FRIENDS

FOREVER
by

Vicki
Bartholomew
A large cast play for high school students.
19F, 4-8M
75 minutes
 Friends Forever
Copyright ©2002 by Vicki Bartholomew
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 CAST for FRIENDS FOREVER
Seniors (Main cast)
Catherine Belle Kendra
Chrissy Beth Brooklyn
Tanya Fontaine Tina
Kelly Randy Young Catherine
Liz

Miss Green
Younger girls (Small roles, may be divided)
Jade Lynn Becky Ann Wanda Lu
Mary Theresa Jenna Jo Ria Kim
Male cast (Small roles, may be double cast)
Lance Paul Garrett
Todd DUI
Casey Ryan
CAST NOTES for FRIENDS FOREVER
High School Girls
Main Cast Girls are Seniors at a prep school. Northeastern accents unless otherwise noted.
May be done without accents.

CATHERINE Marriott
New girl in school/quiet/moody or
depressed/sometimes slight limp or
stiffness/ballet dancer/from San
Francisco.

LIZ Whittier
Catherine's roommate/boy crazy/not
athletic looking/loves clothes.

KENDRA Phillips
Catherine's other roommate/very
athletic/soccer player.

CHRISSY Edwards
Loves to shop/nicknamed Plastic
Princess/takes Liz and Beth
shopping/cries.

BELLE Jackson
Beth and Brooklyn's roommate/Southern girl/new at school.

BETH
Belle and Brooklyn's roommate/
sweet/speaks in a surgary sweet
voice (not comic)/gives presents/is
 the surprise thief.

BROOKLYN
Belle and Beth's roommate/soccer
player/real name Clarice Epstein/
scholarship student/Brooklyn accent.
(Note: Others in cast may be A-A except Belle.)
FONTAINE
Steals boyfriends/attractive/great
hair/soccer player.
TINA
Talks fast all the time/comic.
MISS GREEN
Teacher/dorm counselor/intercom
announcer.
RANDY
Kendra's cousin/comes for soccer
game with rival team from St. Mary's.
YOUNG CATHERINE
A ballet dancer/may wear a mask.
MALES
LANCE
Kendra has a crush on him/athletic/crashes the
slumber party at Liz's invitation.
PAUL
Crashes the slumber party with Lance. Hair is
disguised with curler hat stuffed with tissue
paper or nightcap.
GARRETT
Young Garrett appears with young Catherine in
a flashback.

TODD
Garrett's brother who appears in the funeral
flashback. Sad and aggressive. Wears suit.
DUI
Driver appears in funeral flashback. 17 years old.
Wears colored shirt and a tie.
CASEY
Kendra's brother. Also in snow scene.

RYAN
 Kendra's youngest brother. Same 2 scenes.

JUNIOR VARSITY GIRLS: These six roles may be divided to provide 7-12 roles by
dividing names into the first and middle names. Younger than main cast. They might wear
a different school uniform than the main cast. (May also be used for girls in the snow fight,
patrons arriving for talent show in ACT II, girls at the slumber party.)

JADE LYNN MARY THERESA

BECKY ANN JENNA JO

WANDA LU RIA KIM

Senior Roommates: Catherine, Liz and Kendra

Brooklyn, Belle and Beth
Fontaine, Chrissy, and Tina
Tanya, Kristen and Amy
Kelly, and unnamed

STAGE
The play takes place in the dorm of a fictitious
northern girls' school named West Hills Secondary School for Girls.
There is only one set, a dorm room. There are three beds arranged in a half circle
upstage. Catherine's bed is central. Kendra's wall is covered with sports posters, Liz's with
posters of boys, and Catherine's wall is empty. The door is between Catherine's bed and one
of the other beds. The opening on the other end of Catherine's bed can be used for
Catherine's closet or a second door. The audience side (downstage) is an imaginary wall
with a central
imaginary window and imaginary mirrors on each side.
During the first scene there are boxes and suitcases scattered around the room. Later the
room looks lived-in, but Catherine's part of the room is always very neat.
There is no special scenery for the flashback scenes, the talent show scene, nor the
snow scene.
For the play's opening at Oglebay Institute, they used a large scrim over Catherine's
bed. For most of the play they had a transparency of an ornate gate saying "West Hills
Academy". Later, they had the flashbacks take place on a platform behind the scrim instead
of taking place downstage in spotlight. I liked the transparency, but I hope someone will try
the flashbacks on stage where they are more visible.
SOUNDS
Bells for mail call, dinner, and class.
Crash of broken tree limb.
Radio with rock'n'roll, classical.
Thud of a snowball on the window.
Sound of burglars breaking in.
A burglar alarm.
Siren (flashing lights).
 AD LIB ACTIONS
In the first scene, the actors are unpacking. In later scenes, some actions are specified
and others may be ad libbed:
doing homework
typing on computer
reading book, magazine, newspaper
folding laundry
hand sewing
putting on makeup or lotion
putting in curlers or hair ribbons
exercising
shaving legs
painting nails
cutting and pasting pictures
eating a snack
re-arranging bulletin board
making beds, folding a blanket
putting away clothes
dusting
cleaning the invisible window, mirror
playing around with soccer ball
making a model of a castle
shaking pompoms
etc.
ACT I Scene 1
AT RISE: The day before the school year starts. LIZ and KENDRA are wearing shorts
appropriate for soccer practice. KENDRA is putting up posters and LIZ is unpacking.
Some of Liz's clothes are in a small case on Catherine's bed.
KENDRA: I'm done. (SHE plays with her soccer ball and pushes it out the door.)
BETH:(BETH enters carrying a bracelet.) Hi, Liz!
LIZ: Hi, Beth! Can you believe summer is over? I needed at least another month of
summer vacation, didn't you?
BELLE: All my friends are at West Hills. I'm glad to be back.
LIZ: Not me. We spent three weeks in St. Martin. There were these hot French lifeguards
on the beach. Look! I've got their pictures! Aren't they fine!
BELLE: They look . . . so old.
BELLE: They go to the University of Paris.
BELLE: Did they speak English?
BELLE: They didn't need to.
BELLE: Liz!
LIZ: Don't worry. I'm joking. They thought I was a little kid. (LIZ looks at photograph
again and sighs.)
I'm going to have this one blown up poster size. What did you do this summer?
BELLE: I spent the summer with my grandmother.
LIZ: Uh, oh. You must have met SOME cute boys though?
BETH: (BETH shakes her head and hands LIZ a present.) I brought you a present.
LIZ: A coral bracelet. Did you get it in Hawaii? Beth, how sweet of you to think of me
on your vacation.
BELLE: I didn't go to Hawaii. I got it at home. Do you like it?
LIZ: I love it. Thank you.
KENDRA: (KENDRA enters wearing shorts.) Hi, Beth. Miss G. is looking for you. I
think your new roommate is here.
BELLE:This is so exciting! I'll see you later.
(KENDRA makes a face/gags at BETH's surgery tone as she exits. LIZ doesn't notice.)
LIZ: Bye! I hope she gets a nice roommate. She's so sweet.
KENDRA: Sure she is. (LIZ notices KENDRA's tone, but Kendra continues talking.)
Haven't you finished putting your stuff away yet?
LIZ: I brought too many clothes. Wouldn't it be great if we didn't get assigned a
roommate? We could share the other closet.
KENDRA: Don't you mean, you could take over the third closet? Why did you buy so

