Encanto Play Page #4

A light wind blows You try to stop it topplin’

But on and on it goes But wait

If I could shake

The crushing weight Of expectations

Would that free Some room up for joy

Or relaxation?

Or a simple pleasure Instead we measure

This growing pressure Keeps growing

Keep going ‘Cause all we know is

Pressure like A drip, drip, drip

That’ll never stop

Whoa

Pressure that’ll tip, tip, tip Till you just go pop

Whoa

Give it to your sister It doesn’t hurt

And see if she can handle Every family burden

Watch as she buckles And bends but never breaks

No mistakes

Just pressure Like a grip, grip, grip

And it won’t let go

Whoa

Pressure like A tick, tick, tick

Till it’s ready to blow

Whoa

Give it to your sister And never wonder

If the same pressure Would have pulled you under

Who am I If I don’t have what it takes?

No cracks No breaks

No mistakes No pressure

(PANTING)

(SIGHS)

I think you’re carrying way too much… (GRUNTS)

Maybe I overdo it.

Yep.

Um… There is something you should know.

Last night, when you saw the cracks,

I felt weak.

(HESITATING) What?

MAN:
Luisa! The donkeys!

On it!

Wait, wait, wait. What do you mean?

What do you think’s hurting the magic?

Don’t know, but I heard the grown-ups once.

Before Tío Bruno left, he had, like, some terrible vision about it.

Tío Bruno? What was in his vision?

No one knows. They never found it.

But if something’s wrong with the magic, start with Bruno’s tower.

Find that vision.

Wait! How do you find a vision?

What am I even looking for?

(DONKEY BRAYS)

If you find it, you’ll know.

But be careful.

That place is off limits for a reason.

ABUELA:
Such a perfect match.

So perfect.

And so good for the encanto.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(GRUNTING)

Hmm.

Casita.

Can you turn off the sand?

(FLOOR TILES RUMBLING)

You can’t help in here?

I’ll be fine.

I need to do this.

For you, for Abuela, maybe a little for me.

(EXHALES)

“Find the vision, save the…”

(SCREAMS)

(GROANS)

(SPITS)

Wow.

Oh, hello.

(SQUAWKS)

Lot of stairs, but at least I’ll have a friend.

No. He flew away immediately.

(SQUAWKING)

(GROANS)

All right.

(SINGING) Welcome to the family Madrigal

There’s so many stairs In the casa Madrigal

You think there would be Another way to

Get so high ‘Cause we’re magic, but no

Magical how many stairs fit in here!

Bruno, your room is the worst!

(PANTING)

(GASPS)

(GROANS FRUSTRATEDLY)

Come on…

Okay, I can do this.

Oh…

(BIRD SQUAWKS)

(GRUNTING)

(GRUNTS) Whoo!

(GASPS)

(DISTANT THUD)

(GASPS)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(RATTLING)

(GASPS)

(SIGHS IN RELIEF, SHRIEKS)

(RATS SQUEAKING)

(BIRD SHIVERING)

(BIRD TRILLING)

MIRABEL:
Quitter!

(EXHALES)

Empty.

(GASPS)

(BREATHING SHAKILY)

(GASPS)

(SIGHS) What’s hurting the magic?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Me.

(RUMBLING)

(PANTS, GASPS)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GRUNTS)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(CONTINUES BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GRUNTING)

(SCREAMING)

(PANTING)

(SCREAMS)

(PANTING)

(GRUNTS)

Where are you coming from in such a hurry?

I’m sorry, I was…

What is in your hair?

(HESITATING)

LUISA:
My Gift!

(SOBBING) I’m losing my Gift!

What?

Mirabel and I were having this little talk about me carrying too much.

So, I tried not to carry so much, but I realized it was putting me behind.

And I knew I was gonna let everyone down.

And I felt really bad, so I was grabbing all the donkeys, but then when I went to throw the donkeys in the barn, they were heavy! (SOBBING)

(DOOR SLAMS SHUT)

What did you do? What did you say to her?

Nothing. I… I don’t…

Mirabel… (SIGHS)

(CHURCH BELLS RINGING)

I have to go get the Guzmáns for Isabela’s engagement.

Stay away from Luisa until I can talk to her.

Tonight, we can’t have any more problems.

And whatever you’re doing, stop doing it.

(LUISA SOBBING)

(CREAKING)

(EXHALES)

Why am I in your vision, Bruno?

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

(GASPS)

Tía! Jeez.

Sorry. Sorry, I didn’t mean to…

Shoo, shoo, shoo! (GRUNTS)

I just wanted to get the last of Toñito’s things and then I heard the name we do not speak.

Great. Now I’m thundering, and that thunder will lead to a drizzle and a drizzle will lead to a sprinkle…

Clear skies, clear skies.

(EXHALES) Clear skies.

Tía Pepa? If… (HESITATING)

If he had a vision about someone, what would it mean for them?

We don’t talk about Bruno.

I know. It’s just hypothetically, if he saw you…

Mirabel, please, we need to get ready for the Guzmáns.

I just wanna know if it was generally positive or, like, less positive…

It was a nightmare!

Félix!

Hey, she needs to know, Pepi, she needs to know.

We don’t talk about Bruno.

He would see something terrible. And then…

(MAKES TICKING SOUND) Boom! It would happen.

We don’t talk about Bruno.

What if you didn’t understand what he saw?

Then you better figure it out, because it was coming for you.

We don’t talk About Bruno-no-no-no

We don’t talk about Bruno

But it was my wedding day

It was our wedding day

We were getting ready

And there wasn’t a cloud In the sky

No clouds allowed in the sky

Bruno walks in With a mischievous grin

Thunder

You’re telling the story Or am I?

I’m sorry, mi vida Go on

Bruno says it looks like rain

Why did he tell her?

In doing so He floods my brain

Abuela gets the umbrella

PEPA:
Married in a hurricane

(CROWD CLAMORING)

What a joyous day But anyway

We don’t talk about Bruno-no-no-no

We don’t talk about Bruno

Hey

Grew to live in fear of Bruno stuttering or stumbling

I can always hear him Sort of muttering

And mumbling

I associate him with The sound of falling sand

(SHUSHING)

It’s a heavy lift With a Gift so humbling

Always left Abuela and the family fumbling

Grappling with prophecies They couldn’t understand

Do you understand?

Seven-foot frame Rats along his back

When he calls your name It all fades to black

Yeah, he sees your dreams And feasts on your screams

We don’t talk about Bruno-no-no-no

We don’t talk about Bruno

He told me my fish would die The next day dead

CHORUS:
No, no

He told me I’d grow a gut And just like he said

No, no

He said that all my hair

Would disappear

Now look at my head

CHORUS:
No, no

Your fate is sealed When your prophecy is read

He told me That the life of my dreams

Would be promised And someday be mine

(MIRABEL SCOFFS)

He told me That my power would grow

Like the grapes That thrive on the vine

ABUELA:
Oye Mariano’s on his way

He told me That the man of my dreams

Would be just out of reach

Betrothed to another

It’s like I hear him now

Hey, sis

I want not a sound out of you

DOLORES:
I can hear him now

Um, Bruno Yeah, about that Bruno

I really need to know About Bruno

Give me the truth And the whole truth, Bruno

Isabela Your boyfriend’s here!

ALL:
Time for dinner

It was my wedding day

It was our wedding day

And there wasn’t a cloud In the sky

No clouds allowed in the sky

ISABELA:
He told me that my power would grow

FÉLIX:
Thunder

PEPA:
You’re telling the story or am I?

ABUELA:
Oye Mariano’s on his way

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