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The Grunch Eperusal THE GRUNCH - ePerusal Book, Music and Lyrics by Denver Casado & Betina Hershey Additional Material by Brian Dawson ePerusal CALL FOLLOW EMAIL WEBwww.bbbpress.com These materials may be used only in conjunction with the licensed live stage performance of this play. You are prohibited under federal copyright law from using these materials without a valid and current license from Beat by Beat Press, exclusive licensing agents, and from reproducing and/or disseminating any part of these materials by any means whatsoever, including electronic transmission. Purchased by Donna Cotterell, [email protected] #9371573 THE GRUNCH - ePerusal Part 1: SHOW OVERVIEW Synopsis Song List (clickable MP3 links) Character List Part 2: FULL SCRIPT Text-Only Script with Embedded MP3 links Part 3: ACTOR BOOK PREVIEW Part 4: DIRECTOR BOOK PREVIEW Part 5: PRICING/production kit Purchased by Donna Cotterell, [email protected] #9371573 THE GRUNCH - ePerusal ePerusal Contents Part 1: Overview BASICS Length: 60-minutes Songs: 14 songs Scenes: 11 SUMMARY Inspired by “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”, THE GRUNCH tells the story of Rudy Grunch, a grumpy 6th grader who always feels like an outsider. When the entire school gets excited about the annual school musical, he comes up with a perfect plan to ruin it for everyone; he’ll steal the sets, costumes and lights the night before it opens. But will the spirit of theatre prevail? SONGS (click to play in browser) Only the Theatre for Me More Like Me We’re Gonna Write a Musical How Can a Critic Jazz Hands Three Feet Tall Three Feet Tall Playoff The Train to Whoover All Part of the Magic If You Love Something More Like Me Reprise All Part of the Magic Reprise The Whoover Musical All Part of the Magic Finale Purchased by Donna Cotterell, [email protected] #9371573 THE GRUNCH - ePerusal CHARACTERS The OUTCASTS Whoover Academy Staff Rudy Grunch Principal Augustus Mills Mrs. Woods WHoover Drama Club Theatre Critics Harper New York Times (Mrs. Grunch) Jayden NY Magazine Leslie Backstage Chris NY Post Collin Variety Rachel Critics Chorus (optional) Robyn Javier JUNIOR STARS (FLOWERS) Alex Pip Jamie Apple Allen Tot Isadora Ribbon Drama Club Chorus Junior Stars Chorus (optional) Purchased by Donna Cotterell, [email protected] #9371573 THE GRUNCH - ePerusal Part 2: FULL SCRIPT (click song titles to play MP3 in internet browser) SCENE 1 ! (On the campus of WHOOVER ACADEMY. It’s the first day of school. HARPER and ! JAYDEN enter from opposite sides of the stage. HARPER is carrying a large binder of ! playbills and wearing large, over-the-ear headphones. JAYDEN runs up to HARPER ! when she notices him.) !!JAYDEN What’s up Harper?! How was your summer? ! (HARPER nods to the music, not hearing her. JAYDEN mistakenly thinks he’s nodding to her.) !! ! JAYDEN Did your family take your annual road trip around the country checking out musicals? ! (HARPER nods to the music.) ONLY !!JAYDEN That’s awesome...I wish I could’ve gone. I bet you guys saw the touring production of WICKED? ! (HARPER nods to the music.) !!JAYDEN Aww, you’re SO lucky! Did your mom buy you the 5th Anniversary Special Edition CD? ! (HARPER continues to nod. JAYDEN begins to notice something is