Episode 12 - January 20th 2020 - Plootie and the Beast
Photos by Janna Hove
Synopsis by Jim Cej
Our Cast of Characters
Jason Hardwick - Keaton Abbott
- impresario, theatre owner -
Shannon Blanchet - Plootie Scampzingus
- his child(?), gopher -
Stephanie Wolfe - Juniper Jones
- now solo member of a sister act -
Tom Edwards - Riff Van Winkel
- song and dance man -
Delia Barnett - Daisy Darling
- showgirl, born in a trunk, the Toast of Paris -
Mark Meer - Lou Tellegen
- famous actor -
Belinda Cornish - Geraldine Farrar
- his equally famous actress and opera singing wife -
Matt Alden - Jack Potts
- radio show host -
Vincent Forcier - Barnaby Toughbottom
- strongman -
* * *
Barnaby returns to the Ferguson theatre, only to find a distraught Keaton.
Keaton asks if he is still ok to be in the show.
Barnaby doesn’t know what Keaton means. 
Riff returns as well and is likewise confused.
Keaton says the something is wrong.
He may or may not have yelled at everyone.
Riff is sure that they’ll all be back.
All he has to do is to get down on his knees and apologize.
Barnaby doesn’t think so.
* * *
* * *
All the cast that left the Ferguson gather in the green room.
Lou says that Keaton is under a lot of pressure.
Barnaby has barely concealed hostility for Lou.
Everyone things that he is acting like a serial killer.
Everyone wonders if it is them.
He says that it is Lou Tellegen.
Lou wonders why.
The shearing of Barnaby’s face was based
on a desire of Daisy for him to look like Lou.
Everyone is confused.
* * *
Daisy, Geraldine and Juniper meet for lunch.
They talk about the strange weather.
It’s all topsy turvy.
Geraldine asks what she is going to do now.
Juniper is going to use her degree in Environmental Engineering
to go to sea and count fish.
Geraldine says that she heard that her act was really good.
Daisy was excited about their upcoming non-sister sister act.
Keaton was so mean, she doesn’t know if she can stay.
She has no marketable skills.
Juniper is tired of trying to please men.
Geraldine only came out to New York because her husband was here.
Men are shit!
She wonders if there is a job for an actress and opera star on a boat?
Of course!
Daisy asks where they are going.
Wherever they want to go.* * *
Jack Potts goes to Barnaby.
He wants to talk to him about his threats.
Barnaby said that he had a dream.
He wants to get revenge on Lou.
Does he want to kill Jack?
No. The radio show is very important to Jack.
He would rather Barnaby killed him than kill Lou.
Jack has a straightjacket to use on his radio show.
He asks Barnaby what his problem is.
He thinks that perhaps it would be best to take him to Bellevue.
He laughs manically.
* * *
* * *
He came to ask him some questions.
When he realizes that he doesn’t have any,
he gives Riff some cash as instead.
Riff needs to bring things back to normal.
He is looking for some moves.
Dance moves or strategic moves?
Why not both?
Riff asks what happened.
Plootie was there and saw the whole thing.
They dance what happened at the meeting.
Riff is the only one left.
He has to come up with a solution that appeals to everyone’s pride.
They decide to go on a little fishing trip to find out what everyone wants.
Geraldine, Daisy, and Juniper are at sea, counting fish in a terrible storm.
Juniper gets seasick.
Juniper apologizes for getting them into this predicament.
Riff and Plootie swim up to them.
They pull Plootie onboard...
When they look for Riff, they find that he has disappeared.
Jack shows up at Lou’s place with Barnaby
and he wonders why they are there.
Jack says that the inmates at Bellevue were all animals.
Lou suggests that they had gone to the zoo.
Lou asks Barnaby what is the source of his animosity.
There was some jealousy because Lou is so handsome.
They all remember when Barnaby’s face was shaved
and he lost all his strength.
She shaved him.
He saw something in Daisy’s eyes when she shaved him.
He couldn’t blame her,
he could only blame the man in the mirror.
What has happened to Riff?
We see what happened in a silent movie.
He is attacked by on octopus,
but gets away when a shark chases it off.
He is discovered by Poseidon and a siren.
Riff swims away.
When he revives, Poseidon scolds him.
Lou and Jack continue to question Barnaby.
They discover a wellspring of hostility towards Lou.
Lou puts forward that the man in the mirror is not Lou but himself.
Barnaby needs to focus on Daisy.
Daisy looks for someone who is stronger and better.
Daisy, why have you forsaken him?
Barnaby slowly escapes from the straightjacket.
He will figure out how to get back to Daisy.
It’s the second episode of the radio show.
Keaton tries to do an episode of the Masked Cowboy Man by himself.
Keaton reads the whole script, including the stage directions.
and his product live on the air.
Geraldine, Daisy, Juniper, and Plootie have
washed ashore on a deserted island.
They are welcomed by a strange man named Biff.
He welcomes them to New Jersey.
He has baloney sandwiches for them all.
When he asks who they are,
Geraldine says that they used to know who they were.
They have lost their way.
Plootie says that it is time for them all to man up.
These women are the biggest stars Jersey has ever seen.
It has everything they need.
Juniper signs a lease for the theatre.
Plootie tells Biff to get a message to Keaton Abbott
that they are going to put on the best show he has ever seen.
Plootie leaves them to get bucks.
Riff hasn’t been so lucky.
He has washed up on different island.
Someone that looked like Lou Tellegen saved him.
Maybe it was Lou Pelican.
Riff finds that he’s not alone.
He is joined by a talking dog/seal cross.
He introduces himself as Friday
and tells Riff that he will find a friend on the island.
He asks if he has considered that he doesn’t really talk
and the voice is just in his head.
Riff has learned an important lesson.
No man is an island.
He swam there, he can swim back.
He straps on some skis and skis home.
Geraldine, Juniper, Daisy, and Plootie are ready to open their show.
Keaton shows up backstage but they won’t see him.
He wants a second chance.
Plootie says that he has to double the women’s wages.
They want at least half of what the guys are getting.
They let him in.
Plootie passes Biff some cash.
Keaton says that what he said wasn’t right.
They don’t owe him anything.
He apologizes for everything said.
but they chose the Ferguson.
Lou tells Barnaby must come to terms with his feelings.
Barnaby understands.
He doesn’t know why he was so angry. 
but he treated her like shit.
They are family.
Geraldine says that Keaton's capacity to hurt her is greater than anyone else.
Keaton says that he loves her.
He loves all of them so much.
If his family doesn’t come back, his heart will not be complete.
Barnaby says that he doesn’t know why,
but he has to do this.
He strangles Lou.
Juniper says that they can be a part of the Ferguson
and their own theatre at the same time.
He has to remember that they have their own place now, too.
They built it themselves and they have their own feet to stand on.
He will pay them 70% of what the men get.
Geraldine faints.* * *
* Directed by Peter Brown *
* Lighting by Brad Fischer *
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