This document contains a scene breakdown for a play with 16 scenes. It lists the page ranges for each scene and the characters and actors involved in each scene. The play follows characters Emma, Clare, Lori, John, Aidan, and Young Lori through various points in time from 1938 to 2011, both in locations on the coast of Ireland and in Emma's apartment. It focuses on Emma learning to process a traumatic event from her childhood involving the selkie folklore traditions of Ireland.

1. Boston College Theatre Department 1
Maggie Snell, Stage Manager Updated 10/04/2015
PROLOGUE SCENE 1A SCENE 1B SCENE 1C SCENE 2 SCENE 3 SCENE 4 SCENE 5A
p. 5 p. 5-10 p. 10-14 p. 15-22 p. 22-30 p. 30-34 p. 34-40 p. 40
Coast of
Ireland
Emma's
Apartment,
2011
Emma's
Childhood
Bedroom,
1990
Emma's
Apartment,
2011/Union
Square,
2007
Coast of
Ireland,
1938
Emma's
Apartment,
2011
Coast of
Ireland,
1939
Emma's
Apartment,
2011
CHARACTER ACTOR Lullaby Selkie Blood
Write My
Own Story
Selkie of the
Skies
Emma Clare X Young EmmaX Clare X Clare X
Lori X X
John Aidan X X Aidan X Aidan X
Young Lori X
SCENE 5B SCENE 5C SCENE 6 SCENE 7 SCENE 8 SCENE 9 SCENE 10 SCENE 11A
p. 41-45 p. 45-46 p. 46-50 p. 51-52 p. 52-55 p. 55 p. 56-60 p. 60-65
Hotel Room
in Thailand,
1993
Emma's
Apartment,
2011
Coast of
Ireland,
1939
Emma's
Apartment,
2011
Coast of
Ireland,
1945
Emma's
Apartment,
2011
Coast of
Ireland,
1946
Emma's
Apartment,
2011 &
2008
CHARACTER ACTOR
Go Raibh
Maith Agat
Preprise,
Detours Drowning Bonny Clare Terrible
Emma Young EmmaX Clare X Clare X Clare X
Lori X
John X Aidan X Aidan X Aidan X
Young Lori
LEARNING HOW TO DROWN
SCENE BREAKDOWN

2. Boston College Theatre Department 2
Maggie Snell, Stage Manager Updated 10/04/2015
SCENE 11B SCENE 11C SCENE 11D SCENE 11E SCENE 11F SCENE 12 SCENE 13 SCENE 14
p. 65-68 p. 68-72 p. 72-74 p. 74-75 p. 75-79 p. 79-80 p. 80-83 p. 83-86
Hotel Room
in North
Carolina,
1996
New York
City, 2011
Coast of
Ireland,
1957
Emma's
Apartment,
2011
Coast of
Ireland,
1957
Emma's
Apartment,
2011
Coast of
Ireland,
1957
Emma's
Apartment,
2011
CHARACTER ACTOR You Sail On
Go Raibh
Maith Agat Seventh Tear
I Can't Hear
Her
Anymore
Emma Young EmmaX Clare X Clare X X
Lori X
John X Aidan X X Aidan X
Young Lori X X X
SCENE 15 SCENE 16
p. 86-90 p. 90-93
Coast of
Ireland,
1957
Emma's
Apartment,
2011
CHARACTER ACTOR
Return to
the Sea John's Song
Emma Clare X
Lori
John Aidan X
Young Lori X