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<img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50649782086_a4b5866dd3_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="story front page"> An interactive story. [[Begin writing.|Page 1]]

You have an idea for the stage. Voices scream out for a story to be placed in. A setting, a mood, an atmosphere consumes your thoughts and dreams. Boil water for tea, fire up the music playlist, and… [[WRITE|Page 2]] <<set $drafts = 1>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<div>This text is left-aligned</div> <div style="text-align: center;">This text is centred</div> <div style="text-align: right;">This text is right-aligned</div> <<set $drafts = 1>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast </div> This play is <<print either("not yet", "closer to being", "not quite")>> too good to reject. //italics// ''bold'' combining link click with variable setting (instead of doing it on the next page): [[Go buy milk|Grocery][$bought to "milk"]] This is <<nobr>> no line break. Very useful to keep things separate on back-end but not front-end.<</nobr>> <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//hello <<next>>//how are you <<next 5s>>//do you remember me <</timed>></div>

The words flow through you like the Yangtze River. A family, a dining room, a buried secret. Intergenerational misunderstandings fill the page. But it doesn’t make sense. So you print out the pages. You whip out the coloured pens. It’s time for revision. It’s time to… [[REWRITE|Page 3]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast </div>

You place the scenes in order and read it over. Your draft is overwritten in some parts and underwritten in others. It is ready for a second set of eyes. You email your trusted reader, you attach your draft, and you click… [[SUBMIT|Page 4]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast </div>

Your trusted reader finds your draft has interesting characters, but they lack clear goals. You introduce compelling themes, but they need to be explored with more depth. You have completed the first draft of //a racialized play that requires a large cast.// Congratulations. Now the real work begins. [[DRAFT AGAIN|Draft 2]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast </div>

To be produced by a Canadian theatre company, this large casted play must become ''too good to reject''. What do you ''choose''? [[WRITE|Write 1]] \ [[REWRITE|Rewrite 1]] \ SUBMIT <<set $drafts = 2>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $write = 0>> <<set $rewrite = 0>> <<set $pages = 60>>

You visit the contemporary art museum and experience a durational installation from an Icelandic artist. You craft a scene where time both stands still and moves forward haphazardly. [[CONTINUE|Drafting]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $pages += 3>> <<set $write += 1>>

You have coffee with your mentor who reminds you that you often overwrite your early draft. You return home and cut 5 pages from your play. [[CONTINUE|Drafting]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $pages -= 5>> <<set $rewrite += 1>>

You are inspired to continue working towards a play too good to reject. What do you ''choose''? [[WRITE|Write 3]] \ [[REWRITE|Rewrite 3]] \ SUBMIT <<set $drafts = 3>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $write = 0>> <<set $rewrite = 0>>

<<if $write === 0>> <<set $write += 1>> <<set $pages += 1>> You go to the dentist and walk by an optometrist. You decide to write a scene where your characters debate the merits of socialized healthcare when SISTER gets diagnosed with a lazy eye. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 2]] <<elseif $write === 1>> <<set $write += 1>> You watch a blockbuster science-fiction film and decide to place your two most ambitious characters in a scene set in outer space. Choose your characters: [[GRANDMA AND GRANDPA|Space][$space to "grans"]] / [[SISTER AND BROTHER|Space][$space to "sibs"]] <<elseif $write === 2>> <<set $write += 1>> <<set $pages += 1>> You write a letter to your mother as a writing exercise, apologizing for taking her for granted. You have MOM write an apology letter in your play and give it to GRANDMA, who is illiterate. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 2]] <<else>> You open your notebook and free-write for <<print either($number)>> hours. After typing it up, you’ve added 0 pages to your play and your <<print either($body)>> is now sore. [[STRETCH|Drafting 2]] <</if>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<<if $rewrite === 0>> <<set $rewrite += 1>> <<set $pages -= 1>> You talk to your mother about her being raised by your grandmother. //I used to help her at her garbage collection job while I was still in school.// When did you stop? //When I told her that my friend from school lived in the building we collected garbage from.// Did grandmother get more help? //No.// You note the slight pause your mother takes before saying //No// and you place it in your play. You are able to cut 1 page from your play by replacing it all with this one pause. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 2]] <<elseif $rewrite === 1>> <<set $rewrite += 1>> You read over your play and there are one too many scenes with overt magic realism. It impedes the story’s momentum and one must be cut. Choose your scene to cut: [[FACES LIKE WATER|Magic][$magic to "faces"]] / [[AN ATTENDANCE TO GHOSTS|Magic][$magic to "ghosts"]] <<elseif $rewrite === 2>> <<set $rewrite += 1>> <<set $pages -= 1>> You play nature music in your room and pretend you're at an outdoor writer’s retreat. The occasional deer cry scares you and you cut 1 page from your play. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 2]] <<else>> You print off a <<print either($two)>> pages from your draft and spend <<print either($number)>> hours rewriting a scene. After typing up your changes, you have removed 0 pages from your play. Is it any <<print either($good)>>? [[CONSIDER|Drafting 2]] <</if>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

