To BE A STAR
by D. M. Larson Freedrama.net
Thank you to "Gone Dancing Studio" in Michigan for making
this project possible.
This play is written with dance scenes in between each acting
scene. The choreography for the dance scenes is up to the individual
producer. The songs are only suggestions and permission for use of
the songs are not pre-arranged and granted with the permission to use the
script.
CAST OF CHARACTERS (20 females/6 males):
Scene 1 - 6 females: MISSY, BETH, PENNY, IZZY, LULU, KAYLA
Scene 3 - 5 females, 2 males: JOE, LUCY, AMY, SARAH, MEGAN,
CHUCK, PATTY
Scene 5 - 4 females, 4 males: MOE, GUARD, ALEXIS, BRIANNA,
FRED, MORGAN, SAM, VICTORIA
Scene 7 - 5 females: ZOEY, GRACE, HANNAH, AVA, FORTUNA
To BE A STAR
TO BE A STAR SCENE 1
(Six girls are lines up waiting with camera or cell phones or
paper and pens for autographs. The 6th girl is looking at the night sky)
MISSY
I can't believe we're in the front of the line. I've been
waiting forever to see these stars.
BETH
The night sky is beautiful.
PENNY
Not those stars. Superstars.
BETH
Oh, I was thinking it might be the pretty little twinkling
little stars. Like diamonds in the sky.
IZZY
We're talking big stars.
LULU
The biggest!
KAYLA
They're coming to our dance competition. They are ready to discover the next big star.
BETH
Twinkle twinkle little star.
PENNY
Get with it or all you'll be is a little star.
BETH
You want to be a big star?
PENNY
The biggest.
BETH
Like Cygni 1749 or Centauri 396?
IZZY
What are you talking about?
BETH
Stars.
LULU
I've never heard of them. Are they punk bands? I
don't like punks.
BETH
I'd love to visit the stars... fly through the milky way and
touch a star.
MISSY
Look! It's Meeny Manly Moe!
(PENNY, MISSY, LULU and IZZY gets excited. BETH is still
checking out stars in the sky)
PENNY
I love him!
LULU
That's a star I want to touch!
IZZY
Show me the money!
MISSY
What's that mean?
IZZY
No clue.
KAYLA
When he gets close, get a picture... I'll stand like this
and...
(KAYLA tries to give her camera to LULU but she pushes it
away. IZZY takes it instead)
LULU
You take the picture. I want his autograph.
BETH
Why do you all like him so much?
MISSY
He's cool.
PENNY
The coolest.
LULU
And I love his music.
BETH
But it sounds like everything else everyone is making.
IZZY
But he does it so much better.
(MISSY points)
MISSY
There. He's coming. He's getting closer.
LULU
Push closer.
KAYLA
Stop pushing.
(PENNY, MISSY, IZZY and LULU exit screaming with excitement)
BETH
Do you really think he'll last? Now those stars up
there in the sky having staying power. I can always count on them. I can
always look up
and know they'll be there for me. The stars on Earth burn out too
quickly. They have a moment where they shine so bright but then poof.
They're gone. A memory. Sometimes not even that. But with the stars
in the sky, I know they'll be there night after night, always there for me to
make a wish. What do I wish for? (thinks a moment) Hope. I wish for
hope. Hope for the world. Hope for peace. Hope for a future where
no one is more important than anyone else and money is a thing of the
past. A future where everyone is taken care of no matter how little they
have. I just want to be taken care of... cared for... that's what I hope
for. That's my wish.
(Other girls return angry)
PENNY
He broke my camera!
MISSY
Took it and stepped right on it.
LULU
You should see what he wrote in my autograph book.
IZZY
He spelled that wrong.
LULU
It's still rude.
PENNY
The guy's a criminal. I should call the cops.
KAYLA
I can't believe he gets away with that.
IZZY
But he's so cute.
LULU
Isn't he?! He touched my hand.
PENNY
No way!
LULU
When he took my pen... I felt our hands... touch...
(4 girls squeal with excitement. They notice BETH)
KAYLA
Why aren't you excited, Beth?
BETH
Well, to be honest, I got a picture with him and his
autograph before you got here.
PENNY
What?!
BETH
When you all sent me ahead to hold your place in line?
