You get four minutes alone with the dog

from Pepito by Nicolas Lell Benavides, Marella Martin Koch

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lyrics

ANGIE
You get four minutes alone with the dog.

CAMILA
Really?

ANGIE
To see if there is chemistry.

CAMILA
Wait—I don’t even know his name.

ANGIE
And… go.

CAMILA
Hello, dog.
My name is Camila.

PEPITO
Camila.

CAMILA
My husband and I came here for a puppy, but we could settle for the right dog.
Are you the right dog?
Are you the one?

PEPITO
I don’t know.
I love you.

CAMILA
It’s important to know in advance.
It’s important to know in advance if you are the right dog.
There is nothing to gain from an imperfect match.
Trust me, I know. I have been wrong before.

PEPITO
What is “wrong”?
I love you.

CAMILA
Will you bark all night long?
Pee inside?
Will you bite?!
Will you tear up the rug?
Chew on mulch?
Do you drool?
It’s important to know in advance.
It’s important to know in advance if you are the right dog.
Are you the one?

PEPITO
What is “right”?
I love you.
I love you!
Te quiero!

CAMILA
Do you know how to fetch?
Dig a hole?
Can you sit?
Will you heel?
Walk a child home from school?

PEPITO
In the past, I would walk Diego home from school.

CAMILA
Not now, but in the future?

PEPITO
I can still smell him.
I don’t know where he is.
I miss him.

CAMILA
Look, are you the right dog?
Would you tell me if not?
Would you know?
Would you even know?!
Is there a right dog?
How would I know?

PEPITO
What is “right”?
I love you.
Te quiero.
¡Te quiero!

PEPITO
Don’t cry. No llores.

credits

from Pepito, released May 1, 2020
music - Nicolas Lell Benavides
www.nickbenavides.com

libretto - Marella Martin Koch
www.marellamartinkoch.com

Samuel J. Weiser, bass
Alexandra Nowakowski, soprano
Alexandra Christoforakis, mezzo-soprano

Ensemble:
Emma McCartney, flute/piccolo
Holly Hu, oboe
Max Opferkuch, clarinet/bass clarinet
Lieza Hansen, bassoon
Matthew Lee Otto, horn
Cameron Wilkins, trumpet
Aidan Ritchie, trombone
Mary LaBlanc, percussion
You Zhao, piano
Kate Outterbridge, violin
Nicholas Bentz, violin
Erica Zappia, viola
Javier Iglesias-Martín, cello
Rebecca Lawrence, double bass

Nicolas Lell Benavides, conductor

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Zach Miley Productions
www.zachmiley.com

Recorded in the Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld Symphonic Hall,
University of Southern California

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Nicolas is a composer living in Los Angeles, CA

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