You are delighted to continue working towards making the play too good to reject. What do you ''choose''? [[WRITE|Write 5]] \ [[REWRITE|Rewrite 5]] \ SUBMIT <<set $drafts = 4>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $write = 0>> <<set $rewrite = 0>>

You are ecstastic to continue working towards a play too good to reject. What do you ''choose''? [[WRITE|Write 7]] \ [[REWRITE|Rewrite 7]] \ SUBMIT <<set $drafts = 5>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $write = 0>> <<set $rewrite = 0>>

You continue working on making the play too good to reject. What do you ''choose''? [[WRITE|Write 9]] \ [[REWRITE|Rewrite 9]] \ SUBMIT <<set $drafts = 6>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $write = 0>> <<set $rewrite = 0>>

You somehow still need to make the play too good to reject. What do you ''choose''? [[WRITE|Write 11]] \ [[REWRITE|Rewrite 11]] \ SUBMIT <<set $drafts = 7>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $write = 0>> <<set $rewrite = 0>>

The play is $pages pages long and <<print either("not yet", "closer to being", "not quite")>> too good to reject. <<if $write lt 3>> It is not ready to submit. <<else>> It is ready to be submitted.<</if>> What will you ''choose''? [[WRITE|Write 2]] \ [[REWRITE|Rewrite 2]] \ <<nobr>> <<if $write === 3>> [[SUBMIT|Submit Confirm 2]] <<else>> SUBMIT <</if>> <</nobr>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<<if $write === 0>> <<set $write += 1>> You visit the contemporary art museum and experience a durational installation from an Icelandic artist. You craft a scene where time both stands still and moves forward haphazardly. [[CONTINUE|Drafting]] <<elseif $write === 1>> <<set $write += 1>> <<set $pages += 2>> You watch an independent production of a racialized play in a church and are inspired by mentions of your favourite childhood cuisine. You incorporate this cuisine into a scene where your characters gather to eat silently and not discuss their opinions on things. [[CONTINUE|Drafting]] <<elseif $write === 2>> <<set $write += 1>> <<set $pages += 3>> You have a conversation with your mother and ask her what her first impressions of Canada were. //I moved in with your father’s family, all seven of them, in one apartment.// That must have been a crowded space. //When I was younger, I lived in one bedroom with all five of my siblings.// You write a scene where all your characters are locked in a bedroom. This adds 3 pages to your play. [[CONTINUE|Drafting]] <<else>> You open your notebook and free-write for <<print either($number)>> hours. After typing it up, you’ve added 0 pages to your play and your <<print either($body)>> is now sore. [[STRETCH|Drafting]] <</if>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<<if $rewrite === 0>> <<set $rewrite += 1>> <<set $pages -= 5>> You have coffee with your mentor who reminds you that you often overwrite your early draft. You return home and cut 5 pages from your play. [[CONTINUE|Drafting]] <<elseif $rewrite === 1>> <<set $rewrite += 1>> You read over your play and decide you need to settle on a theme. Choose your theme: [[HONESTY CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH|Theme][$theme to "honesty"]] / [[SILENCE HAS A LINEAGE|Theme][$theme to "silence"]] <<elseif $rewrite === 2>> <<set $rewrite += 1>> <<set $pages -= 2>> You use your parents’ basement as a sad writer’s retreat. Your mother makes you lunch and you cut 2 pages from your play. [[CONTINUE|Drafting]] <<else>> You print off a <<print either($two)>> pages from your draft and spend <<print either($number)>> hours rewriting a scene. After typing up your changes, you have removed 0 pages from your play. Is it any <<print either($good)>>? [[CONSIDER|Drafting]] <</if>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<<set $number to ["2", "3", "4", "5"]>> <<set $body to ["wrist", "neck", "back"]>> <<set $two to ["few", "number of", "couple of"]>> <<set $good to ["good", "better", "sharper"]>> <<set $nothing to ["nothing comes", "you're exhausted", "you've taken the story to its limits"]>>

