ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Hocus Pocus Script
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1 UPDATED: 5/2016 ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Hocus Pocus Script © Only Make Believe 2 UPDATED: 5/2016 HOCUS POCUS Team Leader Captain/Cousin Plato/Hocus Pocus Female Actor Flight Attendant/Socrates Male Actor Flight Attendant/Mama Helios/Nike/TV Reporter SCENE 1 Pre-show music (announcements to board flights, go to gate, flights taking off etc.) Kids are boarding the plane to Coconut Island for the Helios Family Reunion. Organize the kids’ seats to resemble a plane. Actors 2&3 are flight attendants and Team Leader is Captain welcoming kids onto the plane. Showing them to their first class seats. Female Flight Attendant Hola y bienvenidos a las aerolinas OMB. Nuestra destinacion es (stamp) la Isla de Coco. Male Flight Attendant Hello and welcome to OMB Airlines. Our destination is (stamp) Coconut Island, for the Helios Family Reunion!! And now a word from our captain. Captain (Appearing above backdrop, very slowly) Hello, I am your Cousin Plato and the Captain on flight #273 to (stamp) Coconut Island . Welcome to the first class cabin of OMB Airlines. Nothing but the best for the Helios family. These are your flight attendants ________ and __________. Listen to what they have to say & have a safe flight. Female Flight Attendant Senoras y Senores…There are just a few rules before we take off. Please focus your attention on my compadre _______. (Male Flight Attendant leads the kids through the rules. Once slowly, then again a little faster. MUSIC CUE: Team Leader- Music ON) Female Flight Attendant OMB airlines flies today To the fantastico isle of Coconut Bay Male Flight Attendant Cell phones off, seats upright Puke bag ready for a bumpy flight Passport stamp; luggage stow Buckle your seat belt. Here we go Female Flight Attendant To where the suuuuun is hot and the seeeea is blue To where the Heeeelios family waits for you. 3 UPDATED: 5/2016 Male Flight Attendant Cell phones off, seats upright Puke bag ready for a bumpy flight Passport stamp; luggage stow Buckle your seat belt. Here we go Female Flight Attendant To where the suuuuun is hot and the seeeea is blue To where the Heeeelios family waits for you. Male Flight Attendant Cell phones off, seats upright Puke bag ready for a bumpy flight Male FA (cont) Female FA Passport stamp; luggage stow To where the suuun is hot and the seeeea is blue Buckle your seat belt. Here we go To where the Heelios family waits for you Female & Male FA (dancing) Sun is hot; Sea is blue Helios family waits for you (repeat) Captain (from behind the backdrop, breaking up the dance) Flight attendants!!! Prepare for take off. (Male & Female Actors take seat on trunk ) Male Flight Attendant Everyone buckle your seat belts. Captain I want to thank you for flying OMB Airlines. We know you have many travel choices out there and we are thrilled you have chosen OMB again. Gracias! Hold on. Here we go…Up, up and away!!! (MUSIC CUE: Team Leader- Take Off. Attendants lean back as they take off. After take off, Male and Female Actors Exit. ) Captain The dinner service will begin in 15 minutes. Your choices for dinner are Steak and Chicken. Who wants steak? (Yell back to the kitchen how many want steak) Who wants Chicken (Yell back to the kitchen how many want Chicken) etc… (EXITS - Slow disappear.) (MUSIC CUE: Female Actor- Shake it. Enter Mama Helios dancing, with wooden spoon in hand. She dances around and then: 4 UPDATED: 5/2016 Mama Socrates! Socrates! Mama Helios is waiting for you! I need those coconuts for the flan! (Socrates enters carrying two coconuts – put them on trunk.) Socrates Here you are, Mama! Mama Two coconuts? That’s all you picked, Socrates. Socrates I can get the rest later, Mama. (reaching for the spoon) Just a little taste of the chocolate, please. Mama (slapping his hand away) I need more than just two coconuts to make my famous coconut flan. Socrates Yes, Mama. I’ll get more later. Mama And the Helios family will be here soon. You better get busy… Socrates And when they get here, we’re going to stay up late and play and play and play. Mama Maybe. Socrates I hate that word “maybe”. Why can’t you just say “yes”? Mama Helios One day, when you’re grown up, you’ll understand. Now, what about the coconuts? Socrates I’ll get them later, I promise Mama Later, later that’s what you always say. Socrates And you know what you always say, Mama? Mama