BECAUSE, OR, THE MANY AND
VARIOUS USES OF THE UNBRELLA
written & directed by Anna Baardsen |
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"It is the habitual carriage of the umbrella that is the
stamp of Respectability." -Robert Louis Stevenson |
CAST
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Mandi Moss |
Louisa |
Colin Willkie |
NanNan |
Michael Holmes |
Conductor |
Aaron Francis |
Anonymous
Man/Puppeteer |
Megan Crockett |
Clerk |
PHOTOS
by C.M. Gonzalez
video stills by Adina Valerio
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![](../../photos/s5/unbrella_unhappy.jpg)
Louisa (Mandi Moss) doesn't like carrying her dumb ol' unbrella
around.
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![](../../photos/s5/unbrella_nannan.jpg) ![](../../photos/s5/unbrella_dignity.jpg)
Her wind-up NanNan (Colin Willkie) upbraids her. "There is
nothing
more undignified than a young lady without a properly poised
unbrella."
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![](../../photos/s5/unbrella_conductor.jpg)
The
wind-up Conductor (Michael Holmes) informs them that the train
to Fissure, where
Louisa will be conducting her school interviews, has been
delayed. He also says there's
a winding station, but NanNan fully wound before she left the
house this morning.
The Conductor is sure Louisa's school interviews will go well -
"They're always impressed by an unbrella held with dignity!"
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![](../../photos/s5/unbrella_record1.jpg)
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![](../../photos/s5/unbrella_record2.jpg) ![](../../photos/s5/unbrella_record3.jpg)
![](../../photos/s5/unbrella_record5.jpg) ![](../../photos/s5/unbrella_record4.jpg) |
NanNan finds the
proper instructive speech to recite to Louisa.
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![](../../photos/s5/unbrella_advice.jpg)
She's
heard it all before.
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![](../../photos/s5/unbrella_clerk.jpg)
The clerk (Megan Crockett) passes the time.
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![](../../photos/s5/unbrella_buying.jpg)
Louisa asks for her credit stamp so she can get a lolly-fizz, a
box of nico-dots, "and
maybe some adventure paper to pass the time." Her
purchases cost 5.2 grams, but there's
a 10 gram minimum. How much is the next train ticket? It'll
bring her total to 20 grams 50.
The train - to Hollows - leaves in two minutes.
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![](../../photos/s5/unbrella_boarding.jpg)
Louisa boards the train to Hollows.
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![](../../photos/s5/unbrella_angry.jpg)
NanNan is quite angry when she learns that Louisa has run off,
so angry a steam whistle erupts from her mouth!
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