Embedded Files
~Returning Characters~
Miss Lillian, Miss Marion, and Miss Vivian
~New Characters Introduced~
Kenny, Clevon Schpielbunk, Roxanne, and Greg
Original Date of Post: 11/23/2008
Narrator: When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. And if life gives you a job opportunity, snatch that up like it's freakin' candy! Isn’t that right, my unemployed creator? (Smacks) Ouch!
Medea: I am not unemployed. Although, I know a nosy narrator that'll be out of a job if he continues telling the audience I am.
Narrator: Understood! On with today's chapter!
Lillian: Ooh, you’re all dolled-up today!
Marion: Well of course, it’s an assembly day! I have to look my best!
Lillian: The audience is going to be looking at the singers in the choir, not you.
Marion: Better than what you have on! (Vivian walks out) Well, look what the cat threw up! Good morning! (Vivian groans)
Lillian: Well Vivian it’s been nice chatting with you but we have to go to work now. To our jobs! Do you remember what a job is? It’s the place where you go so you can earn a living!
Vivian: (Thinking) And lose your dignity! (Lillian and Marion leave)
Marion: I can’t help but feel sorry for Vivi. She ends up separating from her husband, and then she cusses out Principal Oak…
Lillian: Yeah…I want that woman out of this apartment. She is such a buzz-kill!
Narrator: You’re probably wondering what the hell happened to Miss Vivian! Well, it was before the second semester began at Pallet High School when she learned that there were going to be some serious budget cuts around. Actually, the one activity at school that was facing severe cuts was the theatre department. It was already poorly funded prior to this news. So when Miss Vivian received word on more cuts…she had this to say.
Dear Principal Oak,
As you know, I’ve been a dedicated faculty member at this school for almost ten years now. I have put up with so much in my time, given back so much, and not getting much in return. That goes without saying for the drama department. We’ve been able to get by in the past. But with your new budget cut system, I don’t know if we can make it work. Even the Booster Club is having a hard enough time with…
It’s just that…
I QUIT YOU CHEAP MOTHER…
Narrator: Yeah, it got ugly from there. Soon after quitting, she got into a fight with her husband and moved in with her two sisters. She hates being with them for more than an hour, so she usually fakes sleeping until they leave the house and when they come home. But she is not a slacker. As soon as Lillian and Marion leave the house, Vivian is reading through the classified ads to try and find some new opportunities. Meanwhile, it’s almost February and the drama department has been without a teacher…and with no teacher, that means no new projects.
Brianna: This is so depressing.
Dawn: I know.
Brianna: There’s barely anybody interested in drama, we have no sponsor, no direction, no nothing!
Dawn: I know that.
Brianna: Damn it! I wanted to impress Drew on how well I held things together in the theatre after he and the others graduated.
Dawn: Brianna, Drew is still with May. They have a baby and are about to get married. He is not going to go out with you! Get over it!
Brianna: Not the point! Even Zoey doesn’t want to do theatre this year. She says she wants to focus on Golf this year. What a traitor!
Dawn: (Scoffs) Like I want her here! I say that’s a blessing!
Brianna: Oh, you don’t mean that! (The door opens)
Kenny: Wow, this is the theatre?
Brianna: Oh hi, are you new here?
Kenny: Yeah, I just transferred here from…Huh? Dee-Dee, is that you?
Dawn: Kenny?
Brianna: You know this kid?
Dawn: (Sighs) Unfortunately!
Kenny: Well, well, well! Dee-Dee! Long time no see!
Dawn: Stop calling me Dee-Dee!
Brianna: Dee-Dee? I’ve never heard you being called that before.
Dawn: (Sighs) I was called that a long time ago, but that’s all in the past. Stop calling me that!
Kenny: Hey don’t blow a gasket Dee-Dee! (She groans) Whoa, this place is a total ghost town!
Brianna: Sad, huh? You see, we’re the only ones left in the whole Drama Club. Our old teacher left and most of our new members have basically deserted the club.
Kenny: That’s depressing to hear. I’m sort of a theatre-buff myself and having this place go to waste seems like such a crime. I would have loved to see some plays here.
