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Bullies in the Hall

Musicalby

Geraldine Ann Snyder

© The Dramatic Publishing Company

Musical. Book, music and lyrics by Geraldine Ann Snyder. Cast: 3m., 3w., up to 20+ extras. This musical, which empow-ers its young audience to disarm the bullies in their school, is the story of a group of students at Woodruff High and how they learn to deal with the constant and mean-spirit-ed bullying behavior that has become the norm, including cyber-bullying. We meet cheerleaders Brianna and Megan and star athletes Buster and Jondo—all school bullies. The boys relentlessly target the intelligent and studious Hum-phrey Chastain, while the girls go after Flo Elkins for her appearance and her hopes of winning a major singing com-petition. When Miss Dentler, their teacher, observes Hum-phrey ranting against the bullying, she calls all the students into her room for a meeting. Miss Dentler asks them to help stop the bullying and shares with them that she was bullied when she was in school. She is called to the office and leaves the students with much to think about. Once the students are left alone to talk to one another and share their personal lives, they start to realize that they aren’t so different from one another after all. They also realize that school should be a safe place for everyone and that they have the power to make it so. “There for You” is sung by the entire cast, con-firming their commitment to put an end to bullying and to support one another. Area staging. Approximate running time: 50 minutes. Code: BG5.

Bullies in the Hall

Blue Apple Players (A.P.P.L.E. INC.), Louisville, Kentucky. Fall tour, 2010. (l-r) DeAldon R. Watson and Dustin Cunningham.

Cover photo: Marty Pearl. Cover design: Susan Carle.

Printed on recycled paper

Dramatic Publishing311 Washington St.

Woodstock, IL 60098 phone: 800-448-7469

815-338-7170www.dramaticpublishing.com

ISBN 10: 1-58342-721-XISBN 13: 978-1-58342-721-7


BUL LIES IN THE HALL

Book, mu sic and lyr icsby

GERALDINE ANN SNYDER

Dra matic Pub lish ingWoodstock, Il li nois • Aus tra lia • New Zea land • South Af rica


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Bul lies in the Hall was first pro duced by the Blue Ap -ple Play ers, Lou is ville, Ken tucky, Sep tem ber 2110 and re -staged in May of 2011. Both pro duc tions were di rected byPaul Lenzi.

CAST (in or der of ap pear ance)

Prin ci pal Watts (voiceover) . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim MathistadAn nie Givan (voiceover) . . . . . . . . . . . An nie Givan SmithMegan O’Mal ley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mera Kathryn CorlettBrianna An der son. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Triza CoxBuster Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Goodloe IIIJondo Bronner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tay lor Camp bellHumphrey Chastain . . . . . . . . . . . . Miguel Everett WalkerMiss Dentler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geraldine Ann Snyder

PRO DUC TION AND AD MIN IS TRA TIVE STAFF

Ex ec u tive Di rec tor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul LenziAr tis tic Di rec tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geraldine Ann SnyderMu si cal Di rec tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim MathistadSound En gi neer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Da vid PuryearOr ches tra tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob RamseyCho re og ra phy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Di ane Cham bersSet De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ger ald KeanMan ager of Grants & Spe cial Pro jects . . . . . Matilda Wells

An drewsMar ket ing & Sales Di rec tor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . An nie SmithBusi ness Man ager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trina DiehlEd u ca tion Di rec tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather BurnsEd u ca tion As so ci ate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gina Theresa CistoPro duc tion Pho tog ra pher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marty Pearl

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The fol low ing in di vid u als served as tech ni cal ad vi sors forBul lies in the Hall:

Cheryl Dolson - Re source Teacher, Safe and Drug-FreeSchools, Jef fer son County Pub lic Schools

Jeff Koehl - Be hav ior Spe cial ist, Stu dent Re la tions andSafety, Jef fer son County Pub lic Schools

Jenny Sor rels - Be hav ior Spe cial ist, Stu dent Re la tions andSafety, Jef fer son County Pub lic Schools

Nancy B. DeLaney, M.Ed - Li censed Psy cho log i calAs so ci ate

Tom D. Rob bins, Ph.D. - Di rec tor of Coun sel ing, Safe andDrug-Free Schools, Arch di o cese of Lou is ville

Tony Belak - Om buds man, Uni ver sity of Lou is ville

Dan Kirkbride - Seven Coun ties Ser vices


MU SI CAL NUM BERS

1. WOOD RUFF HIGH

2. SU PER STAR

3. OH NO IT’S FLO

4. BUL LIES

5. MISS DENTLER’S SONG

6. THERE FOR YOU

7. THERE FOR YOU RE PRISE

NOTE ON LYR ICS: Ital i cized lyr ics through out playbookare meant to be spo ken in rhythm.


