Drama

Hello John! It’s Laurie again, in Europe currently. I recently stumbled upon Amy March when I was walking down the street the other day, and I can say I was most certainly pleased. I met up with her afterwards, and she was just magnificent. Her paintings were spectacular, really, it hurts me so much she wants to give it up, and for Fred Vaugn of all people. She deserves so much more than that man, he will never treat her right. I can’t explain it, but she makes me feel a different kind of way, separate to what I felt for Jo. It isn’t the carefree love for Jo, I feel stable with Amy, I know I can trust her and love her without being hurt the way Jo hurt me. I just have to convince her that she can do better than Fred Vaugn, and she doesn’t have to marry him. She doesn’t have to give up her dreams of being a painter, or true love. I can help her. If only she’d let me.

My group is doing the recent movie screenplay Little Women by Greta Gerwig. The people in my group are Violet, Simone and Rubie. I was very excited to do this movie because I had just seen it in the theatre with my friends and had really enjoyed it. It’s been really interesting for me to try and understand the characters and how their pasts and nature affects the ways that I recite my lines. I think that this project is really forcing me to become a more involved actor in many ways. In my original monologue, I am playing Laurie, the boy that lives next door to the March’s house. In this particular moment, I am talking in a letter to my old tutor and good friend, who just so happens to be Meg March’s husband, John. I am writing to him about someone I had reunited with in Europe, Amy March, of whom I’ve fallen deeply in love with. I express my concern about her marrying Fred Vaugn, a rich man that she shares no love with, and her sudden loss of hope for her career as a famous painter, conforming to a world where she is just a wife and not her own person. This is played off of our scene that we practiced together before spring break between Amy and Laurie in Amy’s painting studio.

So, in short, you’re asking me if I have an aversion to marriage? Well, to be frank, yes. Would you really like to give up your freedom to be bound to a household? Would you really like to devote your life to cooking and cleaning? Is that really what your heart desires? Because it’s not what mine does. I want to be a writer–I–I want to have purpose and reason and passion to my life. That doesn’t all have to come from having a spouse. *beat* why are you rolling your eyes? You know what, Sally, that peeves me. I’m sorry for you. I’m sorry your life is so pathetic you can’t see your misogynistic values. And I’m sorry that you only see one way for women to live. I truly am. And guess what? No one will remember your name. But everyone is going to remember Jo March, the famous writer. Now, you have a good day.

My group is doing Little Women by Greta Gerwig. It is about four sisters and their life. We are performing four scenes. I am working with Violet, Rubie, and Ren. Understanding the scene itself was a bit hard because the story was written in the 1800s, but by spending a lot of time on it, I deciphered it. In my original monologue, I play three different roles. I play the role of Jo for my first two scenes. The first scene I play as Jo was on Christmas morning with all of my groupmates. It is just after the Civil War, and Jo and her family do not have a lot of money. It is a scene about understanding and wishing. In the next scene I play Jo is when her sister Meg is being married. Jo is very distraught and wants her and her sister to run away together. Meg, however, wants to be married and refuses. Jo is very sad. In the next scene, I play Beth. Jo and Beth are at the seaside. Beth has a deadly disease and is about to die. Jo is reading her stories while Beth tries to communicate she is okay with dying. It is very emotional and powerful. The third scene I’m in is as Amy. Jo and Meg are getting ready for a ball while Amy and Beth help them get ready. That is probably my favorite scene overall. I am very sad we did not get to perform these scenes, but I am glad I got the chance to practice them–even if we only did it for a little while.

I want to get married. Why doesn’t Jo understand that? Why doesn’t she understand that I’m in love? It’s not that she doesn’t want me to be happy, she just doesn’t want me to be happy with John. It’s like my dreams have to be her dreams and nothing else matters. And it’s not like I’m asking for much. I mean how hard is it to be happy for me? To be happy that I’m happy? You know, she doesn’t even have to be happy for me, but can she at the very least support me? “Lets run away, you will be board of him, you should have a life on the stage.” Ha, what if I don’t want a life on the stage? What if I’m not bored by the idea of settling down with the man I love and having a family? What if I don’t want to run away? What if I don’t want everything she wants? Is that so bad?

