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Grace is an African-American woman in her late thirties. She has been
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(When the lights return, Grace is on the floor, and the last notes of the song are playing. She is clearly struggling not to cough.)
VOICE: If you need to cough, you must cough.
(Grace continues to take deep breaths, tensing her body as if willing it to not cough through sheer spite.)
VOICE: You must cough.
(She continues to struggle.)
VOICE: Cough. Grace. Cough.
(The fight is too much. She doubles over into a harder coughing fit.)
VOICE: We have not accounted for your human frailties. We apologise. Please, sanitize your hands, and then we will take a break.
GRACE: No.
VOICE: No?
GRACE: You wanted the authentic experience. That’s what the point of all of this is. I never took a break when I did this professionally. I rehearsed and performed until we were done. Are we done?
VOICE: No.
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