Neal – Rehearsal Tracks, Sides & Lyrics

NEAL: Side 1 ( from Act 1 – Scene 3 )

STEPHANIE

I’m willing to talk to you, Greg, but only if you’re willing to be real.

GREG

(opening his arms wide)

Ta-da! Here I am. All Greg. All real. All the time.

STEPHANIE

Oh… you poor thing. I’m so sorry for you.

GREG

(clutching his chest)

Uhh, Stephanie! That’s hurtful!

Neal hurries over.

NEAL

Are you okay, Cabana Boy? I thought I heard you cry out in pain.

STEPHANIE

See? That’s what I’m talking about. How can we get to know each other if you won’t be serious?

NEAL

I want to be serious. It’s just that most people aren’t worthy of my ‘seriosity.’

STEPHANIE

What do I have to do to be worthy?

NEAL

If I told you, that would be cheating, because then you’d know what I was looking for, and I’d never know if you were just pretending to be that way so you could get on my serious side, or if you were really, truly worthy.

STEPHANIE

Oh. Well, I hope I am. I’d like to get to know you. You seem like a very interesting person.

NEAL

I’m really not.

STEPHANIE

I bet you are. Everybody has a story.

NEAL

Not me. I don’t have a story.

STEPHANIE

Is that because you want me to leave you alone?

NEAL

You’re smarter than you look.

Neal walks away and Greg goes with him.

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NEAL: Side 2 ( from Act 1 – Scene 6 )

GARY

You took a big risk.

LORCA

But I would’ve done anything. I want a cure. And Dr. Carey’s my only hope.

STEPHANIE

Yeah. No one else is doing anything. Dr. Carey’s been at it for years. At least there’s a chance she’ll have a breakthrough in time. But I wasn’t ready for all the testing.

NEAL

It’s extensive and relentless, but absolutely necessary if the research is going to produce any meaningful data. Unfortunately, everything takes longer because she’s doing it all herself. When I heard about Dr. Carey’s work, I thought maybe I could help her find the answer faster. I know I’m only eighteen, but this research is right down my alley.

STEPHANIE

Neal’s been studying this stuff since he was a little kid. He’s kind of a genius.

NEAL

Not really. I think it was more because I kept getting these miserable rashes. I wanted to get rid of them and started wondering what caused them. By the time I was twelve, I knew I wanted to be a research scientist studying the long-term effects of pollutants on the human genome. Ironically, DeShores’ put a stop to the “long-term” part. But still, we scientific types are realists. We follow the evidence wherever it leads.

Here at Grace, the research goes on in a scrupulously controlled environment where theories can be tested and data collected with precision not possible in the outside world. In her attempt to isolate all possible causative factors, Dr. Carey has eliminated GMOs, MSG, PCBs, BPA, BHA, EMFs, CFLs, EMIs, BHT affecting DNA, RNA, ATP, CSF, which open paths to ALS, IBS, CFS, ACE, ADD, ODD, DDD, DID, EBV…

GARY

Whoa! You lost me back at GMOs. I’m more of a PGA, NFL, MLB kind of guy.

NEAL

Oh, sorry. My mom says I get kind of OCD. I just want to help. You know, leave something behind that matters.