The Trail of Her Inner Thigh

The Trail of Her Inner Thigh received its world premiere at Campo Santo at Intersection for the Arts, in San Francisco, on June 4, 1999, with the following cast—Sean San Jose (Kasper), Lisa Steindler (Patricia), Rachelle Mendez (Jolene), Fe Bongolan (Maria), and Selana Allen (Kymmie, Bunny, Stephanie); and creative contributors—Rhodessa Jones (Director), Margo Hall (Codirector), James Faerron and Donyale Werle (Sets), Marsha Long (Lighting), and Marcus Shelby (Music).

Characters

One man and the women in his life . . .

KASPER, Male. Thirty. Latino. Jolene’s father.
PATRICIA, Female. Forties. Hippie. Trashy. Jolene’s mother. Proud of the fact that she could seduce a fifteen-year-old boy. Sad that she is now over forty.
JOLENE, Female. Teens. The daughter of Patricia and Kasper.
MARIA, Female. Forty-five. Latina. Kasper’s mother.

The following three outside women are played by the same actress:
KYMMIE, Female. Twenties–thirties. Sexy, adorable, funny, smart, fucked-up, voice like a fly, turns into a goddess.
BUNNY, Female. Teens. Jolene’s friend.
STEPHANIE, Female. Thirties. Needs to get her hair done.

LOCATIONS:
San Francisco, California.
Outside Phoenix, Arizona.
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Hurricane, Utah.

Simple set that can represent several locations. Should be nonliteral. Only a few props.

Prologue

Present Time: Wandering and Chasing Each Other

Music—sexy, a flash of tattoos.

KASPER in the foreground praying—with the four women in his life behind him. Their backs are to the audience, they wear short retro black hotpants.

KASPER runs his finger along the tattoos on his body . . . women’s names. As he names them, the corresponding woman grinds. A dance of asses. In the shadows. No faces. Flash of tattoos on his body . . .

KASPER Maria . . . Jolene . . . Patricia . . . Kymmie . . .

KYMMIE does the biggest grind of all, as the music swells and JOLENE moves away from the women and into her own space—a girl at pay phone.

KASPER speaks; JOLENE translates underneath.

KASPER (in the clear) Estoy buscando, estaba buscando, estuvi buscando.

JOLENE (in the clear) I am looking. I have been looking. I looked.

KASPER Cuando voy a encontrar lo, lo que es . . . es que me falta, mi familia.

JOLENE (simultaneous with KASPER’s next lines) When am I going to find my family? . . . my other self.

KASPER Que esta adentro de mi, adentro de mi corazon quien vive? La mujer que hizo el hombre de mi, el hombre que cree en las mujeres. Mi otro yo, que no.

JOLENE (simultaneous with KASPER’s next lines) Please. Bless me with a kiss from the little angel of my dreams.

KASPER El otro lado de mi, Mama. Por favor me bendiga con un beso de mi angela bella. . .

KASPER (continued, in the clear) La angelita de mis suenos.

KASPER and JOLENE look at each other across the other women.

Blackout.

Introduction

San Francisco: 1978

Spot fires onto KASPER’s face. He speaks to the audience. MARIA speaks from her sickbed.

KASPER San Francisco. 1978. He was fifteen years old.

MARIA Jovencito.

KASPER Named . . .

KASPER/MARIA Kasper.

KASPER Taking the 24 Divisadero from the Marina to the Mission, she spotted him.

PATRICIA Because he was beautiful.

KASPER She sat next to him, talked to him.

PATRICIA And the next day fucked him in her apartment. Straddled him, sucked him off, and gave him a line of blow.

KASPER But it was speed—stepped-on bad—and he vomited in her toilet and sat back high as a kite.

PATRICIA She tricked him.

KASPER Since all the other lines had been coke. But he didn’t mind, he was in heaven . . .

PATRICIA She was thirty-one years old . . . It took her only two and a half months to get pregnant, at which point she decided she was leaving town. And she did.

KASPER He went back to pinche high school, slammed speed in the parking lot, fired up glass pipes under the bleachers, and nine months later received a telegram...