charming and it will overlook the sea.

Voice over: We are now arriving at Village Bay, Mayne Island--transfer point for Saturna Island. Disembarking passengers, please make your way to the car deck.

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