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ACT I

ACT I, SCENE 1

It’s a dark stage, and at first all you hear areLike, serious Lae piece of paper showing two bare, spread legs, discreetly covered by a hospital sheet The heartbeat gets louder The breathing gets heavier andhim at the same time Finally, as it all crescendos, TINY COOPER coh the piece of paper and entering spectacularly onto the stage

We are not going for realism here He should not be naked and covered with a a diaper He’s not into that Instead, the person who ee, stylish Tiny Cooper that you will see for the next two acts To delineate hi a button that says AGE: 0

Most babies co

Not Tiny Cooper

He co chords of "I WAS BORN THIS WAY" This is a big, lively, belty nu Gravity" at the start of Wicked, she’d be hout the entire show Tiny has just fallen into the world--some would say he was pushed--and already he has a sense of who he is and what he’s going to do The music and the production value must reflect that Sparkles, people Lots of sparkles Do not get stingy with the sparkles The reason drag queens love theet them for cheap

TINY:

Hello, my name is Tiny Cooperwhat’s yours? I’ve just been born and, ood!

Cue music

["I WAS BORN THIS WAY"]

TINY:

I was born this way,

big-boned and happily gay

I was born this way,

right here in the US of A

It’s pointless for you to try

to pinpoint how I became

so G-A-Y

From my very first swish inflection,

the rainbow curved in reen, green eyes

And when I grow up

I’uys!

Why try to hide it?

What good would that do?

I was born this way

and if you don’t like it

that says enough about you

If you find it odd,

take it up with God

Because who else do you say

couldshoes

whether you’ve got flat feet

or twinkle toes