IZZY
Yes, yesterday. We remember.
BETH
Early this morning, after I slept here all night...
LULU
We brought you a pillow.
BETH
He came early to practice for the dance competition.
KAYLA
Did you see his new dance too?
BETH
Yeah.
IZZY
Not fair!
BETH
You can stand in line all night next time then.
PENNY
Let's see your picture.
LULU
And the autograph!
BETH
It's time for the dance competition. Sorry, no time.
MISSY
Please, Beth.
(MISSY and LULU follow BETH off stage)
PENNY
What are you doing, Izzy?
IZZY
Maybe I'll make a wish on a star too... seemed to work out
for Beth.
PENNY
Maybe I will too.
IZZY
What should we wish for?
PENNY
Meeny Manly Moe?
IZZY
No, something better.
PENNY
What?
IZZY
I can't tell.
PENNY
You can tell me.
IZZY
It's a wish. They have to be secret.
(IZZY exits)
PENNY
A secret wish... what do I want more than anything? To
be a star!
Scene 2
Dance Scene with a song such as Counting Stars by One Republic
Scene 3
(Scene starts with a lemonade style stand. LUCY is
sitting behind it and there is a sign that says "BURN YOUR MONEY HERE". A guy
named JOE goes up to the stand)
JOE
I'd like to burn a $1,000 please.
LUCY
Stick your money in the bucket.
JOE
There... ain't you gonna burn it?
LUCY
This is a non-smoking section. I'll have to burn it later
on.
Here's your receipt.
JOE
Awesome. Everyone is going to be jealous.
(AMY rushes in)
AMY
What are you doing?!
JOE
Burning my money.
AMY
Are you crazy?
JOE
But this is what all the stars do. I hear Meeny Manly
Moe burned over a million dollars last year.
AMY
You're no star! You can't afford to burn money.
JOE
Not a star? I have at least two adoring fans in that
audience right now.
AMY
Your granny and mommy don't count.
JOE
I can't believe you are upset about this.
AMY
That's a lot of money.
JOE
I just want to fit in.
AMY
What a waste. What a terrible waste.
JOE
Fine. I'll ask for it back. She hasn't burned it yet.
(LUCY puts up a sign that says "No Refunds")
LUCY
No refunds.
(AMY breaks down crying. JOE tries to comfort her but
every time he tries to touch her she cries really loud. He tries three
times and then gives up and leaves. SARAH and MEGAN enter)
SARAH
What's the matter, Amy?
AMY
Joe just burned $1,000... just like that.
MEGAN
Well, that is the cool thing to do.
AMY
It's horrible.
MEGAN
Those superstars have so much money, they don't know what to
do with it. So the cool thing now is to burn it.
LUCY
I provide a receipt that proves it. The more receipts
you got, the cooler you are.
AMY
This is terrible. There are starving people in the
world and homeless and they're just burning it?
LUCY
You don't understand.
AMY
I understand too much.
LUCY
When you grow up...
AMY
When I grow up, I'll still think this is crazy.
SARAH
I see you got a lot of money in those buckets.
(SARAH had been sneaking around and finds buckets. LUCY
rushes to block her way)
LUCY
These buckets are private property and scheduled for
burning. Touch it and have the biggest lawsuit slapped on you...
(MEGAN has gathered some money from the buckets. LUCY
turns and MEGAN tries to look innocent)
LUCY (CONT.)
What are you doing?
MEGAN
Nothing.
LUCY
You didn't take any money did you?
MEGAN
No.
(While LUCY is distracted, SARAH starts sneaking away some
money)
LUCY
I see some sticking out your pocket.
MEGAN
No you don't.
(LUCY grabs for her. MEGAN runs)
LUCY
Come back here!
(LUCY chases MEGAN and they vanish off stage)
SARAH
Grab a bucket of money, Amy!
(SARAH tries to give her a bucket)
SARAH
Here... take one.
AMY
I can't.
SARAH
But you can buy things with it... or give Joe back his
money... and help homeless
people too.
(LUCY returns)
LUCY
Hey!
(SARAH runs off. LUCY chases her)
AMY
I should at least get Joe's $1000 back. That wouldn't
be stealing... would it?
