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DRAMATIS PERSONAE DEAN/DEVIN: extra-late 20s, “whire” KENDRA/JENNA: mid — late 20s, Chinese-American ot Korean- American ANI/SASHA/CALLIE: early 20s, “white” GLORIA/NAN: extra-late 30s, “anything really” MILES/SHAWN/RASHAAD: 20 years old, “black” LORIN: late 30s, “unclear” SETTING ‘The Midtown offices of an American magazine, circa the 2010s. GLORIA ACT ONE A cluster of four cubicles. An upstage cubicle hides Miles, the intern, who wears headphones and does something menial and unseen. Another cubicle is occupied by Ani, who is in the process of printing something out and preparing for her day. ‘The other cubicles are empty. Upstage of the cubicles are offices enclosed in frosted glass. Other offices are implied dounstage. As Miles and Ani work, the Gloria section of Bach's Mass in B Minor plays. The rhythm of their working seems to coincide with the music. At some point, a printer somewhere starts churning, beeps, then stops. Ani notices. She tries to get Miless attention but can barely be heard over the music. ANI. Miles? (No answer) Miles? ... Miles? (Pokes her head over the divider.) Miles! (Miles notices her, takes off his earphones, and the song cuts out.) MILES. Yep? ANI. I think the printer is out of / paper. Could you — MILES. Oh. No problem. (Miles gets up and exits to an offitage supply closet, leaving Ani onstage working for a bit before her phone rings. She answers.) ANI. Good morning. Arthur Kimble’s office ... Yes, one second ... (Presses buttons, transferring the call.) Hey — Jonah is on the line ... Okay. (Ani transfers the call as Dean rushes in with his man-bag, looking generally like a mess. He starts getting situated in his cubicle.) I's 10:48. 5 