Are you prepared to submit your draft to independent theatre companies that accept unsolicited submissions? [[SUBMIT DRAFT|Submit 2]] / [[RETURN TO WRITING|Drafting]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

You submit your draft to a number of independent theatre companies that accept unsolicited submissions. You do not get a response for months until one company reaches out by email. They encourage you to continue writing and prepare a draft for the company’s (and the province’s) upcoming grant giving season. [[DRAFT AGAIN|Draft 3]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

You go to the dentist and walk by an optometrist. You decide to write a scene where your characters debate the merits of socialized healthcare when SISTER gets diagnosed with a lazy eye. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 2]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $pages += 3>> <<set $write += 1>>

You talk to your mother about her being raised by your grandmother. //I used to help her at her garbage collection job while I was still in school.// When did you stop? //When I told her that my friend from school lived in the building we collected garbage from.// Did grandmother get more help? //No.// You note the slight pause your mother takes before saying “No” and you place it in your play. You are able to cut 1 page from your play by replacing it all with this one pause. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 2]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $pages -= 1>> <<set $rewrite += 1>>

The play is $pages pages long and <<print either("nearly", "not far from being", "not quite")>> too good to reject. <<if $rewrite lt 3>> It is not ready to submit. <<else>> It is ready to be submitted.<</if>> What will you ''choose''? [[WRITE|Write 4]] \ [[REWRITE|Rewrite 4]] \ <<nobr>> <<if $rewrite === 3>> [[SUBMIT|Submit Confirm 3]] <<else>> SUBMIT <</if>> <</nobr>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

Are you prepared to submit your draft to provincial theatre companies that provide grant money to develop new works? [[SUBMIT DRAFT|Submit 3]] / [[RETURN TO WRITING|Drafting 2]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

You submit your draft to provincial theatre companies that provide grant money to develop new works. When the granting season ends, you hear back from two companies that support racialized work and would like to provide you with small grants to keep working. The dramaturg of one company invites you to their office to discuss the play and is excited to see your next draft. [[DRAFT AGAIN|Draft 4]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

You eat lunch at a noodle shop and overhear a conversation at the table next to you. You decide to write a scene where DAD and UNCLE discuss the burgeoning political movements back home. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 3]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $pages += 3>> <<set $write += 1>>

You watch a sporting competition with your mentor where they remind you of the importance of retaining tension throughout our stories. You return home and cut 3 pages from your play. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 3]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $pages -= 3>> <<set $rewrite += 1>>

<<if $theme is "silence">> You remove stray lines that do not speak to how SILENCE HAS A LINEAGE. <</if>> <<nobr>> <<if $theme is "honesty">> You remove stray lines that do not speak to how HONESTY CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH. <</if>> <</nobr>> You cut 3 pages from your draft. [[CONTINUE|Drafting]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $pages -= 3>>

<<if $space is "grans">> GRANDMA AND GRANDPA blast off into space in a flashback scene. Or is it a flashforward? <</if>> <<nobr>> <<if $space is "sibs">> SISTER AND BROTHER blast off into space in a flashback scene. Or is it a flashforward? <</if>> <</nobr>> The scene adds 3 pages to your draft. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 2]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $pages += 3>>

<<if $magic is "faces">> The scene with FACES LIKE WATER is cut from the play, removing 4 pages. <</if>> <<nobr>> <<if $magic is "ghosts">> The scene with AN ATTENDANCE TO GHOSTS is cut from the play, removing 4 pages. <</if>> <</nobr>> [[CONTINUE|Drafting 2]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $pages -= 4>>