I am doing Little Women, by Greta Gerwig. My group is doing a total of 4 scenes and I am in 3 of them. The scenes we are doing are Christmas Morning (where the March girls talk about money, family, and fame), Meg is going to get married (where Meg March is getting ready for her wedding and Joe March, her sister, doesn’t want her to leave her), Amy and Laurie in Paris (where Laurie and Amy talk about marriage, women’s roles in society, and economic relations), Beth and Joe by the sea (where Beth talks about dying), and Joe and Meg getting ready for the ball (where Joe accidentally burns Meg’s hair). I really like the scenes we selected because I can understand the characters and feel comfortable with the people I am acting with because they are my friends. In my original monologue I am playing the role of Meg March. It is a monologue talking about how sad she is that her sister, Jo March, doesn’t accept her getting married and doesn’t support her.

You simply don’t get it, Laurie, do you? You don’t understand what it feels like to have someone who is remarkably better than you at everything. Jo is perfect and flawless, and I’ve lived every day of my life aspiring to live up to that. I’m not even close! She is favored by everyone, even you. Don’t pretend you haven’t fallen under her spell as well. How could you not? I’m weakened from doing twice the work and getting half the credit, it’s wearing me down to the bone. There certainly is no point in pursuing my foolish fantasies in which I will never excel in. I can not do well in life if I keep painting, Laurie. There’s no way I can make it, I’m just an object. Sure, you could make it just fine, but I can’t, I don’t have the talent or the strength. And another thing, don’t ridicule me for marrying because that’s what you want! Just with my perfect sister, not the person who has truly loved you all along. Maybe if you opened your eyes, you could realize that the choice you made was ignorant. I won’t end it with Fred Vaughn just because you’ve finally realized what I mean to you. I’m always the second choice, and I won’t live my life like that anymore. Goodbye, Laurie.

My group is doing the recent movie screenplay Little Women by Greta Gerwig. The people in my group are Ren, Simone and Rubie. In my original monologue I am playing the role of Amy March, the youngest of the March sisters. In this scene, Amy is revealing her insecurities to Laurie, her sister’s ex-lover (whom she secretly loved). Amy explains what it’s like to be the least talented family member and how she no longer felt any motivation to follow her dream of being a famous artist.

How does Heather expect me to be so mean to the innocent people. I know I should be thankful, because she’s helping me be popular. But to be honest I don’t really want to do this, if being popular means I have to treat people like trash then I quit. But I can’t, I’m already involved, I mine as well try to like it because this is how I’ll be living for now on. I guess it’s not too bad, if it means I’ll be more popular than most kids in school. I just hate the fact that I have to do it with them. I can’t stand how they act, and how they all judge everyone without caring what they think. They’re not even friends, they hate each other. I don’t know how I’ll make it through the year while being around them.

My movie that I’m performing is called Heathers. The first scene I’m doing is just the Heathers bullying people while talking to Veronica about how popular they are. The second scene I’m doing is Verone and J.D. meeting each other and bonding. I am working with Angelina. I am playing Veronica for both scenes, and Angelina is playing J.D. for one scene, and the heathers mashed together for the other scene. We just added to one of our scenes and we just edited it to make the murge of the scenes smooth and to make it sound like the Heathers are one person. I am playing the role of Veronica in the original monologue. I am writing about the Heathers in my journal.

Oh my god. I took Veronica into a Remington party last night and she didn’t do a thing. All she did was puke all over the floor because she couldn’t handle one drink. She ruined my entire night. And you know what? Let’s just drop her. She’s not our friend anymore. She was hanging out with me, the one that got her to come to a Remington party, and she was the most ungrateful person I’ve ever met. I absolutely hate that girl. So I want her gone Monday morning. She’ll be history by the end of the week. We’ll make sure of that. Just tell everyone about what happened last night. Go on and spread the word but make it all 10x worse. Don’t disappoint me.

