CURTAIN UP
  

(lights dim and then single spot on a hole in the stage)
14 cicadas and the tenor emerge onto stage
(fade spot, elevate limelight)
tenor advances stage right with cicadas meandering.
First cicada pauses stage left and looks at the audience
(spot tenor and first cicada)
 
First cicada and Tenor:
We are going to spend this season
crawling out of the darkness
 
(blackout)
Stage is silent 
(spot second cicada)
 
Second cicada:
We are going to spend this season
climbing, ascending, finding purchase
 
(full light))
Cicadas all meandering
 
Cast: [basso]
We are going to spend this season 
breaking out of our old self
 
(blackout)
Tenor and first cicada to opening position
(spot tenor and first cicada)
 
First cicada:
We are going to spend this season
tearing away, sprouting wings
 
(elevate limelight)
Cicadas all meandering
 
Tenor:[fioritura]: Annnnnnnnnd !
(full light)
 
All cicadas: [basso profundo]
We are going to spend this season
using specialized abdominal muscles to sing.
 
Cue: music
(limelight, roving color spots, spot tenor)
  
Tenor: [cantata]                   “You’d think the world 
                                                    would’ve had enough 
                                                          cicada poems,
                                                        I look around me
                                                       and I see it isn’t so
                                                                Oh. No.
                                                What’s wrong with thaat 
                                                        I’d like to know
 Full cast: (arietta)                      cuz here I go
                                                  agaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiinnnnn.”

(full roving color spots)
  

Cast begins meandering, hugging, twirling
 
                     
             CURTAIN DOWN