A/N: Hello! Thank you for choosing this play to read. The format has been a bit messed up, but I think you'll get it. So, reviews are wonderful! This is going to be a full play. I've changed all the characters to girls so that my all girls school will be able to perform it when it is completed.
Enjoy!
ACT I
Scene 1
The show opens on a dark stage. The sound of a
plane falling and crashing is heard. A few moments
of silence, then lights up.
Lying out cold, RACHEL is on the stage.
Slowly, she wakes up.
RACHEL
Hello? Hello? Is... is anyone there?
Rustling noise catches the eye of RACHEL
RACHEL
Hey! Who's there?
PIGGY
Hi, wait a minute. I just... I think I'm stuck. Hold
on. I can hardly move with all these creeper things...
Enter Piggy.
PIGGY
Hi! My name's Agnes.
RACHEL
Cheers. Rachel. What happened?
PIGGY
Well... I think the plane crashed.
RACHEL
Yeah, no kidding. Where is everyone?
PIGGY
I don't know. You're the first person I've seen.
RACHEL
Where's the guy with the megaphone? Or the pilot?
PIGGY
I don't know... I don't know... I...
RACHEL
There dead, aren't they?
PIGGY looks around afraid and sad.
RACHEL
Do you think we're the only survivors?
PIGGY
We can't be! There were tons of us.
RACHEL
When we were coming down, I saw the other part of the
plane. I think it was on fire.
PIGGY
Do you think... do you really think we are it? I mean,
I have asthma. I won't survive long without my inhaler
and I can't walk long distances and lift things, and I
can't eat things with gluten and I pass out without
proper nutrition... Oh my God, my aunt must be so
worried. What if she forgets to take her medication? Or
hurts herself working? She doesn't do well by herself!
Oh Lord...
PIGGY starts having an anxiety attack.
RACHEL
Whoa, whoa, whoa, calm down! Jesus, you're high strung.
PIGGY
I'm sorry... I'm just... STARVING...
RACHEL
Well there's fruit in the trees. Go up and get some.
PIGGY
I can't... I... have... asthma...
RACHEL
Oh, why did it have to be you? I'll be right back. Try
to chill out, okay?
PIGGY
Okay... thanks...
RACHEL
Yeah, yeah...
RACHEL briefly exits and comes back with some
fruit. She hands one to PIGGY who accepts it
graciously and immediately digs in.
PIGGY
Thanks!
RACHEL
Yeah, s'okay. So what's your name again?
PIGGY
Agnes! But back at school... they called me something
different.
RACHEL
Well, what?
PIGGY
I hate it.
RACHEL
Come on, we're friends right?
PIGGY
We are?
RACHEL
Course we are! What do they call you?
PIGGY
It's really mean.
RACHEL
Come on, it can't be that bad.
PIGGY
Yes it can.
RACHEL
Spill.
PIGGY
Promise not to laugh?
RACHEL
Sure.
PIGGY
They called me... Piggy...
RACHEL laughs
RACHEL
Piggy! PIGGY! Haha, that's the funniest thing I've ever
heard! Well, it's good to meet you, Piggy!
PIGGY
You said you wouldn't laugh!
RACHEL
Sorry, Piggy.
PIGGY
Don't call me that!
RACHEL
Well, it's you nickname, innit? Now that we're friends,
I need a nickname for you. You can call me Rach.
PIGGY
Fine... Rach.
PIGGY smiles broadly, glad to have finally made a
friend.
RACHEL
So, what year are you?
PIGGY
Twelve.
RACHEL
Me too! How do we not know each other?
PIGGY
We do. I'm in your Maths and French classes.
RACHEL
You are?
PIGGY
Yeah.
RACHEL
Um...
An awkward silence.
PIGGY
They taunt me. They make fun of me because of my
weight. It's not my fault. I have a condition.
RACHEL
I'm sorry.
PIGGY
Sure you are.
RACHEL
Of course I am.
PIGGY
Humph...
RACHEL
I get bullied too, ya know?
PIGGY
Yeah right. I see you. You have tons of friends.
RACHEL
I hardly call it a ton.
PIGGY
I don't have ANY. The only time anyone speaks to me is
when I work in the sweets shop. And even then it's
'Have a nice day!' and most of the time they don't even
answer.
RACHEL
You work at Francine's?
PIGGY
Yeah, Francine is my aunt.
