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Reihs play plot bunny no.

1: BOXES Characters:Green, Red, Blue, Marshalls Set:

Costumes: Marshall: Black Shirt, white pants Green: Mean Girls type of costume Red: Nerdy Blue: Normal All have writings of bad names all over them in black and one good name written in red.

Green is in front of the Vanity. Red is studying while Blue is sitting, curled up on the disassembled box lying on the ground. Marshalls are at random places amongst the audience. Boxes of crumpled and balled up papers are in individual boxes in front of each audience member. The walls of the set are decorated with random adjectives that can hurt a person. Ex. Bitch, Ugly, etc. Dim lights open GREEN:[ Checks herself out in front of the mirror and places a tiara on hear head.] I am beautiful. RED: Thats what my mother told me. BLUE: That was what I thought. GREEN: It feels wonderful to become the most popular girl around, dont you agree?[referring to the co-actors on stage as well as the audience.] RED: [sarcastic] Thats perfect! Wonderful. BLUE: I wish I have the life that you have. GREEN: No, youll never have my life-[is cut off by a random marshall]

MARSHALL: UGLY! [Green cringes] GREEN: UGLY[Talking to blue. Red was just speechless.] Red continues to study and Green sits back in front of the vanity and puts on make up. Focus on Blue BLUE:My name is Manda and this is my story. I was pretty much your average teen age girl. Random Marshall: By average you mean Slut! (Throws a paper ball) Note: From this time onwards, Marshalls will go around the audience and their task is to make the audience call Blue names and force them to throw paper balls at her. They have to make their chosen audience member throw a paper ball at her no matter what, be it by calling them names, or even calling them names behind their back while conversing with other audience member. BLUE:[non-moving, just speaking.] I excelled in Gymnastics and in History. I love old stuff like vinyl records and monocles. GREEN: Nerd(Note that shes staring at herself in the mirror) BLUE: [semi-nostalgic expression] I remembered the first time I joined the competition. I got a gold medal! It was the first time felt proud of myself. Random Marshall: Theres nothing to be proud of. BLUE: Maybe. (Pause) I never had many friends though. I guess Im just an introvert. GREEN: Or you just suck [Looking at herself in the mirror] RED: [looks at green with disdain then continued studying.

BLUE:[has blank eyes] There was this one time however that a guy approached me and said he wanted to become friends with me. I liked him, a lot and he said he liked me too. RED: Too bad he had a girlfriend. GREEN: SLUT! BLUE: IM NOT A SLUT! IM NOT! [stifled cry, makes back wall of the box stand.] RED: I was called names. It got worse until I had to transfer. I always kept my old self. GREEN: But I had to build a new one, a new self that everyone will like, a new self that I would like. RED: BUT I HATE IT BLUE: I HATE IT. GREEN: I HATE IT. [smudges make up.] But everything will work out[dazed] RED: Thats what I say to myself. BLUE: Everything will work out. [pause, everyone was quiet, as if reassuring themselves and making themselves calm, but theyre all in a daze, except for red. Marshalls should still force the audience members to call them names and throw paper balls. RANDOM MARSHALL: Hey isnt that the girl who got laid with Kims boyfriend? [Green and blue becomes paranoid,acts as if they cant find the source. Red just pauses from writing then goes back to what shes doing.]

ANOTHER RANDOM MARSHALL: That guy from the other highschool? What a bitch. GREEN: IM NOT A BITCH BLUE: IM NOT A SLUT RED: The taunts followed me. GREEN: And theyre never gonna bring me down! BLUE: [muffled]Maybe I am a slut. RANDOM MARSHALL: But why would he want to be with that girl in the first place? Shes ugly as hell. BLUE:[muffled] maybe I am ugly. [pulls up left wall of the box. GREEN: I will become pretty then. [goes back to put on more make up.] RED: but in the end, I cant really do anything. [pause] [knocking sound. Red looks to her back.] RED: Who is it? MARSHALL: Hey! RED: Oh, hello Senior, what brings you here. MARSHALL: You gotta help me! Do this paper for me or else Im not going to graduate. RED: But thats cheating, I might get expelled.

MARSHALL: Do it, or Im gonna leak the dish about you and that guy from the other school. You slept with him didnt you? RED: I DIDNT KNOW ANY BETTER! AND WE DIDNT DO ANYTHING MARSHALL: YEAH RIGHT, WHORE. NOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS OR NOT? GREEN: We didnt really do anything. I thought he loved me back. BLUE: He didnt say anything. I thought he loved me back RED: I did my upperclassmans paper either way, but he leaked everything. GREEN: I thought no one would tease me anymore. I look pretty now dont I? I dont look.. Random Marshall: Hey ugly! GREEN: Ugly.. Maybe I am ugly. BLUE: Maybe I am ugly.[Pulls up the other wall of the box from the side, leaving only the front wall open.] RED: I just have to ignore all of this. GREEN: But in the end I just have to transfer. RED: Again BLUE: Im tired. GREEN: A few months passed, I was in another school far away from my two previous ones. RED: I thought I was okay.

BLUE: I was never okay. GREEN: [ironic laugh] But I guess technology made the world a smaller place. Random Marshall: Well well, look whos in facebook. Little miss whore. BLUE: They were back, but in social media this time. [by this time, there should be a collective name calling moment where montages of different bad names are being heard. When that happens, Actors Green and Blue needs to become Hysterical. The name calling scene should span between 30 to 45 seconds. It will end with collective laughter] BLUE: Theres no escape! GREEN:THEYLL PAY FOR THIS! BLUE: I CANT DO ANYTHING. GREEN: I WILL DO SOMETHING BLUE: I HAVE NO POWER OVER THEM GREEN: BUT YOU CAN HAVE POWER OVER OTHER PEOPLE! BLUE: NO! THERES NO ESCAPE GREEN: THERE ALWAYS IS! RANDOM MARSHAL: You should just die! BLUE:[pause] Thats it! Death! Death is the way out!

GREEN: THROUGH REVENGE [gets tiara from vanity table] I WILL MAKE THEM EXPERIENCE WHAT THEY DID TO ME. BLUE: I am beautiful GREEN: I am beautiful. RED: I am beautiful. [calm] GREEN: Ill make everyone see it.[Exit] BLUE: No one sees it. [closes] box RED: I can see it. Close lights. Music box music plays. Marshalls, wherever they are will lie on the ground like lifeless dolls. The box, blue was in will be opened again. Blue lies lifeless on the ground, also like a doll and they will stay on that position until all of the audience members are out. Bright lights open when the audience are about to exit, to see the words written on the bodies and shirts of the marshals and of Blue. Blue will have blood on her wrist and her neck.

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