RAINDANCE

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RAINDANCE

The Play

by Uncle John

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Art Work by Michael Waters

Music by

Uncle John & Tobey Stein & Gary Sangervasi

Grateful Dead

& Bob Dylan

Special Thanks to Playwright Lauren Gunderson

Spanish translation by Tania Carrasco

Characters

Storyteller

Sundance

Raindance

Lady Liberty

The Joker

The Purple Sage

The Hermit

Daniel Rafael

Michelle

Pretty Peggy

Ida Red

Billy Dee

Jesse

Freya Chanteur

Johnnie Walker

Harry Jardiniere

Maria Bonita

Seven Gypsy Women

Bobby “Sugarfree” Sugaree

Rainbow

The Magician

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The Raindance family tell their story in tales, through poetry, songs, art, and dance.

RAINDANCE

Acts and Scene descriptions in development

Here are some EXCERPTS from the play

SUNDANCE

Vision Of The Dance To Make It Rain

Lyrics by Uncle John & Music by Uncle John & Gary Sangervasi

Born in the American hills
Raised in a desert cave
It wasn't until he was twenty-one
He met Jesus and was saved
He can move like a mountain lion
Smell like a bear for snakes
Sundance is so bold and strange
As he is strong and brave

He has half a diamond for an eye
And an eagle to guide his way
And he lived ten years inside the city
And he learned the city´s ways
He had a love for the game
A taste for whiskey
A weakness for pretty women
But he couldn't understand the cruelty
To lock up so many people inside prisons
He is a man who loves his freedom

He picked up a simple stone
And at night his would shine
Reflected on the city
Illuminated the road in the sky
They say he has ten thousand brothers
And all of them believing men
And ten thousand sisters
And many children

He has vision for a river of time
Who can stop the rain at will
When you find him he can make it rhyme
And get even better still
He walks inside the cities teaching ecology
He painted a rose for a masterpiece
And helps the blind to see

He had a love for the game
A taste for whiskey
A weakness for pretty women
But he couldn't understand the cruelty
To lock up so many people inside prisons
He is a man who loves his freedom

Sundance is clever
And a man with many faces
But he´s the only one I know
Holding all four aces
Now some say he is a prophet
And some just one man
But I know him as a friend of Jesus
And a child of the desert sand
Asking
How can the most advanced
Civilization of all time
be so far behind
be so far behind?

Now Sundance is among you
Who helps the four-winged beast to fly
Those who live to see
Half diamond for an eye
Shall see

Golden Rain fall from the sky
Sky roses
Raining from the sky
Roses from the sky

Roses from the sky!

The Golden Record VOYAGER - NASA

Storyteller:

Stories and the people in them are true inspiration. A band of musicians gather together as family, known as Raindance. Their famous and well known guitar player is Bobby Sugaree, they call "Sugarfree". His closest friends call him Sundance. The Purple Sage is riding with Bobby Sugaree in San Francisco who suggests they stop for tea. Bobby puts on a hat and sunglasses and they walk into a busy bakery and there are two counter chairs together available, and they sit down there. They order tea. Suddenly, Bobby´s hit song "Around and Around" plays on the loudspeakers, and as soon as someone spots him, the whispers and pointing begin. They notice at one table are the clique known as The Gypsy Women. They are the only ones who get up and dance in the bakery aisle. There are seven of them, and The Sage points them out and ask Bobby if he recognizes them as the dancers in his audience.

Bobby (Sugarfree) Sugaree:

Sirens of Titan

Storyteller:

Titan is a moon of Saturn

Purple Sage:

That spurs my memory of the recent moment I had dancing with them. They are a tight clique who hang out and dance exclusively with one another.

One night I am able to speak with one of them and ask her name,

Gypsy Woman

Gypsy

Purple Sage:

And then I ask her, "What do you do?".

Gypsy Woman:

Astral Navigator

Purple Sage:

She responds quickly and tersely.

"Where are you from?" I ask and she answers,

Gypsy Woman:

From the future. We listen to the Golden Record and that made us come.

The music stops and the dancers sit down. The place is lively with conversation.

Purple Sage:

Our tea arrives, and I take a couple packets of sugar and offer it to Bobby.

He grabs the sugar and stands up and slams the packets on the counter.

Sugaree:

"I hate sugar!"

Purple Sage:

He says in a loud and booming voice that silences the rest of the room who are all staring. Bobby sits down and I whisper to him,

"Bobby, we´re in a bakery!"

Storyteller:

Suddenly, one by one, each of the seven gypsy women stand and sing a line to Bobby Sugaree

Gypsy Woman #1:

When they come to take you down

Gypsy Woman #2:

When they bring that wagon around

Gypsy Woman #3:

When they come to call on you

Gypsy Woman #4:

And drag your poor body down

Gypsy Woman #5:

Just one thing that I ask of you

Gypsy Woman #6:

Just one thing for me

Gypsy Woman #7:

Please forget you knew my name

All Seven Gypsy Women (in harmony):

My darlin´ Sugaree

All Seven Gypsy Women (dancing):

Shake it, Shake it Sugaree