Encanto Play Page #5

PEPA:
Bruno says it looks like rain

FÉLIX:
Why did he tell her?

PEPA:
In doing so, he floods my brain

Abuela gets the umbrella

PEPA:
Married in a hurricane

ALL:
He’s here, don’t talk about Bruno-no

Why did I talk about Bruno?

ALL:
Not a word about Bruno

I never should have Brought up Bruno

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Miraboo! Got your party pants on? ‘Cause I…

(GRUNTS, CHUCKLES)

I broke into Bruno’s tower.

I found his last vision. The family’s in trouble.

The magic is dying. The house is breaking, Luisa’s gift is fading.

And I think it’s all because of me?

Pá?

(DOORBELL RINGS)

We say nothing.

Abuela wants tonight to be perfect.

Until the Guzmáns leave, you did not break into Bruno’s tower.

The magic is not dying. The house is not breaking.

Luisa’s gift is not fading.

(SOFTLY) No one will know. Just act normal.

No one has to know.

(DOLORES SQUEAKS)

(WHISPERS) I know. (SQUEAKS)

She’s gonna tell everyone.

ABUELA:
Time to eat!

Miercoles.

The Guzmáns and the Madrigals together will be so good for the encanto.

Yes. Then, let’s hope tonight is not a horrible disaster.

(LAUGHTER)

ABUELA:
To a perfect night!

Salud!

ALL:
Salud!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(DOLORES WHIMPERS)

(HESITATING)

MARIANO:
Avocado?

(GRUNTS, GASPS)

(WHISPERS)

(COUGHS)

(CHUCKLES)

Camilo. Fix your face.

ISABELA:
Water?

(CAMILO WHISPERING)

(CLEARS THROAT)

Mirabel.

(GRUNTS)

The cream, please?

Pá, the cream?

(CHUCKLING NERVOUSLY)

(WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY) …Bruno’s vision.

Pepa, the cloud.

(GASPS)

(WHISPERING) Clear skies, clear skies, clear skies.

(WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY) Bruno’s vision.

MIRABEL:
Oh.

(CRACKING)

(GASPS)

MARIANO:
Mirabel?

(GRUNTS)

Everything okay?

(CHUCKLES) Everything is great. She’s just excited.

For you to propose. Which, uh, you should do!

Yes.

As fast as you can.

Uh, I was actually gonna…

You were actually gonna. Great!

(HESITATING) Well, since everyone here has a talent, my Mariano wanted to begin with a song!

Luisa, could you bring over the piano?

(VOICE BREAKING) Okay.

(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

Uh, it’s actually family tradition to sing after.

(MARIANO CLEARS THROAT)

Isabela, most graceful of all the Madrigals.

(GRUNTS)

Um…

You’re doing great.

The most perfect flower…

(CHITTERING)

(MIRABEL GASPS)

…in this entire encanto…

No!

(GRUNTING)

(PIANO CREAKS)

(SOBBING)

Will you marry…

No!

(CONTINUES SOBBING)

(SCREECHING)

(SHRIEKS) What is happening?

Mirabel found Bruno’s vision. She’s in it.

She’s gonna destroy the magic and now, we’re all doomed!

(MIRABEL GRUNTS)

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

(GRUNTING)

(GASPS)

(GROANS)

(ALL CONGRATULATE IN SPANISH, MURMUR)

(MARIANO CRIES)

Señora, por favor!

Abuela, please! There’s gotta be an explanation.

I hate you!

(SOBBING) I’m a loser!

Luisa!

What did you do?

I’m not doing anything! It’s Bruno’s vision! It’s…

(RATS SQUEAKING)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

Huh?

The magic is strong! Everything is fine!

We are the Madrigals!

Mirabel!

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(RAT SQUEAKING)

(CREAKING)

(RATTLING, CRUMBLING)

(RAT SQUEAKS)

(GASPS)

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

(GASPS)

(PANTS)

Hey!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(PANTING)

It’s okay, mami.

Deep breath in, deep breath out.