My movie that I’m performing is called Heathers. The first scene that our group was doing is when JD is first introduced and he meets Veronica, whom Layla is playing. I would be JD and we’re having small talk on popularity and moving places–it all creates a bond. In the second scene, when Heather, in which I play, and Veronica get into a fight. Veronica, which Layla is playing, doesn’t feel too well and wants to leave the party. However, Heather has different plans and wants to stay so they both become angry with each other. In the end, they end up no longer being friends. In my original monologue I am playing the role of Heather. Talking about Veronica to a friend.

I have a twin my heart started to beat faster than it ever has. A million thoughts raced through my head. Why did they keep this secret from me? Do I have any other siblings? Can I visit my mom? I wanted to ask Annie so many questions about my mom, but I needed to catch my breath. I was so happy to find out who my mom was and that I had a sister that i became dizzy. I never thought I would have a sister let alone a twin. I realized my life would change from this point on. I still did not understand why my mom didn’t visit me, and why my parents kept my twin from me. we were both in shock. I didn’t know weather to be happy or sad. I needed to know why they kept this secret from us was it because of me?

My movie was the Parent Trap, where two girls, who later discover they are twinsIn, end up at the same summer camp. In my original monologue I am playing the role of Hallie the twin who lives with the father. My monologue was based after the two girls unveiled the secret that they were twins. It was a shock to both sisters to find this secret out. I decided to make Hallie have many mixed emotions right after they found out, because I knew it was such a crazy thing to find out. I based it off of what she was thinking about after the fact.

When we figured it out, my heart dropped. I’ve never been so shocked in my life. There were so many things I needed to ask and say. I have a dad! And a twin! What are we going to do about this? Why was this a secret for so long? Did my dad not like me? I can’t believe this is happening. It’s unimaginable. My heart is pounding in my stomach. Did my parents separate because of Hallie and I? I don’t know whether to be happy, excited, nervous or sad. What I am going to say to my mom? I debated if I should be annoyed with her. She didn’t tell me for almost twelve years! Is there a reason? I’m just surprised that this coincidence happened! We live so far away, and came to the same summer camp! What is going to happen next? What are we going to do about this?

My movie was The Parent Trap, where two girls meet at a summer camp and discover that they are twins. In my original monologue I am playing the role of Annie, one of the twins from London, England. Annie lives with their mother, and Hallie (her twin) lives with their father. My monologue describes the feelings and questions Annie had in her head right after they found out they were twins. The event was such a shock, so I made Annie seem anxious, confused, and filled with questions.

The kids finally found the body. They had been traveling for days. It seemed almost too good to be true, and then all of a sudden they heard footsteps. They looked over to where the sound was coming from, and they saw Ace and his friends approaching. “You’re gonna give us the body, or we’ll take it”, they said. Chris, Gordie, Teddy, and Vern stood their ground. They had walked all the way here, and Ace took a car. They deserved it. Ace told them it was their last chance, but Chris told them they weren’t taking the body. No one was taking him. Ace pulled out a knife, and Teddy ran. Chris stayed there, but it didn’t seem too good for him. Ace walked over with the knife, and then all of a sudden. “BLAM”. Gordie shot the gun they brought on the trip right into the air. The power shifted to them. Gordie threatened to shoot Ace, and he left with his friends, after threatening the kids.

My movie is Stand by Me by Stephen King, Raynold Gideon, and Bruce A. Evans. I am working with Noam and Ian. We have the scene where Chris, Gordie, Teddy, and Vern find the body, but Ace stops them. Ace has a knife, and the kids get scared, but then Gordie brings a gun and Ace leaves. I play Teddy and Chris, Noam plays Ace, and Ian plays Gordie and Teddy. I feel like this is a great scene for us to be working on because it has action, and good dialogue between the characters. We have been preparing well, and have a lot of our lines memorized. We are working on showing emotion with our lines. In my original monologue I am playing the role of Teddy. I am talking about what happened like I’m telling the story to someone.