Dawn: Oh really?
Kenny: Yes really! Say Dee-Dee, I’m surprised you’ve gone back into plays.
Brianna: Oh yes, she’s one of the best. Last year, she played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.
Kenny: Is that so? Well I got a play story that’ll knock your socks off. You don’t mind if I tell your friend this cute story, do you Dee-Dee?
Dawn: Don’t you dare!
Brianna: I’d like to hear!
Kenny: Great! See, when we were in elementary school, we were in the school production of Robin Hood. I of course played Robin Hood. Well, when it was time for Dawn to do her line, she stuttered and then… (Whispers in Brianna’s ear)
Brianna: She peed herself? No way! (Dawn growls)
Kenny: That’s when she was known as Pee-Pee Dee-Dee!
Brianna: I had no idea! I’ve only known Dawn since the 7th grade and I know some pretty embarrassing slip-ups with her, but that one is just classical!
Dawn: (Growling) SHUT UP!
Brianna: Oh relax Dee-Dee…I mean Dawn!
Kenny: Yes but to save time, we just called her Dee-Dee! (Laughs)
Dawn: (Growls) You’re still the same as ever Kenny… (Hits him) An annoying creep! (Outside an abandoned theatre)
Vivian: I guess I haven’t been by here in a long time. Father Time must have hit this place like a ton of bricks. (Sighs) Sad…Very sad! (A car pulls up)
Marcus: Miss Vivian?
Vivian: Marcus, it’s been a while. How are you?
Marcus: I’m fine. I just got off school for the day. So, you’re looking at the old abandoned theatre.
Vivian: So sad. Back in the day, I used to act on stage here. It was so much fun. But once I became a teacher, I eventually stopped coming altogether. I guess I got caught up in my work that I became too busy to actually stop and watch a production.
Marcus: Miss Vivian, this building has been barred from the public for three years.
Vivian: Oh man, where the hell have I been?
Marcus: At Pallet High School. Speaking of which, it’s in the middle of the day and school isn’t out yet.
Vivian: Well I take it you haven’t heard the news. I quit.
Marcus: Whoa! What happened?
Vivian: Oh, lots of things. Mostly having to do with stupid school politics, and then I get into a fight with my husband, and then I have to move in with my two pain-in-the-neck sisters, and I need to find work! I’m desperate! Marcus… (Grabs his hands) You can be my angel of mercy! Please Marcus!
Marcus: I really can’t help you Miss Vivian. I don’t even have a job! I’m only a community college student!
Vivian: (Sighs) I guess you and I are in the same boat.
Marcus: In a way I suppose. Do you want me to give you a ride home?
Vivian: Hmm…Wait Marcus…Oh, it’s nothing! But wait! I was wondering if I could buy the property to the theatre, fix it up, and make it good as new!
Marcus: Whoa! Talk about a long shot!
Vivian: Go with me on this one. I can borrow money from my sisters to start up a loan with the bank and… (Marcus starts sniffing) What are you doing?
Marcus: Trying to detect the scent of alcohol.
Vivian: I’m not drunk Marcus. But Marcus, if I reopen this theatre and start putting on productions here, would you consider auditioning?
Marcus: For you Miss V, I would be honored. Hell, if you really want to go through with this, my father is a construction worker and I’m sure he’d be happy to help.
Vivian: You mean it Marcus? That’s super! Together, we can take on this challenge. But we can use some help and lots of it. See if you can get some of the old gang back together to help us out.
Marcus: Some of the old thespians?
Vivian: Right. Meet me back here this weekend and we’ll talk business. (Back at the high school)
Oak: Thank you cheerleaders!
Dawn: Is this thing over yet?
Brianna: I hate these spirit assemblies!
Kenny: I don’t know. Those girls have some nice moves.
Dawn: You sicken me! I don’t care much for these assemblies either. Not much they can use the theatre kids with.
Brianna: You said it.
Oak: Now I’d like to introduce a new member of the faculty. Give a nice round of applause for our new theatre instructor Clevon Schpielbunk. (Applause)
Brianna: We have a new teacher? Finally!
