Int: the Intensifying Hearts Club & Leisure Centre, in the women’s bathroom.
The women of the town – SALINA the rooster, MARCIA the mental case, MONICA the lovestruck fool, PENELOPE the betrayed lover, MADAME MORGANNA the matriarch, EDITOR the complainer, and a number of unnamed ones – are gathered in the bathroom. All of the women except for MADAME MORGANNA are in full histrionic meltdown.
PENELOPE
A new girl? A new girl in our town?
MONICA
That’s right. A beautiful one, too.
PENELOPE
PAULETTE…. Her name is.. PAULETTE!!?
MONICA
It is, I’m afraid. She is PAULETTE, the new girl who just arrived to our town a few hours ago.