Damn it! I should’ve killed him while I had the chance. Why! Why did those stupid kids bring that gun. I would’ve had them, I would’ve killed him. Wherever you are I’m gonna find you and take the body for myself. And when I find you you’re gonna die, yes you are. The body’s gonna be mine. I was so foolish to not stab him before, I should’ve done before he pulled the gun out. Next time I will get it. I won’t do my same foolish act I did before. Gun or no gun I will get the body, it will be mine. 

The movie I’m doing is: Stand By Me — screenwriting by Stephen King, Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans. The scene I was doing is when Ace (older teen) tries to get the body from Chris, Gordie, Teddy, and Vern (younger teens) and both sides threaten each other back and forth for it. I’m working with Ian and Luc for this movie. I feel good about our scene and movie, it’s an intense and crazy part which is what I like and it gets so good. In my original monologue I am playing the role of Ace, one of the older teenagers. The context of my monologue is me (Ace) talking to myself (himself) about him failing to get the body, but he will get it next time.

I mean nothing, I’m no good. I guess I am pretty good at writing stories though. Theres one thing stopping me. I hate him so much. He makes me feel so bad and so small. I wish he would just disappear so that I can do the things that I want to do. I hope that I can become a professional writer some day. then I can sell lots and lots of copies of my books. And tell my friends and kids stories, that is if I even have friends or kids. Anyways I’m looking forward to my writing career. I hope that my stories will be told and people will remember me.

My movie is Stand by Me by Stephen King, Raynold Gideon, and Bruce A. Evans. I am working with Noam and Luc. We have the scene where Chris, Gordie, Teddy, and Vern find the body, but Ace stops them. Ace has a knife, and the kids get scared, but then Gordie brings a gun and Ace leaves. Luc plays Teddy and Chris, Noam plays Ace, and I play Gordie and Teddy. In my original monologue I am playing the role of Gordie.

I have come here for answers, not for your foolish rants, I have come here to learn about your book, not for you to get in my way. I have had a hard life and suffered through many hard times, I came here to talk to Peter van Houtan, not you. I don’t understand your performance and find it quite appalling. You have told me much that no other could have the guts to tell me, and they have a reason, it’s just plain rude. Now that I am standing here, I ask of you to just answer her questions!

For one of our projects in Drama we are acting out scenes from a movie of our choice. The movie I am acting out is The Fault in Our Stars by Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber and Josh. In the scene my group picked the main characters who have just arrived at the house of their favorite author to ask him questions about the book he wrote. He ends up not being very nice and actually kicks them out. For this project I am working with Samantha who is Van Houten, Jade who is Lidewij, Gia who is Hazel, and I play Gus. I feel very good about the scene we picked and I feel that I can really get into my character and know what is going on in the scene. As I said earlier I am playing the role of Gus. He is a boy that is diagnosed with cancer. For the monologue that I wrote, Gus is getting mad at another character, Van Houten, for his surprising behavior towards him and his girlfriend.

Lidewij knows I don’t like to deal with Americans and their ridiculous dreams but yet she has to invite them over to MY house. All they care about is their silly questions about my book. I already told them that I don’t want to talk about that book. And yet Hazel has the audacity to yell at me in my own house. If only they knew why I didn’t want to speak about my book, “An imperial Affliction.” My daughter died of leukemia, years ago. My book was written after her death, and I do not wish to talk about it more. Of course, Lidewij is siding with them. She has resigned due to my ‘rude’ behavior and now, I don’t have anyone to bring me scotch. They can leave…for all I care. I’ve been alone for a long time, so what is some more time.

I am working on a scene from The Fault in Our Stars screenwritten by Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber and Josh Boone,Heathers — Daniel Waters. In this scene Hazel and Augustus go to meet their hero, when they realize he is a rude drunk who cares little for his supporters. I am working with Jade, Lily, and Gia. I believe that the movie is very serious and I, playing the role of the drunk man, have to convey being an old mean person. In my original monologue I am playing the role of Mr. Van Houten. I was talking with Hazel and Augustus, even though I didn’t want to talk to them about their questions.