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many new clothes?
LIZ: I needed them.
KENDRA: What for? We wear uniforms!
LIZ: Chrissy spent last week with me, and we hit every mall in the city. It's hard not to
buy something when you shop with Chrissy.
KENDRA: Yeah, the Plastic Princess. They'll probably name a mall after her someday.
LIZ: Didn't you go back-to-school shopping, Kendra?
KENDRA: Sure, I bought new soccer shoes, running shoes, socks, underwear and a Nike
shirt.
LIZ: That's all?
KENDRA: I got a new soccer ball.
LIZ: No dresses?
KENDRA: Not me! But my mom bought me a party dress.
LIZ: Ooh, let me see!
(KENDRA shows LIZ the dress.)
It's pretty!
KENDRA: I'll never wear it.
LIZ: It would be perfect for the Harvest Dance.
KENDRA: Get real! Like some boy is going to ask me to go to the Harvest Dance.
TINA: (TINA enters carrying a small box or bag. She is wearing shorts.) Here I am! Here
I am! Here I am!
LIZ: Tina!
KENDRA: Tina! Are you our new roommate?
Tina: (Speaks fast.)
Don't I wish! Alas, some malevolent being has assigned me to share my dark dungeon with
the luscious Fontaine seducer and breaker of male hearts. Naturally, I will swallow all
scruples and bow and scrape before her in the hopes that she will throw her unwanted
crumbs my way. Wouldn't it be great if she showed up overweight and with acne!
LIZ: Tina, how unkind! Like you said, at least we get her crumbs. No cake, no crumbs.
KENDRA: I thought you were going to room with Brooklyn?
Tina: (Still talking fast.) They changed us. The administration of this fine institution has
decreed that I am a negative influence on poor innocent Clarice, alias Brooklyn.
Brooklyn's new roommate is named Annabelle Jackson. She's from Georgia, plays the
violin, and (Tina speaks in southern accent.)
"her daddy" has two "huntin' dogs". Kristen and Amy have a new roommate named Tanya
Jackson. She's from Connecticut and plays the violin, too, but Annabelle Jackson says she
doesn't believe they are related as there aren't any "Yankees" in her family. Your new

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roommate's name is Catherine Marriott. She's from San Francisco.
KENDRA: That's all?
LIZ: What do you mean, that's all? They wouldn't even tell us her name. How did you
find out?
Tina: (Speaking fast.)
I read her application on Miss Green's desk. She didn't have any hobbies or interests listed
on the front page and I was unable to look on the second page and garner any further useful
information because, at the precise moment that my hand of its own volition had reached
out to turn the page, Miss Green chose to return from the powder room.
LIZ: You're lucky she didn't catch you a second later.
Tina: (Sighs and speaks a little slower.) Yes, Miss G. has an uncanny ability to catch me at
every indiscretion I commit. (Speaks fast again.) Can you imagine the disgrace of being
caught when I had only arrived at this sacred establishment minutes before. They would
probably have had the police flag down my parents car and return for their miscreant
daughter forthwith.
KENDRA: Nah, if they didn't expel you for climbing down the oak tree at 2 A.M. last
spring, they wouldn't expel you for looking at a paper.
Tina: (Normal speed.) Oh, yes, they would. My parents and I have signed a contract that I
will conduct myself in a exemplary manner . . . or . . .I'm out-a-here! (TINA pretends to
hold knife to her throat as she speaks, and then she exits.)
KENDRA: Do you think she can?
LIZ: Exemplary? By her standards, maybe. By a normal person's, no way.
LIZ: Hey, they got us a new mirror.
(LIZ looks in invisible mirror downstage.)
KENDRA: How can you tell? (KENDRA crosses to mirror.)
It looks like the same mirror to me.
LIZ: You are living with a mirror expert. (KENDRA and LIZ both stand in front of
mirrors facing audience. Then KENDRA crosses to stand behind her as LIZ continues
talking.) I wonder what Catherine will be like. You know, my mom is still friends with her
high school roommates. Wouldn't it be great if the three of us stayed friends forever?
KENDRA:(KENDRA speaks looking over Liz's shoulder.) Friends forever.
(MISS GREEN and CATHERINE enter. CATHERINE is carrying a suitcase. MISS
GREEN is carrying a clipboard.)
MISS GREEN: Girls, I'd like you to meet your new roommate, Catherine Marriott.
Catherine, this is Kendra Phillips and Elizabeth Whittier.
CATHERINE: How do you do?
KENDRA: Hi!

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LIZ: Hi! This is your bed. Let me get my things off of it.
(LIZ and KENDRA remove items from bed.)
MISS G.: Well, I'll leave you girls to get acquainted. If there is anything you need,
Catherine, just come to my office and I'll help you.
(MISS G. exits.)
CATHERINE:(CATHERINE sets suitcase on the bed and starts to unpack.) Thank you,
Miss Green.
(CATHERINE ignores LIZ and KENDRA's friendly overtures. There are pauses between
comments. CATHERINE unpacks as they talk. CATHERINE doesn't look at them, but
LIZ and KENDRA make eye contact as though to say what's wrong with her?)
LIZ: I hear you're from San Francisco. (Silence.) You are from San Francisco, aren't you?
CATHERINE: Yes, I am.
KENDRA: I've never been there. I've seen lots of photographs of the Golden Gate Bridge.
LIZ: And China town. (Silence.) I've been to China town in New York. They must be
very similar. (Silence.)
KENDRA: My dad's a big fan of Steve Young.(Silence.) You know, the quarterback.
(Silence.) Of the San Francisco 49ers.
CATHERINE: I don't watch basketball.
KENDRA: Football.
CATHERINE: I'm not really into sports.
(KELLY and BROOKLYN enter dressed for soccer practice.)
KELLY: You guys ready?
KENDRA: Catherine, this is Kelly and Brooklyn.
BROOKLYN: My real name is Clarice, Clarice Epstein.
CATHERINE: How do you do, Clarice?
KELLY: Please, call her Brooklyn. If you call her Clarice, she might forget she's our star
defender. Do you play soccer, Cathy?
CATHERINE: Catherine.
KENDRA: She's not into sports.
BROOKLYN: You should give it a try.
CATHERINE: I don't know anything about soccer.
KELLY: We'll teach you.
LIZ: Come on, Cathy. It's fun.
CATHERINE: Catherine.

