Women and children, disproportionately American Africans, make up most of these unfortunate residents of Jacksonville, with many victims of drug abuse out of disparity. Duval County alone has skyrocketed to more than 8,000 people having no homes. Without going into to the details of this national dilemma, the drama, Where Eagles Fly, has been written and involves Jacksonville's homeless inhabitants.
This script is also a love story and mystery with a surprise ending. The main characters are homeless veterans, including an ex-circus clown and acrobat for comic relief. The protagonist, Cherokee McKee, comes up with a unique idea to overcome this problem facing humanity. His constant companions are two large stray dogs who followed him from a park one day. He calls them 'Search" and "Destroy."
The main character comes up with an ingenious idea of creating a recycled community–"Terraconcord Gardens" in which the homeless live as they conduct their own village government and take care of their own needs and those of their friends agonizing from addictions. His fantasy comes to fruition, as he struggles through making it happen, even suffering from an attack by a gang of thieves.
Much of the dialogue reflects how combat wars have ruined the play's characters as these former soldiers are desperately trying to get their lives back. The theme, although negative, turns out quite positive and lighthearted. The entire manuscript, novel and play, is enlightened by the characters enthusiasm and need for a joyous life after having come through the tragedies and atrocities of war. It is a producer and director's dream because it involves the pathos of humanity trying to survive–the facts of life with a happy ending.
This novel-drama, a new literary form, is ready to be performed on stages across the nation. The manuscript is also written as a movie script. It is now being released for the first time to those interested in having encouraging words become alive on the stage. The playwright is willing to donate her royalties to the cause of United States poverty–human beings who have lost their homes, especially after sacrificing their lives to warfare, with many of the soldiers committing suiricde.
Mame, who has had all her plays produced and read in theaters for more than one performance–included Fission, Fusion, Fission–the making of the H-bomb, at the request of Bill Beyer–nuclear physicist from Los Alamos, New Mexico.
helenesmith1.blog spot.com helenesmith@(macdonaldsward)
