Script
DRAFT #1
Drama Boys
Cast colors:
Leonardo- Alix
Narain- Blue
Arvinda- Red
Leonardo- Pink
Alix- Green
Characters (Color coordinated): Scene 1
Amar (son 1) - Alix
Farid (son 2) - Narain
Raj (Father) - Arvinda
Aditi (Mother) - Leonardo
Scene 1 Stage Set
Half stage sons bedroom-2 beds (tables)
Half stage living room-couch and tv(chairs and table with box)
Both sides littered with trash and clothes
Scene 1 Props
Scene 1- Underlined is Voice lines Not underlines is notes
Aditi and Raj sitting in living room watching tv/reading new papers, hears loud game music
upstairs from sons’ room. They get irritated and make their way through the trash towards there
room. Raj knocks on door
Aditi:where them boys how long now I waiting for them to com help me an clean this dam house
I fed up waiting they always on them dam phones I remember back in de days when we used to
play outside
Raj:o god gyl doh remind meh na it was to fun,we used to play,uh wa it was called again
Aditi:Ring games honey
Raj:or yeah we used to play tha, like ring o ring o roses and London bridge, them days was rehll
fun
Aditi: ent, why we doh make them boys clean this dam house then go outside and socialize a lil
bit na mabe they go learn a lesson or 2
Raj-Aye what ullah do so get out here now
They don’t open the door and Raj gets angry then breaks through the door and scolds them
Raj- aye what de hell ulah rhelly doing how long now I tell ullah do ullah chores
The boys continue to use there devices ignoring him. Aditi who was standing next to Raj the
entire time speaks
Aditi- come na boys you know what do happen if yuh fada get angry jus do yuh chorse please?
Amar-o god jus now na we go done jus now 5 minutes again
Farid-yea jus 5 minutes I in one more game I bout to win
Raj- tuh hell with this I done
Raj take the boys devices violently hitting both of them on the head and dragging them to thel
living room and throwing them onto the couch.
Aditi- I tell ullah not to get ullah fada mad now didn’t I this is what ullah get for not listening,
now watch de state ah de house u see how much garbage we pass coming right here? Eh!?
Raj- right, talk
Amar-ullah is de ones that wanted to move to this poor peasant neighborhood
Farid- yeah ullah is de ones that do that, was de point at doing anything when we could jus stay
inside in de comfort ah we room and play games,
Amar- yeah who go want to go and see then dutty people outside o geed
Raj gets furious(display it) Aditi backs away in fear
Raj- I DONE WITH ULLAH ULLAH GOING TUH CLEAN THIS FREAKIN PLACE UP
THEN ULLAH GOING AN SPEN TIME OUTSIDE WITH THE SO CALL DUTTY PEOPLE,
AND SINCE WHEN I EVERY TEACH ULLAH TO DISRESPECT PEOPLE LIKE THAT, they
making a honest living and trying doh jus take advantage ah my money and boast it round like is
yours jusso
Aditi- ullah look fuh dis if only ullah did jus listen to ullah fada and clean de house
Farid- o god please no I doh want to, I ammmm, tired I want to go sleep
Amar- uh yeah we tired to we go do that tomorrow
Raj- hell no is fricken 11 in de morning if ullah doh do it ullah not getting back dez chupid
devices until ullah graduate,
They both panic and start to get on like babies starting to cry. Raj doesn’t care and leaves off
stage, Aditi comes to comfort them(speaks in gentle voice)
Aditi- Come na boys stop getting on like babies and do what ullah fada tell ullah to do and get it
over with, start with cleaning up de house
Aditi leaves off stage the boys alone on stage, they talk to each other while cleaning the house
Farid-Bai I fed up with this inno o geed was disss(picks ups something wet)
Amar-lewwe jus get this over wit na I wa back my phone
Farid- fine but I doh like it at all
They continue to clean the house complaining and mumbling to each other. They are finally done
and their parents come back into the scene to see how the cleaning is going.
Raj-so how de cleaning going ullah done yet, ah hour pass already lewwe see here
He inspects around looking for signs of dust and garbage. Raj And Aditi looks at the boys
Aditi-looks good boys ullah do a good job now is time for ullah to go outside learn something
other than them video games mabe a actual physical game for once
Amar- o god we rhelly have too?
Farid- I doh want tooooo
Raj- boys this is for ullah own good I doing this to help ullah and that addictions ullah have tuh
ullah devices now come on.
