Summary

Stage directions describe how the action is now set in “the main house of the MacGregor Plantation. It is outfitted with all the fittings of modernity but still feels haunted by the antebellum South” (59). Jim, Kaneisha, Alana, Phillip, Gary, and Dustin are all there, dressed in contemporary clothes and nervously looking at each other. “It should be noted as well, that Jim is British, Kaneisha speaks in a natural Southern dialect but none of the others are from the South and henceforth speak in their natural accents” (59).

Teá and Patricia come in, carrying portable computers that they frequently check. Teá speaks at length about how challenging encountering powerful, triggering fantasies like those just enacted can be. Her speech reveals that the three couples have been at the Plantation for four days, and that they are there for some kind of therapy. When...