Addiction
Characters:
Julia: She is a very thin short girl. Her hair is to brown or dirty blond. Needs to be in maternity clothing, a black baby doll dress with black sweat pants under it. Converse shoes (black and white). 6-7 months pregnant.
Ike: He is a tall thin man with messy (shaggy) black hair. Mid 30’s. A small go-tee. Wearing a guitar shirt (says fender) and dark blue jeans with holes throughout on them. Converse shoes (all black)
Lee: She is small (short) and a little chubby. Has blond hair with red streaks in it. Mid 20’s. She is wearing a tie-dye shirt with a few holes and old dirty jean shorts. Converse shoes. (black and red)
Scene 1
Julia is in her bedroom pacing back and forth over a checkered rug. The lights are dimmed. Her bed in the corner and posters are half torn off on the light blue walls, except for one (one of Jesus) in the middle of the set. (brightest peace of artwork in the whole set) She is sniffling and crying a little bit.
Julia: (bits her lip and looks to the ceiling, whispering) Why did I do this to myself? I just had to get knocked up. (starts to scream at the sky) Why did you let this happen?! ( runs to poster of Jesus) Why did you do this to me?! I cant take care of a child! I just cant! (slides carefully against the wall and slowly down to the floor until she is sitting. Starts to cry loudly, then whispers) Why didn’t I just say no? I cant show my face at school, I cant even finished my last year of high school. Everyone will know, everyone will know. At school I’ll be considered “the slut”. But….I’m not. I used a condom, I took the proper precautions. (states to yell again, gets up and paces the floor again.) He told (pauses) He told me I wouldn’t get pregnant!
Great, he gets to take something of mine and yet he leaves me with something I don’t want. A teenager shouldn’t be having a child….I use (pauses) I use to look down on the ones I saw with a child at school, but now I (pauses) envy them…they went on with their life, and yet I sit here (pauses) alone, moping, crying, wishing I were dead. My parents want nothing to do with me, but maybe I can find someone….someone to help me…someone to talk to…someone to…(pauses) Yes...Yes...I’ll go there. (she grabs her purse and scoots out the door (stage right) (lights out, curtain closes.) (5 minute intermission)
Scene 2
Ike, is in a bathroom, getting ready to shoot up meth. Holes must be in the wall (shows anger). The toilet, tiles and sink are all white. He is dark clothing. Light is dimmed. He is sitting on the floor, banging head gently against the wall.
Ike: (bangs head against the wall, whispers) What am I doing to myself? This drug, what’s it really doing? It makes me crave more, makes me angry. (Puts head in hands and cries a little. Just screams into his fists…letting out anger. Then stops 20 seconds and starts to speak again while crying) Is it medicating? What’s it medicating…the death of my father…the painful suicide of my mother? I was child then…I’m over it (pauses) or am I? (picks up needle and drugs, screams) I cant…I cant do this anymore! (throws drugs into the toilet and throws needle against the wall breaking it, runs to the needle 5 seconds later) No, shit, I cant believe I did that…no…why did I do that…I’m so fucking stupid. No! (hold broken glass in hands, looking at it… tears streaming down face.) Maybe this is the best…but I need help…I need someone to help me fight…I need someone. (runs out stage right)
(lights out, intermission 5 minutes) (curtain closes)
Scene 3
Lee is in a basement curled in a ball with her face in her arms…crying loudly. A pole table is next to her, five guns are on the wall next to her…stairs are stage left. The walls are concrete (gray) cinder blocks.
Lee- ( crying in her arms, screams) I cant take this pain anymore! Why…Why does he hurt me?! What does he think I’m am… a dog or something.( looks at her body…bruises and cuts everywhere.) Look at me…I look like a corpse bride! (whispers) Please…I cant do this anymore. (reaches for a gun…holding gun in her hand and puts it up to her head) Please forgive me. (she shakes and cocks the gun, takes a deep breath and then looks in the mirror next to her (broken) look at me…what am I doing? Look at me…this is not me…I need to leave…(pause) that’s it I’m leaving…I cant do this anymore…I’m fed up I don’t care if he kills me…it’s worth it. But I need help…I need someone to hold me…I need someone. That’s it….
(exits stage left up the stairs) lights out…5 minute intermission)
(curtain closes)
Scene 4
All meet up the Support center and walk in...all silent. A women at the desk tells them to go to room 5 to the right and sit. Only three of them are there. A man walks in a sits in a bright yellow chair. The walls are filled with posters and the walls are white. The lighting is bright.
Mr. Commers. :Hello everyone my name is Mr. Commers (he smiles and looks everyone in the eyes…holds a clipboard) Is this everyone’s first time here?
(everyone shakes their head, all staring at the floor.)
What can I do for you all today? (all pause…long pause)
Julie: I need help…I need someone…please….im pregnant and parents wont except me or help me.
Ike: I’m addicted to meth…I need help to stop…please..
Lee :My boyfriends hurts me every night…I need someone….
Mr.Commers: You all need to help each other through your struggles….can you first except to do that?