BUL LIES IN THE HALL

CHAR AC TERS(in or der of ap pear ance)

VOICEOVER PRIN CI PAL WATTSVOICEOVER STU DENT AN NIE GIVANMEGAN O’MAL LEYBRIANNA (BREE-BREE) AN DER SONBUSTER PHILLIPSJONDO BRONNERHUMPHREY CHASTAINMISS DENTLER

This pro duc tion was orig i nally writ ten for a pro fes sionalcast of six. How ever, cast can be ex panded by add ing a di -verse CHO RUS con sist ing of all or any of the fol low ing:

MEM BERS of var i ous sports teams in uni form (m & f)STU DENTSCHEER LEAD ERSCOACHESFAC ULTY


BRIANNA. Wait! Wait! You’ve got to see this one!MEGAN. It’s just like Natalie Ho gan to send pho tos like

this to Jondo Bronner.BRIANNA. She’s dy ing to hook up with him.MEGAN. OH NO! You won’t be lieve this shot!

(BRIANNA re acts in shock.

EN TER JONDO and BUSTER cross ing to lock ers UR.)

BRIANNA. Her dad is my youth min is ter! You know he’sbound to see these. Oooh… He’s gonna be mad! (Sheraises hand then “hits but ton” on cell phone.) - ve woN ery body’s got them!

(MEGAN and BRIANNA laugh as JONDO andBUSTER re act lust fully to a beau ti ful girl. CHO - er SUR acts as well.)

This opening scene from Bullies in the Hall depicts a regular school day. Bells ring, the hallways are full, and the same students are getting taunted and bullied as usual by a group of arrogant sports stars and their admirers. The targets are a “big” girl, Flo Elkins (unseen by the audience), and a member of the “Mathlete Club,” Humphrey Chastain. Today is also the day the winner of “America’s Best Teen Singer” competition is announced.


MEGAN (an noyed). Did you see what just walked by?BRIANNA (jeal ously). It’s Candy. She has no friends!

(Re main der of CHO RUS be gin EX IT ING.)

MEGAN. Look, Brianna! It’s Jondo and Buster. Let’s gocon grat u late them on all the awards they won at thegame.

BRIANNA. Okay, but let me do it first! Pleeeease!MEGAN. Sure. Is my hair OK?BRIANNA. Per fect. Is mine?MEGAN. Per fect!MEGAN & BRIANNA. Let’s go!

(SFX: OUT.)

BRIANNA. Hello, Jondo! Hi, Buster!BUSTER. Hellooo, Bree, Megan.JONDO. Hey! That was a good time af ter the game.

Wasn’t it? We brought the zoom into that room!MEGAN. You al ways do! Ev ery body could n’t wait for the

team to get there.BRIANNA. I wanted to per son ally con grat u late you,

Jondo, for win ning MVP again! And both of you forthe best win ever!

MEGAN. My dad al ways loved go ing to the games.BRIANNA. Did you have any idea what was go ing on in

the bleach ers?BUSTER. Danny Metcaff told us he and Jennifer got it…

(JONDO nudges BUSTER in the side to keep himquiet.) …uh…said they liked the game.

BRIANNA. I’ve never seen the bleach ers so wild!

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JONDO. That’s all we’ve been told. Right, Buster.BUSTER. Ev ery body was happy!MEGAN. Be sides the game, ev ery one was talk ing about

the au di tions for “Amer ica’s Best Teen Sing ers.”BRIANNA. They’re sup posed to con tact the schools and

an nounce the win ners to day!JONDO. Who was there?BRIANNA. I was…and Megan, of course. We sang to -

gether.MEGAN. We were great!BRIANNA. Any body who is any body at our school was

there.MEGAN. So were a lot of no bod ies! (She and BRIANNA

laugh.)JONDO. Like who?BRIANNA. The usual…Stan ley Conner…MEGAN. He ac tu ally thinks he can sing!BRIANNA. …Keisha Miller…MEGAN. She could never bring it.BRIANNA (to AU DI ENCE). And OMG!JONDO. Who? What?MEGAN & BRIANNA. Flo Elkins!JONDO & BUSTER (to AU DI ENCE). Flo Elkins?JONDO. No! No! Not that cow!BUSTER. No she did n’t!MEGAN. Oh, yes she did!BRIANNA. She stood right up in front of ev ery body…MEGAN. Look ing like she al ways does…ALL (to AU DI ENCE). Oink! (ALL laugh.)BRIANNA. Nobody liked it.MEGAN. I could tell the judges did n’t like it ei ther!BRIANNA. It was so em bar rass ing.

