Today I got another rejection e-mail (some festival in South Carolina) and wrote 18 pages on the new WIP. None of it is long hand, I'm typing from the outline and notes. 

Random idea that came up in my head while writing:

a character's 4 year old son sees slot machines for the first time on an airport layover in Las Vegas while flying to visit his grandparents. He is so taken with them that for Halloween he wants to be a slot machine. So, he and his mother make a costume out of cardboard boxes and paper and tape and aluminum foil and whatever else they can find. His mom wants to dress up as something appropriately casino-themed to go with him. While she's surfing the internet trying to find a way to make a card dealer costume that looks interesting, she finds that someone is selling a Vegas showgirl costume on eBay. 

The Vegas showgirl costume is satirical; it's a gold halter top and boy shorts decorated with coins, and then the headdress and tail are made out of fabric printed with dollar bills and green feathers. It was originally owned by a drag queen who performed in anti-casino rallies in Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Needless to say, she hits "Buy It Now!" 

Unfortunately, the little boy's costume is misstaken for a robot, and he gets so tired of trying to explain that he's a slot machine that he gives up and lets people say, "oh, what a cute robot!" as long as he gets candy.  It's okay. Mom knows he's a slot machine, and he knows he's a slot machine. 

This isn't the whole play, it's just part of it.