The play is $pages pages long and <<print either("not yet", "just about", "in the neighbourhood of being")>> too good to reject. <<if $write lt 3>> It is not ready to submit. <<else>> It is ready to be submitted.<</if>> What will you ''choose''? [[WRITE|Write 6]] \ [[REWRITE|Rewrite 6]] \ <<nobr>> <<if $write === 3>> [[SUBMIT|Submit Confirm 4]] <<else>> SUBMIT <</if>> <</nobr>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<<if $write === 0>> <<set $write += 1>> <<set $pages += 3>> You eat lunch at a noodle shop and overhear a conversation at the table next to you. You decide to write a scene where DAD and UNCLE discuss the burgeoning political movements back home. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 3]] <<elseif $write === 1>> <<set $write += 1>> You decide the play is not hopeful enough so you add a toddler character who represents the future. Choose your baby: [[BABY SHRIMP|Baby][$baby to "shrimp"]] / [[BABY SAUCE|Baby][$baby to "sauce"]] <<elseif $write === 2>> <<set $write += 1>> <<set $pages += 1>> You ask your mother about her life in Canada before you were born. //I was pregnant before you were born, but we had an abortion.// Why? //I told your father that I did not want a baby until we lived in our own home.// <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 5s>>//oh no// <</timed>></div> [[CONTINUE|Drafting 3]] <<else>> You open your notebook and free-write for <<print either($number)>> hours. After typing it up, you’ve added 0 pages to your play and your <<print either($body)>> is now sore. [[STRETCH|Drafting 2]]” <</if>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<<if $rewrite === 0>> <<set $rewrite += 1>> You watch a sporting competition with your mentor where they remind you of the importance of retaining tension throughout our stories. You return home and cut 3 pages from your play. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 3]] <<elseif $rewrite === 1>> <<set $rewrite += 1>> You read through your play and realize there is no climax. This story is hard enough to produce as is. It needs a more conventional structure. Choose your climax: [[THE SKY DOES NOT EXIST|Climax][$climax to "sky"]] / [[I KNEW HOW TO BOLT|Climax][$climax to "bolt"]] <<elseif $rewrite === 2>> <<set $rewrite += 1>> You look over your play and realize that the scenes where your characters are eating get a little repetitive. You should remove one of them. Choose your scene: [[RICE PORRIDGE AT BREAKFAST|Food][$food to "rice"]] / [[TOFU SOUP FOR DESSERT|Food][$food to "tofu"]] [[CONTINUE|Drafting 3]] <<else>> You print off a <<print either($two)>> pages from your draft and spend <<print either($number)>> hours rewriting a scene. After typing up your changes, you have removed 0 pages from your play. Is it any <<print either($good)>>? [[CONSIDER|Drafting 3]] <</if>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

Are you prepared to submit your draft to the company dramaturg with which you have an existing relationship? [[SUBMIT DRAFT|Submit 4]] / [[RETURN TO WRITING|Drafting 3]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

You submit your draft to the company dramaturg with which you have an existing relationship and they love it. They feel that it is ready for a workshop reading in the company’s development series. Due to the large cast, the company cannot afford a full week’s workshop for the play, but that’s okay. The company’s artistic director will be present and the actors will help move the play forward. [[DRAFT AGAIN|Draft 5]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

You stand in line at the grocery store and the person checking out in front of you has a heated disagreement with the cashier over the price of seafood. You give GRANDMA a quirk where she always refuses to accept the market price for tilapia. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 4]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $write += 1>>

You read over your play and consider cutting one of your characters. You are unsure of what is telling you this. Is it the story? Or forces beyond your control? [[CONTINUE|Drafting 4]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $rewrite += 1>>

<<if $baby is "shrimp">> BABY SHRIMP is a necessary character, though it increases your required cast size. <</if>> <<nobr>> <<if $baby is "sauce">> BABY SAUCE is a necessary character, though it increases your required cast size. <</if>> <</nobr>> The character adds 5 pages of dialogue to your draft. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 3]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $pages += 5>>

<<if $climax is "sky">> In the climactic moment, SISTER declares THE SKY DOES NOT EXIST. This clarifies the storytelling but complicates the story. <</if>> <<nobr>> <<if $climax is "bolt">> In the climactic moment, SISTER declares I KNEW HOW TO BOLT. This clarifies the storytelling but complicates the story. <</if>> <</nobr>> The play's page count does not change. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 3]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<<if $food is "rice">> There is no more RICE PORRIDGE AT BREAKFAST which removes 3 pages from your play.<</if>> <<nobr>> <<if $food is "tofu">> There is no more TOFU SOUP FOR DESSERT which removes 3 pages from your play. <</if>> <</nobr>> [[CONTINUE|Drafting 3]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $pages -= 3>>

