Act 1 Eternal Sunshine -

The music cuts. Cleo whispers: “But what if the thorns were the only things that felt real?”

She pulls out a business card: SCENE 2: “DOPAMINE GHOST” Setting: A dream sequence / flashback montage. The stage dissolves into soft focus, warm yellows and oranges. A dancer represents THE GHOST (the ex, never fully seen, only a silhouette or a rotating mirror). act 1 eternal sunshine

“The sun is a surgeon this morning / Cutting the fog from the lawn / I don’t know why I’m yawning / Or why I was ever withdrawn / My coffee tastes like a secret / The milk poured itself into art / And I feel a strange kind of peace now / A peace with a missing part.” The music cuts

She hesitates. Her finger hovers. The Ghost appears in the corner of the stage—not reaching for her, just watching. Sad. Human. A dancer represents THE GHOST (the ex, never

(smiles) “You’ll remember the notes. You’ll forget the shiver.”