ABSTRACT
Act I , scene 3. Harper's apartment, Brooklyn . Autumn 1985. She is alone.
Harper Amary Pitt (20S) is 'an agoraphobic with a mild valium addiction' . She is married tof oe, a clerk in theCourtofAppeals. They arebothMormons fromSalt Lake Ciry. She rarely ventures outand her grasp of reality is shaky. The radio has become hermain contact with the outside world, and she has become particularly sensitive to ecological issues and disasters. Her pill-popping causes herto hallucinate. She is not only isolated from the world butfrom herhusbandboth emotionally and sexually. 'She is listening to the radio and talking to herself, as she often does . She speaks to the audience. '
