THE BOY WHO CRIED GENIE FROM

CAST OF CHARACTERS:
1 male: Derrek
5 females: Genie, Girl, Zombie, Woman [vampire], Jesi
INT. COMPUTER LAB. DAY.
DEREK, a cool, confident guy, enters the lab. JESI, a shy,
nerdy gal, looks like she wants to talk to him but can only
manage a whisper.
JESI
Hi.
Derek doesn't hear her and goes to a computer to start work.
Jesi rushes out all embarrassed. Derek finds a cd stuck in
the computer. It comes out and it is glowing [Light shines
on it]. He looks at it and rubs it. A puff of smoke [fog
machine] flows in and a Genie steps in with it.
GENIE
What do you want?
DEREK
What?

Who are you?

Derek lowers the cd and sees the Genie.

GENIE
I'm a genie.
She waves her hands and more smoke appears.
DEREK
A genie? So... does that mean
I get three wishes?
GENIE
Yeah, yeah.
drill.

You know the

DEREK

Cool. Oh, I know what I want.

I want the perfect girl.
GENIE
As you wish...
Genie disappears into the smoke [exits] and GIRL appears,
acting very young, licking a lollipop and jumping up and down
excited.
GIRL
Hi, let's play.
Derek turns looking for the Genie.
DEREK
No, no, no.
Genie appears and makes GIRL disappear [exits].
GENIE
You did ask for a girl.
DEREK
I want someone much older than
that.
GENIE
As you wish...
Genie disappears [exits] and ZOMBIE appears.
DEREK
Not that old!
Genie makes Zombie disappear [exits].
GENIE
You're down to one wish... make
it good.
DEREK
What? Oh, man. Okay. I want
the perfect woman is my age,
beautiful and sharp.

GENIE
You got it.
Genie disappears and a beautiful WOMAN appears. She comes up
to him and he smiles. She crosses behind him. She pushes
back her hair and we see her pointed ears and she bares her
fangs.
WOMAN
Want to neck?
Derek smiles big and turns and sees her fangs come at him.
He screams.
DEREK
Genie!
WOMAN disappears and Genie appears and sighs.
DEREK (CONT.)
You ruined all my wishes!
GENIE
Wishes are not the key to your
happiness.
Genie disappears and Derek falls into a chair. Jesi
returns. She nervously approaches Derek and touches him on
the shoulder and he jumps.
JESI
I'm sorry.
keys.

Have you seen my

DEREK

Keys?
JESI
Here they are.
DEREK
Hey, what's your name?
JESI
Jesi.

And you're Derek.

DEREK
You work in the lab in the
mornings huh?
JESI
Uh-huh. You want my email?
case you need to ask me
something... about the lab.

In

DEREK
No one ever comes in the lab
during my shift. You want to
stay and hang out?
JESI
Sure, I'd like that.
Genie appears on the computer screen and winks [this can be a
video on a large computer screen or a projected image onto a
screen - if neither of these are possible you can end on the
above line].
JESI (CONT.)
What was that?
DEREK
Some computer virus.
JESI
I know this great anti-virus
software... let me show you.
It works like magic.
END OF SCRIPT