What? Socrates Remember, remember the Island Rule Picking coconuts is really cool Mama But never, ever pick the purple one Or all your dreams will come undone. Socrates Yes, Mama, I know. I know. I know. I know. Yo se. I won’t pick the purple ones. Just a little taste….please… 5 UPDATED: 5/2016 Mama (looking at her watch) Ay, ay, ay. Look at the time. Cousin Plato and the rest of the family must have landed. Ay, ay, ay. They will be waiting for us at the airport. Vamonos! (Exits) Socrates (running after her) Ok. Ok. Ok. Ok. (Plato Enters.) Plato (to kids) Wow. That was a great flight. I like flying first class, don’t you? I like flying planes, but I like to take time off every once in a while here on beautiful (stamp) Coconut Island. Where is Mama Helios? She’s late. She said she would be here to meet us and our flight was right on time -- (Mama Helios appears above backdrop. ) Mama (waving) Hola, Plato! Socrates (appears, waving) Hola, Plato! Plato Hola Mama! Hola Socrates! Mama & Socrates (start singing the OMB song from behind the backdrop) Welcome, Hello, Hola let’s go. Gonna have a good time, gonna have a good time… (after first verse, come around to front of backdrop at “With our trunk that’s full of props…” Team Leader takes over leading the song at that point.) Mama I think we all know where you’re going today, ‘cuz you’re here! Fantastic (stamp) Coconut Island! Socrates Hola, hola. Buenos dias. Welcome home Plato & everyone. Mama Helios Before we do anything else, we have to get you all dressed up into Isla de Coco gear. I have an entire trunk of traditional costumes right here. Socrates can you help? Did you get the coconuts? Socrates Not now, Mama, not now. Let’s have some music. (MUSIC CUE: Team Leader- Dress up music. Get kids dressed. ) 6 UPDATED: 5/2016 Socrates That’s much better. Now you look like you are from the Island. Mama Helios Si, Socrates si. We must do the (stamp) Coconut island dance. Socrates, music please. (MUSIC CUE: Team Leader, Gloria Estafan: Conga. Mama Helios teaches the kids the conga dance in place first. Clap to get the rhythm & then 1, 2,3, side.) Plato I like that dance, Mama Helios! Mama Helios Yes, it is a very popular dance, Plato. Ooooh, I have missed you little Plato. Come here and give your Tia Helios a big kiss. There. There. Now, we have a lot to do. I have to make my famous coconut flan. Plato, my little Plato, (pinching his cheeks) you must help me in the kitchen. Plato Si, si, Tia Helios, whatever you say. (Mama exits with Plato. Socrates sits on the trunk.) Mama Helios (As she exits) And you, Socrates, must get me more coconuts. Socrates Yes, Mama. We’re going, we’re all going. We’ll get the coconuts. We’ll get the coconuts. Mama Helios (hands Socrates basket then exits) But never pick the purple ones….. Socrates I know, I know. I know. I know. Now, I’m going to need some help getting the coconuts. But never, never, never pick the purple coconuts. I don’t know why…. Here let me show you how to do it… (MUSIC CUE: Team Leader-Picking Coconuts ACTIVITY: Run by Socrates. She explains that they will pick the coconuts and then she needs everyone’s help throwing the coconuts into the basket. When Socrates has explained the activity, she calls for the coconuts, which are thrown over backdrop one at a time by Mama. She then gives them to kids who will try to throw them in the basket. The activity is over when all the coconuts are in the basket.) Socrates Wow, you guys did great. Thanks. There are enough coconuts here, even for mama. Who wants to go fishing?! (TEAM LEADER: Purple coconut appears over (& behind) backdrop) Purple Coconut/Hocus Pocus (loud) Hey! 7 UPDATED: 5/2016 Socrates What? Purple Coconut/Hocus Pocus Hey, pick me. Socrates Who said that? Purple Coconut/Hocus Pocus I did. Pick me!! Socrates Was it that purple coconut? No, no, I must be imagining that- Purple Coconut/Hocus Pocus Pick me. Socrates I think that coconut just spoke to me. Purple Coconut/Hocus Pocus (whispering) Pick me. I’m purple. I’m no fool. Don’t listen to Mama. I’ll make you rule. Socrates What? Purple Coconut/Hocus Pocus Pick me. I’m purple. I’m no fool. Don’t listen to Mama. I’ll make you rule. Socrates No, no, no, no. No way. I can’t pick the purple coconut. Purple Coconut/Hocus Pocus Why not? Socrates (to kids) I can’t can I? Mama said I shouldn’t, I couldn’t, so I wouldn’t Purple Coconut/Hocus Pocus Pick me. You know you want to. Socrates But Mama said that- Purple Coconut/Hocus Pocus Pick me, Socrates.