MADONNA SPECTACLE 11: THE POWER OF GOODBYE

The power of goodbye.

This episode is not explicit.

Written by Øystein Ulsberg Brager.

MADONNA SPECTACLE - Kiba Walker
MINDY - Ditrie Marie Bowie
MADDY, OLD - David S. Dear
FELIPE - Matheus Carneiro

Produced by Karin Heimdahl

Script consultants Leeanne Stoddart and Remi J. Hovda.

Original music by Anthony Luis Sanchez. Sound effects either created by Karin or from freesound.org under the Creative Commons 0 license.

Øystein Ulsberg Brager is a freelance theatre director and playwright. He is joint artistic director of Imploding Fictions, and co-creator of the award winning audio fiction podcast The Amelia Project. He currently works as a dramaturg at the Norwegian regional theatre Unge Viken Teater where he also runs a young writers program.

Kiba Walker is an American actor, musician, director, writer, and performer based out of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Kiba currently has one album out, titled "XO", that released in May 2016. He runs a music channel called "KibaKovers", adapting anime and video game openings into English for a broader audience, as well as regular Top 40 covers. He is also one of the champions of the hit Fort Worth Drag Competition, The 3, as Salem Moon!

Ditrie Marie Bowie is a performer and creator based in Vancouver, BC. You can find more of their work at their website.

Matheus Carneiro makes the Controller Disconnected podcast.

David S. Dear is the producer of A Ninth World Journal.



Links:
Øystein Ulsberg Brager oysteinbrager.com
Kiba Walker https://www.kibawalkervoices.com/
Ditrie Marie Bowie https://ditriemariebowie.com
Matheus Carneiro https://condisconnected.com
David S Dear https://ninthworldjournal.com/
Karin Heimdahl https://y2kpod.com
Leeanne Stoddart https://www.instagram.com/leeanne_m_s/
Remi J. Hovda https://www.instagram.com/nabiyeongeisha/
Anthony Luis Sanchez https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8mqJY4bOeb4IP285vKj4OA
https://www.anthonyluissanchez.com/

TRANSCRIPT

MADONNA SPECTACLE, NOW OLD
Do you recognize my voice? I don’t blame you if you don’t. It’s me: Madonna Spectacle. I’ve had a
long life. Some parts have been really hard.

MINDY, IN THE PAST
A wheelchair isn’t the end of the world! Listen, I’m gonna sew you a costume which comes off
when you spin the wheelchair around, like one spin and your whole outfit is different! It’s gonna be
magic!

MADONNA SPECTACLE, NOW OLD
Some parts have been very easy.

FELIPE
My folks threw me out. I don’t have anywhere to go. Maybe I can... live with you for a while?

MADONNA SPECTACLE, IN THE PAST
Of course you can.

MINDY, IN THE SAME PAST
For as long as you want.

MADONNA SPECTACLE, IN THE PAST
If you want us to, we can be your parents.

MADONNA SPECTACLE, NOW OLD
But all has to come to an end. I’ve seen my kids fly off, to make new and better lives for
themselves. And now, it’s my turn. Madonna Spectacle’s final performance. Tearing off layer after
layer of fantastic dresses, and when the final one comes off... there’s no one there. Just emptiness.
And then the lights go out.

THE END

Credits
This episode of Listen, Rinse, Repeat was performed by Kiba Walker as Madonna Spectacle, Ditrie Marie Bowie as Mindy, Matheus Carneiro as Felipe and David S Dear as Madonna Spectacle, old. It was written by Øystein Brager and produced by Karin Heimdahl with original music by Anthony Luis Sanchez.