Scene 1: The Radio
(In the darkness we hear the static and whirring of someone scanning a radio. We get pieces of songs, commercials, and newscasts until we finally land on the soothing tones of radio guy reciting school closings.)
RADIO GUY: Leicester, Mendon, Benson Landing, Florence...(lights slowly come up on a blizzard. sixteen teenagers listen expectantly to various radios through out the town.) Middlebury, East Middleburry, Ripton, South Lincoln. Good morning, Wisconsin. Incase you're just tuning in, this is Tom Thompson, on W-A-C-K radio, and I'm reciting school closings in no particular order, just to make you all a little uncomfortable.
DAN: Why aren't the in alphabetical order?
TINA-LOUISE: I hate this station.
RADIO GUY: Lincoln, Rutland, Florence, Cornwall...
CLIFFORD: This is confusing!
RADIO GUY: Shoreham, Salisbury, Florence, Cornwall...
HELEN: Mom call the radio station and have this moron fired.
RADIO GUY: Hubbardton, Goshen, Steven's Point...
ARNO: Deerpoint!
RADIO GUY: Bread loaf, fish cakes, garbage bags. Hey that's my shopping list, How'd that get in there?
JULIA: This guy is not funny.
RADIO GUY: Vergennes, Hortonia, West Haven...
KEN: Deerpoint!
RADIO GUY: Whitting...
VINCENT: Deerpoint!
RADIO GUY: Sudbury...
JENNA: Deerpoint!
RADIO GUY: Waybridge...
FRANK/BUCKY: Deerpoint!
RADIO GUY: Ferrisburg...
EVERYONE: Deerpoint!
RADIO GUY: Deerpoint.
(Suddenly there's an explosion of happy music, the teenagers all dance joyfully, until Radio guy interrupts their celebration.)
RADIO GUY: A special announcement to class 301 at Deerpoint High. says blizzard or no blizzard, she expects you to be writing in you class journals everyday. She will be checking when you all get back.
DOOFUS: What?
EDYTHE: Homework?
BENNY: On a snowday?!
VINCENT: I love assignments.
RADIO GUY: Enjoy the weather kids. This is Tom Thompson on W-A-C-K. And remember to bundle up! (The radio cuts off. we hear the deafening sound of wind howling.)