The play is $pages pages long and <<print either("on the brink of being", "bordering on", "on the edge of being")>> too good to reject. <<if $rewrite lt 3>> It is not ready to submit. <<else>> It is ready to be submitted.<</if>> What will you ''choose''? [[WRITE|Write 8]] \ [[REWRITE|Rewrite 8]] \ <<nobr>> <<if $rewrite === 3>> [[SUBMIT|Submit Confirm 5]] <<else>> SUBMIT <</if>> <</nobr>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<<if $write === 0>> <<set $write += 1>> You stand in line at the grocery store and the person checking out in front of you has a heated disagreement with the cashier over the price of seafood. You give GRANDMA a quirk where she always refuses to accept the market price for tilapia. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 4]] <<elseif $write === 1>> <<set $write += 1>> You think the play is not global enough so you add a cousin from your parents’ homeland. Choose your cousin: [[COUSIN BIN|Cousin][$cousin to "bin"]] / [[COUSIN WIN|Cousin][$cousin to "win"]] <<elseif $write === 2>> <<set $write += 1>> You watch a remount of a play by a dead white dude and are moved by one specific moment in the production. It was two lines long and you steal the exchange for BROTHER and SISTER because that other dude probably stole it from someone else. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 4]] <<else>> You open your notebook and free-write for <<print either($number)>> hours. After typing it up, you’ve added 0 pages to your play and your <<print either($body)>> is now sore. [[STRETCH|Drafting 4]] <</if>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<<if $rewrite === 0>> <<set $rewrite += 1>> You read over your play and consider cutting one of your characters. You are unsure of what is telling you this. Is it the story? Or forces beyond your control? [[CONTINUE|Drafting 4]] <<elseif $rewrite === 1>> <<set $rewrite += 1>> You read the final scene of your play and realize you’ve written two different endings. There can only be one. Choose your ending: [[RAIN ON MY FACE|Ending][$ending to "rain"]] / [[STORM IN MY BODY|Ending][$ending to "storm"]] <<elseif $rewrite === 2>> <<set $rewrite += 1>> <<set $pages -= 1>> You ask your mother about her life before birthing you. //We were living apart for two years before your father made enough money so I could immigrate.// What was it like? //He used to write me love letters. Do you write anyone love letters?// <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 8s>>//do you// <</timed>></div> [[CONTINUE|Drafting 4]] <<else>> You print off a <<print either($two)>> pages from your draft and spend <<print either($number)>> hours rewriting a scene. After typing up your changes, you have removed 0 pages from your play. Is it any <<print either($good)>>? [[CONSIDER|Drafting 4]] <</if>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

Are you prepared to submit your draft to be read by actors in a workshop followed by a small public reading? [[SUBMIT DRAFT|Submit 5]] / [[RETURN TO WRITING|Drafting 4]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<<if $cousin is "bin">> COUSIN BIN adds complication and cultural misunderstanding to your play, though it increases your required cast size. <</if>> <<nobr>> <<if $cousin is "win">> COUSIN WIN adds complication and cultural misunderstanding to your play, though it increases your required cast size. <</if>> <</nobr>> The character adds 4 pages of dialogue to your draft. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 4]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $pages += 4>>

You submit your draft to be read by actors in a workshop followed by a small public reading. It is an inspiring night. The actors embody the characters even better than you wrote them. They raise questions with the piece you had never considered. The dramaturg tells you that the company is interested in continuing to support the development of this play. There is no commitment to produce this play at this time. [[DRAFT AGAIN|Draft 6]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

You are issued a summons to appear for jury duty in your city. You avoid your civic duty and instead work a jury summons into the play. This adds 1 page to your play. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 5]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $write += 1>> <<set $pages += 1>>

You ask your mother what her first memory of you was. //They had to put me under for the C-Section.// What was the first thing after you woke up? //Your father told me your heart stopped for three seconds.// Three seconds. //I wonder where you went for those three seconds.// <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 10s>>//do you remember// <</timed>></div> [[CONTINUE|Drafting 5]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $rewrite += 1>>

<<if $ending is "rain">> The final image of your play is now one of your characters declaring that life is RAIN ON MY FACE.<</if>> <<nobr>> <<if $ending is "storm">> The final image of your play is now one of your characters declaring that life is STORM IN MY BODY. <</if>> <</nobr>> You remove 1 page from the play. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 4]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $pages -= 1>>

