the house from three houses by dave malloy

ZIPPY
say, your house is really coming along!

SADIE
my house was this little split-level ranch house,
right on the lake;
modeled precisely on my grandparent’s house
in vermilion, ohio.

the house of my childhood summers.

SADIE & ZIPPY
the house of my childhood happiness.

SADIE
i was inspired by my aunt’s collection of photo albums—
all labeled by year, swoon—
filled with pictures of holidays and occasions at my grandparents’ house.

i would stay up for hours,
scouring the backgrounds,

SADIE & ZIPPY
looking for things i could recreate
with the game’s customizable database:

SADIE, ZIPPY & SUSAN
a black vase with lilies on the side
a wooden statuette of an old man with a knapsack
a brass magnifying glass with a cowboy boot handle

SADIE
i wanted to get everything just right.
a perfect digital replica.
i’ve always been pretty ocd—
it used to drive jasmine crazy.

SADIE, ZIPPY & SUSAN
see there’s this clicking in my head,
when certain things line up,
when like is put with like
and there is order.

i need this clicking in my head,
when certain things line up,
when like is put with like
and there is order.

• Experimental
• theatre
• New York