Homesick
The Play
Characters:
Craigery Trousse
May Baume
Larry – Craigery’s best friend
Autumn – May’s Friend
Act 1:
Scene 1:
[Craig and Larry are in the guys’ washroom, they take turns guarding the door so that the other can crush pills and sniff them].
They talk about a party and how it’s not exactly their crowd but it should still be fun. May’s name pops up,
[bell rings and they both exit.]
Scene 2:
[May, and Autumn are in the girls change room getting changed after gym class, the last girls walks out leaving them alone.]
They talk about how autumn cousin has invited them to a party. They debate about doing e for the first time. They agree to do e but no drinking; Larry’s name comes up in conversation.
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Scene 3:
[May, and Autumn are at May’s house getting ready for the party.]
Discussing boys who will be there, after discussing Larry and Craigery they leave for the party.
Scene 4:
[Craigery enters his room with wet hair and a towel. He puts on his clothes and then answers his cell phone],
Larry is outside. Craigery invites him up. They make last minute preparations.
[They both take e and go to the party.]
Act 2:
Scene 1:
[The party is large with pop punk music playing; everyone is dancing, talking and partying. Some people are sitting. May + Friends arrive,]
Autumn’s cousin greets them.
[They walk to the far side of the party]
. After a bit of talking, Craigery and Larry arrive. They talk to all the party guests.
[Craig keeps looking back at may and she keeps looking back at him.]
Larry asks why they keep looking back. Craigery + May say the don’t know why. At the same time they say they think the e is kicking in.
[then they look at each other and make eye contact]
[everyone in the room except may and Craigery move down stage against the wall
they walk towards each other and the song changes to something upbeat. They start dancing after a few moments they walk towards and into a bedroom.
When may and Craig enter bedroom, partiers come up stage and spread back out.]
Scene 2:
[They walk/kiss towards the bed. The end up lying down and making out. Craig starts to take off his shirt.]
May: before you do that, I need to know one thing.
Craig: what’s that?
May: your name
Craig: im Craigery Trousse
May: Well Craigery, I am May Baume, nice to meet you
[They keep kissing]
Scene 3:
[may and Craig are lying down underneath the covers; Larry walks in on them, quickly followed by autumn. May is embarrassed, gets dressed and runs out of the room]
Larry: What’s with her?
Autumn: oh…I think she’s just kind of surprised…she doesn’t really do this often
[Craig gets up and gets dressed, he writes something on a piece of paper and hands it to autumn]
Craig: here this is for may, it’s my phone number, and can you get here to call me?
Autumn: sure whatever you want chief
[Craig and Larry exit, autumn opens the note and reads it, then putting it into her pocket then exiting]
Scene 4:
[autumn and may are sitting around Mays room]
they discuss the party
[autumn hands may Craigery’s’ phone number]
they debate about calling him
[may ends up calling him and they agree to meet at the local coffee shop.]
[exit autumn and may]
Scene 5:
[Craig is sitting at a table at the coffee shop, enter may]
they talk about the party the night before and what happened
may explains that she doesn’t do drugs often, but the way that Craig made her feel, she wants that all the time, Craig tells her that he can give her that, there is a whole world of experiences to discover. May tells him that is all she wants, is to feel real.
Craig: baby, im gonna make you feel alive
[Fade out]
Act 3:
Scene 1:
[Larry and Craig are sitting around]
they talk about how Craig’s parents are going away for a week and how they should have a get together.
[Craig calls may]
Craig asks may if she and autumn want to come over, over night all next weekend
[Craig hangs up]
Craig and Larry talk about what drugs they should do, they both agree on lsd
[Fade out]
Scene 2:
[Craig, Larry and may are in a washroom at school, taking turn crushing things, and sniffing them]
Craig talks about the philosophy of feelings.
