PEARL’S STAR SHINES AGAIN

Friends,

It is with great sadness that I, Pearl S. Dunbar......of the Boston Dunbars, must announce that I have been replaced in the current production of Miss Saigon in Eau Clair, Wisconsin. I have been replaced by Miss Mindy "Backstabbing" Cohn, formerly of the hit NBC television series, "The Facts of Life". The director, Asaad Kelada, and I had been having great disagreements of the interpretation of the role. He wanted an exact replica of the Lea Salonga performance and I wanted the character to represent the struggles that Asian women have on the legitimate stage. As you can imagine, I threw a fit and left the stage floor urine stained. I was humiliated.

So, as one may expect, I am now unemployed. And unemployable after Mr. Kelada has since blackballed me from most of the Midwestern Broadway reproductions that are in pre-production: "A Chorus Line" at the Gary, IN Community Service Center, "Gypsy" at the Beaver Creek, MN Theatre for the Deaf, "Brigadoon" at the Branson, MO Community Players, and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" at the Center for Satanic Studies in
Wilmette, IL. What am I to do?

My family is more than thrilled at my predicament. They want nothing more than for me to continue in the family tradition and become a partner in the Dunbar Bank. I just can't step foot in New England again. I am now living in the Eau Clair Motor Lodge on State Highway 42. It isn't as bad as you may think. I've gotten quite "friendly" with the many of the staff here. Chuck, the porter and Melvin, the bellman have become quite smitten with me. They live to service me. It is because of them that I remain here in the desolate hellhole.

You two are my only true friends. I am desperate to reunite with the two of you. You must help me. Please. What am I to do?

Desperately Single and Sad, sitting by the Eau Clair Motor Lodge cement pond,
Pearl S. Dunbar......of the Boston Dunbars