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LIZ: If I can learn, anyone can.
KELLY: Right! We taught Liz last year, and she got a Varsity letter.
BROOKLYN: Yeah, you don't have to be an expert to play on our soccer team.
LIZ: All you do is run up and down the field like you know what you're doing.
(LIZ does a feminine little run across the stage and curtsies.)
BROOKLYN: Or you can sit beside Liz on the bench.
LIZ: Hey, I heard that.
KELLY: We'll wait for you to change.
CATHERINE: I couldn't. I need to unpack.
KENDRA: Are you sure?
(LIZ walks to front of stage and puts on lipstick looking into mirror.)
BROOKLYN: Get your face out of the mirror, Whittier!
KELLY: Liz, why are you putting on makeup? We're going to sweat.
KENDRA: Quick! Come on, before she gets out the curling iron!
LIZ: I'm coming!
(KELLY, BROOKLYN, KENDRA and LIZ exit. Catherine unpacks. FONTAINE enters
looking for KENDRA and LIZ. FONTAINE is wearing short shorts and a tight shirt. Her
hair is curled.)
FONTAINE: Ta da! Hey, where's Kendra?
CATHERINE: She went to play soccer.
FONTAINE: (FONTAINE goes to window, looks out at audience and shouts.) I see them.
HEY, WAIT FOR ME! You're new here, aren't you. I'm Fontaine.
CATHERINE: I'm Catherine Marriott from San Francisco, California.
FONTAINE: Do you have a boyfriend?
CATHERINE: What? (Unusually upset by this question.)
FONTAINE: A boyfriend? I guess he'd be in San Francisco anyway.
CATHERINE: Yes, San Francisco. (CATHERINE speaks reluctantly, because her
boyfriend is dead.)
FONTAINE: Is he tall, dark and handsome?
CATHERINE: Garrett was blond.
FONTAINE: But handsome?
CATHERINE: I'm sorry, I don't want to talk about him.
FONTAINE: Well, in a week or two when you forget him, let me know, and I'll fix you
up. (FONTAINE exits.)

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CATHERINE: Right. (SHE walks to window, faces the audience, and speaks in anguished
voice.) In a week or two when I forget him. (CATHERINE is silent a moment. She wipes
away a tear.)
CHRISSY: (CHRISSY enters with a purse.) Hi! You must be Cathy.
CATHERINE: Catherine.
CHRISSY: I'm Chrissy, Fontaine's roommate. About so tall. Tight (green) shirt. The one
who has never had a bad hair day in her life, even when she plays soccer.
CATHERINE: A girl in a green shirt went to play soccer with Kendra and Liz.
CHRISSY: That's her. Soccer is her big passion. That and other people's boyfriends. If
you have a boyfriend, watch out! Fontaine's lethal when she sets her mind to stealing
someone's boyfriend.
CATHERINE: I don't have to worry about that anymore.
CHRISSY: That's right, your boyfriend is too far away, isn't he? You're from San
Francisco.
CATHERINE: Yes.
CHRISSY: The reason I came by was that Miss Green told me you were here alone. I was
wondering if you needed to go shopping for anything. We don't have a real mall here, but
downtown has a couple of dress shops and a J.C.Penney's. I'm going to buy sheets if you
want to come along.
CATHERINE: Doesn't the school provide linens?
CHRISSY: Plain white. I want something bold and attractive. It gets pretty dreary around
this place after a few weeks. Besides, I haven't used my credit card in two days. It wilts
without exercise. Do you want to come?
CATHERINE: No, but thank you for the invitation.
CHRISSY: Okay. Any time you need a ride downtown, call me. I live to shop. (CHRISSY
turns back as she exits.) If you get lonely, go down to the t.v. room. There's always
someone down there. After classes start tomorrow and you meet everybody, you won't
ever be left alone again. See you later!
CATHERINE: I want to be left alone. (LIGHTS: FADE)
I WANT to be alone.
(BLACKOUT)
END OF SCENE 1

ACT I Scene 2
AT RISE: A week later. The room is unpacked. CATHERINE is sitting on her bed
drawing. When LIZ enters CATHERINE hides her drawing pad and picks up a book.
CATHERINE is wearing a school uniform and LIZ is wearing shorts.
ANNOUNCER: Congratulations on finishing the first week of school with everyone in our

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house still on the honors list. Dinner will be served 15 minutes early tonight due to the
large number of girls attending the first Grant Academy football game this evening. Don't
forget that all Freshmen and Sophmores must have a pass to be off campus after 8:00 P.M.
BELLE:(LIZ enters, groans, and collapses on her bed.)
Uuuuhhhh! I may never move again. Every muscle in my body aches. I think my legs
have turned to stone.
VOICE: Liz, telephone! It's Matt.
(LIZ jumps up and runs out.)
(CATHERINE takes out her drawing pad and draws.)
(KENDRA enters carrying a blue envelope. She is wearing the same shorts that she'll wear
with her team shirt later.)
KENDRA: Hey, Catherine, you didn't pick up your mail.
CATHERINE: No one has my address here.
KENDRA: Someone does. Someone in Paris, France.
CATHERINE: My Aunt Caroline. (KENDRA hands her the letter.) Thank you. (SHE
puts the letter on the bed.)
KENDRA: (KENDRA waits for CATHERINE to read the letter or make a further
comment.) Aren't you going to read it? I love getting mail. I even read my junk mail.
LIZ: La, la, la, la. (LIZ skips in.)
KENDRA: I thought you were dead.
LIZ: I've revived. Matt's taking me to the game. What should I wear? (LIZ throws clothes
and shoes onto the bed. She holds up shirt and scarf in mirror.) Does this scarf go with this
shirt? Or this one?
KENDRA: Matt's not going to notice what you wear.
LIZ: Kendra, Kendra, Kendra, when are you going to wake up? Of course he's not going
to notice what I wear, but he's going to notice the whole effect, casual elegance.
KENDRA: For a football game? For Matt? I thought you said he was a dork.
LIZ: I want a date for the Harvest Dance. If not with Matt, then some other Grant
Academy boy. There will be ten boys for every girl in the stands tonight. And I'm dressing
for every one of them.
KENDRA: You're sick, Liz. Really sick.
LIZ: Oh, pleeease. Isn't that why you're going to the game with Kelly and Tina, to find a
date for the Harvest Dance, so that you can wear the dress your mom bought?
KENDRA: No, it's not. I'm going to watch the game. I keep telling you no one is going to
ask me to the Harvest Dance.
(SOUND: DINNER BELL RINGS)
LIZ: There's the dinner bell. Hurry up! I want to be first in line. I've still got to shower

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and do my hair.