The play is $pages pages long and <<print either("very nearly", "almost", "practically")>> too good to reject. <<if $rewrite lt 3>> It is not ready to submit. <<else>> It is ready to be submitted.<</if>> What will you ''choose''? [[WRITE|Write 10]] \ [[REWRITE|Rewrite 10]] \ <<nobr>> <<if $rewrite === 3>> [[SUBMIT|Submit Confirm 6]] <<else>> SUBMIT <</if>> <</nobr>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<<if $write === 0>> <<set $write += 1>> You are issued a summons to appear for jury duty in your city. You avoid your civic duty and instead work a jury summons into the play. This adds 1 page to your play. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 5]] <<elseif $write === 1>> <<set $write += 1>> <<set $pages += 2>> You read an article in The New Yorker about digital currency. <<if $cousin is "bin">> You decide to have UNCLE lose his fortune to an online scam concocted by COUSIN BIN. <</if>> <<nobr>> <<if $cousin is "win">> You decide to have UNCLE lose his fortune to an online scam concocted by COUSIN WIN. <</if>> <</nobr>> [[CONTINUE|Drafting 5]] <<elseif $write === 2>> <<set $write += 1>> You listen to a podcast about ghosthunters and decide to add a supernatural occurrence in your play. Choose your addition: [[DISEMBODIED VOICE|Ghost][$ghost to "voice"]] / [[ECHO FROM THE PAST|Ghost][$ghost to "echo"]] <<else>> You open your notebook and free-write for <<print either($number)>> hours. After typing it up, you’ve added 0 pages to your play and your <<print either($body)>> is now sore. [[STRETCH|Drafting 5]] <</if>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<<if $rewrite === 0>> <<set $rewrite += 1>> <<set $pages -= 9>> You ask your mother what her first memory of you was. //They had to put me under for the C-Section.// What was the first thing after you woke up? //Your father told me your heart stopped for three seconds.// Three seconds. //I wonder where you went for those three seconds.// <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 8s>>//do you remember// <</timed>></div> [[CONTINUE|Drafting 5]] <<elseif $rewrite === 1>> <<set $rewrite += 1>> <<set $pages -= 5>> You have lunch with your mentor who reminds you how sentimental your writing is. You return home and cut 5 pages from your play. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 5]] <<elseif $rewrite === 2>> <<set $rewrite += 1>> You follow each character’s track in the story and realize it could be beneficial to combine two of the characters. Choose your characters to combine: [[MOM AND DAD|Combine][$combine to "parent"]] / [[GRANDMA AND GRANDPA|Combine][$combine to "grandparent"]] <<else>> You print off a <<print either($two)>> pages from your draft and spend <<print either($number)>> hours rewriting a scene. After typing up your changes, you have removed 0 pages from your play. Is it any <<print either($good)>>? [[CONSIDER|Drafting 5]] <</if>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

Are you prepared to submit your draft to be read by actors in another public reading? [[SUBMIT DRAFT|Convo 6]] / [[RETURN TO WRITING|Drafting 5]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<<if $ghost is "voice">> A DISEMBODIED VOICE haunts BROTHER throughout the play.<</if>> <<nobr>> <<if $ghost is "echo">>An ECHO FROM THE PAST haunts BROTHER throughout the play. <</if>> <</nobr>> This adds 2 pages to the draft. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 5]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $pages += 2>>

<<if $combine is "parent">> You decide to combine MOM AND DAD into one character called PARENT. This choice cuts 9 pages from your play. <</if>> <<nobr>> <<if $combine is "grandparent">> You decide to combine GRANDMA AND GRANDPA into one character called GRANDPARENT. This choice cuts 9 pages from your play. <</if>> <</nobr>> It hurts your heart. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 5]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $pages -= 9>>

You submit your draft to be read by actors in another public reading and it goes well. The changes you have made since the last one have dramatically improved the play. The dramaturg conveys to you that the company is still interested in the development of this piece. You do not tell them that you are running out of things to work on. [[DRAFT AGAIN|Draft 7]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

Before you submit your draft, you ask your mother what she’s making for dinner. //I’m making spare ribs in black bean sauce tonight, your favourite.// You always remember my favourite. //No one ever remembers mine.// <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 5s>>//do you remember me// <</timed>></div> [[CONTINUE|Submit 6]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

You ask your mother how she kept going in spite of everything. //Keep going in spite of what?// The language barrier, the institutional racism, all the stuff that gets in the way. //You just do.// Do what. //Keep going.// <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 6s>>//do you remember me// <</timed>></div> [[WHO ARE YOU|Unspool 0][$spool to 1]] / [[WHAT ARE YOU|Unspool 0][$spool to 2]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $write += 1>>

You ask your mother how she kept going in spite of everything. //Keep going in spite of what?// The language barrier, the institutional racism, all the stuff that gets in the way. //You just do.// Do what. //Keep going.// <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 6s>>//do you remember me// <</timed>></div> [[WHO ARE YOU|Unspool 0]] / [[WHAT ARE YOU|Unspool 0]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div> <<set $rewrite += 1>>

