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Student Plays

Come to My House

By Bridget, Payton and Sasha

Caroline- age 10
Grace- age 10
Katie- age 10


Setting: A park after school

K: Hey guys wanna come over after school.

G: No, you guys should come to my house.

C: No, you should totally come to my house!

K: Wait wait wait! Let's go the house with the best stuff and most to do. I'll be the judge. Wow me! [Gestures toward herself and sits down on a park bench to judge.]

G: I've got a giant couch.

C: I've got a giant T.V.

G: I've got popcorn.

C: I've got five American Girl Dolls.

G: I've got Barbies and a Dream House.

K: What the heck. That's so lame.

G: Just kidding.

C: No, she's not.

G: Yeah, I was.

C: No.

G: Yes.

C: Well, I've got a movie theater!

G: I've got a pet kangaroo!

K: Whoo. Ladies settle own. Lets got to my house.

C & G: Fine.


No Mall Granny ! ! ! !

By Tess and Alexandra Eliza- a four-year-old girl
Granny- Eliza's Granny


Setting: Granny's House

G: Eliza, please come here. I want you to come to the mall with me.

E: No, Granny! But I will go to the mall only if I can look at your handbag.

G: Eliza, I am your Granny. You must obey me. Come to the mall with me, and you cannot have my handbag.

E: Fine. I will come to the mall if I can look at your handbag.

G: No! Eliza, I told you, you cannot have my handbag.

E: Come on. Please. Please. Please. Just to look at really really fast!

G: No! Eliza come here so I can put you in the car!

E: Nye! I mean No !!!!!!

G: Eliza get over here!

E: No, let me borrow your handbag really fast like a shooting star.

G: Fine! Here, but give it back.

E: Haha! I tricked ya ya old thang.

G: Eliza you brat! Give me my handbag!

E: No. Ha ha. I got your money.

G: Darn! She got it!

E: Ha !


Dr. Fuzzy

By Ilana and Amelia

Dr. Fuzzy- a talking dog
Tommy- a sixteen-year-old boy


Setting: A pet store after closing

[The Pink Panther Theme plays quietly as lights come up on a pet shop.]

F: Hi. Can I have a chew toy?

T: Whoa! [Falls over.]

F: My name is Dr. Fuzzy. [sings] Bum- Bum- Bum.

T: Mine's Tommy. bum-bum-bum

F: Hey, put a little more pizazz into it. [pause] Can you buy me a chew toy-- specifically a banana. I was thinking about that one over there.

T: Helloww pet store robbery here. I can steal you and sell you. I could be rich. [Falls to floor and makes a snowangel on the ground.]

F: Hey dude. Are you, O.K.? Oh well, I guess I have to do mouth to mouth.

T: I'm O.K.!

F: Do you want to watch Sponge Bob on my new flat screen T.V.?

T: Uh no thanks.

F: It's also my chew toy, but Sponge Bob is the only show that comes on.

T: THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S A CHEW TOY YOU I.... Oh, I should not say idiot. Oh, I just said . . .

F: Can you shu . . . oh, I should not say that word. It is a bad word. So I will call you dumbo [pause] the elephant.

T: [To audience] You guys don't want to see this next part. [Curtains close.]

F: [Backstage] Dumbo the elephant, Dumbo the elephant . . . has big ears.

T: [Follows Dr. Fuzzy back on stage. Tommy is carrying a banana.] Now can I steal you?

F: First, you give me banana.

T: Fine.

F: Thank you very much sir.

T: Now can I steal you?

F: Uh . . . look it's Michael Jackon. [To the audience.] So I'm going to go that way, but your going to tell Tommy that I went the other way. [Runs off Stage Left.]

T: Which way did he go?

Audience: That way! [Tommy exits Stage Right]

F: [Pops her head through the center curtain.] Later.


Tweedledee and Tweedledum

By: McKenna and Ella


Setting: Beat Street / Fancy Mall

Dee: Hello, I'm Tweedledee

Dum: Hello, I'm Tweedledee

Dee: No! I'm Tweedledee. You're Tweedledum!