Dawn: There’s hope again for the theatre!
Clevon: Thank you Pallet High. I am your new theatre instructor. If you have an interest in singing, acting, or dancing, just come on down to the theatre! I myself and Miss Marion of the choir department will be co-directing Grease.
Dawn: Grease? Isn’t that a little…common with school plays?
Brianna: It sucks!
Kenny: What are you talking about? That play is awesome!
Dawn: I should have known you would like that crapola. (That night at the apartments)
Lillian: You want me to loan you what?
Vivian: Just a $1000 should do.
Lillian: (Laughs) You must have bumped your head sis! If you forgot I’m a teacher and so is Marion. We get paid a teacher’s salary and it sucks.
Vivian: You have no right to complain about your salary!
Lillian: You could beg for your old job back!
Marion: No can do. Clevon is here to stay and he knows what he’s doing with the theatre.
Lillian: Oh, that’s right.
Marion: And don’t forget I was the one who recommended Clevon in the first place.
Vivian: Was he the one you were messing around with in your room the other night?
Marion: I’m not going to comment on that statement.
Lillian: What do you need a thousand bucks for anyways?
Vivian: It’s just a start. I’m going to take up a loan from the bank and reopen the abandoned theatre on Main St.
Lillian: (Sighs) Our sister, the pipe dreamer!
Marion: She’s right. That place is a dump.
Vivian: Now it is. When I get through with it, it’ll be the best looking theatre this side of the Mississippi. Better than what you would see in Vegas or New York!
Marion: Whatever you say! I on the other hand have some work to do. We’re holding auditions for Grease in a couple of days.
Vivian: Grease? Ha! How predictable!
Marion: Okay hot-shot, what play would you have picked?
Vivian: I wouldn’t do Grease, I can tell you that for sure. Because the people who are in theatre aren’t the best singers in the world, and your singers can’t act their way out of a paper bag.
Marion: Ye of little faith! I will show you that my students can sing and act just as well as those theatre kids. (Saturday morning outside the theatre)
Vivian: Is this all?
Marcus: Basically.
Kelly: Hi.
Vivian: So all I have to work with is you, your father, and Kelly? Where’s everybody else?
Marcus: Well, Marisa is busy with school work. She said she really can’t be bothered for a while because of some psychology test or some kind of crap like that.
Kelly: Same with Grace. And Erika is busy with working on her album.
Vivian: What about May and Drew?
Marcus: I’m sorry! Why did you mention them? Did you forget about them being new parents?
Kelly: So, no can-do!
Vivian: Tucker, Solidad, Robert…Harley?
Marcus: Sandgem, Snowpoint, Olivine, and out of town!
Vivian: (Sighs) That’s okay. It’s okay! We will make do with what we’ve got!
Kelly: So are we going to get access in?
Vivian: Luckily yes, but we have a lot of work ahead of us. I was able to get the loan from the bank and some extra money from my sisters, so we should be set for now. Now the first thing we have to do is clean up this mess inside.
Marcus: You sure you’re ready for what you’re in for?
Vivian: Of course. (They open the door) Ugh.
Kelly: This place looks awful.
Vivian: Sure it does now…it’s been abandoned for three years. All it needs is a little paint, some working lights… (Bricks fall down) And we have to fix whatever the hell that was!
Marcus: This is going to be a big challenge.
Narrator: So the team got cleaning. You wouldn’t believe how many rats they cleared out of the building. (Kelly screams) Or how many times they had to revive Kelly after she fainted from seeing a rat! Meanwhile, a lot of students were auditioning for Grease.
Brianna: I like the fact that there are more people in the theatre or at least interested. But I don’t like all of these hussies coming into my territory.
Dawn: As long as they’re committed into what they’re doing, I have nothing to say on the matter. (Zoey walks up)
Zoey: I didn’t realize that there were so many people interested in doing Grease.
Brianna: How about you? Are you going to audition?
Zoey: Not at all. I’m busy with Golf this semester so I don’t have time for the theatre.
