In the blackout we hear The Captain of My Ship played as though music for a carnival, and when the LIGHTS RISE, that's exactly where we are: in a broken-down Midwestern carnival. On the backdrop we see a few different side-show attractions: SHAZAM THE SWORD SWALLOWER, RITA & JUANITA, THE SIAMESE TWINS, MIRIAM, THE BEARDED LADY. Last on the left is THE INCREDIBLE MADAME POLENSKA, PSYCHIC TO PRESIDENTS AND CROWNED HEADS. SHE WILL TELL YOUR PAST AND YOUR FUTURE. There is a bad drawing of Irene with a turban, sitting in front of a crystal ball. A BARKER stands on a raised platform. A SCATTERING of CUSTOMERS pass by, pay him little attention. The clothes tell us we are in the midst of the Roaring Twenties.)