(LIZ exits, followed by KENDRA. CATHERINE combs her hair in front of mirror.
BROOKLYN enters with the J.V. GIRLS who are running in place.)
BROOKLYN: Where's Kendra?
CATHERINE: They went down to dinner.
BROOKLYN:(As J.V. GIRLS stop running.) Don't stop!
JV GIRLS: (Groan and start running.)
JADE LYNN: Aren't we done yet, Coach?
BROOKLYN: (Looks at her watch.) Ten more minutes.
(To Catherine as she exits.) We'll see you at dinner.
(BROOKLYN starts jogging and JV GIRLS follow her out of the room with JADE LYNN
and BECKY ANN last. JADE LYNN stops running and sits.)
JADE LYNN: I thought you told me J.V. soccer was supposed to be fun?!
BECKY ANN: It is.
JADE LYNN: Then why are my feet killing me?
BECKY ANN: (Pulling JADE LYNN's arm.) Hurry up, will you. I don't want to do
pushups.
JADE LYNN: (Pulls away. Speaks sarcastically.) Oh, but Becky Ann, think how much
more fun pushups will be.
BECKY ANN: Hurry up, Jade Lynn! She'll make all of us do pushups.
(BECKY ANN runs in place near door and then exits.)
JADE LYNN: Maybe I don't want to hurry. I'm tired.
(SOUND: P.E. WHISTLE)
(JADE LYNN jumps up and runs out the door after Becky Ann. BETH enters cautiously.
She takes money from a drawer and picks up a scarf or necklace on the bed. She holds in
against herself and looks in the mirror. She pockets it and exits.)
(BLACKOUT)
END OF SCENE 2

ACT I Scene 3
AT RISE: A few days later. Liz is studying when Belle enters.
ANNOUNCER: Attention, please. Someone left her ALGEBRA book in my office on
Monday and it's still here. Does this mean she has not done her homework for the last two
days? She wouldn't want to be responsible for the house slipping off the honors list, would
she, Tina?

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BELLE: (BELLE enters carrying letters.) Mail call. Kendra . . . Liz . . . Kendra . . .
LIZ: The blue letter is for Catherine.
(BELLE places KENDRA's letters on her bed or chest. LIZ opens her own card while she's
talking to BELLE.)
BELLE:(BELLE smells Catherine's letter putting it on her bed.) Mmmm, smells good.
What a great stamp!
LIZ: It's from her aunt in Paris. She writes every week.
BELLE: That's thoughtful of her. Unless she's like my Aunt Bertha. She always
complains about her arthritis and bunions, Uncle Henry's snoring, and the price of canned
greens.

LIZ: I don't know. Catherine never shares her letters.

BELLE: She's a deep one, huh?
LIZ: Deep and quiet.
BELLE: Silence is not a bad quality in a roommate.
LIZ: Are you talking about Brooklyn?
BELLE: What makes you say that?
LIZ: You could hardly be referring to Beth. She's so sweet.
BELLE: If you say so.
LIZ: Don't you think she's sweet? And polite? She's always giving people little gifts.
BELLE: I think Brooklyn is just as sweet, and she's very thoughtful, even if she doesn't
give people "little gifts".
LIZ: Sorry. You're a loyal roommate.
BELLE: I like Brooklyn. And I wasn't referring to her, although she does talk louder than
is quite genteel.
BELLE:(Teasing.) GENTEEL?
BELLE: I was talking about Tina. Every time I walk by her room I hear her talking. That
girl never shuts up.
LIZ: Shuts up? Tsk! Tsk! What an un-genteel expression.
BELLE: You're teasing me. You know very well what I mean. Beth seems like a very
sunny, warm, pleasant person; but I don't think I could bear to have her for a roommate.
LIZ: However I can't help but feel that Fontaine deserves her.
BELLE: Fontaine?
LIZ: I guess you didn't hear what happened after the football game Friday night. She's not
my favorite person at the moment.
BELLE: What happened?

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LIZ: She flirted with my date, Matt, all through the game. Then when a bunch of us went
to have a hamburger afterwards, she somehow ended up sitting next to him in one car and I
had to ride in another car.
BELLE: Oh, no! Are you heartbroken?
LIZ: Over Matt? No way, but it was a very UN-GENTEEL thing for one of your friends to
pull, don't you think?
BELLE: Absolutely. I'd be madder than a shaved possum.
LIZ: A what?
BELLE: A shaved possum. Come to my room. I have just the thing for stolen-boyfriend-
stress syndrome: chocolate fudge with pecans fresh from my daddy's tree.
LIZ: Sounds good to me!
(BELLE and LIZ exit. BETH enters, takes money from KENDRA's drawer, picks up the
blue envelope and smells it. BETH touches several of CATHERINE's things before she
hears SOMEONE coming. KENDRA and CATHERINE enter with school books.
CATHERINE sits on her bed. KENDRA is wearing her school uniform with her shirt tail
out. Her soccer uniform is hidden underneath for the next scene.)
KENDRA: What's up, Beth?
BELLE: Have you seen Liz?
KENDRA: No, she should be here. She said she had a math test to study for.
BELLE: Maybe she went to get help. I'll check back later. (BETH exits.)
KENDRA: Kelly and I are going for frozen yogurt. Want to come?
CATHERINE: No, thanks.
KENDRA: (KENDRA finds her mail.) Oh, good, mail.
(KENDRA opens her letters.)
KELLY:(KELLY enters.) Are you ready?
KENDRA: Just a sec. Hey, Ralph had puppies.
KELLY: Ralph?
KENDRA: My dog.
KELLY: I know Ralph is your dog, but he's a boy.
BELLE:(Enters.) Did I hear someone say "boy".
KENDRA: Liz, you have a one track mind.
LIZ: Yes, isn't it great!
KENDRA: Beth came to see you.
LIZ: She did. I wonder what she wants?
KENDRA: She didn't say.

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LIZ: I'll talk to her after I study for my math test. I got a D on my last test. Where are you
two going?
KELLY: We're going to Yoshi's Frozen Delight for frozen yogurt.
LIZ: Can I come? (LIZ jumps up and goes to mirror to her comb hair.)
KELLY: I thought you had to study.
KENDRA: Forget it, Kell. Yoshi's is across the street from Grant Academy.
KELLY: Ohhhhh.
LIZ: Come on, girls. I don't have time to waste.
(LIZ, KENDRA, and KELLY exit. CATHERINE gets out her sketching pad. WANDA
LU and MARY THERESA enter dancing to music on their headphones.)
WANDA LU: Hi! Is Kendra here?
CATHERINE: No, she went to Yoshi's.
WANDA LU: What?
(CATHERINE shakes her head "no".)
MARY THERESA: When will she be back?
CATHERINE: I don't know. An hour?
MARY THERESA: An hour? We'll come back.
(MARY THERESA and WANDA LU dance out.
(SOUND: LOUD MUSIC)
(CATHERINE can't concentrate. Finally, she picks up some books and exits.)
(SOUND: THUMPING ON WALL)
VOICES: Turn that down or I'll . . . Hey! I'm trying to sleep! Use your headphones!
(BLACKOUT)
END OF SCENE 3

ACT I Scene 4
AT RISE: One evening a week later. CATHERINE is sitting on her bed reading.
BROOKLYN, KENDRA, KELLY and LIZ are wearing West Hills soccer team uniforms.
JENNA JO and RIA KIM are carrying bags of soccer balls.
BROOKLYN: Are you ready to trounce St. Mary's?
JENNA JO: Go, Tigers!
RIA KIM: Bash those Beavers!
BROOKLYN: Take the balls down to the field and check on the water.
JENNA JO: Okay, Coach.

