DO NOT STEAL, REPOST, COPY, UNLESS ASKED.
CAST:
NEWS REPORTER #1/ NR1 (Doug) 50, strict n Happy, Dressed professionally
NEWS REPORTER #2/ NR2 (Jamie) 20, silly n funny. Dressed professionally
MOM: 38, isn't happy with her life.
DAD: 41, workaholic, lets his kids do whatever they want, on his phone.
BROTHER/SISTER/SIBLINGS: about 10, both Bratty.
INFORMERCIAL ANNOUNCER (HAROLD) 29, Calm, formal. (that was me lol)
INFORMERCIAL INTERVIERWER (MICHELLE) 25, OCD, Serious.
CUSTOMER #1: Teen, headache, soulless.
CUSTOMER #2: 19, naiive, jeans and t-shirt
CUSTOMER #3: 20-30s, sick, "garden mom"
CUSTOMER #4 30's housewife, limbs.
PEOPLE BUGS: Kiddos with insect arms.
Place:
The (Generic american last name) living room, LA, California.
Time:
2019
Playwright Note: A small baggy of TicTacs is place in each audince seat pre-show.
Setting: A family living room with a couch and a lifesize TV. On the other side of the TV are four chairs and a high desk like a talk show.
At rise: A family sits on the couch in front of the TV
MOM: Pizza's here!
SIBLINGS: Can we watch Cartoons?
DAD: I want to watch the news.
SIBLINGS: Awwww
(DAD clicks on the news. Spotlight moves to the TV where two NEWS REPORTERS appear, dressed in suits.)
NR1: There is a new medicine on the market created by a company called Metamorphosis INC. It has been all the rage, promising instant happiness to those who take it.
BROTHER: This is Boring!
SISTER: Yeah! I wanna play MINECRAFT!
(Fun fact: The script originally said "Fortnite", but all of us just replaced that mentally, so the thought of saying "Fortnite" in that spot was given up. Sorry, Sensei, we didn't like that script)
MOM: Shhh, honey, I want to hear this.
NR2: Well that's hard to believe, Doug. I mean, INSTANT happiness? Is that even possible?
DAD: Instant happiness? PSH! That's ridiculous!
MOM: That sounds amazing!
NR2: What's the name of this miracle drug, Doug?
NR1: Allatos, Jamie.
NR2: Allatos? That's a funny name, Well It's all Greek to me!
NR1: Funny you should that. The name is actually derived from two Greek Words: "Error" and "Change"
( No kid, Αλλαγή σφάλματος or google translate says.)
(DAD Switches the channel. The NEWS REPORTERS exit as MOM protests)