Raj walks them to the door and closes it in their faces
Characters (Color coordinated): Scene 2
Farid - Narain
Amar - Alix
Jimbo - Leonardo
Prakash – Arvinda
Jimmy-Aiden/Leonardo (If aiden is absent or present)
Scene 2 Stage set
Entire stage is street (littered with trash)
Scene 2 Props
Scene 2
Both boys exit the house by walking on stage onto street. From across the road(stage) the boys
spot 3 other boys in dirty clothes.
Amar- Do we have too I doh want too
Farid- I doh want to either but you hear what dad say he go take we phones if we don’t we ha no
choice
The boys walk across the road to slowly while looking around once they approach, they start
hearing singing
All boys- ♪London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London bridge is-
Jimbo- aye whose ullah
Farid- weez de people living across de road whose ullah
Jimbo-ise Jimbo hes Jimmy and hes Prakash
Everyone walks to the other side of the road and begins to talk
Amar- so uh we could play um or sum with ullah please?
Prakash- Na na na na na we nuh wa ullah here wit ullah fancy shmancy people ting ent ullah ha
money y ullah doh go so and by a yacth or sum
Jimbo/Jimmy- yeah we doh play with pretty pretty princess here go so
Prakash- yuh hear them ,go so
Farid- come na lewwe jus play with ullah ah lil bit we only doing this cuz we fada tell we to
Jimbo- well go back in ullah palace to ullah fada and cry about it
Amar- pleaseee jus till this evening
Prakash- fine fine ullah big cry babies lewwe go
Jimbo/Jimmy- so de first game is ring a ring o roses all yuh hadda do to play this game is hold
hands and run round inna circle
Farid-so like this?
They all gather in a circle and hold hands
Prakash-right so now we hadda sing this, Ring a ring o roses, a pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes
we all fall down, Ashes in the water, ashes in the sea, we all jump, in a 1,2,3
Farid- tha was fun,so wha ullah doing now
Jimbo- we goin and play a another game is call London bridge, dis one a lil harder
Prakash- so 2 people hadda hold hand and hold them up like a bridge, then de res ah people
hadda go inna loop walking under de bridge while singing, when de verse done de bridge hadda
drop and who every it drops on hadda replace someone from the bridge
Two people make the bridge and the other get ready to start
Farid-so wa we singing
All boys - jus follow along with we, London Bridge is falling down Falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down,my fair [Link] it up with iron bars Iron bars, iron bars, Build
it up with iron bars my fair lady. Iron bars will bend and break, Bend and break, bend and break,
Iron bars will bend and break my fair lady. Build it up with gold and silver, Gold and silver, gold
and silver, build it up with gold and silver my fair lady. Gold and silver we've not got We've not
got, we've not got, Gold and silver we've not got my fair lady. London Bridge is falling down
Falling down, falling down London Bridge is falling down My fair lady London Bridge is falling
down Falling down, falling down London Bridge is falling down My fair lady.
Prakash-Right time fuh de next game this one is Ring o ring o roses, follow along like last time
All boys: Ring a ring o' roses, A pocket full of posies, A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down!
(x2/3)
They finish the games
Amar- tha was rhell fun thanks again for letting we play
Farid- yea thanks tha was fun
Jimbo- ah doh worry bout it ullah could come back any time an play again
Amar- rhelly well look out for we tomorrow
The Brothers head back home
Characters (Color coordinated): Scene 3
Raj -Arvinda
Aditi – Leonardo
Amar -Alix
Farid - Narain
Scene 3 stage set
Kitchen
Tables
Stove
Counter
Scene 3 Props
Knife
News paper
Scene 3
Farid- Dad! We home
Aditi was cooking and raj was reading newspapers by the table
Amar- Dad we have somthting to tell yuh
Farid- Yeah, dad we rell sorry for getting on so this morning
Amar- We realize that de locals here not so bad and we learn to appreciate de lil tings, it was
actually rhell fun
Farid- yea we play with de locals and we make some friends we realize not to judge people on
how dey looking to
Aditi- so it wasn’t so bad as ullah thought it be ent
Farid- na it was rhell good we play games and ting
Raj- here look take ullah phones
Farid- wha na we good
Amar-yeah we good we going and play with them tomorrow again
Raj- Rhelly? Alright
Amar- ight then we going an sleep
Farid- yea we rhell tired
Raj -alright then good night
The boys run to there rooms
Raj-this work out better than I thought
Aditi- I rhelly didn’t think it woulda work but seem I was wrong
Raj- aye I thought- well whatever