Brianna: Too bad! You would have looked so cute in a pink poodle skirt.
Marley: Gross.
Zoey: Brianna, get that image out of your head or I’ll get it out for you!
Marley: Zoey, let’s get to practice. We’re running late.
Zoey: Break a leg! (Zoey and Marley leave)
Brianna: Traitor!
Dawn: Whatever!
Kenny: Whoa, what’s with all the hostility towards those two girls?
Brianna: Long story short, it was all Dawn’s fault!
Dawn: Pardon me!
Brianna: You push Zoey to the brink of hating your guts and now she’s taken her hatred out on the theatre as well.
Kenny: Why am I not surprised?
Dawn: Stay out of this, you creep and worry about your own damn life! (A girl walks up)
Roxanne: Hi ladies!
Brianna: Roxanne, what are you doing here?
Roxanne: Well, Miss Marion asked the people in choir to audition for Grease since there’s plenty of singing and I thought this would be perfect.
Brianna: Don’t you think you have enough on your plate?
Roxanne: What do you mean Brianna?
Brianna: Well with choir, student council, and soccer practice, I would have guessed that you would be too busy to come to an actual rehearsal.
Roxanne: I’m never too busy to audition for a play. What’s up with you? You act like you’re not happy to see me here!
Brianna: I wouldn’t use “not happy” when it comes to you. It’s more like, I can’t stand to see you here.
Roxanne: Oh, is that a fact?!
Brianna: That’s right. (Clevon and Marion walk up)
Marion: Roxanne, what a pleasure it is to see you here!
Roxanne: (Happily) Oh yes Miss Marion! It would be an honor to be in this play.
Clevon: My, my, such manners!
Marion: Well this here is Roxanne, one of my best singers in the flock.
Clevon: We shall see how well you do Roxanne. Maybe you’ll luck out and you’ll end up with the role of Sandy.
Roxanne: Oh my, you’re ever so kind. (Dawn and Brianna walk away)
Brianna: Just keep walking so you don’t hear that loud sucking noise!
Dawn: I wouldn’t worry about it Brianna. Auditions may involve singing which is something Roxanne can excel at. But call-backs are another game entirely! Do you see where I’m going with this?
Brianna: I do, I do! I remember when she tried out for Romeo and Juliet. She was such a stiff on stage. The poor sap!
Dawn: So you see! I have faith that Miss Marion and Clevon…Schi…Schee-Bunk-bed will make the right decision. (A couple of days later)
Brianna: Who the hell are all these people on this list?
Dawn: Choir people. I can tell that there was definitely some favoritism being played here. Miss Marion is the one pulling all the strings behind this and not Clevon whatever his name is. He’s just a puppet! Like how Bush was Cheney’s puppet!
Brianna: And we’re a bunch of extras! Not even an understudy for anything! Hasn’t that bitch seen your performance as Juliet last year? You should have been Sandy or Rizzo or even Frenchy! Not…School Girl #3! And what’s the deal with Roxanne getting the part of Sandy? Stuck-up bitch!
Dawn: This is just pathetic! But look on the bright side. We have a production going on and we’re actually involved.
Brianna: Huh? Looks like Kenny gets to play Danny in the play!
Dawn: Whoop-de-freakin-doo! (Miss Marion walks up)
Marion: Hello ladies. Could I talk to you for a minute? Look girls, I have a proposition for you both. I need help and I want you two to be my stage managers. Keep the peace backstage and help the actors out on stage.
Dawn: Cool, I’m game.
Brianna: Me too.
Marion: Very good. Thank you girls! (She leaves)
Brianna: Now these bitches can see what happens when we’re in charge.
Dawn: I don’t know Brianna. Doesn’t it seem a little spiteful that we’re ripping on these new people just because they’re taking the positions that we rightfully deserved?
Brianna: You get to boss that Kenny boy around.
Dawn: I like that part. Okay, I’ll live with that. (At lunch)
Laura: You guys aren’t acting in the play?
Both: Nope.
Laura: Okay, now that’s messed up. Who did they pick for the roles, a bunch of homeless bums off the street?
