Thursday, May 30, 2013

Adventure Awaits

This is the play I wrote. I based it off of The Breakfast Club. It's one of my favorite movies so it made it easier for me to keep writing.

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                The detention classroom is filled with mischievous and rebellious teenagers who don’t have the patience to waste their sweet time on a Saturday that can be spent doing far more entertaining things than being stuck in a classroom with their least favorite teacher.

 

CLASSROOM – EARLY SATURDAY MORNING

We see CLAIRE and BRIAN sitting next to each other in the very back of the classroom, behind many empty desks.

CLAIRE

How in the world are we supposed to sneak out of this classroom when Mr. Cherry is going to be watching us for the next six hours?

BRIAN

Claire, do you really think he’ll have his eyes glued on all of us for that long? Knowing him, he’ll probably pass out two hours into the detention, at most.

CLAIRE

You’re right, he’s always sleeping during finals anyways. How would we get out of here in the first place?


BRIAN

We could always go right through the door but that’s too easy. Going out through the window seems riskier and a lot more fun.

CLAIRE

You’re crazy, but I’m in!

An hour passes by and MR. CHERRY is snoring at the front desk

BRIAN

It’s go time.

Claire

But what if someone tells on us?

BRIAN
Don’t you worry Claire, I’m sure everyone in here will not care enough to do so, and even if they did care at all they would most likely just join us.

BRIAN opens the back window slyly and follows CLAIRE outside.

CAFETERIA – SATURDAY NOON

BRIAN and CLAIRE are hungry but have no money on them so they decide to sneak into the lunch room and steal some snacks.

CLAIRE

Okay, I say we get the chocolate muffins and Chex Mix.

BRIAN

Sounds good to me but I also want some pizza, do you think we’ll have time to use the microwave?

CLAIRE

We’ll have to make it quick because I don’t know if there’s anybody around at this time on a Saturday.

BRIAN

I’m sure there isn’t, it’s a weekend. There’s no school in session. Therefore the lunch ladies don’t have any kids to feed in the first place.

CLAIRE

There are always the janitors.

BRIAN

I’m sure the janitors would join in.

BRIAN and CLAIRE sneak into the lunch room and stuff their sweatshirt pockets with food. As soon as BRIAN puts a slice of pizza in the microwave, they hear footsteps coming towards them. Panicking, CLAIRE grabs BRIANS hand and they start sprinting down the hallway towards the football field.

FOOTBALL FIELD – SATURDAY NOON

                Panting, CLAIRE and BRIAN take a break from running. They both collapse on the hot turf football field. They take off their sweatshirts and sit on them. They take out their food and begin to have a picnic.

BRIAN

Well that was a close one, wasn’t it Claire?

CLAIRE

A little too close, are you sure it’s a good idea to be sitting out here in plain sight eating all the food we just stole?

BRIAN

Hey who cares, we’ll be fine.

A golf cart makes its way up the track towards the football field. The two security guys are in there with mad expressions on their faces.

BRIAN

RUN!

BRIAN and CLAIRE begin to run away from the scene, bringing everything they had with them. They run through a hole in the fence behind the football field. They are now off campus and decide to run all the way around school to where the detention classroom is.

CLAIRE

We better not get caught Brian, I’m not trying to have Saturday detentions for the rest of the school year!
BRIAN

Don’t even worry about it, we’ll be okay. I promise you!

BRIAN and CLAIRE run through the front of school trying to avoid the school security. They finally arrive to the window of their Saturday detention classroom. CLAIRE jumps in first, making not a sound and gets back to her desk in a heartbeat. BRIAN jumps in next, making a giant thump as he hits the ground, knocking over a few books.

MR.CHERRY

Brian what are you doing at over there?

BRIAN

I’m sorry Mr. Cherry; I was just looking for something to read.

MR. CHERRY

Just sit back down in your desk and don’t make another sound.

BRIAN

Yes sir!

Brian and Claire got away with sneaking out of detention, stealing school food, and outrunning the school security even though they had a golf cart.

Scene ends

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                                Adventure awaits anywhere

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