Heart Drama
Characters
- Girl with heart
- Photographer
- Guitar player
- Basketball star
- Romeo with flower
- Flirt with shawl
- Jesus
- Guitarist for musical accompaniment and sound effects
Props
- 2 chairs
- 1 small table with big knife on it
- Photography equipment, magazine
- Guitar
- Flower (for Romeo)
- Shawl (for Flirt)
- 1 red heart with a white cross on it
- 1 red heart for shredding
- Noise maker (for breaking window)
Script
- Introduction
- Girl enters holding red heart to her chest. She is contented and
joyful.
- Photographer
- Photographer approaches taking photos. He sees Girl and
approaches her with a fashion magazine, offering her fame and popularity. Girl
agrees. "BUT FIRST, YOUR HEART" is mimed. Girl exchanges her heart for fame.
Photographer shows Girl the pose he wants her to give, then helps as she tries
to copy him. Just as he is about to take the photo, she sneezes, ruining the
photo. He decides to try again, and rearranges her pose. Girl is distracted by
a fly just as he is taking the photo. Upset, Photographer crumples the heart
and thrusts it onto the floor at Girl's feet.
- Girl uncrumples her heart, feeling rejected.
- Guitarist
- Guitarist comes on playing rocking music. Girl hears and wants
to try to play. She asks to try the guitar. Guitarist mimes, "BUT FIRST, YOUR
HEART." Remembering her previous hurt, she declines. Guitarist starts playing
again. She is tempted and asks him again if she can play. Again he mimes, "BUT
FIRST, YOUR HEART. She agrees hesitantly. Guitarist guides Girl to chair where
he gives her the guitar and positions her fingers, showing her how to strum.
She strums beautifully at first, to his satisfaction, but then plays wildly,
making a dreadful noise. Angry, Guitarist stops her playing and shows her the
right way again. Again, she plays well at first, but gets wild and noisy after
a couple of strums. Guitarist stops her playing and pulls out her heart. He
shows it to the audiences and then crumples it before her eyes and throws it to
the ground. Guitarist grabs his guitar out of her hands and stomps off the
stage.
- Girl uncrumples her heart, very sadly.
- Basketball Star
- Basketball star enters bouncing an imaginary basketball (sound
effects should be coordinated with the movement of bouncing the ball). Girl is
overwhelmed with curiosity. She taps the Basketball star on the shoulder and
asks to try bouncing the ball. He mimes, "BUT FIRST, YOUR HEART." Girl
declines. Basketball star continues to bounce his ball. Again, eager to play,
Girl approaches the Star and asks for ball. He repeats his request for the
heart. Girl stops to ponder whether she should give it or not, and Star loses
patience and starts to leave her alone. Quickly, she makes up her mind and
chases him, offering the heart. Player gives her the ball and demonstrates how
she should bounce it. On first try, she just drops the ball and it rolls away.
She quickly retrieves it. On second try, she bounces it too hard and it flies
into the audience. Star whistles for the ball to be thrown back to him and
catches it. He demonstrates again showing her fancy under-the-leg moves. On
third try, Girl bounces ball, then tries the under-the-leg trick. Ball sails
out of control through a window (sound effects). Angry and disgusted, Star
crumples heart, throws it on the ground and stomps on heart.
- Girl uncrumples her heart, sad and broken.
- Romeo
- Romeo with flower walks up to a table and begins to groom
himself as in a mirror. When he thinks he looks really good, he puts a flower
in his lapel and goes out. As he walks along, he sees Girl and falls instantly
in love. He approaches her, offering the flower. As she goes to take it, he
pulls it away, demanding her heart first. After her painful experiences, she
immediately and flatly refuses. Dumbfounded, Romeo stumbles backward and tries
to think of another approach. He comes to her again, this time smelling the
flower deeply. She is tempted and goes to sniff and take the flower, but he
pulls it from her grasp before she can get it. Again he mimes, "BUT FIRST, YOUR
HEART." Again, with great force, she rejects him. Again he stumbles back,
unable to understand the rejection. The last time, he approaches her with
flower in hand and falls on one knee at her feet. With this gesture, Girl's
resolve melts and she goes to take the flower. Again he pulls it away, asking
for the heart first. After brief consideration, she agrees and they exchange
heart for flower. Romeo escorts Girl to a restaurant table and orders two
drinks for them. As they drink and talk, Flirt walks across the stag. Romeo
follows her with his whole attention. Girl notices and slaps his leg sharply.
Romeo repents of his lapse of attention and again pays attention to Girl. Flirt
walks back across the stage dropping her shawl just in front of Romeo. He jumps
up, picks up the shawl and runs after her. Telling Flirt to wait for him, Romeo
goes back to Girl, who waits at the table shocked and hurt. He takes out the
heart and very deliberately tears it into pieces. He then drops it to the
ground, grabs the flower from her hand and leaves with Flirt on his arm.
- Girl
- Girl alone with her broken heart sinks to the floor on her knees,
examining the pieces in despair. Crying, she suddenly gets the idea of suicide.
Taking the knife off the table, she very slowly and deliberately takes it in
both hands and positions it above her head ready to strike her dead. Just as
she is about to make the final thrust, Jesus' hand intercepts. Her hands slip
from the knife and she crumbles down in deep sadness. Jesus touches her
shoulder, pointing to the shattered heart. She shows him that it is broken and
goes back to her crying. He kneels down and again asks her to give him her
heart. Not understanding why he would want the broken heart, she gives it to
him and returns to her crying. He produces a new heart (with cross on it) and
gives it to her in return. She looks at it in disbelief, which quickly turns to
joy and amazement. Both stand to their feet and Girl follows Jesus off the
stage.
This document copyright (c) 1995 by Mathew Pole. Reproduction and/or
distribution for non-commercial purposes is permissible providing that
the drama is left fully intact. Permission is given to modify the
drama for personal use, under the condition that the changes are not
redistributed. Please send additions or corrections to
Mathew and Paulyn Pole (mathew.paulyn@iname.com)
Last changed: Saturday 12 August 1995