Act 1
• Seascape opens on a beach
• An older couple, Charlie and Nancy, have just had a picnic lunch
• The sound of a jet overhead interrupts their conversation
• Nancy puts away their lunch items
• Nancy is in awe of the aircraft
• Charlie thinks that one jet will crash into a sand dune one day
• Charlie prepares for a nap
• Nancy wants to talk about her love of the water and her desire to be near it forever
• Nancy's ideal life would be to travel all over the world going from one beach to another
• Charlie is not enthusiastic about her dream
• Charlie prefers to not do anything or go anywhere
• Charlie has a blase attitude
• Nancy says that life is short and they need to plan some adventures
• If Charlie does not want to go, Nancy will go alone.
• Charlie may be content to go a retirement home instead...
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