The Red Bench, Part 2

By Madeline of Fort Gratiot, MI

CAST:
Basketball Player
Reader
Walkman Girl
Gameboy Boy
Yo-Yoer number 1
Yo-Yoer number 2
Bench Girl

PROPS/COSTUMES:
None. Costumes: 6 pairs of jeans with
red paint stripes on back (you can use
red tape, don't really paint your
jeans!), backpack, baseball hat.

SETTING:
(Note: All actions in this play are pantomimed.)
(Basketball Player enters dribbling an imaginary basketball. She sits on an
imaginary bench. Reader enters and approaches the Basketball Player.)
Reader:
Whatcha doin'?
Basketball Player:
Sitting on the red bench.
Reader:
Can I join you?
Basketball Player:
Sure.
(Reader sits. Note -- for sitting, just squat as if you were sitting on the bench.)
(Walkman Girl approaches.)
Walkman Girl:
Whatcha doin'?
Basketball Player and Reader:
Sitting on the red bench.
Walkman Girl:
Can I join?
Basketball Player and Reader:

Sure.
(Walkman Girl sits. Gameboy Boy enters and approaches the group.)
Gameboy Boy:
Whatcha doin'?
Basketball Player, Reader, and Walkman Girl:
Sitting on the red bench.
Gameboy Boy:
Can I join?
Basketball Player, Reader, and Walkman Girl:
Sure.
(Gameboy Boy sits. Yo-Yoer number 1 and Yo-Yoer number 2 enter and approach
the group.)
Yo-Yoer number 1 AND Yo-Yoer number 2:
Whatcha doin'?
Basketball Player, Reader, Walkman Girl, and Gameboy Boy:
Sitting on the red bench.
Yo-Yoer number 1 AND Yo-Yoer number 2:
Can we join you?
Basketball Player, Reader, Walkman Girl, and Gameboy Boy:
Sure.
(Yo-Yoer number 1 and Yo-Yoer number 2 sit. Bench Girl enters.)
Bench Girl:
Whatcha doin'?
All (except Bench Girl):
Sitting on the red bench.
Bench Girl:
You mean the one my dad just painted?
(People on bench stand up and turn around. The audience sees that their behinds
are red from sitting on the imaginary red bench that is still wet with red paint.)

Erin:(scoffs) queres mi numero?

George: si, lo quiero. Quiero tu numero..
Erin: cual queres, jorgito?
George: Jorgito. Me encanta como lo decis, Jorgito." A
ver, decime cuantos nmeros tenes?
Erin: Ah, tengo tantos nmeros que salen hasta por
mis orejas. Por ejemplo, pongamos unos diez.
George: diez?
Erin: Sip. Diez. Diez son los meses que tiene mi bebe.
George: ah tenes una nena?
Erin: Siiii. Super sexy, verdad? Y que te parecen estos
otros numeros: seis. Seis son los aos de mi hija. Ocho es
la edad de mi hijo. Dos es cuantas veces me case y
divorcie. Dieciseis es el nmero de dolares que tengo en
mi cuenta bancaria. 8503943. Ese es mi numero de
telfono, y con todos estos nmeros que te d, creo que
cero es la numero de veces que me vas a llamar. (da la
vuelta y entra la casa)