I'm rewriting, really I am. I was working away in my room when Audrey, my five year old daughter, walked in and announced that she wanted to write a play. Since she can't write or type yet, that means I had to put my script down and write hers. Things you do for love.
The Dinosaur And The Princess Play by Audrey Kessinger
Characters:
Princess, female, six years old, she wears pretty dresses.
Dinosaur, male, seven years old, he wears suits
Time/Place:
The past. A park
A park. PRINCESS and DINOSAUR are on stage.
PRINCESS Do you want to be my friend?
DINOSAUR Yes. What are you?
PRINCESS I’m a princess, but I don’t know what you are.
DINOSAUR I’m a dinosaur.
PRINCESS Do you want to play with me?
DINOSAUR Yes.
PRINCESS What do you want to play?
DINOSAUR I want to play hide and go seek.
PRINCESS What do you want to play hide and go seek after?
DINOSAUR I want to play chase after hide and go seek. Now can we play hide and go seek?
PRINCESS Yes. I’ll hide first, and then you can hide.
DINOSAUR closes eyes. PRINCESS hides on stage.
DINOSAUR One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, ready or not, here I come.
DINOSAUR runs and finds PRINCESS.
PRINCESS Can we go and play in the sandbox?
DINOSAUR Yes we can.
PRINCESS and DINOSAUR go to the sandbox. PRINCESS picks up a shovel.
DINOSAUR (CONTINUED) Can I please have the shovel?
PRINCESS No.
DINOSAUR grabs the shovel, PRINCESS and DINOSAUR both pull at the shovel.
DINOSAUR I want it!
PRINCESS I want it!
DINOSAUR I want it!
PRINCESS I want it!
DINOSAUR I want it!
PRINCESS loses HER grip on the shovel and falls into the sand.
PRINCESS I remember something. I remember that we said to play chase! Let’s go play chase now.
PRINCESS runs all over the park, DINOSAUR chases PRINCESS.
PRINCESS (CONTINUED) Let’s go tell our moms that we played chase.
End of play.