Wood flute. Jawea's arms spread above them. Patterned light of dawn reveals, behind, the others making a human tableau, like dense forest, cradling the wounded – while Matu reaches for Hoyatu, as he joins them)

  Matu:

  In the dark crushing channel of birth

  who knows if he can survive the pain

  and who can imagine how dazzling the light

  when it’s done. Look to your young.

  THE END

  Karen Sunde, a playwright and screenwriter, lives in New York.

  ASTERISKS in Play List below indicate published plays available for purchase at: https://www.broadwayplaypubl.com/alphlist.htm * https://www.dramaticpublishing.com **

  For descriptions of all works, see https://www.karensunde.com. Some screenplays are at https://www.howardshulman.com

  PLAYS BY KAREN SUNDE

  LIBERTY

  BALLOON *

  DARK LADY **

  TO MOSCOW **

  SWEET LAND OF FIRE

  HAITI: A DREAM (in Facing Forward) *

  NATIVE LAND

  OH WILD WEST WIND (in Rowing to America) **

  ANTON, HIMSELF

  MASHA, TOO

  PLEASE GOD, NO WEDDING OR SHOOTING AT THE END

  IN A KINGDOM BY THE SEA (in Plays by Karen Sunde) *

  HOW HIS BRIDE CAME TO ABRAHAM *

  TRUTH TAKES A HOLIDAY (in Plays by Karen Sunde) *

  GENTLEMAN JOHNNY

  ME & JOAN (of Arc)

  WHEN REAL LIFE BEGINS

  TRACKING BLOOD WHITE

  DEBORAH: THE ADVENTURES OF A SOLDIER

  2020 SEXCARE

  THE FASTEST WOMAN ALIVE **

  KABUKI OTHELLO **

  KABUKI MACBETH

  KABUKI KING RICHARD

  ACHILLES

  KABUKI LADY MACBETH **

  QUASIMODO (a musical)

  SPA (an opera)

  THE SOUND OF SAND

  SCREENPLAYS BY KAREN SUNDE

  UNDERCOVER PATRIOT

  COUNTDOWN

  OVER THE RAINBOW

  BOULE DE SUIF

  SECRET SHIP

  HOW HIS BRIDE CAME TO ABRAHAM

  IN A KINGDOM BY THE SEA

  THE LINE

  PARALLEL LOVES

  DREAM HOUSE

  FINAL QUEST: THE MOUNTAIN OF THE GODS

  TRIPPING TAMMY

  THE FASTEST WOMAN ALIVE

  LOVE HITS EARTH (& Other Disasters)

  NEXT!

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