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Alone with Dorian, Sibyl deliriously explains she's too in love to act well anymore. Dorian is in a rage, and rejects Sibyl brutally.

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--SIBYL--
BEFORE GOING ON STAGE TONIGHT
I COULD HARDLY CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT
I KNEW YOU’D BE WATCHING
AND I’D GIVE MY BEST IN THE PLAY
BUT TONIGHT SOMETHING SPECIAL
GOT IN THE WAY
LOVELY COMPLICATIONS

--DORIAN--
PLEASE WOULD YOU SPARE ME
DULL EXPLANATIONS

--SIBYL--
BUT I’M ALIVE WITH THRILLING SENSATIONS

(SHE pulls DORIAN to center stage and tries to get him to waltz.)

Dance with me, Dorian, and listen. Dorian, look at me, please.

(SIBYL, giddy with love, dances an abandoned, twirling waltz with the distant, intoxicated and almost immobile DORIAN.

The disparity of their moods makes for a bizarre dance, simultaneously graceful and awkward.)

--SIBYL--
PASSION IS BURNING ME UP
I DON’T WANT TO PUT OUT THE FIRE
PASSION IS TURNING ME
UPSIDE DOWN FOOT TO CROWN WITH DESIRE

AND WHEN YOU TOLD ME
YOU WANT TO ENFOLD ME
AND TAKE MY HAND
YOU MADE ME UNDERSTAND
I CAN NO LONGER MAKE
ACTING BE
AT ALL REAL FOR ME

I STEPPED ON THE STAGE AS JULIET
VERSES SHE SINGS WERE TRUE TO ME-
-YET ONLY MAKE BELIEVE
SO MY PERFORMANCE WAS GRIEVOUSLY AMATEUR
THAT WAS THE BEST I CAN DO
I AM SURE

OH CAN’T YOU SEE
THERE’S NO MEANING FOR ME
IN A LOVE THAT’S THEATRICAL

OUR LOVE IS A REAL LOVE
AND I DON’T NEED TO ACT AT ALL

--DORIAN--
YOU ARE RIDICULOUS
I WAS BORED
DIDN’T YOU THINK OF US
WATCHING IN HORROR
AS YOU BECAME MORE AND MORE ABSURD?
MY WORD YOU WERE AWFUL

--SIBYL--
WORSE, I WAS HOPELESS
ALL I COULD DO
WAS GET THROUGH THE PLAY
I WAS THINKING OF YOU
ALL THE WAY THROUGH

I HEARD THE LAUGHTER
AND PITIED THOSE PEOPLE
THEY DIDN’T KNOW AFTER THE SHOW
THAT I’D SEE THE REAL ROMEO

TELL ME DO THEY KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT A LOVE LIKE OURS?

--DORIAN--
YOUR EVERY WORD SOURS INSIDE ME
HOW CAN YOU STAND THERE
AND TRY TO CONFIDE IN ME
LOVE YOU DESCRIBE AS TRANSCENDED?

MY GOD DON’T YOU KNOW
THAT TONIGHT YOU OFFENDED ME TERRIBLY?
YES ANY TALENT YOU HAD
THAT ATTRACTED ME
HAS VANISHED
IT IS GONE

YOU’VE DESTROYED ANY LOVE I FELT
LOVE HAS MELTED AWAY
I’M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING
I’D RATHER NOT
SO I TAKE MY LEAVE OF YOU

--SIBYL--
BUT YOU AREN’T SERIOUS
YOU’RE ACTING, DORIAN?

--DORIAN--
ACTING?
I LEAVE THAT TO YOU MY ADORING ONE

HOW CAN YOU BE
SUCH A DIMWITTED THING?
WITHOUT YOUR ACTING YOU’RE NOTHING

I CAN DESCRIBE YOUR PITIFUL CASE
A MEDIOCRE ACTRESS
WHO’S BLESSED WITH A PRETTY FACE

--SIBYL--
DORIAN DON’T LEAVE ME

--DORIAN--
DON’T TOUCH ME

--SIBYL--
PLEASE FORGIVE ME
I’LL WORK HARD TO BE
WHAT I WAS WHEN WE MET

--DORIAN--
I’M LEAVING YOU NOW
AND I’LL NEVER FORGET
HOW DISAPPOINTING YOU’VE BEEN TO ME
I SET YOU FREE AREN’T YOU HAPPY?

--SIBYL--
NO PLEASE DON’T GO
NOW I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL
I UNDERSTAND I DO
HOW CAN I FEEL ANYTHING
WITHOUT YOU?

--DORIAN--
IT’S TOO LATE
THIS DEBATE IS COMPLETE
FAREWELL MY SWEET

YOU’LL HAVE TO MAKE DO

--SIBYL--
OUR LOVE IS A REAL LOVE
AND WE DON’T NEED TO ACT AT ALL

WHY DIDN’T SOMEBODY TELL ME BEFORE?
SIMPLE AS GOING TO WALK OUT THE DOOR

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from "Dorian​-​The Remarkable Mister Gray", released June 21, 2010
Sheree Ross as SIBYL, Jason Bailey as DORIAN

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Randy Bowser Salem, Oregon

Randy Bowser - ASCAP, SAG-AFTRA

Composer, director, actor.

Professional premiere of "KARLOFF" was in 2014, Salem, OR.

Professional premiere of "Dorian Gray" was in 2010, in Moscow, Russia.
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