Mr Van Houten has finally responded to fan mail after over 18 years. He’s invited these kids to his house and is treating them so rudely. Yes, I get his kid died of leukemia, but he doesn’t have to be so ignorant towards Hazel because she’s going through the exact same thing. These kids loved him, his book, and he’s being impossible. He doesn’t even bother to talk about his book at all. The nicest thing he’s done all day is offer them a drink, and that’s not even that nice because they’re underage. His attitude is repulsive honestly, they’re just trying to be kind and they have so much patience and persistence, I’m a little impressed I admit. Mr. Van Houten isn’t used to talking with people and much less going outside. After his daughter died, he’s been hard on everyone and very antisocial but I can’t stand him anymore. He’s just being so impolite. He makes rude little comments under his breath and at that point, I just crack. I quit, I resign. And I don’t plan on seeing him ever again.

The movie we’re acting out is The Fault In Our Stars by Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, and Josh Boone. I am doing this with Gia as Hazel, Samantha as Van Houten, Lily as Gus, and me as Lidewij. Our scene is when Gus and Hazel meet Mr. Van Houten and he is not what they hoped he’d be. In fact he is the complete opposite. He doesn’t bother to answer their questions and he just argues with them, and is rude, the entire time. They leave disappointed, but with his assistant Lidewij, who ends up resigning. My monologue is about my viewpoints in the way that Mr. Van Houten is treating Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace Lancaster in his own house, and he’s not being courteous in any way, shape, or form.

Amsterdam sucks. I mean sure, the buildings are nice, and the weather is beautiful, but the people…let’s just say I’d rather go through another round of chemo than go back to his house. Peter Van Houten. A monster in disguise. I used to idolize him. I thought he was an honest, kind-hearted man. He is the complete opposite. A good-for-nothing, drunk, asshole is the best way to describe him. I mean, Gus spent his wish so I could meet Peter Van Houten, and when I met him, I wanted to run in the opposite direction. I never knew writers could be so out of touch with their emotions. He looked empty inside, and didn’t give a damn about anyone in the room. Everyone on earth could be gone and he’d still be bitter and harsh. A person like that is what I’ve tried to avoid becoming my whole life. No regard for humans, hating everyone and everything just because something happened to you in your past that you can’t get over. That one man, he ruined my whole childhood in an instant. The sweet Hazel Grace Lancaster who dreamt about what happened to her beloved characters when the story ended. What happened to her?

My groups’ movie is The Fault in Our Stars, screenwriting by Scott Neustadter, Micheal H. Weber and Josh Boone. My group consists of me, Samantha, Jade, and Lily. I play Hazel (the main character), Samantha is Van Houten (the drunk author), Jade is his assistant Lidewij, and Lily is Gus (the love interest). Our scene centers around Hazel and Gus visiting the author and discovering that he is not what he seems. He is a drunk, cynical man who is extremely negative to himself and the people surrounding him. I understand my scene completely. There is a lot of emotion being conveyed in this scene, and the entire movie as it circles around a heavy topic, cancer. In my original monologue, I am still playing the role of Hazel. It is set in a town square in Amsterdam, after Hazel, Gus, and Lidewij leave to visit the Anne Frank museum. It consists of a conversation between Hazel and Lidewij, who are talking about relationships, aka talking about Gus and Hazel.

Ron, what do you think has gotten into Hagrid lately. He’s been acting a bit bizarre recently, you know with the dragon and everything. I just hope he’ll be okay, it must be so stressful. I’ve been reading A History of Magical Creatures of Great Britain and Ireland and I learned that dragons are the biggest magical creatures of all and one of the most dangerous. They are also the 2nd rarest magical creatures, I wonder how he got him. I just hope he’ll take good care of himself, and realize that he shouldn’t be hiding a dragon in Hogwarts. I have to go, I have to do my transfiguration homework. Later, Ron.

For performing arts night we were doing a scene from JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Screenplay by: Steve Kloves). We were doing a few very short scenes, including The Library, Herbology Class, and Hagrid’s Hut, which all lead to the dragon egg hatching in Hagrid’s Hut. I am working with Dylan, Henry, and Madiba. In my original monologue I am playing the role of Hermione Granger from Harry Potter. It is written as Hermione talking to Ron right before they go to Hagrid’s house to go see the dragon hatch.

