Short play

Characters:

Shawn: He is 15 years old and some what quiet at school but loud at home, funny, strong, likes to play the Xbox 360. Has good manners and uses them well. He annoys his sister a lot because it is fun.



Jessica: She is 18 years old and likes to be around mom, likes to watch TV on get on the computer, smart, has glasses. She doesn’t like it when her brother annoys her. She is proper and likes t get stuff done when she gets the chance.



Mrs. Simpson: Wise, smart, funny, a leader in a way. Teaches her kids about life and gives them chores that they’re going to do in life. She likes to watch science fiction TV shows and reality shows.



Mr. Simpson: Lazy, works on cars at a car industry, funny. He some what teaches his son about important things in life and how to be a man. He tells his son to not act like him while he was in high school.



Stage Directions: The setting takes place in the kitchen; a medium sized room with 10 cabinets and a double sink, a refrigerator with freezer. There is a round glass table with dark brown metal cushioned chairs with a coffee cup design in the back supporter part. The floor is a cream white colored tile floor. The cabinets are brown and some of the cabinets’ magnets aren’t all the way magnetic to close fully. I white cabinet that holds a white microwave and in the space below the microwave there is food that the family eats for snacks and for their lunches. There is a door that slides open that is by the kitchen table and is usually open all the time. The light in the kitchen has three light bulbs in it and one of them is blown out.

Dialogue:
Shawn: Hey mom.
Mom: Yes honey?
Shawn: I was thinking
Mom: Thinking about what?
Shawn: I think I should be able to drive now.
Mom: Well I don’t know sweetie. We don’t have enough money to let you go into driver’s training.
Dad: Yeah son, our money budget is kind of low right now.
Shawn: But it’s almost my sixteenth birthday and I’ve been looking forward to this for a while now.
Mom: I know honey but we can’t pay for it right now. Maybe we can do this next year.
Shawn: But when Jessica asked when she was sixteen, she got to do it.
Jessica: Don’t bring me into this.
Mom: But that was when the economy wasn’t so bad like it is now,
Shawn: But my grades are good, I’m doing well at football, I’m hanging out with the right crowd, I’m not getting into any trouble and most importantly I’m going to be sixteen.
Dad: Well he has some good points there honey; he is doing well in school and football.
Jessica: Dad is that all you care about is Shawn and football?
Dad: No, but you have to admit that he is pretty good.
Mom: (Whispering) don’t encourage him.
Shawn: Please mom? I promise I won’t ask you for anything else.
Mom: No! This discussion is over; I don’t want to hear no more about it and that’s final!
Shawn: See!! You always do this to me. Every time I ask for something you always shoot it down. You never let me do anything I want to do! (Shawn storms out of the kitchen).
Mom: (she sighs) do you think I made the right decision? I never like to see him mad at me.
Jessica: Oh mom, don’t give in to that. He just does that to get what he wants.
Dad: You want me to go talk to him?
Mom: No. I will handle this.
Mom: (she goes into Shawn’s room to see if he is ok). Shawn? Are you okay?
Shawn: Leave me alone.
Mom: I know you’re mad but we can’t afford it right now.
Shawn: Why? Is it because I want it?
Mom: No. It’s because you’re growing up too fast. I don’t want to let you go. It seems like yesterday I was just holding you in my arms after you were born. You were my little soldier when you were little. It’s so hard to let your kids grow up into adults/
Shawn: Mom; I will always be your soldier no matter how old I get. I did kind of over react in the kitchen and I’m sorry.
Mom: It’s okay honey. On your birthday I am taking you to driver’s training.
Shawn: Don’t worry about it. It’s not that important any way (Shawn runs up and gives his mom a big hug after he says that). I love you mom.
Mom: I love you too Shawn. (She kisses him on the forehead and they go back in the kitchen).