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RIA KIM: I'll carry the balls.
JENNA JO: No, it's my turn. You carried them up here.
(RIA KIM and JENNA JO exit.)

LIZ: Do those girls follow you everywhere?

BROOKLYN: I'm their coach.
KENDRA: We don't follow our coach everywhere.
LIZ: Admit it, Brooklyn. You like having your own fan club.
KENDRA:(Shakes out coin purse.) I thought I had more money than this.
LIZ: Too many trips to the yogurt shop.
KELLY: Yeah, Ken.
BROOKLYN: Yogurt shop? What's with this hat, Kendra?(BROOKLYN holds up a
flower bedecked straw hat.)
LIZ: It came UPS this afternoon. Isn't it cute?
BROOKLYN: (Puts on hat and looks in mirror.) I don't know. It doesn't quite look your
style, Ken.
KENDRA: My grandmother sent it. She probably thinks we still have tea on Sunday
afternoons.
LIZ: Well, I like it. Besides it's the thought that counts.
BROOKLYN: (Puts hat on Kendra.) But what was she thinking?
LIZ: She looks like a girl in love.
KENDRA: Shut up, Liz.

BROOKLYN: Am I missing something here?

KENDRA: No! (Takes off hat.) My grandmother sent me the hat for my birthday next
week.
BROOKLYN: Wait a minute. Don't try and change the subject. What are we talking
about here?
KENDRA: Hats. We're talking about hats. It's time to go. (KENDRA exits in a
huff/embarrassed.)
LIZ: Ah, young love! (LIZ sighs loudly and exits.)
BROOKLYN: What's going on?
KELLY: We've been eating a lot of yogurt lately.
BROOKLYN: And? Come on, Kell, tell me.
KELLY: Well, okay. Kendra met this really cute guy at the yogurt shop last week so we
went back again, and again, and again.

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BROOKLYN: Oh, yeah?
KELLY: Yeah.
BROOKLYN: All right, Kendra!
KELLY: He goes to Grant. He plays quarterback. And he's coming to watch her game
today.
BROOKLYN: This I gotta see. (SHE exits.)
KELLY: Aren't you coming, Catherine? (KELLY exits.)
CATHERINE: I've got homework.
(When others are gone, Catherine turns on classical music. She puts on the hat in front of
the mirror and sways to music. She picks up scarf and dances to music until she stumbles.
She massages her leg. She puts her head down. MISS GREEN enters and turns off the
radio. She only notices Catherine as CATHERINE stands up.)
MISS G.:Oh, I'm sorry, Catherine. I thought everyone was at the soccer game. Don't you
want to watch? It should be an exciting game. St. Mary's is our school rival.
CATHERINE: Yes, I know, but I don't know anything about soccer.
MISS G.:You could go just to enjoy the companionship of the other girls.

CATHERINE: I like to be alone.

MISS G.:How are you getting along at West Hills? The girls are being friendly, aren't
they?
CATHERINE: Everything is fine, Miss Green.
MISS G.:Is there anything you'd like to talk about?
CATHERINE: No, really, everything is fine.
MISS G.:Your aunt wrote to me. She wanted to know how you're adjusting to West Hills.
CATHERINE:(Resentful.) Aunt Caroline wrote to you about me? Behind my back?
MISS G.:She's concerned. She says that you haven't answered any of her letters.
CATHERINE: I don't know what to write about. She's a stranger. I've only seen her twice
in my whole life, once when I was a baby and then at . . . the funeral.
MISS G.:Writing is a good way to get to know someone. Pen pals often say they feel like
they know their pen pal better than people they see everyday.
CATHERINE: I don't want a pen pal.
MISS G.:Yes, well, perhaps you can't be friends with your aunt; but, Catherine, have you
considered that she will be your guardian until you're twenty-one. You'll have to have
some contact with her.
CATHERINE: I have a lawyer. She can contact him.
MISS G.:Oh, Catherine, don't you think you should at least give your aunt a chance?
(Silence.) Your aunt says that you'll be staying with her in Paris over Christmas vacation.

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Isn't that exciting?
CATHERINE: I don't want to celebrate Christmas in Paris or anywhere else. I'm staying
here.
MISS G.:But, Catherine, you'll have a wonderful time. She's going to take you to see the
Russian ballet perform The Nutcracker.
CATHERINE: No!! No ballet. And I'm not decorating a tree, running around singing
Christmas carols like everything's wonderful. Everything is not wonderful! (Speaks softly.)
Joy to the World!
MISS G.:Catherine.
CATHERINE: I'll call my lawyer. I'm not going.
MISS G.:All right. I didn't mean to upset you. We'll talk later. I'd better get down to the
field. Are you sure you won't come?
(Catherine shakes her head and Miss Green exits. Catherine buries her head in her pillow.)
(BLACKOUT)
END OF SCENE 4

ACT I Scene 5
AT RISE: The same evening, after the soccer game. The sounds of victory can be heard in
the hallway. LIZ still in her team uniform arrives with a girl (Randy) in a St. Mary's soccer
uniform who is carrying a sleeping bag. CATHERINE is sitting on the bed in her robe.

JV GIRLS: (Girls circle room, chant, wave pompons, and exit.) West Hills rules!
LIZ: Hey, Catherine, we won!
CATHERINE: So I hear. Did you take prisoners?
LIZ: Sorry. This is Kendra's cousin, Randy Phillips. She goes to St. Mary's as you can
see.
CATHERINE: Hi! Is she a hostage?
LIZ: No, Randy decided to sleepover for Kendra's birthday tomorrow.
RANDY: Kendra's down in the foyer talking to some guy named Lance.
LIZ: A bunch of us are sleeping on the floor. Miss G. said it would be all right. You don't
mind, do you Catheriine?
CATHERINE: No.
LIZ: I'll be right back.(She exits.)
CATHERINE: I'm surprised that you and your cousin don't go to the same school.
RANDY: I wanted to come to West Hills Secondary, but my parents said it would be too
expensive. St. Mary's has a family discount. The fifth girl gets to go free and that's me.