RACHEL
Have I seen you there before?
PIGGY
Probably... well I've seen you. You always come in with
a big group of friends and buy all the Jelly Babies and
Mars Bars.
RACHEL
You remember that?
PIGGY
I have to restock every time you leave.
Suddenly RACHEL gets up.
RACHEL
Well, no use sitting here. Let's go see if we can find
anybody.
PIGGY puts down her fruit and is helped up by
RACHEL
PIGGY
Hey, where ya going?!
RACHEL
I'm looking for the others! Hey, check it out! Is that
the ocean! Want to go for a swim?
PIGGY
I don't know how. My Auntie says it's bad for my
asthma...
RACHEL
Well sucks to your asthma! I love swimming. My dad
taught me when I was five. He's in the navy.
Sudden realization.
RACHEL
He'll rescue us!
PIGGY
My dad's dead, so is my mum. I've been living with my
Auntie for I don't know how long. She'd let me have
all I wanted and - when is your dad going to rescue us?
RACHEL
As soon as he can.
PIGGY
How does he know we're here? The pilot and the crew are
all dead.
RACHEL pointedly ignores PIGGY.
PIGGY
For all we know we are the only ones left. They all
died in the crash. Oh, my God, we are going to die
here! I don't want to die here!
In her anguish, PIGGY hits the conch with her
foot.
PIGGY
Hey, what's this? A rock?
RACHEL
No, it's a shell. Like a mermaid thing.
PIGGY
My neighbor has one! It's in his garden. They're really
expensive...
PIGGY tries to take the conch away from RACHEL.
RACHEL
Careful! you'll break it!
PIGGY
Blow into it! Maybe someone else will hear. It's like a
horn. We can get everyone together for a meeting and we
can make a plan to get off this island.
RACHEL
Island?
PIGGY
Ocean. Remember?
RACHEL blows into the conch. It doesn't make any
noise
RACHEL
It's not working.
PIGGY
You gotta kind of spit into it.
RACHEL tries again. The noise sounds a bit like a
fart.
RACHEL
Oh my God, it's a fart horn!
RACHEL blows into it some more. Slowly, girls
enter summoned by the conch.
A little girl, younger than RACHEL and PIGGY,
approaches PIGGY. She is as ragged looking as
PIGGY and RACHEL.
PIGGY
Hi, what's your name?
JAMIE
Jamie
PIGGY
Rach, this one is called Jamie!
RACHEL
I have Lucy, Hannah, and Abigail!
PIGGY
Blow the conch again.
RACHEL blows the conch again.
PIGGY
Here's more!
RACHEL
Yowzah!
PIGGY
Okay! Okay! Everyone can you please sit down!
No one listens to PIGGY. Seeing that she is having
a hard time, RACHEL shouts.
RACHEL
Okay everyone! Can you all just take a seat please!
We're going to start the meeting in a few minutes when
we're sure everyone is here. So if you can all be quiet
The girls all sit down and continue their
conversations in whispers.
Two girls the age of PIGGY and RACHEL stand up.
SAMANTHA
Hi. I'm Sam and
ERICA
I'm Erica
RACHEL
Sam and Erica, good to meet you.
PIGGY
Sam and Erica
ERICA
Wrong way -
SAMANTHA
It's okay -
ERICA
Even our Mum messes it up -
SAMANTHA
We look too alike.
ERICA
We switch in out classes to!
SAMANTHA
Mrs. Burke gets so confused-
ERICA
So she just calls on us together -
SAMANTHA
We have her convinced we have telepathy
ERICA
So she calls us Samnerica.
SAMANTHA
Feel free to as well.
PIGGY
You know that's really creepy, right?
SAMNERICA
Yes!
RACHEL
You're in Year eleven, aren't you?
SAMNERICA
Yep!
RACHEL
That's why I recognize you. Well if you don't mind,
could you help us organize the younger girls?
SAMNERICA
Sure!
RACHEL blows the conch again. A group of girls
enters led by JACKIE
JACKIE
Where's the man with the trumpet?
RACHEL
No trumpet man, just me.
JACKIE
A ship then?
RACHEL
No, just us. We're about to start a meeting if you want
to join in?
JACKIE'S choir starts talking as the sit down.
JACKIE
Hey! Standstill! No talking!
SARAH
But... Jackie... do you think we could just...
SARAH faints and is caught by her friends and laid
on the ground. This is a normal occurrence.
