Skylar And The Divine Light Fairy

Skylar and The Divine Light Fairy

A One Act play

by James Oliver Smith, Jr.

Cast:

Skylar: a seven year old girl

Nancy: John's sister, Skylar's aunt

Fairy: The Divine Light Fairy

Betty: Skylar's mother

John: Skylar's father

Fibonacci Man: Man on bus

Abyan: Muslim Woman on bus

Pat: Person on bus

Priest: Man on Green Line light rail car

Bible Man: Man on Green Line light rail car

Eddie: Dakota American Indian man at Minnehaha Falls

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Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Narrator: Skylar and her aunt Nancy are on the 21 bus headed west down Lake Street for the Blue Line light rail station. They are seated on the first forward facing seat on the right hand side of the bus. Skylar looks forward to the first seat opposite the driver where an older woman is sitting quietly, smiling broadly. The woman is wearing a bright pink dress that is stained, thread bare and wrinkled. She is holding a straight tree branch that is about two feet long. Her thin fingers clutch the branch tightly. On her head, tucked into her gray, disheveled hair, is a rhinestone tiara sparkling with the sun light shining through the bus' windows.  The woman turns her head towards Skylar. Her eyes sparkle.  She winks and Skylar laughs.  With her right hand the woman beckons for Skylar to come to her.

Skylar: Aunt Nancy, that woman wants me to go over to her.

Nancy: No. You can't do that. She's a stranger.

Skylar: But she looks really nice Aunt Nancy.

Nancy: OK, but I'm going with you and I'll sit next to you.

[Skylar and Nancy move up to sit next to the woman with the tiara.]

Skylar: [Boldly. Curious.] Hi.

Fairy: Hi, little girl. What is your name?

Skylar: Skylar. What's your name?

Fairy: Oh, I don't have a name anymore. I'm just the Divine Light Fairy.

Skylar: Fairy? What's that?

Fairy: A Fairy is someone with magical powers. And my power is that I can give others the power to see the Divine Light. Savers is a portal into the Divine Light and they gave me this tiara as a sign that I have this power.

Nancy: You probably got it out of the trash.

Fairy: It's mine. They set it out for me. It is a sign of my power. My wand here was given to me by an oak by the river. I use this wand to pass my power on to others.

Skylar: What does "magical" mean?

Fairy: Magic is something that happens and you can't explain why it happens.

Skylar: You mean, like the sun and moon? I don't know why they happen.

Fairy: Scientists know about the sun and moon. The earth turns and the sun and moon rise. But what we don't know, is why we feel happy when the sun and moon rise ... or sad ... or mad ... or hurt ... when we see the sun rise ... What is it, in the universe, that makes us feel safe ... or afraid ... or anxious?