act 1 scene 2

Isabel stands alone onstage and gives a monologue directly to the audience. She talks about a place on the edge of town called Brakwater, which most people just call "the location" (p.20). She complains about how ugly it is, saying the mayor of the city said the same thing one day to her dad. She says that she's been there a few times to visit her maid when she was sick and to take medicine to the clinic. The houses there are made of bits of corrugated iron and other scraps, and they don't have electricity or running water. Isabel says she "ended up being damn glad [she] was born with white skin" (p.21), but that she doesn't think about it that much.