(AMY goes behind the stand to get the money and then CHUCK
and PATTY appear. AMY hides)
CHUCK
I saw you back there. Come on out.
AMY
Sorry... I'm on break.
PATTY
But we're in a hurry to burn some money before the dance
competition. I'm tired of carrying all this cash around.
AMY
You sure you want to burn it? Wouldn't it be nice to
give it to someone who is hungry... or homeless?
(CHUCK and PATTY looks at each other a moment and then laugh)
CHUCK
Too funny... that's so 10 years ago. Charity...
ha! Nobody cool does that anymore.
AMY
Why not?
PATTY
Well... it's just not what we do.
CHUCK
You sure you work here?
AMY
But isn't there something important to you? Someone
you'd like to help? Some kind of good you want to do in the world?
PATTY
I like pretty things.
AMY
There you go... maybe you want to make the world a more
beautiful place.
CHUCK
You could buy homeless pets jeweled collars?
PATTY
That would be cute.
AMY
Good. Take your money and help homeless pets... find them
homes. Open up lovely dog parks where families can play with their
pets.
Wouldn't that be great to look back and know that you make the world a little
more beautiful?
CHUCK
What a dreamer.
AMY
What about you? You dream about anything?
CHUCK
Well...
AMY
Come on... you can tell me...
CHUCK
It's embarrassing.
AMY
I'll share my dream first. Would that help? My
dream is to find love. I want to find that special love that makes you
glow inside. Like lightening has struck your heart. I want the kind
of love that when you are together, you feel like a shooting star, hurtling
through space, falling through the sky and in to that person's arms... that
perfect person you can love forever.
PATTY
How sweet.
AMY
So, what's your dream?
CHUCK
I want to see my name in lights! Big neon lights!
(AMY is disappointed)
AMY
Oh.
CHUCK
Maybe I should take this money and buy myself a huge neon
sign.
PATTY
That could be the new cool.
CHUCK
Yeah!
(CHUCK and PATTY exit)
AMY
Don't forget about the homeless pets... an the beautiful
things... making the world a more beautiful place.
(LUCY returns tired)
LUCY
I give up. Hey, how come you didn't take any money?
AMY
It seemed wrong.
LUCY
Well, thanks for watching the rest of the money. How
about a reward? Here's a $1,000.
AMY
You sure?
LUCY
Yeah.
AMY
Thanks! I gotta find Joe.
(AMY exits happily)
LUCY
Hmmm... all this money. Maybe that girl is right.
Maybe this money could go to better use. Maybe it should be used to do some
good. It does seem a shame to burn it. Why not burn it on someone who
needs it a lot more than they do. Like me! Just kidding.
Scene 4
Dance scene to a song such as "Neon Lights"
SCENE 5
(Fans gather excited. MOE tries to get through the crowd with
his body GUARD trying to help him)
ALEXIS
There he is!
VICTORIA
We love you!
MORGAN
Please... over here!
BRIANNA
I touched him!
FRED
You rock man!
SAM
You're the best!
ALEXIS
Can I have your picture?
VICTORIA
Can I have your sock?
(VIOLET is clinging to his leg)
MOE
Get me out of here!
(GUARD blocks the fans and MOE gets away off stage.
FANS chase. MOE returns after a moment with GUARD)
GUARD
I think we lost them.
MOE
I hope so or you're fired.
GUARD
They came out of nowhere.
MOE
They took my shoe... and my sock.
GUARD
Your feet smell so they're in for a shock.
MOE
Want my shoes? Here... here's the other.
(MOE throws it off stage. FANS scream)
GUARD
Now you've done it.
MOE
Oh no!
(MOE runs off stage. FANS rush on)
ALEXIS
I got hit in the head by his shoe. Everyone see
that? I think I'm bleeding. This is so awesome!
VICTORIA
I want him to hurt me.
BRIANNA
Where is he?!
MORGAN
There! Get him!
(ALEXIS, VIOLET, MORGAN and BRIANNA rush off. SAM and FRED go
up to GUARD)
SAM
Hey, dude. You like his bodyguard?
GUARD
Guard, gopher, babysitter... you name it.
FRED
That is so cool.
GUARD
It's a job.
SAM
Best job ever!
FRED
Yeah!
GUARD
Well... it's got down sides.