Brianna: Close. A bunch of wannabes from the Choir Club!
Laura: Clevon sure has changed the theatre.
Dawn: It isn’t Clevon. It was Miss Marion. But she asked us to be the stage managers.
Laura: So you’re going to go through with it?
Brianna: Of course. I wouldn’t mind ripping these wannabes a new one for cutting in on our territory.
Dawn: But Brianna, we barely had a territory before this audition. (Conway walks up)
Conway: Hello ladies.
Dawn: Oh, hi Conway!
Brianna: What’s up pervert!
Conway: Will you stop calling me that? I’m not a pervert. So what’s going on?
Dawn: Well we were talking about our upcoming production of Grease.
Conway: Hey I’m glad you girls made it. So which characters are you guys playing?
Dawn: We’re not acting to tell you the truth.
Brianna: More like stage-managing.
Dawn: You know Conway, we might need a little help with the set and we need a few good men to help us out. Are you interested in being on the set crew?
Conway: Set crew you say? Alright, I’ll help you out.
Brianna: Great, we’ve got one pervert helping us out. Next thing you know, we’ll have that other pervert Forrest joining.
Conway: I can get him to help if you want.
Brianna: NO! (That evening at Lillian’s apartment)
Marion: My God, what a day!
Lillian: Rough rehearsal?
Marion: You don’t even know the half of it. Some of the actors can barely sing and the ones that can sing are really stiff when reciting their lines.
Lillian: Oh I’m sorry Marion, but you must have mistaken me for someone who actually cares.
Marion: Well maybe Vivian could help us out.
Lillian: Don’t hold your breath. She swore she wants nothing to do with Pallet High School until the very day she dies or until she runs out of money. Besides, you have Clevon helping you out.
Marion: Yeah but I’m starting to doubt him.
Lillian: And to think, last week you were praising him like he was God. In fact, I think you called him God one night when…
Marion: Shut up, shut up!
Narrator: Well in the coming days and weeks, we’ve seen a slight improvement with the rehearsal process. Sorry, just bull-shiting you guys! The rehearsals were just straight-up fucked! Roxanne, who is supposed to be playing Sandy hasn’t been going to rehearsals and it’s been really upsetting Clevon and Marion.
Marion: She’ll show up! I promise!
Clevon: She better or else I’m giving her part to somebody else. (Dawn walks up)
Dawn: Here you go!
Marion: What’s this?
Dawn: A note from Roxanne.
Clevon: SOCCER MEETING?!
Marion: It’s not even the season yet!
Dawn: Must be a mandatory meeting to prepare for the season!
Clevon: Oh, the play is ruined! (Sobbing) This is just great! It’s only my first month here and I don’t even have a Sandy for the musical of Grease!
Marion: Pull yourself together! You’re supposed to be the leader here!
Clevon: You’re right. But where the hell are we going to find someone to play Sandy? Do we have an understudy? Ah! No we don’t! WE’RE DOOMED! DOOMED I TELL YOU! (Looks at Dawn) Huh? Wait…Young lady! You could be our ace out of the hole!
Dawn: Me?
Marion: Her?
Clevon: Yes! I can see it clearly now! You can be our Sandy!
Marion: Clevon, I don’t think you know what…
Clevon: I know what I’m doing! I’ve been directing movies longer than this young lady has been on this earth!
Dawn: What kind of movies?
Clevon: Eh…That’s not important!
Dawn: (Thinking) Why do I have a feeling that it was porn?
Clevon: What is important is that I can recognize talent when I see it.
Narrator: And now for the rehearsals…
Kenny: (Off key)
Summer lovin' had me a blast
Dawn:
Summer lovin', happened so fast
Kenny: (Off key)
I met a girl crazy for me (Conway’s glasses break)
Dawn:
I met a boy, cute as can be
Narrator: Clevon might have seen something in Kenny to make him the lead role as Danny, but Lord knows it wasn’t because of his voice. He's on the same level as those first-episode contestants on American Idol. But seriously, Kenny’s terrible singing kept throwing poor Dawn off and she got in trouble if she messed up. So the rehearsal process was going along crappier than expected. So let’s skip ahead about a week or so later and see how Miss Vivian is doing with the theatre.