The play is $pages pages long and should be too good to reject. What will you ''choose''? [[WRITE|Write 12]] \ [[REWRITE|Rewrite 12]] \ [[SUBMIT|Submit Confirm 7]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 1s>>//unspool me// <</timed>></div> [[CONTINUE|Drafting 6]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

You sit down to write, but <<print either($nothing)>>. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 6]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

You cut or rewrite a <<print either($two)>> words here and there, but you're not sure what difference it makes. [[CONTINUE|Drafting 6]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

Are you prepared to submit your draft to an overseas theatre company accepting ambitious new work for an annual festival? [[SUBMIT DRAFT|Submit 7]] / [[RETURN TO WRITING|Drafting 6]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

You submit your draft to an overseas theatre company accepting ambitious new work for an annual festival. They do not produce it. [[DRAFT AGAIN?|Draft 8]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

The play is not too good to reject. What do you ''choose''? [[UNSPOOL|Unspool 1]] \ [[REWRITE|Rewrite 13]] \ SUBMIT <<set $drafts = 8>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<<if $spool === 1>> You unspool the voice again, asking "who are you?" <<else>> You ask the right-aligned voice again, what are you? <</if>> <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//i am <<next 1s>>//i am the echoes from the past <<next 2s>>//i am the sky does not exist <<next 2s>>//i am gold thread <<next 2s>>//i am gold thread <<next 2s>>//do you not remember me// <<next 3s>>[[What is gold thread|Unspool 1A]] / [[I don't remember|Unspool 1B]]<</timed>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

You stare at the completed pages but no changes come. You cut 0 pages from the draft. [[CONTINUE|Draft 8]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

What is gold thread? <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//i run through your spine <<next>>//i trace the curves of your mind <<next>>//i am you <<next>>//what are you// <<next 3s>> [[A writer|Unspool 1AA]] / [[A person|Unspool 1AB]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

I don't remember. <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//you remember <<next>>//more than you know <<next>>//i am you <<next>>//what are you// <<next>> [[A writer|Unspool 1AA]] / [[A child|Unspool 1BB]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

I am a writer. <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//you write <<next 1s>>//you are writing <<next 2s>>//you are writing something <<next 3s>>//too good to reject <<next 2s>>//are we there <<next 2s>>//yet// <<next 2s>> [[Yes|Unspool 2A]] / [[No|Unspool 2B]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

I am a person. <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//you person <<next 1s>>//you are personing <<next 2s>>//are you person enough <<next 2s>>//are you too good to reject <<next 3s>>//are we <<next 2s>> [[Yes|Unspool 2A]] / [[No|Unspool 2B]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

I am a child. <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//you child <<next 1s>>//you child to who <<next 2s>>//you child for whom <<next 2s>>//you child something <<next 1s>>//you hope is too good to reject <<next 3s>>// are we there <<next 2s>>//yet// <<next 2s>> [[Yes|Unspool 2A]] / [[No|Unspool 2B]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

Yes. <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 1s>>//you say we are there <<next 2s>>//what do they say <<next 2s>>//try try again <<next 2s>> [[SUBMIT DRAFT|Submit 8]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

You submit the draft wherever you can. You hear back from no one. You’ve written and rewritten it as much as you can. You can’t make it any better. If it’s not too good to reject already, are you just not capable enough? Or does such a thing, a racialized large-cast play that is too good to reject, simply not exist? [[UNSPOOL|Unspool 3]] <<set $drafts = 8>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<div style="text-align: right;">//ask me anything <<timed 1s>>[[Is too good to reject even possible?|Unspool 4A]] / [[Who gave me the idea that it was possible?|Unspool 4B]] <</timed>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

Is too good to reject even possible? <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//ask your parents <<next>>//ask your grandparents <<next>>//ask me <<next 1s>>//ask you <<next 1s>>//ask you <<next 1s>>//ask them <<next 1s>>//is too good to reject even possible// <<next 3s>> [[SUBMIT DRAFT|Submit 9]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

Who gave me the idea that it was even possible? <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//ask your teachers <<next>>//ask your parents <<next>>//ask me <<next 1s>>//ask you <<next 1s>>//ask you <<next 1s>>//ask them <<next 1s>>//where do we get any of our ideas from// <<next 3s>> [[SUBMIT DRAFT|Submit 9]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

You submit your draft to another theatre company that will not produce your play. [[UNSPOOL|Unspool 4]] <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<div style="text-align: right;">//ask me anything <<timed 1s>>[[Can I continue?|Unspool 5A]] / [[Can I stop?|Unspool 5B]] <</timed>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