wrong.) !! ! ! JAYDEN Um...Harper?? HARPER! DUDE! Take your headphones off for once! ! !!HARPER (finally noticing him) Oh, Jayden, hey! Sorry, my mom just bought me the Wicked 5th Anniversary Special Edition CD! SoooooPERUSAL good!!! ! ! JAYDEN Well, glad to see you haven’t changed. !!HARPER You gotta see my newest signed playbill... !! Purchased by Donna Cotterell, [email protected] #9371573 THE GRUNCH - ePerusal !!JAYDEN Whoa...so how many playbills does that make now? !!HARPER Thirteen...hundred! ! (RUDY GRUNCH, a grumpy 6th grader, saunters by.) !!JAYDEN Grunch! You gotta check this out.... ! (They show him the binder.) !!GRUNCH Eh....So, wait. You’re telling me that you spent the WHOLE summer driving around the country watching musicals? !!JAYDEN Yea, isn’t Harper the luckiest?! !!GRUNCH More like the lamest. Sounds like torture to me! Why couldn’t you spend your summer like a normal kid, Facebook-ing, playing video games, hanging out byONLY the pool? ONLY THE THEATRE FOR ME ! (HARPER grabs GRUNCH by the shoulders and walks him downstage.) !!HARPER Oh, Grunch, you just don’t understand. !!HARPER ALL SUMMER LONG WHILE YOU’RE STUCK AT THE POOL I’M SINGING BROADWAY ALL DAY PRACTICING LINES, GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL WHERE I’LL BE REHEARSING THE NEXT WHOOVER PLAY CUZ I COME ALIVE IN THE SPOTLIGHT! WHEN THE CURTAIN GOES UP, THINGS FEEL RIGHT! SO YOU SPEND YOUR SUMMER HOWEVER YOU PLEASE BUTPERUSAL IT’S ONLY THE THEATER FOR ME ! (The CURTAIN opens to reveal the entire WHOOVER DRAMA GROUP, arriving for their ! first day of school. HARPER and JAYDEN interact with each group as the song ! progresses, dragging GRUNCH along.) !!HARPER Hey everyone! You guys all ready for this year’s show?! Purchased by Donna Cotterell, [email protected] #9371573 THE GRUNCH - ePerusal !!DRAMA GROUP Yeah! Whoo hoo! etc. ! ! COLLIN (Obsessed with Shakespeare.) A thespian is ALWAYS ready! !!JAMIE (The costume designer.) I’ve totally been tracking all the latest costume trends from Paris. !!LESLIE (The leading lady.) I watched every Meryl Streep movie they have on NetFlix. !!GRUNCH (Walking off.) That’s my cue...have fun “pretending” guys. !!HARPER (Grabbing him and bringing him back.) Grunch, c’mon! You gotta join the club this year...it’s going to be amazing! !!DRAMA GROUP PICTURE THE AUDIENCE UP ON THEIR FEET YELLING AND CLAPPING FOR MORE PICTURE YOUR HEART, HOW IT’S SKIPPING A BEAT YOU’RE RIGHT WHERE YOU WANTED TO BE, YEAH,ONLY YOU SOAR CUZ WE COME ALIVE IN THE SPOTLIGHT WHEN THE CURTAIN GOES UP, THINGS FEEL RIGHT IF YOU WANNA SKIP IT, WELL, WE WON’T MAKE A FUSS BUT IT’S ONLY THE THEATER FOR US ! JAYDEN ME, I LOVE ALL THE JOY OF DISCOVERING HOW OUR CHARACTERS FEEL ! RACHEL, ALLEN WE BUILD SETS, FOCUS LIGHTS WHILE UNCOVERING WHAT MAKES THEATER SEEM REAL ! ! COLLIN SHAKESPEARE’S WISDOM, TO BE OR NOT TO BE YEAH, THAT MAKES ME COMPLETE ! PERUSALLESLIE & JAVIER THE PEOPLE SIT THERE STARING ! JAMIE WHILE ALL OF US ARE SHARING ! ! ALEX, ISADORA, CHRIS A SONG AND DANCE SO DARING Purchased by Donna Cotterell, [email protected] #9371573 THE GRUNCH - ePerusal ! ALL REAL LIFE JUST CAN’T COMPETE! !! !!GRUNCH I will never, EVER have anything to do with your silly, fluffy plays! ! (GRUNCH sees MILLS, his younger cousin, who walks on.) !!GRUNCH Mills, let’s go. (GRUNCH & MILLS run