(BETH, BELLE, TANYA and TINA enter carrying pillows, blankets, and sleeping bags.

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They are dressed in nightwear and TINA has goo on her face.)
TINA: Have you seen the gorgeous hunk of perfection talking to Kendra. He's oozing
with muscles. They're holding hands. Do you suppose this means that he will invite her to
the Harvest Dance? I love the Harvest Dance, the elaborate decorations, the divine attire, . .
.
RANDY: The boys!
(FONTAINE, KELLY, and BROOKLYN enter carrying pop, jalapeno chips, and a cake
box.)
TANYA: You got a birthday cake!
KELLY: Kind of. They were out of "Happy Birthday".
TANYA: I've got candles in my room.(TANYA jumps up.)
KELLY: We got some.
TANYA: Let's see the cake.(TANYA opens the cake box.) "Congratulations?"
RANDY: How appropriate.
KELLY: Sorry about that, Randy. It was unintentional, really.
RANDY: Yeah, right!
FONTAINE: You don't think we would invite the high point scorer for the other team to
our victory party, now do you?
RANDY: (Teasing.) Wouldn't you just!
BELLE: It really is a birthday party for Kendra.
FONTAINE: Don't get all worked up, Beth. She knows we're teasing.
BELLE: It's strange having cousins on rival teams.
BELLE: Kind of like the war between the North and the South all over again.
FONTAINE: Yeah, I thought your coach was going to lose it when they were bickering.
RANDY: Our coach? Sister Teresa?
FONTAINE: Yeah, when Kelly made that goal in the second half.
RANDY: When the defender scored? It looked pretty straight forward to me. I couldn't
figure out why Sister Teresa kept blowing the whistle.
FONTAINE: She was blowing the whistle at Kendra. It was perfect.
BELLE: Why? What happened? We couldn't tell from the stands either.
BROOKLYN: Spread out and we'll demonstrate. (BROOKLYN puts a towel/scarf over
her head and has a whistle.) You be Kendra and Randy. I'll be Sister Teresa. (KELLY and
FONTAINE play ball around the room. KELLY kicks the ball.)
KELLY: Score for West Hills!
FONTAINE: (FONTAINE stands next to BROOKLYN, but with her back to her and
shouts.) We really kicked your butt, Phillips!

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BROOKLYN: Blows whistle repeatedly and everyone laughs.)
RANDY: Sister Teresa is old-fashioned.
BELLE: Not at all. I think it is a perfectly revolting expression. I'm surprised that Kendra
would use it.
RANDY: She has three brothers. She's a tomboy.
KELLY: Not anymore! She's "in love".
FONTAINE: Kendra? With one of those boys she's talking to down in the lobby?
(One of the GIRLS starts singing "Happy Birthday" and others join in as KENDRA comes
in. She hugs Randy and they sit beside each other.)
BELLE: It looks like the war is over.
FONTAINE: Hey, how can you two kick each other's BUNS all over the soccer field and
then sit there like butter wouldn't melt in your mouths?.
RANDY: Family forgiveness.
BELLE: A soccer game is nothing. One time my uncle bet my dad he could beat him
home. Only my uncle had stolen my dad's radiator cap and his car stalled right on the
railway tracks right when the noon train was blowing its whistle.
BROOKLYN: Did the train hit it?
BELLE: No, they pushed it off the tracks. Daddy said he didn't know he was so strong
until they saw that train headed right for them.
BROOKLYN: I would have punched him one.
BELLE: He didn't have to. Daddy's girl friend was riding in his car. After she stopped
screaming hysterically, she beat Uncle Terry over the head with her purse until he was
bleeding in several places.
RANDY: That sounds like something my Uncle Mike would do.
KENDRA: Randy, please don't tell any stories about Uncle Michael.
BROOKLYN: This sounds interesting.
KENDRA: Randy!
BROOKLYN: Come on, Randy dish the dirt.
RANDY: Yeah, Kendra, he's our most illustrious relative.
KENDRA: Well, at least tell something that doesn't involve women.
BROOKLYN: This gets better and better.
RANDY: You mean I can't tell them about the time he streaked the PTA meeting?
KENDRA: RANDY!
BROOKLYN: Kendra, I'm shocked. I never would have guessed you had someone like
that in your family.
KENDRA: Randy, I'm going to get you for this!

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BROOKLYN: (SHE blocks the pillow KENDRA throws.) Not yet. Tell us more.
RANDY: Once he sold my grandfather's car and after the police brought it back someone
shot two bullets through the living room window.
BELLE: Whoa!
BROOKLYN: So did this guy end up in jail or what?
KENDRA: (Mumbles.) He's a priest.
BROOKLYN: What?
RANDY: He became a priest.
BROOKLYN: No?!
RANDY: Yes!
BELLE: Randy Phillips, you made that up just to tease Brooklyn didn't you?
RANDY: Not a word. Just ask Ken.
KENDRA: Believe me: No one was more surprised than my grandparents.

RANDY: What about you, Catherine? Every family has at least one crazy relative.
CATHERINE: Not mine.
RANDY: Come on, tell all.
CATHERINE: I have nothing to tell.(CATHERINE exits.)
RANDY: I didn't mean to offend her.
KENDRA: She's kind of touchy about her family. Her parents are too busy to even write
her.
KELLY: But her aunt writes, doesn't she?
BELLE: Those blue letters?
KENDRA: Almost every week. Let's change the subject. She might come back.
PERSON nearest door speaks: Here she comes. No, it's Liz.
(LIZ enters.)
KENDRA: Liz!
LIZ: That's me!
KENDRA: Where have you been?
LIZ: I've been preparing a little birthday surprise.
KENDRA: I told you not to get me a present.
LIZ: Oh, you'll like this one. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
(As LIZ shouts LANCE and PAUL come in dressed in girls' pajamas and hairnets. The
girls all scream and laugh.)
VOICES: Oh, my word! How did you get in? Liz, are you crazy? (ad lib)

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BELLE:(Frantic.) Quiet! Quiet! Miss G. will hear.
TINA: This is so funny!
PAUL: You look pretty funny yourself, Funny Face.
FONTAINE: Tina, your face!
TINA: My face!(TINA touches goo on her face.) Elizabeth Whittier, I'll never forgive you
for this! (She exits.)
(Party AD LIB. Girls make a congo line.)
FONTAINE:(To Lance.) You look cute in that nightgown. (She stuffs a chip in his
mouth. He chokes and fans mouth.) Jalapeno. Like it? Come sit on my sleeping bag and
I'll give you all you want.
BELLE: (Mutters to herself.) Wash your mouth out with soap, girl. (Speaks to Tanya.)
You can always count on Fontaine to confiscate the cutest boy.

TANYA: Isn't he the one Kendra likes?