Dum: You're Tweedledum.

Dee: No! You're Tweedledum NOT Dee.

Dum: Okay. Fine, but dude what should we do at Beat Street?

Dee: Do we buy stuff?

Dum: Like do we buy pretty ladies?

[A Supermodel walks across the stage. Tweedledum waves and makes a fool of himself.]

Dum: You know what? I like the lei!! Just picture me in that. [Strikes a yoga pose.]

Dee: Buy that Hula skirt for me now!!

Dum: Be quiet, I'm doing yoga.

Dee: Fine. I will buy you the lei only if you buy me the Hula Skirt.

Dum: Okay.


Not Very Super Dude

By Emilene and Paige

Super Dude- masked superhero, Chuck E. Cheese Entertainment
Tammy- a ten-year-old girl
Katie- a ten-year-old girl


Setting: Chuck E. Cheese's

T: Hey Dude, take off your mask!

S: NO !!! Go back inside.

T: NO ! If you take off your mask I will . . .

S: No compromising and go home.

T: But I have some tokens for Chuck E. Cheese.

S: Gimmie the tokens, but I will not take off the mask.

T: Super Dude's awesome, Super Dude's cool, but if he doesn't take off this mask he is a super fool. Hey, by the way, I was joking when I said you were awesome and cool.

S: I am awesome and cool. You are not. Now go away.

K: No, She's my best friend. She is awesome and cool.

S: Hey, you get over here.

T: Back off. She's my best friend.

K: Tommy, let's go get some pizza.


The Juice Box


Narrator: One day at playschool, two 7th year olds Julise and Greg were having juice.

Julise: Hi I’m…well, I’m something and LOVE grape juice!

Greg: Your name is Julise and to my caulations Grape juice has only 200grams of sugar, YUM!

Narrator: After drinking 13 bottles of grape juice, the boys were so fat that if you touched them they’d jiggle. Then boys only found one more bottle of grape. All the rest were Apple, Orange, and Pineapple.

Julise: Oh no there is only one left!!Oh no if Greg gets it I’ll have to drink Apple, Orange, or Pineapple!!!

Narrator: Now that there was only one left, the two boys sat on a bench and started to fight!

Julise: Greg you’re so nice to me but, YOUR GOING DOWN!

Greg: well I think I deserve it because I have knowledge and YOU DON’T!

Julise: Do too

Greg: Do not

Julise: Do too

Narrator: Quiet boys, quiet. Now they tried to sweet talk each other.

Greg: Oh Julise your hair is so beautiful! You know if you just let me have this one juice box I promise I’ll be a better friend.

Julise: You know I don’t think I’ve ever told you that I LOVE your shirt…um..ah.. Greg. It would be a great thing if you let ME have the juice box.

Narrator: Now the boys tried to Blackmail.

Julise: If you don’t give me the juice box I’m going to tell all our playschool friends about the little accident with splitting your jeans last summer.

Greg: Well, if you don’t give me the juice box I’m going to tell all our playschool friends about your little accident with your swimsuit trunks last summer.

Julise: Oh no you wouldn’t

Greg: Oh yes I would

Julise: wouldn’t

Greg: would

Narrator: Quiet boys or I’ll have to sit on your heads again. Now they tried to break up their friendship trick.

Julise: If you don’t give me the juice box we won’t be friends anymore.

Greg: Well if you don’t give me the juice box, I’ll not come over to your house anymore.

Narrator: While they were still fighting, Ollie, a boy with blonde hair came up to the juice box bin.

Ollie: I’m so sick of Pineapple!!!! Oh look one more grape juice. Yeah I get grape juice, I get grape juice!

Narrator: When the boys finally picked a solution of putting the juice in a cup and splitting it, they only found pineapple left.

Julise & Greg: NNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Narrator: The lesson of this story is to NOT be greedy and don’t EVER drink 13 boxes of grape juice or you’ll be sorry.

- Two 4th Graders, Winnetka



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