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Detention

Snoink · 2006-10-09T01:36:19Z

Detention A Play in One Act CAST OF CHARACTERS BRADLEY A six year old boy. GARY A six and a half year old boy. ADDIE A ten year old girl with braces, glasses, and someone who generally looks very geeky. She may be considered to be someone sweet, but there is something mischievous and cunning in her face as well. SUPERVISOR A hawkish fat woman with a leering face. SETTING: Detention at lunch. It’s a table separated from the rest of the tables, guarded by the SUPERVISOR. AT RISE: Noisy chatter surrounds the table from a bunch of happy children. The main focus is a small lonely table where BRADLEY and GARY sit. It has a big sign on it that says “detention.” The boys are quiet, sizing each other up. BRADLEY What’s your name? GARY Gary. What’s yours? BRADLEY Bradley. GARY That’s a stupid name. BRADLEY Is not. GARY Is too. I know a girl with that name. BRADLEY No you don’t. GARY Yes I do. She’s stupid too. BRADLEY Not as stupid as you. GARY Shut up. (A pause of silence. Both boys look at each other with more interest.) BRADLEY How old are you? GARY Older than you. BRADLEY Nuh uh GARY Uh huh. I bet I’m ten times older. BRADLEY Well, I’m six! GARY (Smugly) Six and a half! BRADLEY That means you die sooner. GARY What? BRADLEY Since you’re older, you’ll die first. GARY Nuh uh. BRADLEY Uh huh. GARY Aw, shut up. (ADDIE enters in the scene, sitting next to GARY, and the boys quiet. They recognize her as a fifth grader.) BRADLEY What’s your name? ADDIE Shh! They might hear! (Glances furtively at SUPERVISOR before leaning closer to the boys. She adjusts her glasses and stares.) So what are you prisoners in for? No, wait. Let me guess. You (points to BRADLEY) put a tack on the teacher’s chair because she gave you an F for your spelling test. And you (points to GARY) put gum in what’s-her-face’s hair. Am I right? GARY Uh… I stood on a chair. BRADLEY I dunno what I did. ADDIE (Snorts) You’re just a bunch of first graders, aren’t you? Just my luck! No imagination at all. Why, when I was in first grade, I threw an apple at my teacher for calling me a sweetheart. BRADLEY Whoa. GARY Awesome. ADDIE (Glances back at SUPERVISOR and leans closer to the boys.) Have you planned an escape route yet? GARY Escape route? BRADLEY But lunch is almost over. ADDIE (Snorts.) Oh, you first graders! This is your first time here, isn’t it? They haven’t started the torture yet, have they? GARY What! BRADLEY What torture? ADDIE (Impatiently) The torture. Oh, you first graders! Poor little guys, nobody ever tells you this stuff. But don’t worry, I will. After lunch, they tear off all your clothes and then beat you with broomsticks. Because the teachers are witches. And then, after that, they put you in a closet full of spiders so you can rot. And then they throw you in their stew! BRADLEY (Nervously) Spiders? GARY That’s not real. ADDIE Oh? How do you know? GARY It’s just stupid. ADDIE (Sticks her tongue out.) Just because it’s stupid doesn’t mean it’s false. Besides, the witches need the stew. They feed their black cats with it. It gives the cats magical powers so the witches can fly with those brooms. Everybody knows that. BRADLEY Really? (Pause) I knew it! GARY (Turns to BRADLEY.) No, butthead, she’s lying to us again. BRADLEY Oh. GARY (Turns back to ADDIE.) I’ve seen you in detention before and you’re not tortured. ADDIE (Smugly) That’s because I escaped. The rest weren’t so lucky. Look! Don’t believe me? Check this out. They gave me this scar. (Brings out arm and shows them a mark that looks like an old mosquito bite.) BRADLEY AND GARY Ooooooooh… ADDIE Exactly. Nasty things they are, those teachers. But we have to have an escape plan or none of us will get out alive. BRADLEY But what can we do? ADDIE Let me think for a second. GARY Well, think fast! ADDIE Don’t rush me! (Thinks a little bit.) I have an idea! We need a distraction. Now, I can’t do that since they suspect me to do something, but you can do it easily. After all, nobody suspects two first graders to do anything special. BRADLEY So what should we do? ADDIE I dunno. You figure that out. But you do something, and then run out with me. (Glances furtively at SUPERVISOR.) Ready on three. One… GARY Wait, what are we supposed to do again? ADDIE Use your brain. Kill each other. Whatever. Two… BRADLEY But what about the spiders? ADDIE (Gives BRADLEY a nasty look.) Three! (BRADLEY and GARY look at each other and, very slowly, start batting each other, not so that it hurts, but so that it looks like it might possibly become a fight.) SUPERVISOR Hey, you two! Stop it! (The SUPERVISOR walks over to the boys. Just as the SUPERVISOR comes over, ADDIE bolts out and runs away, rushing out of the school.) ADDIE Freedom! Freedom! SUPERVISOR Hey! Wait! (The SUPERVISOR is about to run away after ADDIE, but then stops, looking at the two boys skeptically.) She set you up, didn’t she? (The two boys say nothing. The SUPERVISOR sighs.) Oh well. Eat lunch. It’s almost class time again. BRADLEY (Nervously to GARY.) When do you think the cats eat us? GARY They don’t eat us. She was just lying. BRADLEY But… GARY Shh! SUPERVISOR (To herself, looking over at the open door and shaking her head) That Addie… always getting in trouble. BRADLEY (Mishears the SUPERVISOR) Did she say that girl’s name was Bradley? GARY (Smirks) I told you I knew a girl named Bradley.

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Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:05 pm

Vandria says... · Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:05 pm

Haha! That was a neat piece. The talking was very believable as to what they'd say. Addie seems like a big trouble maker to me! xD
The ending was funny. Poor Bradley!

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Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:21 am

the doctor says... · Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:21 am

Hey, I really like this! I think its really cute and you should keep on writing scripts because its really entertaining to read. I don't think I could have any negative feedback, other than to expand your script, because its a little short, it probably only lasts 5 minutes to the very most. But great job, !

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Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:08 am

MagnusBane says... · Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:08 am

That was great! It was definitely very realistic and Addie's character reminds me of... well, me, sometimes.

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Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:12 pm

time8keeper says... · Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:12 pm

This is fun and cute! I loved it! I think a really great thing about this is that it's so believable! And you can really picture people acting the parts! The dialogue is great and the characters are all developed wonderfully. I would like to act in this! Awesome!

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