(LIGHTS UP ON: BARE STAGE.)

(SOUND CUE GO: A haunting trip-hop ballad)

(Puppeteer enters with two chairs for a park bench. Puppeteer dons gloves and neutral mask.)

(Enter Julia. She sits in the park, eating a croissant. Enter Spider.)

(Spider leaps onto Julia’s hand. He slowly crawls up her arm. At first, Julia appears to recoil from the approaching Spider, but then…)

(Julia offers Spider part of her croissant. Spider eats. They laugh, they snack, they flirt.)

(Their flirting becomes more intimate. Julia pets and caresses Spider. Spider sits on her lap, etc.)

(But when Julia tries to kiss Spider... He suddenly turns away! They separate.)

(They stand at opposite sides of the stage, stealing longing glances at one another.)

(Finally, they run together again. Spider leaps into Julia’s arms.)

(Julia and Spider dance around the stage.)

(Spider dips Julia. They twirl. Julia leaps into Spider’s arms. They dance on…)

(Julia sits on the park bench with Spider on her shoulder. This time, when she kisses him, he does not recoil. They kiss. They neck. …Spider BITES her on the throat!!)

(Julia screams! Spider watches in horror, as she dies, horribly poisoned.)

(Spider cries and cries and cries and cries, for an awfully long time, until the song ends.)

(LIGHTS FADE.)