Genre: Dramatic monologue

Synopsis: Ashkenazi Jewish grandmother faces her anxiety of public speaking in order to testify in favor of reinstating “sexual orientation” in a Hate Crime law in Pennsylvania on behalf of her granddaughter.

Character: GRANDMA, in her 80s; she speaks with an Israeli accent

Place:  Lobby of the Capitol building in Harrisburg, PA

Time:  Early 21st century

PROPS: cell phone (flip phone), purse, string from an industrial mop

SOUNDS: cell phone ring