Laurels Literary Magazine Fall 2014 | Page 36

CHANOYU Onnyx Bei TIME: Tokyo, Japan. Circa 1880. PLACE: Keiko’s house and an alchemist’s shop. CAST: KEIKO A young girl in her early 20s YUNA Keiko’s neighbor and a sewing teacher; woman in her 40s OLD WOMAN A blind shopkeeper with frazzled gray hair and a raspy voice MITSU Keiko’s teenage housekeeper TADASHI Keiko’s lover; man in his 40s OTOYA Keiko’s father GHOSTS The Old Woman’s father and husband SCENE I (KEIKO has prepared a tea ceremony at her house and invited her neighbor after supper. YUNA enters.) 34