(they all nod with approval)
(end scene) (lights out)
Characters:
Julia: She is a very thin short girl. Her hair is to brown or dirty blond. Needs to be in maternity clothing, a black baby doll dress with black sweat pants under it. Converse shoes (black and white). 6-7 months pregnant.
Ike: He is a tall thin man with messy (shaggy) black hair. Mid 30’s. A small go-tee. Wearing a guitar shirt (says fender) and dark blue jeans with holes throughout on them. Converse shoes (all black)
Lee: She is small (short) and a little chubby. Has blond hair with red streaks in it. Mid 20’s. She is wearing a tie-dye shirt with a few holes and old dirty jean shorts. Converse shoes. (black and red)
Scene 1
Julia is in her bedroom pacing back and forth over a checkered rug. The lights are dimmed. Her bed in the corner and posters are half torn off on the light blue walls, except for one (one of Jesus) in the middle of the set. (brightest peace of artwork in the whole set) She is sniffling and crying a little bit.
Julia: (bits her lip and looks to the ceiling, whispering) Why did I do this to myself? I just had to get knocked up. (starts to scream at the sky) Why did you let this happen?! ( runs to poster of Jesus) Why did you do this to me?! I cant take care of a child! I just cant! (slides carefully against the wall and slowly down to the floor until she is sitting. Starts to cry loudly, then whispers) Why didn’t I just say no? I cant show my face at school, I cant even finished my last year of high school. Everyone will know, everyone will know. At school I’ll be considered “the slut”. But….I’m not. I used a condom, I took the proper precautions. (states to yell again, gets up and paces the floor again.) He told (pauses) He told me I wouldn’t get pregnant!
Great, he gets to take something of mine and yet he leaves me with something I don’t want. A teenager shouldn’t be having a child….I use (pauses) I use to look down on the ones I saw with a child at school, but now I (pauses) envy them…they went on with their life, and yet I sit here (pauses) alone, moping, crying, wishing I were dead. My parents want nothing to do with me, but maybe I can find someone….someone to help me…someone to talk to…someone to…(pauses) Yes...Yes...I’ll go there. (she grabs her purse and scoots out the door (stage right) (lights out, curtain closes.) (5 minute intermission)
Scene 2
Ike, is in a bathroom, getting ready to shoot up meth. Holes must be in the wall (shows anger). The toilet, tiles and sink are all white. He is dark clothing. Light is dimmed. He is sitting on the floor, banging head gently against the wall.
Ike: (bangs head against the wall, whispers) What am I doing to myself? This drug, what’s it really doing? It makes me crave more, makes me angry. (Puts head in hands and cries a little. Just screams into his fists…letting out anger. Then stops 20 seconds and starts to speak again while crying) Is it medicating? What’s it medicating…the death of my father…the painful suicide of my mother? I was child then…I’m over it (pauses) or am I? (picks up needle and drugs, screams) I cant…I cant do this anymore! (throws drugs into the toilet and throws needle against the wall breaking it, runs to the needle 5 seconds later) No, shit, I cant believe I did that…no…why did I do that…I’m so fucking stupid. No! (hold broken glass in hands, looking at it… tears streaming down face.) Maybe this is the best…but I need help…I need someone to help me fight…I need someone. (runs out stage right)
(lights out, intermission 5 minutes) (curtain closes)
Scene 3
Lee is in a basement curled in a ball with her face in her arms…crying loudly. A pole table is next to her, five guns are on the wall next to her…stairs are stage left. The walls are concrete (gray) cinder blocks.
Lee- ( crying in her arms, screams) I cant take this pain anymore! Why…Why does he hurt me?! What does he think I’m am… a dog or something.( looks at her body…bruises and cuts everywhere.) Look at me…I look like a corpse bride! (whispers) Please…I cant do this anymore. (reaches for a gun…holding gun in her hand and puts it up to her head) Please forgive me. (she shakes and cocks the gun, takes a deep breath and then looks in the mirror next to her (broken) look at me…what am I doing? Look at me…this is not me…I need to leave…(pause) that’s it I’m leaving…I cant do this anymore…I’m fed up I don’t care if he kills me…it’s worth it. But I need help…I need someone to hold me…I need someone. That’s it….
(exits stage left up the stairs) lights out…5 minute intermission)
(curtain closes)
Scene 4
All meet up the Support center and walk in...all silent. A women at the desk tells them to go to room 5 to the right and sit. Only three of them are there. A man walks in a sits in a bright yellow chair. The walls are filled with posters and the walls are white. The lighting is bright.
Mr. Commers. :Hello everyone my name is Mr. Commers (he smiles and looks everyone in the eyes…holds a clipboard) Is this everyone’s first time here?
(everyone shakes their head, all staring at the floor.)
What can I do for you all today? (all pause…long pause)
Julie: I need help…I need someone…please….im pregnant and parents wont except me or help me.
Ike: I’m addicted to meth…I need help to stop…please..
Lee :My boyfriends hurts me every night…I need someone….
Mr.Commers: You all need to help each other through your struggles….can you first except to do that?
(they all nod with approval)
(end scene) (lights out)
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