This war of mine valter1/13/2024 My mother and I are leaving for Germany tomorrow to sit shiva for my bubbe. But I don’t think the potato cart will ever be the same.Īnyway. Yeah, too bad about that potato cart jumping out in front of you like that. I was real proud to be racing alongside you, Laibale. That motorcycle will be the death of me one day, Laibale. You’re the best motorcycle mechanic in Kovno-probably all of Lithuania-and everybody knows it.Ĭongratulations on your win, son. VALTER’s father pushes him offstage.)ĭon’t worry about them, Laibale. I’ll take the dress for my wife, but I don’t want to see any of you anywhere near my garage. Leitukis, I will make a dress for your wife. I’ll show Valter what I did to the carburetor so he can win next time.Īnd I’ll work extra hours without pay to make up for using your tools.Ī Jew offering to work for nothing? Did I hear that right? That’s not fair! You’re an idiot if you think. ![]() Yeah! Go wash your head in kerosene, Typhus Boy!īe quiet, Valter. You stay out of this! And I told you to keep away from me. I didn’t know you were planning to cheat my son. Leitukis, you told me you didn’t mind if I used the garage after work hours. I won’t be needing you anymore.ĭid you adjust the carburetor on your motorcycle? You don’t need to show up at the garage, tomorrow, Laibale. And you’ll be the first one to know it, Esther. With what? Your fists? You might try being a decent example to the boy. All Jew boys are mother lovers, isn’t that right? (REBEKKAH places a medal with a ribbon around LAIBALE’s neck.) LEITUKIS spits on the ground in front of LAIBALE.) Laibale did something to the engine so he could go faster. He wears a shirt with the same design: Kovno #2.) (JOEL, a large boy who often scratches his neck, head, and chest, steps forward. Among his supporters are JOEL, ESTHER, MENACHIM and GEORGE. He is “mobbed” then escorted, still on the bike, onto the stage. He wears a shirt with a nifty art deco graphic on it: Kovno #1. (LAIBALE rides into the theater on a motorcycle. REBEKKAH (squeals as if at a rock concert) LEITUKIS curses the sky and throws his stub on the ground, spits on it.) The favorites seem to be LAIBALE and another boy named VALTER. A passerby could mistake it for a melee, they are so pumped. The silhouettes become the Lithuanian TOWNSPEOPLE, who cheer the motorcycle racers. PROJECTION: Birds take off, dark and ominous. ![]() ![]() The bird calls escalate then diminish as the flock flies away in a swoosh. (Eventually, the engine turns over, and the vocalizations become deep, rumbling, assured, as the engine comes to full life. Sluggish at first, then in full call as the motorcycle engine revs to speed.) One by one they vocally imitate, slowly at first, the sound of a motorcycle engine being turned over. Low backlight reveals them in silhouette. (The streets of Kovno, Lithuania-November 1938. The stage should be outfitted with a projector and sound system to display archival photographs at key points, which are indicated by PROJECTION and SOUND in the stage directions. VOICE or ACTOR #1 / #2 indicates one speaker from the ENSEMBLE. Some scenes require the participation of the ENSEMBLE, or all available actors. The play takes place in and around Kovno, Lithuania, between November 1938 and April 26, 1944. VALTER LEITUKIS / CAPTAIN LEITUKIS (Lie TOO kiss)
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