A DRAGON egg! How could you give up seeing one of those just to stay in class. You go to class hundreds, maybe thousands of times, but a dragon hatching? That’s a once in a lifetime experience! Sure it’s dangerous, but we do dangerous stuff all the time and we’re fine, mostly. Besides, no one pays attention in mystical literature, except for that one time with the necronomicon, that was scary. Just a quick in and out, no one will know. Pop in, see a baby dragon, pop out, simple. And what if Hagrid gets hurt? We are the only ones who know about the dragon, so if it attacks him no one would be around to help him. We’re wizards after all, half of our job is dealing with mystical creatures.

The movie scene I’m doing is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – Steve Kloves, with Dylan, Madiba, and Keanu. We were doing a few very short scenes, including The Library, Herbology Class, and Hagrid’s Hut, which all lead to the dragon egg hatching in Hagrid’s Hut. In my original monologue I am playing the role of Ron talking about the dragon egg.

Hello Harry, I don’t think I ever got to tell you about my life, after I got expelled from Hogwarts. It’s a rather hazy time but interesting nevertheless. I know you are rather busy with being famous and your new job in the Ministry of Magic, but I hope you will still try to read this letter. When I got expelled I was homeless for a few weeks. Gotten many strange looks from police men and people when they walk down the street and see a child who is taller than an adult. Of course, when I pleaded to Dumbledoor that he should let me become a gamekeeper, he immediately accepted. Of course, a few teachers were hesitant with Dumbledoor’s choices. Some parents even sent me hate mail. But Dumbledoor always trusted me. He knew I would never do anything to hurt anyone (on purpose). The rest isn’t too important because it was mainly me working in (or rather out) the school. Then I met you and my whole life got changed upside down. Sincerely, Hagrid PS. I guess my story wasn’t that long. I hope that you will join me for tea in a week’s time though!

I am doing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — J.K Rowling. (Screenplay by: Steve Kloves).We were doing a few very short scenes, including The Library, Herbology Class, and Hagrid’s Hut, which all lead to the dragon egg hatching in Hagrid’s Hut. I am working with Dylan, Henry, and Keanu. I think that I am very good at Harry Potter because I have read and listened to the series many many times. I listen to audiobooks a lot, and I found out that I can get all the Harry Potter books on Audible. I think they are really good because the audiobooks have vocal acting. In my original monologue I am playing the role of Hagrid writing a letter to Harry.

Hermione, Ron, and I are on our way to Hagrid’s hut. Ron wanted to skip Herbology. Hermione didn’t like that idea as much. We had gotten Hagrid’s message that the dragon was hatching, and if I’m being honest I was excited. I had never seen a dragon before, heck, not so long ago I didn’t even know they existed. Obviously, I had learned a lot for the short period I was a wizard, but a dragon– that’s a completely different story. I always thought Hagrid was mad getting a dragon in that wood hut of his, and this might just prove me right. But I know it’s important to him because he’s always wanted a dragon, and I know it would mean something to him to have us there with him when it hatches. I just hope we can get back before Professor Mcgonogal notices we’re gone, I don’t want to get in trouble.

Keanu, Madiba, Henry, and I are doing a scene from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the screenplay is written by Steve Kloves. We were doing a couple of very short scenes that all lead up to the egg hatching in Hagrid’s hut. I play Harry Potter, Keanu plays Hermione, Henry is playing Ron, and Madiba is playing Hagrid. I would say that I understand the scene and movie pretty well. I think that I understand it pretty well because I recently read the book and have watched the movie multiple times. In my original monologue, I am playing the role of Harry Potter. A boy who has recently found out that he is a wizard and has been accepted into a wizarding school, Hogwarts. Before he found out that he was a wizard he had no idea wizards existed or that there was magic of any sort. My monologue is all going on inside Harry’s head. I thought about making it a letter, but I don’t know who I would address it to.