RACHEL
Um... should we...?
JACKIE
No, she's fine. She always does that.
RACHEL
All right then... So as far as we can tell there are no
adults.
JACKIE
We'll have to figure it out ourselves then. MY father
is in the military, so he should be able to rescue us.
RACHEL
Really? My dad is Navy.
JACKIE
Father is army. So what are you called?
RACHEL
My name is Rachel.
JACKIE
Jacqueline Merridew.
RACHEL
All right, Jackie -
JACKIE
Call me Merridew
RACHEL
Okay, Jackie. We'd better know all our names so this is
Sam and Erica, Jamie, um...
PIGGY
we just got all the names. We have a few repeats and
some of you look similar so -
JACKIE
You talk too much. Shut it, Fatty.
RACHEL
Her name is not Fatty! It's Piggy and -
All the girls laugh and start taunting PIGGY
RACHEL
Hey!
The laughter slowly quiets. RACHEL and JACKIE stay
standing while the other girls all sit down.
RACHEL
Thank you. Now if everyone could say your name
Everyone says their name. Depending on cast size,
names can be added. Necessary names are Maureen,
Jamie, Lucy, Abigail, Jill, Reagan, Hannah, and
Holly
JACKIE
And that is Sarah. We've got to decide about getting
rescued.
A ruckus breaks out again. Some girls start to cry
while others are all shouting their ideas or
continuing previous conversations in loud voices.
RACHEL
Hush, please...
Everyone quiets.
RACHEL
Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things.
The girls like that and make that known.
JACKIE
I should be chief. I'm the chorister and the head girl.
Also, I can sing a high C sharp.
RACHEL
Oh yeah! I remember you from assemblies.
Buzz of conversation. PIGGY tries to say that
she'd be a good chief and is ignored.
JACKIE
Well then, I -
SARAH
Let's have a vote.
SAMANTHA
Jackie against
ERICA
Who else?
HANNAH
What about the girl with the shell?
JAMIE
Yeah, Rachel!
Most of the girls talk about how RACHEL should be
chief. RACHEL raises her hand for quiet.
RACHEL
Who wants Jackie for chief?
The choir girls all raise their hands and RACHEL
counts
RACHEL
And me?
Everyone else raises their hand excluding PIGGY
who begrudgingly raises it.
RACHEL
I'm chief then! Cheers, Jackie. The choir is yours, of
course. They could be the army -
JACKIE
Hunters.
RACHEL
Okay.
RACHEL and JACKIE share a shy, pained smile.
RACHEL
All right. First things first, we need to get some
water.
JACKIE
I was about to look, but your horn stopped us.
RACHEL
Okay, we can go looking with one more -
JACKIE
Sarah
SARAH, revived, stands up and brushes the sand off
herself.
SARAH
I'll come.
PIGGY
Me too.
RACHEL
No, it's okay. With your asthma and all -
JACKIE
We don't need you. Go with the others.
PIGGY
I found the conch. I told Rachel how to blow it. It was
my idea to hold a meeting. I should be able to help
find water.
JACKIE
We don't want you.
PIGGY looks imploringly at RACHEL
RACHEL
You can't come.
JACKIE pulls ROSE aside.
JACKIE
Watch them.
ROSE
Of course.
PIGGY
I thought we were friends.
RACHEL
What?
PIGGY
Even after I told you I didn't like it. You told them.
RACHEL
What?
JACKIE and SARAH exit. RACHEL sees and tries to
get along after them.
PIGGY
You told them how they called me Piggy. I told you how
much I hate it, and you didn't even stop.
RACHEL
I'm sorry, okay? Piggy is better than Fatty anyway.
PIGGY
You're no different from the rest of the Chamberly
girls. You're mean and cruel and don't care about
anybody but yourself.
RACHEL
What do you want me to say? Jackie said no. And I do
care about people besides me. We need to get off this
island and the best way of doing it is being friends
with Jackie.
PIGGY
Jackie isn't chief. You are.
RACHEL
Come on, give me a break.
PIGGY
No.
RACHEL
Go and take names. That's your job.
PIGGY glares at her.
PIGGY
When we get off this island, and we are back in
Chamberly, are we going to be friends.
RACHEL
Of course.
PIGGY
I hope you're telling the truth.
RACHEL
So long.
RACHEL exits leaving PIGGY alone.