Characters
Cammie-around nineteen, trying to get ready for a party
Angela-around nineteen, also trying to get ready for a party
Two off stage voices (both female)
Set
The only set we used was a wooden door center stage, a table on one side with make-up, brushed, other getting ready things, and a table on the other side with a phone and a chair beside it. Set can be more elaborate if desired.
(There is a door center stage. It is the door to the bathroom. Angela stands on one side, getting ready for her date. Cammie stands on the other side, needing to get in. On Cammie's side is a table with a phone and a large, heavy chair. Cammie bangs on the door. Through out the scene, Cammie gets madder and madder, banging harder, trying to get in the locked door. Angela stays in the bathroom, brushing her hair, putting on make-up, jewellery, etc.)
Cammie: Come on, Angela!! You've been in there two hours!! What in the world are you doing??!!
Angela: Getting ready for the party.
Cammie: Yeah, for two hours??!! I have to go to this party too. I need to use the bathroom! Please Angela!!
Angela: This is not the only bathroom, Cammie.
Cammie: Yeah - Mika's in one, and Katherine's in the other one. There's a fraternity party tonight - we all need to get ready. You can't hog the bathroom. Please, Angela?? I really need to get ready. I only have an hour!
Angela: Oh well, guess you should have thought ahead.
Cammie: How the hell was I supposed to know it would take you a lifetime to get ready to go out! Come on…We're supposed to be there in an hour…I really need to get ready…
(Cammie's tone changes to more whining)
Cammie: Please, Angela? Please……? Angela: No. You and Matt have been dating for who knows how long, but I don't have a boyfriend. I need to look fabulous for this. Matt doesn't care how you look. You could look like a rat and he would still love you.
Cammie: But, I want to look nice. Please, Angela…I really need to get in!
Angela: Nope. Sorry!
(Cammie gives a loud huff and sits in the chair. After a second, she stands up and pounds on the door again.)
Cammie: Puhleeez!!???
Angela: Go bother Mika or Katherine, why don't you?
Cammie: Cause Mika is in her bathroom getting ready for the party, and Katherine locked herself in the other one - some problem with Michael. Remember? We're supposed to share this one? Please, Angela…come on!
Angela: No, Cammie! How many times do I have to tell you? No!
Cammie: I really need to get in…I have less than an hour to get ready and I really need to get in there!
Angela: Use the mirror in our room!
Cammie: The lights are better in there! Besides, Gina's in our room, practising her lines with Robbie. I was kicked out.
Angela: Oh well - your problem not mine.
Cammie: Come on, Angela! Be nice for once in your life!
Angela: What's that supposed to mean?
Cammie: You always do this to me. Come on, Angela-just this once?? Remember the last party? I had fifteen minutes to get ready…and I had thirty minutes the time before that…
Angela: I still say you should just get in here earlier.
Cammie: What, so that you can kick me out and make me sit around for two hours? I would look like shit after that too.
Angela: Oh well…your problem.
(the phone rings and one of the other girls picks it up)
Off-stage voice: Cammie! It's for you!
Cammie: Thanks Laura! I got it!
(Cammie picks up the phone on the table and talks)
Cammie: Hello?…Yeah, hi Matt!…Oh, really?…Eight?…But I thought it was eight thirty?…I can't be any later?…No, no, no…Angela and I will be there…The whole house is going-except maybe Katherine…Yeah…Okay…See you at eight…Love you too…
(Cammie hangs up the phone, much more panicked than before, and bangs loudly on the door)
Cammie: It starts at eight, Angela…at eight! I have half an hour!! Please, Angela, I need to get ready!!!!
Angela: Oh well, I'm not done yet - sorry.
Cammie: Come on!
Angela: Be late!
Cammie: I don't want to be late, I promised Matt! He says he has some surprise for me or something. Please, this is the biggest frat party of the year!! Please?
Angela: Nope, don't think so. Go bother Mika.
Cammie: I swear, Angela…you have never done a nice thing in your life. Someday, somebody will pay you back, then you'll see how it feels.
Angela: Oh, I'm really scared, now…
(Cammie is very mad now. She can't do anything. She is ready to spit nails. The phone rings, and hoping it's Matt, she picks it up)
Cammie: Matt?…Oh, hi Michael…Really?…So the rumours weren't true?…Yeah, I'll call her…
(holds her hand over the phone)
Cammie: Katherine!! It's Michael!!
Off-stage voice: I don't want to talk to that jerk!!
Cammie: He says the rumours aren't true and he's sorry!
Off-stage voice: Really? I'll take it in my room.
(a door opens and Cammie hangs up the phone. Her eyes light up - there's an open bathroom now. She starts to walk off, then her eyes fall on the chair. Cammie thinks of a way to pay back Angela. She pushes the chair against the door. It's heavy, so Angela won't be able to open it. She smiles to herself and walks off-to the other bathroom. The lights dim, signalling the passing of time. A clock chimes eight o'clock.)
Off-stage voice: We're going, Cammie! You coming with us? Angela?
Cammie: Coming Laura!
Angela: Just a second!
(Angela does one last look, and turns to open the door. She can't open it because of the chair. She struggles, and then bangs on the door.)
Angela: Hey! The door's stuck!! Someone let me out!
(Cammie walks through, flipping her hair one last time, putting on her necklace. She hums to herself, Angela knows it's her)
Angela: Come on, Cammie! Let me out - the door's stuck!
Cammie: Oh well….your problem not mine!
(Angela gets mad, Cammie smiles to herself and walks off stage to go to the party)
Angel Harrison
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