(GASPS)

(GRUNTING)

Stop!

Stop!

(GASPING)

(GRUNTING)

(YELPS)

(GASPS) No! No!

Help! Help…

Casita! Casita! (PANTING)

Help me!

Help me!

(GASPING)

You’re very sweaty. (GRUNTS)

(SCREAMS)

(GASPS) Oh, no!

Hmm.

(LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING)

Bye.

What?

No. Hold on!

Wait! Wait!

(THUD)

Ow.

Why did you take the vision?

Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock. Knock on wood.

MIRABEL:
What does it mean?

(INHALES SHARPLY)

Is it why you came back or…

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

Tío Bruno?

Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock. Knock on wood.

You were never supposed to see that vision. No one was.

But… (SPITS)

A little salt.

Sugar.

(SPITS)

(BRUNO SPEAKING SPANISH)

MIRABEL:
(IN ENGLISH) Wait.

Have you been in here patching the cracks?

Oh, that? No, no, no.

I’m too scared to go near those things.

All the patching’s done by Hernando.

Who is Hernando?

(IN DEEP VOICE) I’m Hernando and I’m scared of nothing!

(IN NORMAL VOICE) It’s actually me. (CHUCKLES)

I used to say my real Gift was “acting.” (CHUCKLES)

(IN ALTERED VOICE) I’m Jorge. I make the spackle.

How long have you been back here?

(SQUEAKING)

You never left.

Well, I left my tower, which was, you know, a lot of stairs and here, eh, kitchen adjacent. (CLICKS TONGUE)

Ooh, ooh, plus, free entertainment.

So, what do you like? You like sports?

Game shows? Telenovelas?

(RATS SQUEALING)

Their love could never be.

I don’t understand.

Well, because she’s his aunt and she has amnesia so she can’t remember that she’s his aunt.

It’s like a very forbidden kind of…

I don’t understand why you left, but didn’t leave.

Oh, well, because, huh, the mountains around the encanto are pretty tall.

And, uh, like I said, free food and everything.

You guys love the free food, don’t ya?

Always hungry. Never satisfied.

(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)

Yeah, my Gift wasn’t helping the family, but, uh, I love my family, you know?

I just don’t know how to… I just don’t know how to…

Well, anyway, I think you should go, because, um, I don’t really have a good reason, but, if I did, you’d be like, “I should go, because that’s a good reason.”

Why was I in your vision?

Tío Bruno?

I just wanted to make the family proud of me.

Just once.

But if I should stop, if I’m hurting my family, just tell me.

I can’t tell you…

(MIRABEL SIGHS)

…because I don’t know.

I had this vision the night that you didn’t get your Gift.

Abuela worried about the magic.

So, she begged me to look into the future.

See what it meant.

And I saw the magic in danger.

Our house breaking.

And then, and then, and then, I saw you.

But the vision was different. It… it would change.

And there was no one answer. No clear fate.

Like your future was undecided.

But I knew how it was gonna look.

I knew what everyone would think because I’m Bruno and everyone always assumes the worst, so…

(SIGHS) so…

You left to protect me?

I don’t know which way it’ll go, but my guess… the family, the encanto and the fate of the miracle itself…

Well, it’s all gonna come down to you.

Or maybe I’m wrong.

You know, it’s a mystery. That’s why this vision is…

(BLOWS RASPBERRY)

Look, if I could help any more, I would, but that’s all I know.

Good luck. I wish I could’ve seen more.

Yeah.

Yeah.

(YELPS)

You wish you could have seen more, so see more!

Have another vision.

Oh. No, no. See, I don’t do visions anymore.

But you could.

But I won’t.

You can’t say the weight of the world is on your shoulders. The end.

If our fate’s up to me, me says have another vision.

Maybe it’ll show me what to do.

Look, even if I wanted to, which I don’t, you wrecked my vision cave.

Which is a problem, ’cause I need a big open space.

We’ll find one.

Where?

ANTONIO:
Use my room.

The rats told me everything. Don’t eat those.

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