ACT I/ SCENE 1
(A suburban household. Five girls, ages 16-22, sit in chairs, reading, drawing, working on laptops, etc.)
(A woman comes rushing in. She is MRS. BENNET, the mother of all these girls. Their names are JANE, LIZZY, MAY, LYDIA, and CAT (short for CATHERINE))
MRS. BENNET
(to the tune of "Part of Your World")
Look at this stuff
(gestures to nice furniture)
Isn't it neat?
Wouldn't you think I'm as rich as can be?
Wouldn't you think I'm the girl
The girl who has everything?
Look at my daughters
Pretty and free
They'll grow up as nice as can be
Looking at them you think
Yes, she's got everything
I've got housework and chores aplenty
I've got people to meet galore
You want work to do?
I'll give you twenty
Tasks more
I wanna have married daughters
I wanna see them dancin with hubby
Lots of gold to keep this- this
Wreck afloat!
Being mid-class you don't get too far
Money's required for schmoozing
Getting ahead in this darn economy-
LIZZY
Mom, just get to the point already.
MRS. BENNET
A guy named Charles Bingley is coming… And he's rich!
(LYDIA and CAT both squeal)
LYDIA
Is he handsome?
CAT
Is he single?
LIZZY
Guys, you're wayyy too young for that. Seriously. You're not even out of high school.
(LYDIA and CAT ignore her.)
LYDIA
Is he coming for that Fourth of July barbeque?
MRS. BENNET
How am I supposed to know all that? Mr. Bennet just told me now!
ACT I/ SCENE 2
(The Fourth of July barbeque. Loud pop music is playing in the background. A small group of people is dancing. LIZZY and JANE are standing DL, slightly apart from everyone else.)
LIZZY
Why can't Lydia just shut up?
(LYDIA is flirting with a college-aged man.)
JANE
Lizzy! That's kind of rude…
(CHARLES BINGLEY, WILLIAM DARCY, and CAROL BINGLEY enter. MRS. BENNET rushes over to her two daughters.)
MRS. BENNET
There they are!
LIZZY
Wow… The redhead looks like the only person having fun. This'll be a trip.
JANE
Maybe they'll seem nicer once we know them more…
LIZZY
I doubt it. I always rely on first impressions…
(MRS. BENNET rushes over to greet the newcomers and drags them over to her daughters. CHARLES looks dazed as he glances at JANE.)
CHARLES
Hi, I'm Charles Bingley, but that sounds really pretentious, so just call me Charlie. This is my friend Will Darcy, and my sister Carol.
JANE
Nice to meet you.
LIZZY
Hey.
MRS. BENNET
These are my daughters, Lizzy and Jane.
CHARLES
Cool… Hey Jane, d'you want to dance?
JANE
Sure!
(MRS. BENNET wanders off in the direction of the dancers. LIZZY is stuck awkwardly with DARCY and CAROL.)
LIZZY
(to DARCY)
So… Do you dance?
DARCY
I don't like to.
CAROL
Except with me!
(DARCY rolls his eyes subtly. Awkward silence ensues.)
LIZZY
Well, you're a talkative lot. I'll just go get some food, if that's okay with you.
(CHARLES finishes his dance with JANE. He heads over to DARCY and drags him to the food.)
CHARLES
Dude, why don't you dance?
DARCY
Don't feel like it.
CHARLES
Why not?
DARCY
No one here's pretty.
CHARLES
There's Jane's sister…
DARCY
Actually, I consider her average. And besides, I don't think she'd be a good dancer at all.
(LIZZY, who is still getting food, gasps a little. She then runs off to her friend CHARLOTTE, who is off by herself.)
LIZZY
(laughing)
Man, that was really funny.
CHARLOTTE
What?
LIZZY
See that guy over there- tall, black hair, green shirt?
CHARLOTTE
Yeah…
LIZZY
He just said I look average, and a horrible dancer.
CHARLOTTE
Okay that is bit funny, considering you're a ballerina.
LIZZY
You got it, Sherlock.
CHARLOTTE
Come on, let's go dance!
FULL CAST
(to the tune of "Saturday in the Park," which is actually the song with ~1 word taken out)
Saturday in the park
It's the Fourth of July
Saturday in the park
It's the Fourth of July
People dancing, people laughing
A man falling in love
…
And I've been waiting such a long time
For Saturday
A day in the park
It's the Fourth of July
A day in the park
It's the Fourth of July…
A/N: The first song belongs to Disney, and Stephen Schwartz (I think…). The second is from Chicago. I don't own. Please review!