BELLE: Uh oh.
TANYA: Look at her face.(They look at Kendra.)
BELLE: She looks like that oldies song, "It's My Party."
Tina: (Runs in out of breath. Goo is gone.) Miss G.! Bed . . . check!
(GIRLS scramble to cover up two boys. Some girls lie down. MISS GREEN carries a
flashlight, enters and counts the girls.)
MISS G.: Twelve. Time to quiet down. Lights out in five minutes. Happy Birthday,
Kendra.
KENDRA: Thank you, Miss Green.
GIRLS: Goodnight!
BELLE:(Uncovers one of boys.) We've got to get you out of here before she realizes she
has two bodies too many.
TINA: Come on, I'm the expert escape artist. We just follow the ledge. You can climb
down the oak tree.
(TINA and TWO BOYS climb out imaginary window at front of stage and walk on ledge to
side of stage. GIRLS in room crowd around window to watch.)
FONTAINE: (Whispers.) Miss Green! (She turns off lights.)
(PAUL totters just as lights go off.)
(BLACKOUT)
(LANCE and PAUL exit in darkness.)
(SOUND: CRASHING TREE LIMB)
(SOUND: MALE SCREAMS)
(GIRLS in room scream.)
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People are trying to sleep.
(LIGHTS: ROOM LIGHTS SWITCHED ON)
MISS G.:What's going on?
(The GIRLS hurriedly move away from window, leaving LIZ there.)
LIZ: There was a noise outside.
MISS G.:Does this have anything to do with the two extra people I counted in this room?
RANDY: We were telling ghost stories earlier, and I guess we just got scared when we
heard a noise.
MISS G.: (SHE points the flashlight out the window and scans across the audience.) I
don't see anything. I'll be back.
LIZ: Good thinking, Randy.
(BELLE and TANYA look out the window.)
BELLE: There's the headmistress.
TANYA: I think I'm going to throw up.
BELLE: Turn the light off. We should pretend we're going to sleep.
(LIGHTS: DIMMED)
TANYA: If they call my parents, they're going to kill me. They'll break both my arms,
slowly, one at a time.
BELLE: Tanya, your parents would hardly break your arms because then you couldn't
play violin. Not after they spent all that money on private lessons. Now maybe your legs.
TANYA: I'm going to sleep in my own bed tonight.
BROOKLYN: Ouch! Watch where you're walking.
TANYA: Sorry, I'm so scared. I'm sorry.
BROOKLYN: Haven't you ever been in trouble before, Tanya?
TANYA: Never! And I hope I'm not starting now.
(Exits.)
BROOKLYN: I don't know why she's so worried. First offenders get time off for good
behavior.
CHRISSY: I hope Tina didn't get caught. She's on that contract.
LIZ: Ooh! This is all my fault. I'd die if Tina got expelled because of me.
(CATHERINE enters still in her robe.)
CATHERINE: Liz, the headmistress wants you in Miss Green's office.
LIZ: Just me? Not Tina?
CATHERINE: You're the only one she asked for. I didn't see Tina, but there are two
boys down there.

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(LIZ exits.)
(TINA crawls back in the window.)
(LIGHTS: FLASHING POLICE LIGHTS)
TINA: Oh my gosh! There's a police car coming in the gates!
(GIRLS rush over to the window and look out.)
BELLE: There's Miss Green.
KENDRA: And Lance and Paul!
RANDY: They're getting in the police car.
TINA: Boy, are we in for it!
RANDY: Now I know what it feels like to get busted.
BROOKLYN: This is bad.
BELLE: It's a good thing Tanya wasn't here. She would have puked for sure.
(LIGHTS: FLASHING LIGHTS STOP)
BROOKLYN: You can say that again.
BELLE: It's a good thing Tanya wasn't here. She would have puked for sure.
BELLE:(She enters and turns on the lights.) Oh, Belle, please, that is so ungenteel.
(LIGHTS UP)
GIRLS: Liz! What happened?
BELLE: Did they arrest Paul and Lance?
LIZ: No, the police are driving them to Grant Academy.
BELLE: Are they in all kinds of trouble?
LIZ: Not really. The headmistress was on the phone when I got there, and she was in a
snit because their headmaster had started laughing when she'd told him the boys were
wearing girl's pajamas.
CHRISSY: They’ll probably get t.p. though.
BELLE: That's k.p., Chrissy.
CHRISSY: T.p., k.p., whatever. What about us?
LIZ: Don't worry. Mrs. Conrad holds me fully responsible. She gave me my choice,
either they call my parents in the morning or three weeks of dishes.
CHRISSY: Which did you choose?
LIZ: Are you kidding me? Tell my mother I had brought boys into my dorm room after
lights out! She would haul me home so fast it would make your head spin.
CHRISSY: But your poor nails! T.p. will ruin them.
BELLE: K.p.

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CHRISSY: I know, I'll buy you this manicure set I saw at Celeste's.
RANDY: Well, cuz, I guess this is one birthday you won't forget in a long time. Thanks
for inviting me. West Hills sure knows how to throw a party! (KENDRA throws her
pillow at RANDY and a pillow fight starts. CHRISSY leaves to change for next scene
during the pillow fight.)
(BLACKOUT)
END OF SCENE 5

ACT I Scene 6
AT RISE: The next day. CATHERINE is alone when CHRISSY, WANDA LU, and
JENNA JO enter. WANDA LU and JENNA JO are carrying shopping bags with handles.
CHRISSY: Hi! Where is everybody?
CATHERINE: Liz is washing dishes, and Kendra volunteered to help her.
JENNA JO: Can we do that? Maybe we should each take a turn.
WANDA LU: Doing dishes is like my worst favorite thing, but I'll do it if you will.
CATHERINE: What are you doing with all those bags.
WANDA LU: We're going shopping with Chrissy.
CATHERINE: You must have a lot to buy.
JENNA JO: No, we're going for the fun of it. These are to carry Chrissy's stuff.
CHRISSY: Just in case. Sometimes I don't buy anything.
JENNY JO: Did you need anything?
CATHERINE: I could use a new pillow. Mine disappeared last night.
WANDA LU: Okay, one pillow. What kind?
CATHERINE: I don't care. Let me give you some money.(CATHERINE gives JENNA
JO money.)
CHRISSY: Why don't you come with us? You can get the size and the brand you want.
CATHERINE: I'm not particular.
WANDA LU: Do you want hypoallergenic? Feathers?
CATHERINE: It doesn't matter.
CHRISSY: Come on, Catherine. You'll have fun. You've never been shopping with me.
JENNA JO: Yeah, Catherine. We always stop at the pet store window and look at the
fluffy little puppies.
WANDA LU: And Mrs.Field's Cookies. You've got to come.
JENNA JO: Right! Everyone has to shop at the mall with Chrissy at least once. It's a
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CHRISSY: It is? Yes, of course, it is.
JENNA JO: Please. Please come see the little puppies.
CATHERINE: I'm not much of a shopper. You'd have more fun without me. You don't
have to buy a pillow for me.
CHRISSY: I would love to buy a pillow for you, but I think you should come. It would
do you good.
CATHERINE: Shopping?
CHRISSY: No, getting out of the dorm.

