Script Breakdown for BLACK ORPHEUS

Act 1, Scene 1:
(pages 1 - 2) Streets of New Orleans; Principals: Eurydice, Tiresias
Celebrants
(pages 3 - 7) Trolley Car Stations; Principals: Hermes, Orpheus, Eurydice, Bruno, Louis, Mira

Scene 2:
(pages 8 - 11) Marriage License Bureau; Principals: Mira, Orpheus, Marriage License Man

Scene 3:
(pages 12 - 15) Pawnshop; Principals: Jose, Angelica, Carlita, Orpheus, Mira, Man with Victrola, Pawnshop people

Scene 4:
(pages 16 - 20) Serafina’s house; Principals: Serafina, peddler, Eurydice, Apollo, Hector,
celebrants

Scene 5:
(pages 21 - 23) Grocer’s; Principals: Grocer, Shoppers #1, #2, #3, Serafina, Eurydice
Celebrants

Scene 6:
(pages 24 - 25) Bourbon Street; Serafina, Orpheus, Mira, Jealous Woman, Neighbor’s Sister’s-in-Law Cousin
Celebrants

Scene 7A:
(pages 26 - 29) Orpheus’ house; Hector, Orpheus, Apollo, Mira, Neighbor’s Sister’s-in-Law Cousin
Scene 7B:
(pages 30 - 32) Serafina’s house; Orpheus, Eurydice, Hector, Apollo

Scene 8:
(pages 33 - 35) Bourbon Street: Principals: Mira, Orpheus, Paris, Hector, Serafina, Eurydice
Celebrants

Scene 9:
(pages 36 - 42) Lady D’Arc’s Costume Shop: Principals: Orpheus, Lady D’Arc, Portia, Helen, Serafina, Eurydice, Apollo, Hector, Mira, Death

Scene 10:
(pages 43 - 45) Serafina’s house: Principals: Chico, Eurydice, Serafina,
Scene 11:
(pages 46 - 47) Dark streets of New Orleans, Cemetery: Principals: Orpheus, Apollo, Eurydice, Death,
Celebrants

Scene 12:
(pages 48 - 52) Serafina’s house, Orpheus’ house; Principals: Serafina, Chico, Orpheus, Eurydice

Act 2

Act 2, Scene 1A:
(pages 53 - 54) Orpheus’ house; Principals: Apollo, Hector, Orpheus, Eurydice
Scene 1B:
(pages 54 - 58) Orpheus and Serafina’s houses and outside their houses: Principals: Serafina, Mira, Helena, Portia, Eurydice, Orpheus, Chico
Scene 1C:
(pages 58 - 60) Orpheus’ house; Principals: Mira, Orpheus, Hector, Apollo
Scene 1D:
(pages 60 - 64) Serafina’s house and outside her house; Principals: Serafina, Eurydice, Chico, Mira, Hecate (Sabre), Hecuba (Tane), Apollo, Hector, Orpheus

Act 2, Scene 2:
(pages 65 - 68) Bourbon Street; Principals: Mira, Orpheus, Apollo, Hector, Male By-Stander, Tiresias, Eurydice
Celebrants!

Act 2, Scene 3:
(page 69) the Trolley Station; Principals: Eurydice, Death, Orpheus

Act 2, Scene 4:
(pages 70 - 74) Hospital; the Office of Missing People; Principals: Orpheus, Hermes, Dr. Albert, Hector, Apollo, Two Doctors, Two Nurses, Guide

Act 2, Scene 5:
(pages 75 - 77) Church/Cemetery: Principals: Guide, Orpheus, Apollo, Hector, Eurydice, Hermes, Priestess
Celebrants

Act 2, Scene 6:
(page 78) the Morgue; Principals: the Bureaucrat, Orpheus, Eurydice;
(pages 78 - 80) Outside Orpheus’ house; Principals: Orpheus, Eurydice, Mira, Serafina
Women of the community
(page 80) Outside Orpheus’ house: Principals: Apollo, Hector, little Eurydice.