The Ghost Story
by Sonia Tiao 刁青琅
６人剧本，寝室几个人集体翘课，无聊了讲鬼故事。从前有一个女孩……
人物
Jessica Chen: A ghost who is disguised one of the roommates.
Jeanette Lee: Roommate
Mandy Wu : Roommate
Ken Lin: Roommate
Dorice Lin: Roommate
Claire Wu: Aside
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SCENE I
There are four people in the dormitory. They skip the class and chat together.
Ken: Oh, the class is very boring. (Ken looks some tedious)
Jeanette: You can say that again.
Jessica: Come on, all of us think the class is really boring.
Mandy: Well, we skip the class together, but now what do we do?
Ken: I don’t know～today is a boring day～
Jeanette: Can we find an interesting thing to do?
Jessica: Hmm…Let me think…How about a ghost story?
Mandy: That sounds great!
Jeanette: Not good! No ghost stories, please!
Mandy: But this is really fun, don’t you think so?
Ken: Ha ha~ she is scared.
Jessica: Wow! I see a chicken~
Jeanette: I don’t feel scared! I just…just…
Ken: You don’t feel scared? OK! Let’s start! Who’s first?
Jeanette: Oh…I am very very scared…can we change the subject?
(Ken. Jessica. Mandy are laughing.)
Jessica: No way, unless you can find a more interesting subject.
Jeanette: I…I can’t (Sign)
Mandy: She can’t, so let’s start telling the story!
Ken: OK, I first?
Jessica: Have you ever heard the story about the dormitory?
Jeanette: No. …I’m really afraid of it. (Jeanette feels little annoyed but she finally concedes)
Mandy: Oh yeah!
SCENE II
Ken: Do you notice that there were some strange voices in the midnight?
Jeanette: Yes, those sometimes woke me up. But, I was tired, I just kept sleeping.
Mandy: You are always sleeping, just like a pig. (Jessica looks unhappy and in a bad mood)
Jessica: And then?
Ken: Do you want to know something about that story?
Jessica: What that is? (Jessica’s voice sounds strange)
Ken: Ya!! There has been a girl living here. She really wanted a boyfriend to keep company with her.
(Aside)
She was very strange. When she saw a man, she always went forward, winked at them, and showed them a big smile. But, all of men just ran away very very fast. She really felt lonely. This made her sad, and then she often wandered in the dormitory, even in the midnight. One day, she was found dead below the bridge. And her face was gone.
Ken: Do you know where the bridge is?
Jessica: Maybe it is located……ha ha
Jeanette: Oh, no…can we stop this subject?
Mandy: In front of our room?
Ken: Hey~ you got it…
Jessica: Wait! I want to go to the toilet. (Jessica looks uncomfortable)
Jeanette: Hey girl! Are you scared? You are so afraid that you wanna go to the toilet
(Ken and Mandy laugh)
Jessica: Are you kidding? Oh oh…no… (Rush out the room)
(Jeanette. Ken. Mandy feel so bored and they try to do something interesting, so they start to play cards.)
SCENCE III
(The true roommate wakes up)
Dorice: Hey, what are you talking about?
(Ken. Jeanette. Mandy look at Dorice with pale and keep a long silence that nobody dares to break the quiet)
Dorice: You all look so scared.
Ken: We are talking about the ghost story in the dormitory.
Dorice: Are you? So you skip the class, too. Ha ha…
Jeanette: Wait a minute. You…you…you went out to the bathroom. Are you always here?
Dorice: I have slept on my bed for a long time. I was awake by your noise. What happened? (Stretching herself)
Mandy: Oh my ~ who is the person talked with us? (A little shocked)
Ken: Ah~
Jeanette: I…I…I am so scared!
Dorice: Shut up!!
(The ghost comes back)
Jessica: Everybody~ I come back~
Jeanette: Oh no~ don’t get closed to me.
Mandy: Leave me alone. (Shouted)
Jessica: I…I…I just…
Ken: You…you leave here right now!
Jessica: I just want to make friends with you.
Mandy: You don’t belong here. Get out here!
Jessica: I don’t want to hurt you…
Ken: But you are…
Jessica: We chatted happily, didn’t we?
Jeanette: Stop it, please…
Jessica: All right, I’ll leave here.
(The ghost leaves)
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