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Blue is the owner of a jazz club in Detroit called Paradise Club. He plays the trumpet in a band he leads, but he feels like he’s lost his gift. The city of Detroit is pressuring him to sell his club, but he can’t decided whether he should sell or hold on to the legacy his father began. His woman Pumpkin finds him struggling to stay sane and she tries to comfort him. Despite her efforts, Blue may be too far gone to save his club, his relationship or himself.
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Start: Pumpkin: That sounded real good.
Blue: Don’t clap for that. Don’t ever clap for that.
Pumpkin: But...it was good.
Blue: Mediocre. I lost my rhythm. Let it take over. Ain’t never s’pose to let it take over.
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End: Blue: I need you in every way. Touch me like you say and soften the pain. Love it all away so I can be somebody better.
Pumpkin: I will, baby. I will.
For time’s deft fingers scroll my brow With fell relentless art-- I’m folding up my little dreams Tonight, within my heart.
Morisseau, Dominique, The Detroit Project, Theatre Communications Group, Inc., 2018, pp. 43-47.
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