THE BOY WHO CRIED GENIE

(A short skit about making wishes & making wishes wisely)

CHARACTERS:
1 boy : Jake
5 girls / women: Genie, Girl, Zombie, WOMAN (Vampire), Sam

SETTING:
School Computer Lab

START:
* Today is the International Computer Lab Day *
(JAKE, a cool, confident guy, enters the lab. SAM, a shy, nerdy gal, looks
like she wants to talk to him but can only manage a whisper)

SAM: Hi

(JAKE doesn't hear her and goes to a computer to start work. SAM rushes
out all embarrassed. JAKE finds a cd stuck in the computer. It comes out
and it is glowing [*shiny effect*]. He looks at it and rubs it. A puff of
smoke [*smoke/fog effect*] flows in and a GENIE steps in with it)

GENIE: What do you want?

JAKE: What?! Who are you?!

(JAKE lowers the cd and sees the GENIE)

GENIE: I'm a genie.

(She waves her hands and more smoke appears)

JAKE: A genie? So... does that mean I get three wishes?
GENIE: Yeah, yeah. You know the drill.
JAKE: 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.

(DIRK turns looking for the GENIE)

JAKE: No, no, no.

(GENIE appears and makes GIRL disappear [exits])

GENIE: You did ask for a girl.

JAKE: I want someone much older than that.
GENIE: As you wish…

(GENIE disappears [exits] and ZOMBIE appears)

JAKE: Not that old!

(GENIE makes ZOMBIE disappear [exits])

GENIE: You're down to one wish... make it good.

JAKE: What? Oh, man. Okay. I want the perfect woman that 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 (Vampire): Want to neck?

(DIRK smiles big and turns and sees her fangs come at him. He screams)

JAKE: Genie!!!

(WOMAN (Vampire) disappears and GENIE appears and sighs)

JAKE: You ruined all my wishes!!!

GENIE: Wishes are not the key to your happiness.

(GENIE disappears and JAKE falls into a chair. SAM returns. She nervously
approaches JAKE and touches him on the shoulder and he jumps)

SAM: I'm sorry. Have you seen my keys?

JAKE: Keys?
SAM: Here they are.
JAKE: Hey, what's your name?
SAM: Sam. And you're JAKE.
JAKE: You work in the lab in the mornings huh?
SAM: Uh-huh. You want my email? In case you need to ask me
something... about the lab.
JAKE: No one ever comes into the lab during my shift. You want to stay and
hang out?
SAM: Sure, I'd like that.

(GENIE appears on the computer screen and winks ;-P)

SAM: What was that?

JAKE: Some computer virus.
SAM: I know this great anti-virus software... Let me show you. It works like
magic.

END OF SCRIPT