SAM
What could be bad about hanging out with the superstar of the
century?
GUARD
Crazy fans for one.
(FRED is sniffing the sock he got from MOE)
FRED
I'm not crazy.
GUARD
The guy can't step outside without a hoard of fans attacking
him. He has no life. He's always in hiding.
SAM
And you're hiding with him. Hearing his secrets.
GUARD
His biggest secret is that he sleeps with a teddy bear.
FRED
I'm totally tweeting that.
(FRED gets on his phone)
SAM
What? No big secrets? No wild illegal parties?
GUARD
He acts all cool in public. Has his fun beating and hurting
fans and acting all bad, but he's actually a pretty nice guy in private.
FRED
How disappointing.
SAM
He's probably lying.
FRED
Yeah.
GUARD
Whatever.
(MOE rushes through with FANS in pursuit)
MOE
Help me!
(SAM and FRED chase MOE. GUARD jumps in the way of the
girls)
GUARD
Hold it ladies.
MORGAN
Move it, bub. Or lose it!
GUARD
But I've got some exclusive memorabilia.
ALEXIS
What? What? Show us!
GUARD
I have here a piece of gum he chewed on the way here.
VICTORIA
I want it! I want it!
(GUARD gives it to her and she pops in her mouth)
VICTORIA (CONT.)
It's like kissing him.
BRIANNA
What else you got?
(GUARD takes out bag of chips)
GUARD
Half eaten bag of chips that he dropped on the floor and
stepped on.
MORGAN
Me! Me!
GUARD
There you go.
MORGAN
I'll sprinkle these crumbs on everything I eat from now on.
GUARD
And I have a hat that has been on his head. There might
even be a hair of his in here.
(The girls scream and fight for it. MOE enters and sees them
fighting)
MOE
What is that all about?
(GUARD goes over to MOE and girls don't notice because they
are too busy fighting over the hat)
GUARD
A little distraction technique I came up with.
MOE
Isn't that your hat?
GUARD
No, it's your hat.
MOE
I don't wear hats.
GUARD
They don't know that.
MOE
Now I see why I keep you around.
GUARD
I'm the best.
MOE
Ah! Incoming!
(SAM and FRED appear)
SAM
Dude!
FRED
Score!
MOE
Run!
(GUARD and MOE run. Girls notice and scream. They all rush
after MOE. A Scooby-Do style chase scene happens of everyone running
different directions and crashing and MOE trying to hide)
GUARD
Don't they ever give up?
MOE
I quit!
(Everyone stops)
BRIANNA
What?
MOE
That's it. I quit. I'm tired of you all chasing me and going
crazy over me... I can't step outside without being mauled. I used to
like to take walks in the park... I haven't seen a park in years. I just
want to go to a park and feed some ducks... and watch them maul each other over
bread. What are you all mauling me over? I don't get it. Why
can't you all leave me alone! So I quit. I don't want to be your star
anymore. I just want to be able to get a cup of coffee, take a walk and
maybe... see a movie. And be left alone! Get it! Stop! I am not doing
this anymore.
(MOE leaves)
MORGAN
He's cute when he's angry.
VICTORIA
I got his rant on my phone.
ALEXIS
Put it online. It'll go viral for sure.
BRIANNA
Call it "Moe Quits".
VICTORIA
That video will make us famous!
ALEXIS
And then we'll have fans... chasing us.
MORGAN
Awesome!
GUARD
They'll never learn.
SCENE 6
Dance Scene to a song such as "One Way or Another"
Scene 7
ZOEY
Who do you think it going to win the dance competition?
GRACE
Everyone is so good.
HANNAH
We're going to win of course. Have you forgot about our
secret weapon? Me!
(KAYLA does a wild dance move)
ZOEY
You go girl.
AVA
Hey. Who's that?
(They see a strange person dressed in weird clothing)
FORTUNA
Get your fortunes told. See the future. Know the
secrets of what is to come.
ZOEY
We can see who wins.
GRACE
We should find out if we make any mistakes and then not make
them.
HANNAH
Can she do that?
FORTUNA
I see what I see. Fortunes they be. Merely pay me three and
hear futures from me.
AVA
Three?
HANNAH
Dollars.