Can I continue? <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//continue is success <<next>>//continue is failure <<next>>//continue is too good to reject <<next>>//what is continue <<next 1s>>//to you// <<next 1s>> [[A choice|Unspool 5AA]] / [[A way of life|Unspool 5AB]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

Can I stop? <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//stop is success <<next>>//stop is failure <<next>>//stop because too good to reject <<next>>//why stop <<next 1s>> [[I choose to|Unspool 5BA]] / [[I've been lied to|Unspool 5BB]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

A choice. <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//continue is a choice <<next>>//believe is a choice <<next>>//we believe what we choose to <<next 1s>>//believe <<next 1s>>//is it possible <<next 1s>>//for something to be too good to reject <<next 2s>>//what do you choose// <<next 2s>> [[It's still possible|Unspool 6][$possible to "yes"]] / [[It's not possible|Unspool 6][$possible to "no"]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

A way of life. <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//continue is a way of life <<next>>//believe is a way of life <<next>>//we believe what we choose to <<next 1s>>//believe in life <<next 2s>>//is it possible <<next 1s>>//for something to be too good to reject <<next 2s>>//what do you choose// <<next 2s>> [[It's still possible|Unspool 6][$possible to "yes"]] / [[It's not possible|Unspool 6][$possible to "no"]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

<<if $possible is "yes">> You believe that it's still possible. <<else>> You believe that it's not possible. <</if>> <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//too good to reject <<next>>//we will never know for sure <<next 1s>>//where it came from <<next 1s>>//where it comes form <<next 1s>>//where it will continue to go <<next 1s>>//keep going <<next 1s>>//stop now <<next>>//just remember <<next 1s>>//there is always time <<next 1s>>//to change your mind <<next 1s>>//there is always time <<next 2s>>//almost always <<next 2s>> [[What will you choose?]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

I choose to. <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//stop because you choose to <<next>>//believe because you choose to <<next>>//we believe what we choose to <<next 1s>>//believe <<next 1s>>//is it possible <<next 1s>>//for something to be too good to reject <<next 2s>>//what do you choose// <<next 2s>> [[It's still possible|Unspool 6][$possible to "yes"]] / [[It's not possible|Unspool 6][$possible to "no"]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

I've been lied to. <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 2s>>//stop because you've been lied to <<next>>//who lied to you <<next 1s>>//we believe the lies we choose to <<next 1s>>//believe <<next 1s>>//is it a lie <<next 1s>>//for something to be too good to reject <<next 2s>>//what do you choose// <<next 2s>> [[It's still possible|Unspool 6][$possible to "yes"]] / [[It's not possible|Unspool 6][$possible to "no"]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

What have you chosen. <<timed 2s>>The theme is <<if $theme is "silence">>//silence has a lineage.// <<else>> //honesty can only do so much.// <</if>> <<next>>The climax is <<if $climax is "sky">>//the sky does not exist.// <<else>> //i knew how to bolt.// <</if>> <<next>>The ending is <<if $ending is "rain">>//rain on my face.// <<else>> //storm in my body.// <</if>> <<next>>You chose <<if $possible is "yes">>//it's still possible.// <<else>> //it's not possible.// <</if>> <<next>>... <<next>>Thank you for playing //a racialized play that requires a large cast// by Gary Mok. <<next>> [[TO THE CREDITS]] / [[TO THE BEGINNING|Landing Page]]<</timed>> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>

This story is based mainly on two things: my experiences writing a large- casted Chinese theatre play that has yet to be produced, and the video game //Hades//, where you spend life after life trying to escape literal Hell. Honestly, the story pretty much wrote itself. I received most of the inspiration for this piece from Carrianne Leung’s //Coming to Voice//, which is overtly referenced throughout this story. Specifically, this collection of text from one of her frames was an organizing principle for me: “My grandmother was a writer. “She died on my 30th birthday. “Confucius says at 30, one must take a stand. “My grandmother was sending me a message – the most important one, and so this gold thread is what knits my spine together.” - Gary Mok, December 2020 [[TO THE BEGINNING|Landing Page]]

No. <div style="text-align: right;"><<timed 1s>>//we are not there yet <<next 2s>>//you are not there yet <<next 2s>>//try try again <<next 2s>> [[SUBMIT DRAFT|Submit 8]] <</timed>></div> <hr> <div style='font-size: 70%;'><div style="text-align: right;"> draft: $drafts <div style="text-align: left;">a racialized play that requires a large cast</div>