The Tunnels

10-6-2013

Characters:

Everyone

Kamile

Mom

Ashley

Little Girl

Setting: Chuck E. Cheese

There is stage is covered in pink and white balloons,streamers, and a pile of gifts in the upper right hand corner. There is also a large table on the right side of the stage. My friends and family are all sitting around me, as a sit in the middle with a birthday hat on.In the background on the left side of the stage, are large,colorful tunnels, cloaked in shadow.

(Enter Mom stage left with the birthday cake, everyone sings.)

Everyone: Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you...

There is a slight rattle in the background from the tunnels. Kamile looks back anxiously, then adjusts her birthday hat and continues to smile.

Everyone:Happy Birth-day dear Kamiiiiiii-le. Happy Birthday to yooooooooooou!

Mom puts down the cake and begins cutting it. Everyone begins chatting. Kamile looks around for her little brother who seems to be missing from the table.Kamile turns to her cousin on the left side of her.

Kamile:Ashley, do you know where my brother is?

Ashley: No idea.

I turn to my Mom.

Kamile: Mom, where is Jonathan?

Mom: (distracted) I dunno. Maybe in the tunnels or something...

Kamile:Mom he's only two! He can't go up there! He'll get lost forever!

Mom:Well just go get him then.

(Mom exits stage right)

Ashley leans over to me.

Ashley:Kamile you have to go get Jonathan out of there. There's going to be an earthquake!

Me: But I can't fit up there! I'm eight years old!

Ashley: I can't go get him, I'm bigger than you. Just do it.

Me:But I'm scared...

Ashley: You're always scared. Just go!

The party scene fades away. The large tunnels come into the foreground. The front of the tunnel is cut away so that the audience can see me crawling through. The tunnel begins on the left side of the stage and continues until the middle and cuts off. On the right side of the stage there is a large dark space, with the sounds of boiling water. Kamile crawls through cautiously. Then Kamile stops. It's too dark.

Kamile: I want to go back...

Suddenly a girl grabs on to the edge of the tunnel screaming.

Little Girl: Help Me! Please!

Kamile grabs her hand and pulled her into the space of yellow. The girl covered her face while hysterically crying.

Kamile: Are you ok? What happened?

Little Girl: She almost got me!

Me: Who?

Little Girl: The witch in the black tunnel! She eats children!

The little girl removes her hand from the left side of her face. Her skin is partially melted away and bleeding.

Little Girl: I want my Mommy!

Kamile: Your face! What happened?

Little Girl: The witch... she tried to put me in the boiling pot, but the lights helped me run away!

Kamile: Lights?

Little Girl:They are in the corner of the house, sometimes they make you disappear...I want to go home.

Kamile: Don't worry. You can leave that way.

The Little Girl starts crawling quickly behind Kamile.

Kamile:Wait! Have you seen a toddler? He has fair skin, light brown eyes, and a lot of hair?

The Little Girl nods yes.

Little Girl: The witch is trying to eat him.