Roll Call!
Actors
Caleb: Bus Driver
Jenna: Sarcastic teenager
Jamie: Depressed mode
Emily: Convention goer
Sara: old lonely grandma
Caleb: Director
Camille: Writer
Lizzie: Advisor
Mr. Dowdle: Advisor
Kevin: Advisor
Sitting outside of a stalled bus
Jamie: “Where are we again?”
Caleb: “We’re half way through Nevada, folks.”
Jamie: “I’ve never seen so much sand in a desert!”
Jenna: “I’m so hot!” Shakes her head in Silence
Caleb: “Whoa, It’s not what it looks like. Just remain calm and whatever you do, don’t panic. I’ll check the engine again.”
Caleb exits
Emily: “If we can’t get the overheated engine to be fixed, how are we going to get to the knitting convention now?”
Sara: “I knew I should have taken the train.”
Grumbles as she knits; Sara gets bored with just knitting
Sara: “Hey young’ns, let’s play a game.”
Jamie: “What kind?”
Jenna: “No thanks.”
Emily: “I’ve had my tickets reserved for six month, and now I’m going to miss it completely? This is ridiculous!”
Caleb enters
Caleb: “Hey, I have an idea. Does anyone have a phone that gets a signal?”
The young girls all check their phones
Sara: “I keep my phone on my wall at home! Why do you ask?”
Emily: “Nope, sorry. Just lost the signal.”
Jamie: “Nuh-uh.”
Jenna: “No. Duh. We’re in the desert!”
Caleb sighs
Sara: “Why is that important?”
Emily: “How long will we be here?”
Caleb: “Until we can get a signal to call the outside world, we are stuck here.”
Jenna: “Great! Now we’re all going to die by baking.”
Jamie: “Baking? I love cookies! Can we have those?”
Emily: “Nooo! I can’t be stuck here! I have the convention to get to!”
Caleb: “It’s okay. I’ll keep working on the engine meanwhile.”
Caleb exits
Emily: “I can’t tell you how frustrated this makes me. What if we’re stuck here? There’s no one for miles!”
Sara: “I’d love to play a game? Who’s game?” Laughs at the horrible pun
Emily: “This isn’t a joking matter! I’m pretty upset, if you can’t tell.”
Jamie: Raises her hand “I can tell!”
Jenna: Rolls her eyes “Thanks, Jamie. You’re so helpful.”
Emily: “How are we supposed to survive?”
Jamie: “We’ll be fine. You find us food, you find us water, and you find us air!”
Jenna: “Oh I’ll bring you a bucket of air.” Sarcastic
Jamie: “That’s perfect!”
Sara: “Are you two twins? You look very similar.”
Jamie: “If we were twins, we’d have the same first name!”
Jenna: “No, you idiot, we’d have the same last name. Which we do.”
Jamie: “Oh. Right. If we were twins, we’d have the same last name! That’d be awesome! I’d totally make matching outfits.”
Jenna: “I would totally burn them.”
Emily: “I’m not interested in playing a game. I’m interested in going to the knitting convention!”
Sara: “Oh, it’ll take your mind off the problem. Let’s see. I know I have them in here somewhere…” Searches purse “Ahh, found it! My lucky Uno cards!”
Jamie: “Ooh, I love that game.”
Jenna: “Have you ever even played it?”
Jamie: “No! That’s why I love it!”
Sara: “Well, I can teach you how to play!”
Jenna: “No thanks.”
Emily: “Why are they lucky?” Slightly curious
Sara: “Well you see, when I was a young girl, we used to go down to the soda fountain. It was there that I’d get peppermint striped candy and a nice root beer float. Have you ever had a root beer float? Try it with peppermint striped candy, it’s delicious. Anyway, I was going down the street when I saw a shiny nickel that someone had accidentally dropped. I thought of trying to find the owner, but instead I decided I would pet a dog, who I think was a Labrador retriever. Or maybe it was a poodle. No, it was a Labrador. What was I talking about?”
Jenna: “Something.”
Jamie: “I love dogs! That’s such a great story!”
Emily: “But you didn’t explain why the cards are lucky.”
Sara: “Oh. These old things? I bought them at a store just before it closed.” Nods as if that means something important
Jamie: “Oooh. That gave me chills. Did you hear that, Jenna?”
Emily: “Oh, I’m sorry, what are your names? My name is Emily.”
Sara: “I’m Sara, once the greatest trapeze artist in the circus! I used to drive the elephants around in the center ring, and I was called ‘Sara—the Amazing!’ Gentlemen would line up in front of me, wearing their spats and top hats and sometimes even a monocle and I would simply sit, beautiful as the sunset, while they swooned over me.”
Jamie: “I’m Jamie, the bus driver’s name is tag, no wait, Caleb, and that is Jenna reclining on the seat and I love the circus!”
Jenna: “You’ve never been to the circus, Jamie!”
Jamie: “That’s why I love it!”
Sara: “Where are you going, dear?” Addressing Jenna
Jenna: “My business is my own.”
Sara: “Come play with us, with my magic cards.”
Jenna: “I’d rather be left alone. Besides the cards aren’t magic.”
Emily: “So, I didn’t hear where you two were headed?”
Jenna: “Our grandmother’s funeral.”
Jamie smiles awkwardly
Emily: “Oh, I’m sorry.”
Jenna: “We didn’t really know her.”
Jamie: “We get to see all of our family, and that’ll be nice.”
Emily: “You’re so sweet.
Jenna: “Oh thanks”
Sara: “What are your names again? Such sweeties.”
Emily: “I’m Emily”
Jamie: “I’m Jamie…Jenna’s over there.”
(Sara gives her a card-hand?) Oh yes, of course.”
Jenna: “No really, I’m alright.”
Jamie: “Jenna, I bet I could beat you.”
Jenna: “Nice try. Oh come on, you’re just pretending you want to be here.”
Jamie: “Actually, I do want to be here. It’s your fault we didn’t see Grandma before she died! You were always just “too busy” to visit. I actually always wanted to see her and now I can’t!”
Jenna: “She was just an old lady who didn’t know my name and made up stories for attention.”
Sara fiddles with cards.
Jamie: “You know what, if that’s how you want to remember her, that’s fine, but I don’t think Grandma would appreciate that.” She sits down “Just let her be, like she wants. Let’s start.”
Sara, Emily, and Jamie start to play Uno and after a pause
Sara: “Maybe Grandma told you stories to bring you closer to her.”
No body says anything for minute.
Jenna looks up and hesitates: “Have enough cards for me?”
Just as they sit down and the audience has a feel that it is about to end…
Caleb runs in
Caleb: “Hey, I fixed the bus!”
Jenna: “But we just started.”
Caleb: “Oh, Uno… I guess I can let you finish this round, but hurry it up! I’m behind on schedule! And don’t you have a knitting convention? (Addressing Emily)”
Emily: “Oh, it’s okay if I am a little late.”
As Caleb is about to walk off, Jamie asks, “Hey, do you want to play?”
Caleb: “Yeah, why not?”
Everyone sits down to play Uno
The end
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