off.) !!HARPER Don’t worry, they’ll come around. It’s SO good to be back together again! ! ALL UP ON THE STAGE YOU CAN BE SOMEONE NEW VILLAIN, OR HERO OR BRAT CHANGE YOUR WHOLE BODY, YOUR CHARACTER, TOO NOTHING I KNOW COULD FEEL BETTER THAN THATONLY CUZ WE COME ALIVE IN THE SPOTLIGHT WHEN THE CURTAIN GOES UP, THINGS FEEL RIGHT WE STUDY EACH DAY SO WE’RE FULLY EQUIPPED TO BE WHAT WE’VE DREAMT WE WILL BE ! JAYDEN, LESLIE, CHRIS, ALEX, ISADORA, ROBYN MAGICAL! ! RACHEL, JAMIE BEAUTIFUL! ! COLLIN, JAVIER DANGEROUS! ! HARPER SPECTACULAR! ! ALL DRAMA GROUP PERFECTLY FREE! CUZ IT’S ONLY THE THEATER, ONLY THE THEATER YESPERUSAL IT’S ONLY THE THEATER FOR ME! Purchased by Donna Cotterell, [email protected] #9371573 THE GRUNCH - ePerusal SCENE 2 ! (Under the bleachers in the school gymnasium. GRUNCH and MILLS have made it their ! LAIR.) ! ! GRUNCH At last! We’re away from that nonsense. All of these theater wanna-be’s singing and dancing are missing the entire point of what it means to be alive! Life is painful, it’s ugly, it’s disappointing...the exact opposite of a musical! ! ! MILLS They do have beautiful costumes every year. ! ! GRUNCH Oh sure, beautiful costumes, and incredible sets, and sparkly lights....why don’t people appreciate true talent! Like the fact that I won the Whoover regional chess tournament last year. Did I get a write-up in the paper? Did I get flowers and balloons? Did I get hundreds of people showing up to my match and a standing ovation? No!! ! ! MILLS I was there. ONLY ! ! GRUNCH Of course you were, you’re my little cousin - Aunt Cathy says you have to stick with me. !!MILLS I just don’t get what bothers you so much about school musicals? !!GRUNCH Where do I start?! The auditions, the fundraising, the endless morning announcements! ! ! MORE LIKE ME Oh Mills...I can already see it. !!GRUNCH ! FIRST A CROWD RUSHING UP TO FIND OUT WHO’S BEEN CAST ! AS IF NOTHING ELSE MATTERS AT ALL ! THEN A GASP AND A SHRIEK AS THEY FIND OUT AT LAST ! THEYPERUSAL GOT IN. THEN THEY FAINT IN THE HALL !!(Mockingly) ! “OH, I DREAMT ABOUT THIS THE WHOLE SUMMER ! AND AT LAST I AM FIN’LLY A STAR. !! !!MILLS ! I’M SO GLAD I GOT CAST ! OOH, I’M HAVING BLAST!” Purchased by Donna Cotterell, [email protected] #9371573 THE GRUNCH - ePerusal !!GRUNCH ! DON’T YOU FIND THEIR EXUBERANCE BIZARRE..!!!! ! THEY TAKE OVER THE GYM AND THE HALLS AND THE YARD ! AS IF NOBODY ELSE NEEDS THE SPACE ! THEY THINK EVERYONE’S GLAD BUT THEIR LOGIC IS MARRED ! EVEN IF IT’S JUST ME THEY DISPLACE ! “OH, I LOVE MY WHOLE CAST AND DIRECTOR ! YES, I FEEL LIKE WE’RE REALLY A TEAM !!MILLS ! EVERY DAY WE REHEARSE ! MEMORIZING EACH VERSE” !!GRUNCH ! IT’S ENOUGH TO MAKE ME WANNA SCREAM ! AHHHHH! !!APPLE (popping head onstage) Hey, you have a really powerful voice, you should join the school musical! ! (GRUNCH stomps toward APPLE which scares her away.)ONLY !!GRUNCH Out! ! ! MILLS I sill don’t understand why you’re so angry..isn’t your aunt a theatre critic in New York? !! !!GRUNCH That’s the other side of the family...wait a second...Mills, you’re brilliant!!! I can use her to ruin the musical forever! ! ! MILLS What?! !!GRUNCH Yes...I’ll get my aunt to come see the musical, and somehow, someway, I’ll make sure they get the worst review ever! I’ve got it..
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