Epilogue: All the World's A Stage

from As You Like It by Shaina Taub

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JAQUES:
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE

[We see newlywed ROSALIND and ORLANDO grow older.

They’re replaced by GRANDMA ROSALIND and GRANDPA ORLANDO, older versions of themselves.]

THEN WE GET OLDER
OUR MAKE-UP FADES AWAY
OUR VOICES BECOME TIRED
AFTER ALL THE LINES WE DID OUR BEST TO SAY

THEN OUR FINALE
STRUGGLING TO MAKE SENSE OF ALL WE’VE KNOWN
WE LOOK AROUND THE THEATER
AND REALIZE WE’VE NEVER BEEN ALONE

[GRANDMA ROSALIND and GRANDPA ORLANDO fade away, leaving JAQUES alone.]

ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE
WHEN THE CURTAIN FALLS AT LAST
THIS SHOW MUST STILL GO ON
WE LEAVE A GHOSTLIGHT FOR THE ONES WHO’LL START AGAIN WHEN WE ARE GONE
WE LEAVE BEHIND THE SCENES AND STEPS WE’VE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY
AND HOPE THEY LIVE TO SEE A BETTER VERSION OF THE PLAY

[JAQUES is replaced by a young girl, LITTLE JAQUES, who takes her pen and paper.]

LITTLE JAQUES:
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE
AND EVERYBODY’S IN THE SHOW
NOBODY’S A PRO
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE
AND EVERY DAY WE PLAY OUR PART
ACTING OUT OUR HEART
YEAR BY YEAR, WE GROW
LEARNING AS WE GO
TRYING TO TELL A STORY WE CAN FEEL
HOW DO YOU MAKE THE MAGIC REAL?

JAQUES & LITTLE JAQUES:
LOVE MAKES MAGIC REAL

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from As You Like It, released December 15, 2017

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Shaina Taub Brooklyn, New York

www.shainataub.com

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DIE HAPPY

Mar 2018
As You Like It

Dec 2017
Twelfth Night

Dec 2016
Visitors

Dec 2015

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