WANDA LU: Come on, we won't take no for an answer.

CATHERINE: How long are we going to be?

JENNY JO: Don't even ask. Just follow Chrissy.

(CHRISSY exits first. CATHERINE is pushed behind by JENNA JO. WANDA LU sings
as she exits.)
WANDA LU: A shopping we will go. A shopping we will go. Heigh ho the derry-o, A
shopping we will go.
BELLE:(LIZ enters removing plastic gloves.) I'm beat. I may go on a diet so that there's
one less dish to wash.
KENDRA: (Kendra enters.) It wasn't so bad.
LIZ: Thanks to you. I would have been there another hour without your help. Thank you,
roomie. Geez, I'll not getting up until it's time for dinner dishes.
BETH: (From the hall.) Man in the hall! (LIZ jumps up as BETH enters.) Are you decent?
CASEY: (CASEY enters with RYAN.) Hi, Sis!
KENDRA: Casey, what are you doing here?
LIZ: Oh, it's only your brothers.(LIZ lies back down and reads a magazine.)
RYAN: How come you're not ready?
KENDRA: Ready for what?
CASEY: Great-Aunt Cassandra's birthday party.
KENDRA: (KENDRA gathers clothes.) I completely forgot. I'll be ready in a jiffy. Uh,
oh. I don't have a gift.
BELLE: I have some handkerchiefs. They're still in the decorative gift box. Would you
like those?
KENDRA: Are you sure?
BELLE: Absolutely. I'll go wrap them while you change.(BETH exits.)
KENDRA: I'll be right back. Don't touch anything! (KENDRA exits.)

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RYAN: Who us?
LIZ: Don't worry. I'll watch them.
RYAN: What possible trouble could we get into?
LIZ: Your fame precedes you, so don't try anything.(Pause.) Would you like a piece of
candy?
RYAN: Thank you.
(RYAN takes the offered candy dish, puts one piece into his mouth, and stuffs the other
pieces into his pockets. Once the dish is empty, he shakes it upside down and then puts one
piece back. CASEY wanders over to look through Kendra's things. He finds a nightgown
and dances in front of the mirror.)
CASEY: I wonder if Mom knows Kendra sleeps in this stuff.
BELLE:(Doesn't look up from magazine.) Put it back!
CASEY: (CASEY puts it under Kendra's pillow and finds her diary. He reads a few pages
and speaks to himself.) Who is Lance?
BELLE:(Still doesn't look up.) Hmmm?
CASEY: "I was sitting next to Lance tonight, and he was wearing a soft green sweater that
rubbed against my arm whenever he moved."
LIZ: Hey! Give me that, you little pest!
BETH: (BETH enters carrying a small package and hands it to RYAN. He shakes it.)
Kendra's ready.
LIZ: I'll walk you out.
(She exits pushing boys in front of her.)
CASEY: (Enthusiastically.) All right, Baby!
(BETH sits down to read the diary.)
(BLACKOUT)
END OF SCENE 6

ACT I Scene 7
(AT RISE: A week later. CATHERINE is drawing when FONTAINE enters.)
FONTAINE: Is Kendra here?(SHE see's that KENDRA is not there.) That's okay. I just
wanted to tell her about my date tonight.
CATHERINE: Why?
FONTAINE: I met him at her slumber party last week so I thought she might be interested.
CATHERINE: (Raises her voice and sits up.) Not Lance?
FONTAINE: Yes, he's taking me to CINEMA IV.

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CATHERINE: And you came to gloat to Kendra?
FONTAINE: Why not? He's a hunk.
CATHERINE: Fontaine, leave him alone! How can you do this to her? She's one of your
best friends.
FONTAINE: Kendra likes Lance?
CATHERINE: Yes. Why do you think Liz dragged him to Kendra's party?
FONTAINE: I thought Liz liked him.
CATHERINE: And it's all right to grab him, if he's Liz'? I don't understand you,
Fontaine. Why do you have to take everybody's boyfriend?
FONTAINE: I'm just having fun.
CATHERINE: It's not funny.

FONTAINE: You're getting worked up about nothing.

CATHERINE: Lance is Kendra's first boyfriend. That makes him someone special.
Kendra is going to remember him the rest of her life. Do you want her to remember that
you stole him, too? You can get any boy you want. Please, Fontaine. Please, leave him
alone.
FONTAINE: Okay, okay, you make me feel like an ax murderer. I'll wear old granny
clothes and chew raw garlic before my date. Will that make you happy?
CATHERINE: It will make Kendra happy.
FONTAINE: I've never seen you so worked up about anything.(Pause.) He's only a boy.
CATHERINE: He's a memory. Sometimes that's all we have.
(CATHERINE shuts her eyes and sits leaning against the wall.)
(Fontaine Looks at Catherine, shakes her head, and exits.)
(Catherine hums and makes hand motions as if imagining ballet.)
(LIGHTS: LOWERED FOR FLASHBACK)
(SPOTLIGHT ON DANCERS)
(BALLET MUSIC optional)
(A YOUNG CATHERINE and a YOUNG GARRETT are masked in this scene. Catherine
might wear a mask on the eyes with a feather at one side, and Garrett might wear a whole
headpiece if he is doublecast. He is wearing street clothes and she is wearing a ballet
costume. She might start dancing by doing the same hand motion that Catherine is
dreaming. Garrett enters while she is dancing.)
GARRETT: You were great, Cathy.
YOUNG CATHERINE: Did you really like it?
GARRETT: You were the most beautiful one up there. It made me jealous when John
danced with you.

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YOUNG CATHERINE: You can dance with me now.
GARRETT: Cathy, I can't dance.
YOUNG CATHERINE: Yes, you can.(SHE dances around him laughing.) Give me your
arm, Prince Charming. (Arabesques.) Hold your hand up.(Ad lib: YOUNG CATHERINE
dances while GARRETT moves only a little.) Kneel. Bow. See you can dance.
GARRETT: Are you going to still love me when you're a famous ballerina?
YOUNG CATHERINE: You're teasing me. I may never be famous.
GARRETT: Say it, Cathy.
YOUNG CATHERINE: I promise you; no matter what, I will always love you.
(GARRETT and YOUNG CATHERINE hold their pose. REAL CATHERINE rises on
knees, puts her hands over her eyes, and rocks back and forth.)
CATHERINE: Nooo!
(LIGHTS DIM TO BLACKOUT)
END OF SCENE 7

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