A PLAY OUTLINE
Title : THE MAGIC RING
Recommended Age Group: Level 2 or 3
Characters:
Lisa is a 13-year-old girl, extrovert and friendly.
Lisa’s best friend: Mary, sensible and intelligent.
Lisa’s classmates: Amely, Mark, Paul, Tom, Anne and Susan.
Lisa’s parents: Brian and Ruth, understanding and supportive.
Sargeant Shaw, suspicious at first but then helpful and cooperative.
Monica: a mentally disturbed classmate.
Synopsis:
Lisa finds a mysterious ring which allows her to see unimportant bits of the near future of her friends. She becomes a “fortune teller” overnight. At first, she is really excited about her new powers, she becomes very popular and enjoys this new “game” but then she will start feeling more and more stressed out , unable to focus on her own life until finally she discovers her terrible fate: she is going to be killed by a classmate.
Character Objectives
At first, Lisa and her friends just want to have fun. Then they realise it is not a game any more and become aware of the terrible consequences for Lisa. They are willing to help her, specially her best friend Mary.
Lisa’s parents’concern is their daughter’s well-being. They want her to be normal again.
The Sargeant and the policemen want to protect Lisa.
Monica wants to get attention by killing her friend.
Scene Breakdown
Scene 1: Lisa and her friend Mary are walking in the park when Lisa finds a strange ring that she puts on her finger. It fits perfectly. When Mary touches it, it glows and Lisa gets in a state of shock. After a few minutes, she gets back to reality and tells her she has seen Paul is going to ask her for a date.
Scene 2: the next day in the morning Paul is waiting for Mary at school. He tells her he likes her and wants to date her. She is thrilled. She can’t believe it. She runs to tell Lisa and all her friends about Lisa’s new powers.
Scene 3: Anne, Susan, Mark, Tom and Amely touch Lisa’s ring and everytime the ring blows, she can see bits of their future: Anne will fail the English exam, Susan will be given a surprise party by her parents, Mark will pass maths, Tom will win a race competition and Amelly will date Steven.
Scene 4: All the predictions become true. We know because they will tell her the next day at school. For them it is a game.
Scene 5: As the time goes by, Lisa feels more and more stressed out. She can’t focus on anything. She doesn’t know what to do. She talks to her best friends about it. They decide to tell Lisa’s parents.
Scene 6: at home, Lisa and her best friends tell Lisa’s parents about her powers. They are shocked and worried. After some discussion, they convince her to get rid of her ring. When she is pulling out her ring it starts glowing and she sees that Monica jealous of her popularity is shooting at her at the playground.
Scene 7: at the police station, Sergeant Shaw listens to the entire story. He believes her and her parents and decides two policemen disguised as teachers will escort her while she is at school.
Scene 8: a few days later, the policemen arrest Monica when she was going to shoot Lisa.
Scene 9: Lisa, her parents and all her friends throw away the ring to the river Manzanares , kiss each other and go out to celebrate they are normal people again.
Class organization
There are 14 different characters. I could create more or fewer characters by making more or fewer friends depending on the number of students. If it is a large class we could have the same performance played by two different groups of students.
