Encanto Play Page #6

Our family needs help, and you need to get outta here.

(RATS SQUEAKING)

Meh.

(RUMBLING)

(KIDS GASP, PANT)

You should have told me the second you saw the vision.

Think of the family.

I was thinking of my daughter.

Pepa, calm down.

I’m doing my best.

Yes.

You’re lucky it’s not a hurricane.

Mamá, you’ve always been too hard on Mirabel.

Look around.

We must protect our family, our encanto.

We cannot lose our home.

(DOOR OPENS)

Señora, perdon.

People in town are becoming anxious about the magic.

They want to see you.

(SIGHS) Mirabel was in that vision for a reason.

Find her.

(RUMBLING)

(BIRDS SQUAWKING)

We might wanna hurry.

You can’t hurry the future.

Um… (CHUCKLES)

What if I show you something worse?

If I see something that you don’t like, you’re gonna be all, “Bruno makes bad things happen. Oh, he’s creepy and his vision killed my goldfish.”

I don’t think you make bad things happen.

Sometimes family weirdos just get a bad rap.

You can do this.

For the nerves.

(GROWLS SOFTLY)

I can do this. I can do this, I can do this, I can do this.

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

(WIND BLOWING)

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

(WIND WHISTLING)

You might wanna hang on.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(CHITTERING)

(PEOPLE EXCLAIM)

BRUNO:
It’s just the same thing. I gotta stop!

No. I need to know which way it goes.

There’s gotta be an answer.

Something we’re not seeing!

You’re looking at the same thing that I am.

If there was something else…

There! Over there!

BRUNO:
Butterfly!

Follow the butterfly!

Where is that?

BRUNO:
(HESITATING) It’s all out of order.

It’s the candle. The candle’s getting brighter!

I think you’re gonna help the candle!

How?

Uh, there’s someone with you. And you…

You fight her!

What?

Wait, no, no. Is that a hug?

Am I fighting or hugging?

An embrace. An embrace!

To make the candle bright you have to embrace her.

Embrace who?

BRUNO:
Oh… Almost there.

Who is it?

Almost there. Oh, oh.

I got it!

(INCREDULOUSLY) Isabela?

Oh, your sister? That’s great!

(GROWLS)

(SIGHS) Every time.

(VISION SHATTERS)

MIRABEL:
(SCOFFS) Why would embracing Isabela do anything?

I don’t know. Our family got a miracle.

How do you help a family miracle?

You hug a sister.

Mirabel? (SIGHS) Mirabel? (BURBLING)

(IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE) Mirabel?

Well, I think we’re running out of time here.

It’s not gonna work.

She won’t hug me ever, okay? She hates me!

Also, I don’t know if you heard, I ruined her proposal!

Plus, P.S…

(WHISPERS) Mirabel?

…she is just annoying.

Of course it’s Isabela!

Mirabel?

What’s her problem with me anyway?

She’s the one with roses coming out of her…

(LOUDLY) Mirabel!

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

You see, you’re missing the point.

The fate of the family, it’s not up to her.

It’s up to you.

You’re exactly what this family needs.

You just have to see it.

By yourself, after I leave. (GRUNTS)

What, you’re not coming?

(IN DEEP VOICE) It was your vision, Mirabel.

Not mine.

You’re afraid Abuela will see you.

(IN NORMAL VOICE) Yep. I mean, yes, that too.

Hey, after you save the miracle, come visit.

After I save the miracle, I’m bringing you home.

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

(INHALES SHARPLY)

(CASITA CREAKING)

(EXHALES) You got this. Just gonna save the miracle.

With a hug.

Isa? Hey.

I know we’ve had our issues, but I’m (HESITATES) ready to be a better sister… to you.

So, we should just hug.

Let’s hug it out, huh?

ISABELA:
“Hug it out”?

Luisa can’t lift an empanada, Mariano’s nose looks like a smashed papaya!

Have you lost your mind?

(SMACKS LIPS)

Isa, I feel like you’re upset.

And you know what cures being upset?

A warm embrace.

Get out.

(HESITATING)

Everything was perfect.

Abuela was happy. The family was happy.

You wanna be a better sister? Apologize for ruining my life.

Go on. Apologize.

I… am… sorry…

Hmm.

…that your life is so great!

Out.

Wait! (GRUNTS) Fine! I apologize!

I wasn’t trying to ruin your life!

(GRUNTS) Some of us have bigger problems, you selfish…

(GASPS)

…entitled princess!

“Selfish”?

I’ve been stuck being perfect my whole entire life!

And literally, the only thing you have ever done for me is mess things up!

Nothing is messed up!

You can still marry that big dumb hunk!

I never wanted to marry him! I was doing it for the family!

Oh, my gosh.

Isa, that is a very serious confession.

(SIGHS) Okay, get over here.

Bring it in.

Isa?

(SIGHS)

I just made something unexpected

Something sharp Something new

Isa? Uh, this is the part where we…

It’s not symmetrical Or perfect

But it’s beautiful

And it’s mine What else can I do?

Wait Bring it in, bring it in

Good talk Bring it in, bring it in

What else can I do?

Let’s hug Bring it in, bring it in

Free hugs Bring it in, bring it in

I grow rows and rows of roses

Flor de mayo by the mile

I make perfect Practiced poses

So much hides behind my smile

What could I do if I just grew

What I was feeling In the moment?

Do you know Where you’re going?

What could I do if I just knew It didn’t need to be perfect?

It just needed to be And they let me be

A hurricane of jacarandás

Strangling figs

Fig!

Hanging vines

This is fine

Palma de cera fills the air As I climb and I push through

What else can I do?

Can I deliver us A river of sundew?

Careful, it’s carnivorous A little just won’t do

I wanna feel the shiver Of something new

I’m so sick of pretty

I want something true Don’t you?

You just seemed Like your life’s been a dream

Since the moment You opened your eyes

How far do these roots Go down?

All I know Are the blossoms you grow

But it’s awesome to see how You rise

How far can I rise?

How far can you rise?

Through the roof to the skies Let’s go

A hurricane of jacarandás

Strangling figs

Go

Hanging vines

Grow

Palma de cera fills the air As I climb and I push through

What else? What else?

What can you do when you are

Deeply madly truly In the moment?

Seize the moment Keep going

What can you do when you know

Who you want to be Isn’t perfect?

But I’ll still be okay

Hey, everybody clear the way

I’m coming through With tabebuia

Tabebuia

Making waves

Making waves

Changing minds

You’ve changed mine

The way is clearer ‘Cause you’re here

And well I owe this all to you

What else can I do?

MIRABEL:
Show them what you can do

What else can I do?

There’s nothing you can’t do

ISABELA:
What else can I do?

You’re a bad influence.

(BOTH LAUGH)

ABUELA:
(ANGRILY) What is going on?

(GASPS)

Abuela?

It’s okay! Everything’s…

We’re gonna save the miracle. The magic…

What are you talking about?

Look at our home! Look at your sister!

Please just… Isabela wasn’t happy.

Of course she isn’t happy. You ruined her proposal.

No, no, no. She needed me to ruin her proposal.

And then we did all this!

(ABUELA GRUNTS)

And the candle burned brighter and the cracks…

Mirabel.

That’s why I’m in the vision!

I’m saving the miracle!

You have to stop, Mirabel!

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