ACT I
Setting: We open on a sleepy Thursday morning on the 8th of September as students file into their desks in Mrs. Gill’s classroom located in the West Hall of John F. Kennedy High School.
Costumes: plaid skirts, kakis, and polo shorts
Lighting: slightly dimmed with a sleepy atmosphere to it
Father Bob: (over the intercom) says prayer for today which happens to be Hail Mary, the usual prayer that we recite at the beginning of class
Mrs. Gill: Edits the objective and agenda on the whiteboard for our class so that it is properly updated and then writes out the homework. (no worries, it’s her own personal homework to grade papers, none for us fortunately)
Jake, Cody, Lauren, and Emily M.: do a brief presentation featuring a PowerPoint and a homemade poster showing the class what freedom means to them
Class: oooohh, aaaahh! *amazement*
Mrs. Gill: Adds that freedom is also internal qualities and that freedom is the foundation for our nation and reminds us to be taking notes
Sam, Marc, Abby, Max: do an in-depth presentation that not only has a colorful poster but a Cloudtag and a PowerPoint. The main ideas were equality among race, gender, sexuality, and even animals
INTERMISSION
*Katy suddenly notices that there is yet again another fish floating at the top of the tank… I guess equality doesn’t apply to him anymore*
*Audience weeps*
ACT II
Sam: discovers that he cannot read his own writing! *gasp*
Marc: steps in to the rescue *applause* but finds it difficult himself to also read Sam’s chicken scratch
Mrs. Gill: adds equality of opportunity, law and justice and then claims there are “bees in her bonnet”
*audience is puzzled*
Mrs. Gill: confessed that she has no feelings for animals whatsoever and slits cow’s throats in her spare time.
*gasp*
*audience silently boo’s and give a thumbs-down*
Frankie, Joe, Kate, Maddie and Anne: show their presentation of strength, with a huge colorful poster using quotes from Mother Teresa along with dictionary.com for a resource
Frankie & Joe: Star in a solo movie displaying strength with inspired narration from Chicago, a popular poem using their fists and big metal hammers (the correct power-tool word escapes me) Sledgehammer maybe? to get their idea across. (And their offer to do credits is declined)
SUDDENLY!
*Magically, a cup of coffee spontaneously appears on the other side of the classroom door!*
*Mrs. Gill goes to retrieve it. Could this be considered one of the “cool new superpowers” that the class has recently journaled about?*
(It certainly wouldn’t be Frankie’s “cool” superpower. We know that for sure.)
Kristen, Emily T., Will and myself: do the last presentation on Pleasure while Mrs. Gill adds a few last notes while the class rushes to the next period.
Mrs. Gill reminds us that we have Resourcefulness and Success presentations still tomorrow
THE CURTAIN CLOSES ENDING THE PLAY
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