Miss You Like Hell
By Quiara Alegría Hudes and Erin McKeown
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A troubled teenager and her estranged mother—an undocumented Mexican immigrant on the verge of deportation—embark on a road trip and strive to mend their frayed relationship along the way. Combined with the musical talent of Erin McKeown, Hudes artfully crafts a story of the barriers and the bonds of family, while also addressing the complexities of immigration in today’s America.
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Miss You Like Hell - Quiara Alegría Hudes
Scene 1
LIONESS (PROLOGUE)
The band rocks out.
ENSEMBLE:
MMM AH, MMM AH
MMM AH, MMM AH
MMM AH, MMM AH
MMM AH, MMM AH
YOU CAN DO THIS, YOU CAN DO THIS
YOU CAN DO THIS, YOU CAN DO THIS
YOU CAN DO THIS, YOU CAN DO THIS
YOU CAN DO THIS, YOU CAN DO THIS
(Into:)
Scene 2
Night. Beatriz prays.
LIONESS (PRAYER)
BEATRIZ:
I AM A LIONESS
I AM A WARRIOR
I AM A LIONESS
I AM A WARRIOR
I AM THE BEAST WHO ATE ITS FOOT OUT THE TRAP
IT’S A BATTLE IT’S NATURAL TO FIGHT YOUR WAY BACK
ONE MILE AT A TIME CLOSER TO GRACE
SHE IS ON THE HORIZON, HER FACE
BE WITH ME ANCESTORS
BE WITH ME WITCHY WITCHES
I CALL UPON THE FEMININE DIVINE
YO, BACK ME UP BITCHES
(Texting) Are you awake? Yoo hoo. Look out your window.
(Olivia appears in a window, above.)
OLIVIA: Beatriz?
BEATRIZ: ¡Mi hija sagrada, que belleza!
OLIVIA: Why are you in Philly?
BEATRIZ: Baja, come down!
OLIVIA: It’s four in the morning.
BEATRIZ: I drove by for a visit, hija.
OLIVIA: From California?
BEATRIZ: I miss you like hell, my bones hurt, Olivia, because you’re not at my side.
OLIVIA: Does Dad know you’re here?
BEATRIZ: Do not wake him, ¿me oyes? Get your butt out here, where’s my hug?
(Olivia disappears back inside. A moment later she emerges onto the sidewalk, unkempt in ratty black pj’s.)
OLIVIA: Hi.
BEATRIZ: Que dios te bendiga, que dios te cuide, que dios te ampare. (A barrage of kisses) Cariño, I don’t bite. (Sniffing) Gracias a dios, you still smell like a teenager.
OLIVIA: What is this?
BEATRIZ: I used to change your poopy diapers and think I was in a rose garden.
OLIVIA: It’s been four years.
BEATRIZ: They ripped you from my arms …
OLIVIA: Ancient history, Beatriz.
BEATRIZ: Seven days, hija. You and me, on the road, in my truck, windows rolled down. One week with my Shakespeare–Patti Smith–Pablo Neruda of a daughter. If you would do me the honor.
OLIVIA: It’s like I’m being flattered and kidnapped all at once.
BEATRIZ: A woman can’t kidnap her own child. The universe doesn’t work that way.
OLIVIA: The legal system does. This is weird, Beatriz. Come after school. We’ll grab slices and get caught up.
BEATRIZ: I am caught up. You think you’re some literary castaway. You love James Baldwin, Allen Ginsberg and thinly veiled suicide threats. Lift up your shirt.
OLIVIA: Excuse me?
BEATRIZ: Is it still there? Show me your belly. I saw that blog of yours. Last week? You sharpied should I jump off the Ben Franklin Bridge
on your stomach?
OLIVIA: My blog is anonymous.
BEATRIZ: I found it very quickly. Thank god one person responded no.
I called your father, asked if he’d send you to California. She has school.
This isn’t the plan.
So I got in my truck and drove like a bat out of hell. Does he