ZOEY
That's why she is called a fortune teller... they make a
fortune of this.
GRACE
I have three dollars.
(FORTUNA snatches it away before GRACE can change her mind)
AVA
Ask her!
GRACE
What should I ask?
HANNAH
If we win.
AVA
If we make any mistakes.
ZOEY
If we'll be stars.
AVA
Where I left my keys... I'm always losing them.
FORTUNA
I see it in the stars.
AVA
My keys?
FORTUNA
The future! It's in the stars!
HANNAh
What stars? We're inside.
FORTUNA
I see visions of the future... I see what fate awaits you.
GRACE
Me?
FORTUNA
All of you!
HANNAH
Me first!
GRACE
It was my three dollars.
HANNAH
You owe me five.
GRACE
True.
FORTUNA
Some of you will find beauty...
AVA
That's me.
FORTUNA
Some will find love.
ZOEY
Let that be me, please.
FORTUNA
Some will find your happy ever after.
GRACE
I so want a happy ever after.
FORTUNA
And one of you will shine brighter than the sun.
HANNAH
Oh! Oh! Me! Me!
FORTUNA
And some will lose what they found.
AVA
Oh no.
GRACE
So what does that all mean?
ZOEY
Can't you be a little more clear?
FORTUNA
For three dollars, that's a clear as I get.
HANNAH
Here's five more dollars. Go crazy.
FORTUNA
What happens to you will depend on what you chose.
There are open doors, you are all given choices. The only way to lose it to not
chose at all. How will you shine? How will you leave your
mark? Before you I hold your fates. One of you will be a star,
shining bright. Come and see who it will be.
(Girls start to rush forward but GRACE stops there)
GRACE
Wait. Is that such a good idea?
AVA
What do you mean?
GRACE
If we know who will be the star, will the rest of us give up?
ZOEY
I hadn't thought of it that way.
GRACE
Why try? Why work hard if you know what will
happen? And why not give up if you know that the future is not a brighter
one?
ZOEY
She has a point.
HANNAH
But it's right there. Our future. Waiting to be told.
GRACE
Do you want to be the kind of person who reads the ending of
the book first?
HANNAH
I hate surprises.
AVA
I love the journey... the adventure. The discovery and
the surprise ending.
ZOEY
Surprises are so much better.
AVA
Let's not look.
ZOEY
I agree.
GRACE
Ah! It's time for the final dance.
ZOEY
We're going to be late.
KAYLA
Hurry everyone!
AVA
Let's go see who wins! I hope it's us.
(GIRLS run off except for HANNAH and FORUTNA. HANNAH goes up
to her reluctantly. FORTUNA holds out the cards)
FORTUNA
Your fortune, should you choose to accept it.
HANNAH
How mission impossible of you.
(HANNAH reaches for the fortune and lights go black)
FORTUNA (IN DARKNESS)
Will you shine brighter than the sun?
SCENE 8
Dance scene with a song such as "Brighter than the Sun"
Scene 9
(MOE comes out on stage with an envelope with his
GUARD)
MOE
And the winner of the Dance Competition is...
(He opens the envelope dramatically)
MOE (CONT.)
Everyone!
(All the dancers cheer)
MOE
I want everyone to know that they are winners in their own
way.
GUARD
You don't have to have your name in Neon Lights to be
special. You're all special and important in your own way.
(IZZY and BETH enter)
BETH
You can shine in your own way and be a special kind of
star. One that glows with beauty and love.
IZZY
Believe in yourself and never give up on what is important to
you.
(AMY and LUCY enter handing out star awards to everyone)
AMY
It's better to give then to get. Giving yourself and helping
others will make you the most important kind of star.
LUCY
It brings joy to your heart to help others rather than
yourself. Give from the heart and be a star in the lives in those around
you.
(HANNAH and FORTUNA enter)
HANNAH
You don't have to see the future to shine brighter than the
sun. You can be an inspiration by being the best you can be.
FORTUNA
I see a bright and beautiful future for all of you here
tonight. You have learned that you do not need magic or luck to be a
star. Being is a star is something you feel inside, not something others
say you are. Go forth like shooting stars, making the lives of those
around you a little brighter.
SCENE 10
Dance scene with all dancers
END OF PLAY
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