AFTERNOONRoom white dreary, dark, claustrophobic ,lifeless, hopless.6 mental asylum patients at St. Anns Hospital. They Crawl on stage to the Sound of dark,haunting,depressing music,They are wearing masks that symbolize their broken states, when the music stops they slowly take of the masks and assume their roles going into their own little worlds Hospital nursesThey are dragging in a patient mocking him as they leave they look at the patients to make fun of them in their tableau statesNurse 1Look at MS. Universe here holding onto that dolly like that's she man eh hmm lol .Earth To mars darling you aint no barbie and that rag a dang thing yuh have is not no Ken, get with the programNURSE 2Look at this one watching the T.V. Like she waiting to win the lotto but the T.V. Aint wuking yuh knowLaughing hysterically Don't worry hunny Bold and beautiful will be starting soon ok NURSE 1LOOk at this one na mavis like she want ah child,gyul no man could nevr get drunk enough to breed you hahaNURSE 2Rock ah by baby on the tree topBoth nurses laugh uncontrollably NURSE 1But look at this one always combing she hair like she feel she is miss Universe ladies and gentleman I give you Ms. St Anns 2016 . Pose for the cameraThey begin to make all sorts of model poses mocking the patient then exist the roomWe now introduce the esteemed sociologist Dr.Desha Rambhachan who participated in an experiment that studied the behaviour of human beings and rats in their living environments.Sociologist Thanks for those kind words of introduction it is a pleasure to be here .ReceptionistSt. Anns can i help you?Pause as he waits for replyOh you don't feel like talking thats small thing i don't feel to either 90% of the dayAKIELA CHAMBERSLonely, low self esteem, always looking at the ceiling constantly told she is a failure as aa child scared for life They sent me to the psychiatrist, arranged the interview , i was so ashamed Phone rings receptionist answersRECEPTIONISTSamaritans can i help you?Akeila ChambersYou can't help me no one can help me !!!!RECEPTIONISTWell lets trySHAUNA LUKECurious bi-polar case who can't remember anything for more than 10 minutes, Akeila makes her curious she wants to understand her Who arranged the interview?

AKIELA CHAMBERSThe personnel,administrative, assistant director general SHAUNA LUKEPerhaps he was worried about you ?AKIELA CHAMBERSHe had no right things does spread like ah jep nest inside ah there yes,before yuh know it every body in the office no my business, yuh can't talk yuh business there yuh know, every body does smile at you and cut yuh throat behind yuh backSHAUNA LUKEGosh maybe he was worried about youAKIELA CHAMBERSThey had no right now everyone laughing at me i can't take the staresSHAUNA LUKEWhy did he ?AKIELA CHAMBERSMy walk yes my walk i used to walk with a slight limp yuh see yes that's it,it used to save my heel from going down and my bad calf, yes i saw it in a spy movie once , its very good at showing stealth mode to , yes, the staff they jealous me so they sent me to a shrink!!SHAUNA LUKEWhy a shrink if its your leg?AKIELA CHAMBERSIts not my leg. I don't like people staring at me ;that's all , i don't like meeting the eyes,if you meet someone in the corridor , face to face well naturally you know ,you'd have to say something, yuh see I'm shy,i don't enjoy talking to people, I'm easily embarrassed , or don't what to be laughed at i don't want to give them the opportunity RECEPTIONISTDo you see your parents at all?KEYANA CUMBERBATCHMy fathers dead, shot down on Nelson street, i was only seven when my mom walked out. They took care of me RECEPTIONISTSt. Anns can i help you ?KEYANA CUMBERBATCHYes they took care of me the neighbors and my aunt and all her boyfriends, they used to like to play doctor and nurse with me yes yes,,i was a disappointment to my aunt , maybe because i wet the bed yes ,if only i had been a boy things would be different SHAUNA LUKEWhy did the shrink tell you?AKIELA CHAMBERSOh he was a nice man he understood everything that i said,i was able to tell him why i'm the way i am and he said thats ok RECEPTIONIST

St. Anns can i help you? AMY EMILYI just get so far with people , i mean i can hardly connect and people just don't stick around. When they get what they want they're gone and I'm left drowning. I've Been alone for as long as i can remember SHAUNA LUKEBut what did the shrink tell you?AKIELA CHAMBERSGetting increasingly agitatedHe asked me if i wanted tablets, but i dont want any tablets tablets are for mad people , i'm i'm perfectly fineeee, i don't see the need, i don't approve of drugs, but that does not solve my problem right everyone thinks i'm psychooooRECEPTIONISTSt Anns can i help you?LILYLow self esteem, bullied as a child in school, abused my her ex husband beaten until all her legs and jaw were broken , she is a shattered woman .They tell me i should give up T.V. Cable is a waste of money after all the channels getting cut anyway,Standards only harrassing my phone over payment threatening to take my set, i tell them don't worry after the eye operation ill come in to pay installments after all i can't see that well.They Came and took the T.V 3 times well at least i get back some money to take out another one RECEPTIONISTSt. Anns can i help you?DARIOGone crazy because of years of drug abuse, sees ghost, duppies and spirits.They abandon me, now where to go then i found my precious, my while silky precious, we used to go on roller coaster rides for days many up and downs the happiest feeling in the world.Then They start to put my precious further and further up in the sky so high, i had to sell everything to reach her yes yes, LILYNo body understood the love , the connection between that T.V. Set and me the passion we had, and then it happened, my eyes started to twitch, i waited 6 years for that operation, all that corruption in government and my eyes suffered , i dont see the faces on T.V. No more but i can tell when they move, when i get operation all will be well againDARIOI sold my shoes , socks ,draws, mother wedding ring, i set up my own father to get rob to buy my precious, BUT THEY KEPT putting her higher and higher until i could not do anything to get her Pause as he hallucinates Now now i hear voices on the radio yes yes , the duppy coming for me , the reaper man with the fork, he want my precious he want to smoke she out buts she's mineeeeeeee she's mineeeeeeeeee no one can have her SOCIOLOGISTCase 1348 Seventeen years old .Left The orphanage 3 months ago and has been leaving by theft.SHEILADriven mad by years of abuse mental and physical her mind is a cartoon of eggs the slightest nudge and she will be pushed over the edge .Was eight of us mammmy make ,fathers never around, my sisters pregnant by fourteen, all my brothers dead by 25, i had to get out somehow so i found the home , but that place turned into a hell hole.then I met this man he told me he loved me used to carry me KFC buy a 5 piece special, but then he left me, and i was lost so i ran and i ran until i found a next guy and then he beat me i thought he loved me so i ran and i ran an i fewll into the arms of a next man.... And then he paid me i became numb until i suffocated SOCIOLOGISTCASE 1239 forty ,married,3 miscarriages ,2 suicide attempts BlanchePacing up and down in a very nervous,stummering mannerI used to think it was my fault ,, i mean i lost the babies, maybe thats what drove him away, yes yes it was me , i could not give him the kids so thats why he went outside that why, iuts all my fault i was to weak to needy to soft ,ive no reason to be depressed I've no reason to be down, be happy be happy ,, smile smile