Maggie – Hawaiian Goddess

(Comedy, a one-act play)
In Hawaii, a woman experiences Pele but her husband doesn't share her vision.

Two characters, one set, present time

Characters

Maggie, can be played as a woman of 20 to 40 years of age, smart, quick.
Howard, a few years her senior with a Michigan Upper Peninsula accent.

Synopsis

In a hotel bedroom in Hawaii,a woman experiences a mystical transformation and the feeling that she is a spiritual sister of Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire. She warns her husband that he’d better return the lava he removed from the Kilauea crater or Pele will be angry. A sacrifice might be a solution.

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