Characters

Jim Curry: retired contractor, best friend of EARL, and owner of a portal (his cooler)
Earl Leslard: Car Insurance Salesman, best friend of JIM
Chef: A manic depressive who often appears through JIM’s cooler
Gutier: A French waiter who often appears through JIM’s cooler
Trumpet boy: A young musician, who has escaped from his world when he was pulled out of Jennifer Bepsley’s closet (another portal)
Jennifer Bepsley: An old spinster who spends her time summoning musicians from her closet
Mark Whitman: A hobo who used to work for JIM CURRY, becomes a good friend of TRUMPET BOY

Act 1

Scene 1

JIM and EARL sit in lawn chairs on top of their apartment building, the sun beats down ferociously, JIM is holding a glass of lemonade, EARL a beer. A small packable beer cooler lies in between them.

JIM: Whooooiee! Another scorcher, eh boss?

EARL: Yea, hot enough to fry an egg!

JIM: (thinks for a moment) You don’t suppose anyone has ever tried that do ya?

EARL: Sure! Did it all the time as a kid!

JIM: No way! You mean if I took (reaches into cooler and extracts a single egg) this here egg and break it open on the ground it would fry, just like that?

EARL: Sure would!

JIM: (lost in thought, snaps back to reality) Well I’ll let someone else try it. (Tosses egg off roof)

Earl: Whatever floats your boat – Hey! That reminds me, we really ought to go fishin’ again one of these days!”

JIM: Definitely! I could go for some fish right now as a matter of fact! (pulls a whole live salmon flopping out of the cooler)

EARL: Careful Jim, he’s a fighter! Here these might help, (pulls a charcoal grill, a lighter, and a bag of charcoal out of the cooler, and sets it up for Jim)

JIM: Thanks boss! (begins to cook the fish) Boy do I love the smell of fresh fish!

EARL: Really! I’m not too partial to it, I’m more of a fan of bacon personally (pulls a squealing pig from cooler with effort) but it’s so inhumane (shoves the pig back in and pulls out a package of sliced bacon)

JIM: Oh boy! If you like bacon you have GOT to try the ham they have in Spain (waddles over to cooler and pulls out a massive leg of glazed ham)