Ferris is my best friend. And it comes with the goods and bads. He ditches school a bunch and usually makes me tag along. We always end up having a good time though. This time was different though because we went to the city. We got Ferris’s girlfriend out of school and took my dad’s car. We had an amazing time. Even though there were some hiccups in the plan, like for example we ran into ferris’s day, we still made it out okay. Even Ferris’s sister helped us out!

Our project was performing a scene from a movie. A few friends and I decided on Ferris Bueller’s Day Off by John Hughes to perform. We are doing the scene in which Ferris, Cameron, Mr. Runie, and the assistant. I am playing Cameron. I am working with Jaedyn, Cyrus, and Max. In my original monologue I am playing the role of Cameron talking about Ferris.

I live a pretty crazy life. Everyday something cool happens. The thing is it always works out for me, which makes me try some crazy stuff. School for me is just kinda dodging teachers and messing around with my friend Cameron. My parents don’t seem to care what I do, well as long as they don’t find out. My sister might be on to me. When I fake sick or pull a stunt she notices, but doesn’t fully go after me. The scary thing is she could. But I’m not worried. She wouldn’t tell my parents anything. At all, even if she was mad. I still wouldn’t tell her what I tell Cameron. I trust Cameron. My main man. We do some crazy stuff. I don’t know how We haven’t got caught doing something yet but I’m glad we haven’t. Cameron and I have been partners in crime since we were little and I would do anything for him as he would for me. Even drive a lawn mower through school. Thats good I’m gonna write that down. Anyway I have a big plan to skip school and go to the city. I’ll need Cameron for it which is fine because he will do it. Let’s see if it works.

For Performing Arts Night I was doing a scene in Ferris Bueller‘s Day off where Ferris and his friend tried to convince the principal to let a friend of theirs out of school. My group of 4 is Jaedyn, Willa, Cyrus, and me and I played Ferris Bueller. In my original monologue I am playing the role of Ferris, telling you all about myself.

Mrs. Bueller?

(Aside) I’m calling the Ferris kid’s parents. Ferris Bueller has been absent 9 times this year and I know he’s been skipping. Today, he’s apparently sick. Again. I really can’t wait to see his face when he realizes I’ve finally got him. Finally a reason to expel him. He disrespects his teachers- whatever. But disrespect me? Now you’re in trouble. He should know by now that I need to be everyone’s top priority. So, I’m gonna catch him and nothing can stop me. The problem is, everyone loves the little rat, so he’s impossible to get. Until now.

Mrs. Bueller! Hi! How’ve you been?

I had been working on a scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, screenwritten by John Hughes, where Ferris and his friend both call the school to confuse the principal, and end up getting Ferris’ girlfriend out of school with them. Willa plays Ferris’ friend Cameron, Max plays Ferris, Cyrus plays the principal’s assistant, and I play principal Ed Rooney. I feel good about the selection because the movie is a comedy, and the writing and language still holds up. In my original monologue I am playing the role of Ed Rooney, as I did in the scene with everyone else. In the monologue, I go off on a minor rant about how Ferris needs to respect school and how hard he is to get expelled.

Today was the craziest day. So basically there’s this kid named Feris Bueller, typical highschool troublemaker. He’s skipped 9 days this year and because of it is flunking every class. It doesn’t seem like he has any parental supervision. Anyway today we got a call that his girlfriend’s grandma had died and she needed to be picked up early. The principal thinking it was Feris went on and said “We need to see the dead body in order to let her go” when the man asked him to repeat it he said the same thing. When the man refused the principal started cursing at him thinking it was Feris. While that was happening, Feris called and said he couldn’t come to school. I rushed over to the principal’s desk to tell him that it wasn’t Feris who was calling about the dead grandmother. When I told him, his eyes went blank with fear, and he dropped the receiver on the line. I think he’ll be fired by the morning for the way he talked to the girl’s dad.

For my movie scene I was the principal’s assistant in Ferris’ Bueller’s Day Off. In the scene Ferris and his friend Cameron are tricking the principal into letting Ferris’s girlfriend out of school. The assistants job was to add a lot of stress and commotion into the scene. In my original monologue I’m playing the assistant as if she is describing her day to a friend outside of the school. In it you see the actual personality of the otherwise quiet assistant.