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BUSTER. Don’t look…but there she is now. (ALL “see”FLO right, above AU DI ENCE.) I don’t want her to seeme. she gives me the creeps!

JONDO (loudly so FLO can hear). Flo Elkins is in lovewith you, Buster!

BUSTER. Tank it, Jondo! Don’t for get, Neela John sonkeeps texting me about you!

JONDO. Hey, Flo! You look like a Mac truck!ALL (mime a trucker’s “pull” of the horn). Honk! Honk!

(ALL laugh.)MEGAN. What’s the mat ter? Cat got your tongue,

Chubby?BRIANNA. Look at her just stand ing there pre tend ing to

text some body!

(EN TER HUMPHREY car ry ing back pack, pa pers andread ing a book.)

MEGAN. OH NO! Here co mes Humphrey Chastain! Hewas at the au di tions too.

BUSTER. Humphrey Dumphrey? What did he do?BRIANNA. He tried to do some kind of “rap,” “hip-hop”

or “rock” song? I don’t know! It was so far be yond piti -ful…about magic wands, stu pid stuff like him…no body got it.

JONDO. Humphrey Dumphrey sang?!MEGAN. If you want to call it that!

(ALL laugh ing.)

BUSTER. Hey, let’s have some fun!JONDO. Who’s gonna stop us? We got the time!



BUSTER. Hey, Humphrey! Humphrey Dumphrey… Come here. I see you got a new back pack. (He takes back pack from HUMPHREY.)

HUMPHREY. Not again, you guys. Just give it to me.

(ALL sans HUMPHREY are gig gling or laugh ing, toss -ing back pack back and forth.)

BUSTER. Sure, sure. Here it is. (He feigns hand ing it, then drops back pack at HUMPHREY’s feet.) Oops! I missed! My bad.

(As HUMPHREY starts to pick up back pack, JONDOknocks HUMPHEY’s books from be hind.)

HUMPHREY. Cut it out! This is n’t funny any more…(Pick ing up be long ings.) You’ve al ready cracked thescreen on my lap top. And my sup ple men tal math books are start ing to show ex treme wear and tear.

ALL sans HUMPHREY. Math books!BUSTER. Sup ple men tal math books at that!HUMPHREY. I need them for the Mathlete Club!BUSTER. Don’t make me laugh.JONDO. The Mathlete Club is noth ing but a joke.BUSTER. Filled with ev ery geek and nerd in the school!HUMPHREY. Look what you did to my books!BUSTER. Oh, my! The “math whiz” is cry ing over his

math books.HUMPHREY. They cost my par ents a lot of money!JONDO. What kind of fool wor ries about his stu pid math

books?

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(ALL sans HUMPHREY laugh.)

HUMPHREY. From what I see of your grades in class,may I sug gest all of you start ap ply ing your self to youred u ca tion, es pe cially math.

JONDO. Math? I ap ply my self in front of the whole school ev ery week end scor ing points! I can add…ev ery body in the stands can add! That’s all I need to do to get thegrades.

BUSTER. Jondo and me… We pass ev ery class. It’s aguar an tee.

JONDO. Ev ery body knows I’m gonna make me a for tune.I’ve got schol ar ship of fers out the wazoo! Then it’s offto the pros.

BUSTER. Me, too. You read about Jondo and me prac ti -cally ev ery day! It goes with out say ing…we’re headedto the same col lege. Then it’s big-time sports!

(MU SIC #2: SU PER STAR)

(WOMEN use pre set pom pons. HUMPHREY sits atMISS DENTLER’s “desk” and reads book.

EN TER CHO RUS—di verse SPORTS TEAMS, STU -DENTS and CHEER LEAD ERS—if ap pli ca ble. CHO -RUS sings back grounds as well.)

JONDO. We’ll be mak ing mil lions of dol lars!BUSTER. On the same team, of course.JONDO. We’ll have money to last a life time!



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