Kelly: Miss Vivian! Come quick! Come quick!
Vivian: What’s wrong? What is it?
Kelly: Marcus’s father fell down and he can’t get up! (In another area)
Vivian: WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?!
Marcus: Dad was on the roof and doing some work up there. Then all of a sudden, the roof collapsed and he ended up on the ground here. (Groaning) Don’t worry Pop, we’ll get an ambulance! (Back at the school)
Conway: Huh? Oh, hi Dawn.
Dawn: Conway, what are you doing here? Rehearsals are over.
Conway: I forgot something. What are you still doing here?
Dawn: Trying to remember these damn lines. Thanks to Kenny, he’s throwing me off in so many different directions when I’m singing. Oh…and I’m sorry about what happened to your glasses.
Conway: Luckily I keep an extra pair with me at all times in case one breaks. The only flaw is that I don’t have a backup in case these go bust. Hey, would you like for me to help you out?
Dawn: Sure. I could use all the help I could get.
Conway: Now, what part of the play did you need help with?
Dawn: Well, I was trying to get the notes down for Summer Nights. Do you know the song?
Conway: I’m pretty familiar with it.
Dawn: Cool! (Music plays)
Conway:
Summer lovin' had me a blast
Dawn:
Summer lovin', happened so fast
Conway:
I met a girl crazy for me
Dawn:
I met a boy, cute as can be (Blushing)
Both:
Summer days driftin' away,
To uh-oh those summer nights (Conway blushes)
Conway: (Thinking) Oh man, why are all of these feelings coming out? I know Dawn is off limits completely, but I can’t help but have these weird feelings.
Dawn: (Thinking) What’s going on? Every time I’m with Conway, it’s like I’m rendered speechless and I start to blush. Could it be that I’m…
Conway: Uh Dawn…Are you okay? You just stopped all of a sudden.
Dawn: Oh…I just got a leg cramp. That’s all! (Giggles)
Conway: Okay…You have such a pretty voice.
Dawn: Oh…thank you. You’re the first person to compliment me on that. Your singing's not that bad.
Conway: Hey thanks.
Dawn: Well you’re a hell of a lot better than Kenny! (A little later at Lillian’s apartment)
Vivian: Marcus, is your father alright?
Marcus: He’ll be fine. It’s just that he has to be in the bed for a while now. Doctor’s orders!
Vivian: Understandable!
Marcus: And because of this, my mom doesn’t want me stepping foot in the theatre until it’s been zoned by a licensed safety inspector.
Vivian: Good grief! Marcus, I’m sorry for all that has happened.
Marcus: Hey, don’t worry about it Miss Vivian. But I will keep the other promise to you and that is when the theatre is up and running again, I will be the first one at your door ready and willing to audition for whatever play you might want to do.
Vivian: I appreciate it Marcus. (She hangs up) Great, now what am I going to for help? There's no way I can get my sisters to help out! (Groans) I’ll die before I ask those stuck-up bitches again! (Knock on the door) Coming! (Opens the door)
Greg: Vivi!
Vivian: What the hell are you doing here?
Greg: Well, I came by here to say that…I was wrong! I acted like a complete ass and I was hoping you could forgive me!
Vivian: Honey…It takes you a whole month for you to say that you were wrong?
Greg: It gave me enough time for me to think things over.
Vivian: Let me guess, you ran out of clean clothes to wear?
Greg: Well there’s that and I missed the sex!
Vivian: You are so predictable! For all I know you could have been sleeping around with some floozy at a cheap motel!
Greg: Oh Vivi!
Vivian: Don’t “Oh Vivi” me! You… (She stares at him) …You…
Narrator: Fast forward to an hour later in Miss Lillian’s bedroom!
Greg: Oh baby, you rock my world!
Vivian: I forgot how magical make-up sex can truly be!
Greg: Sure it’s wise that we should be having sex in your sister’s bed?
Vivian: Relax! Her sheets are pretty clean considering she hasn’t had sex since Full House was on the air! On another topic, you have some friends in the construction business right?
