Occupy Rancho Sante Fe

I've been conducting a playwrighting workshop with a group of enormoulsy talented writers.   They are writing scenes and monologes taken from the daily newspaper.  Newspaper Plays will have a public reading at the Moolelo Theatre in San Diego on 11/15.   I've found the work being done so inspirational I thought I'd write a scene myself.  See below.

THE OCCUPATION
Four people stand next together.  A woman, late twenties, a California surfer dude, a well dressed matron and a wizzened old man.
ALL OF THEM
Occupy Rancho Sante Fe!  Occupy Rancho Sante Fe!  Occupy Rancho Sante Fe!  Occupy Rancho Sante Fe!
PAUSE.
THE DUDE
Not a great turnout, fellow politically idealistic dudes.
FEMALE ACTIVIST
This is Rancho Sante Fe.  It's to be expected.  But they will learn
(Then:)
Occupy Rancho Sante Fe!
Silence.
THE DUDE
Uh... learn what?
FEMALE ACTIVIST
That we, the 99%, take action against the greed and corruption of the 1%!  That we will only grow stronger in our solidarity!
(calling out)
Attention must be paid!
ALL OF THEM
Attention must be paid!  Attention must be paid!  Attention must be paid!
ELDERLY MAN
To donuts!
FEMALE ACTIVIST
To donuts - wait - what?
ELDERLY MAN
Donuts.  I'm here for the donuts.  Won't you be serving donuts?
FEMALE ACTIVIST
We will not be serving donuts.
ELDERLY MAN
Coffee?
FEMALE ACTIVIST
We will not be serving coffee.
ELDERLY MAN
Oh.
A beat.
THE MATRON
Wall Street stole my mortgage!
ALL OF THEM
Wall street stole my mortgage!  Wall street stole my mortgage!  Wall street stole my mortgage!
ELDERLY MAN
Wall Street stole my donuts!
FEMALE ACTIVIST
(to the old man)
Will you please?
(to the matron)
Tell them, citizen!  Tell Rancho Sante Fe exactly how Wall Street stole your mortgage.
THE MATRON
Oh.  Well, dear, not exactly mine but they stole something and there are people who have something and that seems terribly wrong to me.  So here I am.
THE DUDE
Totally bitchin’.
FEMALE ACTIVIST
So you mean....you still have a job and a mortgage?
THE MATRON
Oh, no, dear.  I’ve never had to work.  And we paid cash for our home.
FEMALE ACTIVIST
And... where is your home?
THE MATRON
Oh, about a mile from here.
THE DUDE
Party!
FEMALE ACTIVIST
Is it a... nice home?
THE MATRON
Very nice.  We have horses.
FEMALE ACTIVIST
And so you are... rich?
THE MATRON
I have no idea.  You'd have to ask my husband.
FEMALE ACTIVIST
And he is...?
THE MATRON
The founding executive vice president of Qualcomm.
THE DUDE
Party hard!
ELDERLY MAN
Serve donuts!
FEMALE ACTIVIST
We are not serving donuts!
(to Matron)
Even though you represent everything we vilify and find reprehensible, we are glad you’re here.
MATRON
Thank you.  You too, dear.
FEMALE ACTIVIST
Now.  Where were we?
MATRON
Occupying Rancho Sante Fe, dear.
FEMALE ACTIVIST
Right.  We’re here to let Rancho Sante Fe know how we feel.
(calling)
Corporations are not people!
ALL OF THEM
Corporations are not people!  Corporations are not people!  Corporations are not people!
ELDERLY MAN
Corporations are not donuts!
FEMALE ACTIVIST
Oh, for God sakes!  Can we please occupy something other than donuts?
ELDERLY MAN
Occupy onion bagels!
FEMALE ACTIVIST
No!
THE DUDE
Occupy legal marijuana!
DUDE/MATRON/ELDERLY MAN
Occupy legal marijuana!  Occupy legal marijuana!  Occupy legal marijuana!
ELDERLY MAN
Occupy legal donuts!
FEMALE ACTIVIST
Stop it!  Just stop!  No bagels and enough with the donuts!  And we are not occupying legal marijuana!  Legal marijuana is not the point of us being here!
THE DUDE
Uh, attractive but badly dressed female dude?  Do you not realze how much money the red, whtie and blue could rake in and put to the public good if they legalized and taxed high quality weed?
THE MATRON
Quite a lot, dear.  And it'd be nice to not have to buy it under the counter.
FEMALE ACTIVIST
No!  We are here to end the monied corruption of our democracy.  Not to occupy donuts, not to occupy mortgages for people who don’t need mortgages and not to occupy legal marijuana!
THE DUDE
Dude.  Please.  The personal preference of what a dude wishes to occupy is at the very heart of democracy.  Begrudge no one.  Nuff said.
THE MATRON
It takes courage to stand up for what you believe, dear.  Land of the free.  Home of the brave.
ELDERLY MAN
And donuts!
FEMALE ACTIVIST
No.  It is not - that - simple.  It can’t be.
Silence.  The elderly man raises his hand.
FEMALE ACTIVIST
What now?
ELDERLY MAN
I occupied once before.
FEMALE ACTIVIST
You did? 
ELDERLY MAN
Fifty years ago.  We called it protest then.  Tossed off the fabricated Ozzie and Harriet blinders and took to the streets.  Faced down the police, the National Guard, Kent State, Daly in Chicago.  Carried flowers, gave the peace sign and in return got sprayed with high power hoses, beat with night sticks, shot and arrested.  But we had a dream.  We went to the mountain top.  We saw the crooked places made straight.  And now they aren’t again.  Why?  We have seen the enemy too many times and we keep forgetting.  He is us!  Rancho Sante Fe!  Is this who and what you are?  Are you what we will always aspire to become?  Rich.  But hollow.  One nation divided under money.  You are a cook with nothing but a recipe for disaster.  I say no!  No to turning your back on the less fortunate.  No to not paying or playing fair.  No one left behind!  A soldier does not leave his brothers behind in battle.  I go to the mountain again.  I will make a difference again.  I occupy America!
Silence.  Then:
FEMALE ACTIVIST
Make a difference again.  Make a difference again!
ALL OF THEM
Make a difference again!  Make a diference again!
THE DUDE
Go to the mountain!
ALL OF THEM
Go to the mountain!  Go to the mountain!  Go to the mountain!
THE MATRON
No one left behind!
ALL OF THEM
No one left behind! No one left behind!  No one left behind!
EDLERLY MAN
Occupy America!
ALL OF THEM
Occupy America!  Occupy America!  OCCUPY AMERICA!
A beat
ELDERLY MAN
And coffee and donuts for all!