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Elica Laura

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LAURA (offstage)

Elica? Elica?

Elica doesn’t hear or ignores the voice as she raises the rose to her nose before setting it against her cheek, some of the dried petals crumble. LAURA enters. Stage Manager dressed professionally.

LAURA

Elica, everyone else is clearing their stuff from the dressing rooms. What are you doing here?

ELICA

Remembering.

ELICA lifts up the rose. LAURA gasps, rushes to ELICA, tosses the rose with one hand while with the other pulls out a bottle of hand sanitizer and applies it liberally to her hands, ELICA’s hands then after a second thought ELICA’s face, before ELICA pushes her away.

ELICA

That about covers it.

LAURA

Lets go backstage. Get your things.

ELICA (bitter laugh)

What things? Spanx, character shoes, bobby pins?

LAURA

Elica, that is the one reason we

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