Greg: Vivi, you know they’re not the kind of construction workers who will “take care” of your sisters, right?
Vivian: No, not that. I kind of took on a little project and I was wondering if you and your friends could help me out. I’m now the new owner of the theatre on Main St.
Greg: You mean that abandoned eye-sore? (Vivian growls) I meant to say…that wonderful establishment! Sure thing, I would love to help out!
Vivian: Great because we could use all the help we can get. Now I can’t pay them much.
Greg: Eh don’t worry. I’ll tell them that this is volunteer work set up by Jimmy Carter. They’ll do anything if his name is mentioned. (A door opens)
Vivian: Oh crap, somebody’s home!
Greg: I thought your sisters were at work!
Vivian: It must be another half-day or bomb threat! (They run into the closet) Ssh. (Lillian walks in the room)
Lillian: Here’s my cell phone! I knew I left it here! Huh? (Picks up something off the ground) Boxers? I’m going to kill Marion and Clevon for having sex in my bed again! (She leaves the room)
Greg: So much for her room being clean!
Vivian: My sister is such a whore! (Back at the school)
Conway: Damn that Kenny! His crappy voice broke another one of my glasses.
Dawn: I know, he’s hitting notes that only dogs can hear and it’s still throwing me off! Can you see okay?
Conway: I suppose so. It’s just that most things I see are big, grayish blobs.
Dawn: Do you want me to help you around?
Conway: Thank you Dawn. I hate this vision of mine. (Clevon runs up)
Clevon: Thespians! Gather around!
Conway: Who’s speaking?
Dawn: It’s just Clevon!
Clevon: I have some big news! We’re going to do a little preview for a little audience in a couple of days.
Dawn: (Thinking) Please don’t let it be a song I’m in!
Clevon: And I’ve decided to do the song Summer Nights! (Dawn groans) We shall do it next Monday afternoon. (The next day at lunch)
Dawn: This is just terrible.
Laura: What’s wrong?
Brianna: Haven’t you been listening to us for the last month? Dawn’s upset because we’re bombing in our play. The lead can’t freakin’ sing and it’s really upsetting Dawn. I wish we could just make Kenny…disappear!
Dawn: I’m with you on that one.
Conway: Hey, what about me? I’m the one who has to walk home blind as a bat!
Brianna: We weren’t talking to you, pervert! (He points to Laura)
Conway: I’m not a pervert!
Laura: Wrong way Conway.
Conway: Sorry Miss Laura!
Dawn: Oh, please let Clevon change his mind about letting people see the scene!
Brianna: Praying, Dawn? Come on, you know that never works. Besides if you want to pray for something, pray for us calling quits on the play all together. I’ve had it up to here with everyone in the cast including that fat-ass director, that stuck-up choir bitch and all of her stupid cronies! (Zoey and Marley walk up)
Zoey: Mind if we sit with you guys?
Brianna: Sure. What’s with the change of heart?
Marley: There are no more empty tables.
Dawn: Figures.
Zoey: So Dawn, I heard you’re playing the lead role in Grease.
Dawn: I’ve had the role for a couple of weeks now and you start to talk to me about it?
Zoey: Hey, I didn’t come here to pick a fight with you!
Dawn: You could have fooled me!
Laura: Guys please don’t fight! This is the first time we’ve been together for a while now and I for one want a peaceful lunch.
Zoey: Well anyways, the coach is taking us to the theatre on Monday to see a preview of your performance.
Dawn: Huh? (Thinking) I don’t believe this! This cannot be happening! I don’t want to embarrass myself in front of all those people! (Back at the theatre)
Vivian: Alright boys, let’s put your backs into it! (Groaning and grunting)
Greg: Quite a big project you’re taking on.
Vivian: Yeah, but it’ll all be worth it when I have my own theatre and we’re putting on our own shows. I loved teaching theatre in high school, but it'll be a nice change of pace doing things on a more professional level.
Greg: It’s going to be a lot of work and could cost a lot of money. You sure you’re up to the challenge?
