The scene
is a bowling alley; any bowling, any town, USA. It is relatively modern with digital
lights and automatic score keeping (optional).
Three quarters of the stage, taking up most of
center and stage left is the lounge area with bar, tables, chairs and other
Bowling Alley-type stuff.
Stage right and just up center
are several “half lanes” (the audience only sees the first half
of the lanes and not the pins and pin retreat, etc.) Balls
are thrown past a curtain and into a ball trap backstage. In front of the lanes is a bench and a scoreboard.
It is ideal to have a working ball
return, but in cases where that is not possible, you will need to
“hand - feed” the balls to return in specifc areas as directed through out the script.
Down right are two doors indicating the men’s
and women’s bathrooms with a small playing area in front of the doors. These doors are on rollers and can be turned around and brought to center stage for scenes that will be played in the bathrooms
Further
down right is the entrance to the bowling alley. There is an area just outside
the front door (into the bowling alley) where scenes are played.
Immediately up stage and slightly
left is a stage where the Bowling Alley Lounge Band plays.
