Copyright © 2000 Drew Hayden Taylor Talonbooks P.O. Box 2076, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6B 3S3 www.talonbooks.com Typeset in New Baskerville and printed and bound in Canada by Hignell Book Printing. Third Printing: November 2002 The publisher gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts; the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program; and the Province of British Columbia through the British Columbia Arts Council for our publishing activities. Mé?; Canadi No part of this book, covered by the copyright hereon, may be repro- duced or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic or mechanical—without prior permission of the publisher, except for excerpts in a review. Any request for photocopying of any part of this book shall be directed in writing to Cancopy (Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency), 1 Yonge Street, Suite 1900, Toronto, Ontario, Canada MBE 1E5; Tel.: (416)868-1620; Fax: (416)868-1621. Rights to produce alterNatives, in whole or in part, in any medium by any group, amateur or professional, are retained by the author. Interested persons are requested to apply to his agent: Janine Cheesman, Aurora Artists Agency, 19 Wroxeter Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M4K 1]5, Tel.: (416)463-4634, Fax: (416)463-4889. Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962- Alternatives A play. ISBN 0-88922-428-5 I. Fitle. PS8589.A885A75 2000 C812'.54 C00-910001-6 PR9199.3.T35A75 2000