Vivian: Of course. Working at the high school, it was just the same old thing day in and day out. The only thing I had for excitement were the performances. Now I’m doing something I want to do on my own terms.
Greg: And you know you have me to help you out.
Vivian: I’m sure lucky to have you.
Greg: Refresh my memory. Why did we split in the first place?
Vivian: You forgot our anniversary…and you spent the day at the dog-tracks…and you lost your wedding ring to a guy named Paulie! (Marcus walks up)
Marcus: Whoa, who are these people?
Vivian: What are you doing here?
Marcus: I came down to see how everything was coming along.
Vivian: Won’t your parents be upset?
Marcus: I go by this saying. Whatever they don’t know won’t hurt them!
Vivian: Well rest easy Marcus because before you know it, this theatre will be up and running again.
Greg: Well let’s hope you find some people who have a passion for theatre to audition.
Marcus: I wouldn’t worry about that. I’ve been spreading the word on my campus about this place being refurbished and so word is getting around pretty quickly.
Vivian: What would I have done without you Marcus?
Marcus: Stuck with your sisters? (That night in the high school theatre)
Marion: Now go a little lower this time!
Kenny: (Squeaky) Summer loving…
Marion: No, I need a deeper voice from you Kenny. (In the audience)
Dawn: No matter how many times she tries to improve him that voice isn’t going to change.
Brianna: Am I mistaking or are you a little nervous performing in front of our mini-audience on Monday?
Dawn: I’m beyond nervous. I’m petrified! I was okay with it last year because we were well-polished and ready to go on stage for Romeo and Juliet. But this is just asinine. I don’t feel comfortable doing this and I don’t feel comfortable having Zoey see… (Gasp)
Brianna: Zoey? You’re afraid of what she thinks, aren’t you?
Dawn: So what if I am? It’s not a crime!
Brianna: I see. You wanted to prove to her that you can do things better without her. She’s still going to see you on stage singing with Squeaky Mc-Crap-Voice!
Dawn: Yeah. All I can do is hope for some sort of tragedy. Just something that will put this whole nightmare to an end!
Narrator: And three days later… (Clevon screaming)
Clevon: OH MY GOD! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE THEATRE?!
Marion: It looks like a water world!
Narrator: As it turns out, there was a pipe bust in the theatre. The water just kept on running all weekend, destroying the sets, and the costumes made.
Clevon: We’ll just ask for more money from Principal Oak. He’d be happy to loan the money to the theatre department.
Narrator: Just keep telling yourself that!
Oak: I’m sorry it’s just not in the budget!
Clevon: This is not happening! This is not happening! (A little later out in the courtyard)
Dawn: A miracle happened! There is a God!
Brianna: I don’t think God had anything to do with this. I believe it was Satan’s work. But in any case, it worked in our favor and Grease will not be going up at all.
Dawn: I don’t have to go through with it anymore! No more Summer Nights! No more idiocy! And no more Kenny!
Brianna: You said it!
Dawn: So I guess the theatre is worst off than when Miss Vivian left.
Brianna: I suppose so. It’s too bad. (Kenny walks up)
Kenny: Hey guys! I got some news for you! I just talked to Miss Marion and she told me that the school is doing a charity function in a couple of weeks to help rebuild and revamp the old theatre.
Dawn: That’s…great!
Brianna: What will we be doing?
Kenny: It’s a Renaissance fair!
Both: Huh?
Brianna: Ugh. You mean we have to wear those ugly dresses and live in the time where women had no rights? This blows!
Dawn: At least there’s no singing involved!
Kenny: Oh yeah, they’re letting me play an instrument and sing all around the fair!
Dawn: (Thinking) I spoke too soon.
~*Preview*~
Marisa: It’s finally that wonderful week away from school known as Spring Break! (Scoffs) Yeah, some spring break. While all of my friends are enjoying their time off, I’m stuck in a court room serving jury duty. This is my own fault for being a registered voter. I guess it gets me away from my house and from my idiot father. Next time on Romance 102, Chapter 10…See you next time!
Song(s) used:
*Summer Nights from Grease
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