n o v e m b e r 2 0 1 8 1 0 9 words Anne Brown ON ISLAND — From a New Two-Act Play — By SusAN MINOT PROLOGUE (AMBIENT SOUNDS: GULLS. Projection on scrim of MAIN STREET: a classic small island street. Behind the scrim: MIRANDA SNOW carries a box and heavy mooring chain. A man in his 30s/40s, behind her, drags a wheeled bag, looking lost, which indeed he is. JONA- THAN is “from away.” He is watchful and interested, with a quick innocence.) JONATHAN Excuse me. (Miranda stops.) Is this… What island are we on? MIRANDA North Haven. JONATHAN Ohno.IhaveafeelingI’monthewrongisland. MIRANDA Where do you want to be? JONATHAN Vinalhaven. I’m not sure I want to be there, but that’s where I’m supposed to be. MIRANDA This is not Vinalhaven. (Points to the audience.) That’s Vinalhaven. JONATHAN It’s so close. MIRANDA Yes, but the Vinalhaven ferry goes an- other way further away. You got on the wrong ferry. JONATHAN I did? Ha… Does that happen a lot? MIRANDA No. JONATHAN No? MIRANDA Most people here know where they’re going. (BLACK) (Early morning birdsong.) SCENE ONe: ISLAND ROAD, DAWN (Projection of ISLAND ROAD. Fir-lined and narrowing to a point