[bell rings and Larry exits]
may asks Craig to stay,
[they start making out, leaving the drugs on the counter]
[a male teacher walks in]
Teacher: what are yo-
[Craig throws his sweater over the head of the teacher, grabs the drugs in one hand, May’s in the other and runs out of the washroom]
[fade out]
Scene 3:
[may and Craig run outside to the park]
the talk about how close of a cal that was
Craig tells may they need to slow down she has jumped into this lifestyle too quickly, and is on a slippery slope. May tells him that she needs to feel this way, it’s the only time she feels real.
[Craig pulls out a joint and lights it]
Craig: alright, we can keep doing what were doing
[passes the joint to may]
[fade out]
Scene 4:
[Larry, Craig, may and autumn are sitting in Craig’s room]
they talk about how Craig’s parents are gone, and how much lsd they want to take.
[they take there hits]
[smoke machine fills room with smoke]
[smoke dissipates]
they have a huge conversation about living in the moment.
May wants to smoke more, but everyone is very hesitant
[Craig decides to roll another and smoke it with her.]
As he lights it he says
‘well do some drugs, well fall in love, and get fucked up while the world just shrugs’
[fade out]
Scene 5:
[may and Craig are sleeping in the same bed, Larry knocks at the door]
Craig: come in
Larry comes in and tells them about hoe autumn left.
May is upset and gives autumn a call
[Larry and Craig exit]
may has a conversation with autumn about how she’s being stupid, there learning to live, she shouldn’t be such a square.
May: well maybe I only want to be friends with people who understand me
[may hangs up the phone]
[fade out]
Act 4
Scene 1:
[may and Craig are in a park lying down and smoking]
they talk about how Larry and autumn have kind of abandoned them, but they don’t need them, they don’t need anyone.
[Craig rolls over until he is kind of on top of may]
he tells her what he is really afraid of, he tells her how he believes he is in a coma or in some dream, and how nothing ever feels real unless he is high on something, he tells her that is what he imagines death would be like. One instantaneous lsd trip.
May asks why he is telling her this
Craig: im not perfect, I don’t have all the answers. Im falling in love with you, and I don’t want you to fall in love with me on some premise that I know everything. I know what I know and not a bit more. Im not invincible, im just as fragile as you.
[May takes a drag from the smoke]
May: I love you too
[fade out]
Scene 2:
[May and Craig are sitting in the principles office with the principle]
The principle talks about how they have been skipping class all the time, and he knows that they are skipping to do drugs.
May and Craig tell there principle, that no offense but they just don’t care, nothing matters, least of all standardized learning.
The principle tells them he has nothing he can do but expel them.
May and Craig tell him that is fine with them
[they stand up and exit]
[fade out]
Scene 3:
[Craig and may are sitting around his room smoking]
Craig tells her about how he hates being human, and how he hates living.
May tells him that she is ready to go to the end with him.
Craig tells her that he thinks if he were to kill himself, he would wake up in a hospital bed
May tells him there is only one way to find out.
[fade out]
Scene 4:
[Craig and may are both sitting in his room each of them smoking a joint]
Craig and may are laughing and talking about random chit chat.
Both of them mention their joint went out
Craig: do you think that’s a sign?
May: I do
[Craig gets up and gets his gun from his drawer and sits back down next to may]
Craig: so…do you want me to do you first?
[may nods]
[Craig raises the gun to her head, and then lowers it]
may: what are you doi-
[Craig interrupts her mid sentence when he élans in and kisses her, he kisses her passionately, after he is done kissing her, he tells her he loves her, and raises the gun to shoot her]
[he pulls the trigger, and May’s body slumps down, he proceeds to bring the gun to his head, and without a word pull the trigger]
[fade out]
Act 5
[it is Craig’s and Mays funeral, the only people there are Craig’s and Mays parents as well as Larry.]
Craig and Mays parents walk up to the caskets, and complain about how they didn’t understand, and they wish the could have helped somehow.
[exit Craig and mays parents]
[Larry walks up to the caskets]
Larry: we both knew it would happen eventually
[fade out]
FIN
1 comment:
this is sad :(
but i like it.
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