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“Careless dads?”

Drugs problems in the family

Characters:

 Rodrigo (Addicted son)

 Frida (Rodrigo´s mom)
 Néstor (Rodrigo´s dad) y Dealer (drugs´ seller)

Stage design:

- Living room/Dining room

- Teenage room
- Street like Brooklyn (Slums)

Soundtracks:

- Main Theme - Monsters Inc (Scene 1 y 2)

- Without Me – Eminem (Scene 3)
- Could you Be Loved – Bob Marley (Scene 4)
- Requiem for a dream – Musica de Suspenso (Scene 4)
- Fondo Viento – Rosa de Guadalupe (Scene 5)

Scene 1

Once there was, a family which parents were kept busy almost the whole day because they work
in financial business… in few words they were stockbrokers. The parents most of the time were
focusing in their employment and their child what were always made to one side; without
knowing that towards the boy in his free times and when it was contained in its fourth. The
same day Rodrigo had planned to do a suspicious purchase.

Scene 2

The parents stay working at the dining room.

F: Honey, How much raised the bag of NASDAQ this morning?

N: That I looked at news. It raised two points my love.

F: Perfectly my love; they are good news, but I have to go away running to the office. See you
later, have a nice day.

… After 4 hours, (there is just the mom working at the dining room) and his son enters in a
sudden way saying to her:

R: Hey mom, I´m gonna out, I returned in a half hour.

F: (Without turning to seeing her soon, she answer) Ok honey, be carefully.

R: OK mom.

Scene 3

Rodrigo is walking along the suburbs of the city where he meets a strange person.

N: What´s up brother?

R: What´s up, give me the same at all.

(Nestor give the package)

N: Wait me brother, this time it doen´t have the same price; the price of the package rosed.

R: It doen´t matter, here´s the extra money.

R: (He paid the package).

Rodrigo decided to go back to his house to save his package.

Scene 4

(Rodrigo enters to his house, and the mom continue working in the dining room)

R: What´s up mom, I already returned.

F: That´s ok.

Rodrigo is going to his room and how much comes in; he decides to make his lines… When
suddenly Laura feels a premonition and she´s on the way to her son´s room.

F: Rodrigo! I need your help in…

(Rodrigo was in shock)

F: What are you doing!

R: (Scared and trying to keep of his drugs) Nothing mom.

F: (She´s about and removed the drugs of his hands) ¿Do you use drugs?

R: Um… mmmmm….

F: Um, nothing… Your father will going to know it.

 Scene 5

His parents are talking to the drugs theme about their child and that no give of neglecting their
son by labour.

F: You know Nestor, I think is momento to give time to our son; everything i sour fault because
we don´t pay attention to him.

N: You are right honey. We put Rodrigo to psychological help, we are working but first is the
integrity, health and happiness of our son and us as family.

Enter crestfallen Rodrigo

R: You are right parents, I made a mistake but we will overcome this together and I promise you
that it will never happen again. I love you! (hughs)

The end