KOKONUT ISLAND Book by Tim Kelly Music and Lyrics by Bill Francoeur
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KOKONUT ISLAND Book by Tim Kelly Music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur © Copyright 2000, Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. under the title “Kokonut Kapers” Professionals and amateurs are hereby warned that a royalty must be paid for every performance, whether or not admission is charged. All inquiries regarding rights should be addressed to Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., PO Box 4267, Englewood, CO 80155. All rights to this musical—including but not limited to amateur, professional, radio broadcast, television, motion picture, public reading and translation into foreign languages—are controlled by Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., without whose permission no performance, reading or presentation of any kind in whole or in part may be given. 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The following notice: “Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Englewood, Colorado” KOKONUT ISLAND A Krazy Komedy In One Act Book by TIM KELLY Music and Lyrics by BILL FRANCOEUR CAST OF ISLAND CHARACTERS (In Order of Speaking) # of lines EARL ................................... teenage son of Cordelia Hawkins 43 ROY BOY ............................ teenage son of Maw Cawawkee 35 MAW CAWAWKEE ............. island citizen; colorful character 70 CORDELIA HAWKINS ........ owns Kokonut Island 120 SWAMPY ............................ walking cartoon pirate 83 BETTY ................................. teenage daughter of Cordelia 38 SUKY .................................. teenage daughter of Maw Cawawkee 38 EVA PARKER ..................... newlywed 50 TED ..................................... Eva’s husband 47 MABEL CARPENTER ......... nurse 16 LOUISE RUSSELL.............. another 17 TOM SCRIMSHAW ............. boat pilot 46 MILDRED HUTTON ............ insurance representative 21 MICKEY .............................. teenager 35 BUDDY ................................ another 32 LYNNE SMITH .................... another 40 VICKIE SNOW .................... another 34 MRS. CRAWFORD ............. socialite 23 VANESSA ........................... her daughter 30 WALCOTT DRAKE ............. shady character 55 BARBARA DRAKE.............. another 56 CAPTAIN KIDD ................... ghost pirate 23 PETTY OFFICER JONES ... Coast Guard 11 LIEUTENANT SUTTON ...... Coast Guard 16 MRS. SMITH ....................... Lynne’s mother 11 MRS. SNOW ....................... Vickie’s mother 10 MILLICENT WARREN ........ educator 14 WINIFRED HOLMES .......... educator 16 EXTRAS .............................. can be utilized as additional students For preview only SETTING The action takes place on Kokonut Island, off the coast of Florida. UPSTAGE is a small three-sided thatched hut. The fourth side is open to the audience. Inside is a desk and chair LEFT, a small refreshment table UP CENTER and a chair RIGHT. There is a dressing screen UPSTAGE of desk. A sign somewhere on the crude structure reads: HOSPITALITY HUT. A wooden bench is outside. We see another bench DOWN LEFT and another DOWN RIGHT in the clearing. Some tropical (meaning brightly-colored) shrubs are here and there. One of the shrubs is large enough to hide behind. An optional backdrop would prove effective, showing a jungle forest or an ocean view. The FORESTAGE represents various locales on the island. TIME: The present. For preview only SEQUENCE OF MUSICAL NUMBERS MC 1 Kokonut Island Prologue ������������� Maw Cawawkee & Company MC 2 Beware of Devil’s Island .............. Mabel/Louise/ Cordelia/Maw Cawawkee/Ted/Eva MC 3 A Graduate of Kokonut High �������� Vickie/Lynne/ Buddy/Mickey/ Chorus MC 3a Kokonut Island — Reprise........... Islanders/Students MC 4 The Ghost of Captain Kidd .......... Captain Kidd/ Swampy/Pirates/ Wenches MC 4a The Ghost of Captain Kidd — Reprise ..................................... Swampy/Captain Kidd MC 5 Little Wahini Baby ...................... Buddy/Mickey/Roy Boy MC 5a Chase Music ............................. Instrumental MC 5b A Graduate of Kokonut High — Reprise ..................................... Vickie/Lynne/ Buddy/Mickey/ Chorus MC 6 Kokonut Island Epilogue �������������� Company MC 7 Curtain Call ............................... Instrumental For previewiv only KOKONUT ISLAND PROLOGUE AT RISE: As the HOUSELIGHTS come DOWN, we hear the SOUNDS of OCEAN WAVES crashing and of SEAGULLS [SFX on CD]. MUSIC CUE 1: “Kokonut Island Prologue.” The ENTIRE COMPANY, with the exception of CAPTIAN KIDD, is ONSTAGE. SPOTLIGHT UP on MAW CAWAWKEE. MAW CAWAWKEE: (Sings.) Island—come to Kokonut Island. Life is simple and easy, In this tropical land. Island—come to Kokonut Island. Life—it’s sultry and breezy, Live de life while you can. (LIGHTS UP FULL to reveal COMPANY.) COMPANY: (Sings.) Island—come to Kokonut Island. All de day we got sunshine, Water blue as de sky. Hey you, come to Kokonut Island. Promise you gonna feel fine, Friend, let me tell you why. WOMEN: (Sing.) Palm trees—we got plenty of palm trees, Sandy beaches and jungles, All for you to explore. MEN: (Sing.) Laughter—we got plenty of laughter, People playing together. ALL: (Sing.) You will find anywhere you go you’ll love de Island—come to Kokonut Island. Far away on de ocean, Somewhere out of de way. Hey you, come to Kokonut Island. Drink de magical potion, You’ll be wanting to stay. MEN: (Sing.) Music—we got plenty of music. Hear the drums in de forest, Softly filling de air. WOMEN: (Sing.) Romance—we got plenty of romance, All alone in de moonlight. ALL: (Sing.) Find somebody to share this moment on de Island, come to Kokonut Island. For preview1 only Life is simple and easy, In this tropical land. Come now, come to Kokonut Island. Life, it’s sultry and breezy, Live de life while you can. Live de life while you can. Live de life while you can! (At end of song, the COMPANY EXITS RIGHT and LEFT. LIGHTS DOWN as the SOUNDS of BIRDS and WAVES return.) END OF PROLOGUE Scene One LIGHTS UP: We hear the SOUND of BOAT’S HORN or WHISTLE from OFF LEFT. The SOUND is repeated several times. EARL’S VOICE: (From OFF RIGHT.) Come on, Roy Boy. Boat’s in! ROY BOY’S VOICE: (From OFF RIGHT.) I heard. I got ears. (EARL ENTERS RIGHT, followed by ROY BOY. Both are in their late teens. [NOTE: Consult PRODUCTION NOTES for costume suggestions.] EARL is intelligent and clever. ROY BOY is slow and lazy. They move in front of the Hospitality Hut.) EARL: It’s the Island Grasshopper. I bet there are at least 20 guests on board. ROY BOY: You always talk like that, Earl. Only trouble is you’re almost never right. EARL: You got to think positive, Roy Boy. ROY BOY: I wish I didn’t have to think at all. I’d rather be trapping water birds or fishing. EARL: I’d rather be carrying luggage for guests. Money in the bank. ROY BOY: You’re practical. I ain’t. (EARL quickly EXITS LEFT. ROY BOY sits on the bench outside the Hospitality Hut. He yawns noisily and stretches his arms.) What a day. It’s sleeping weather. MAW CAWAWKEE: (ENTERS RIGHT. She wears an old dress and a battered straw hat.) Roy Boy Cawawkee! What are you doing sitting there? ROY BOY: Aw, Maw. MAW CAWAWKEE: Didn’t you hear the boat whistle [horn]? ROY BOY: Aw, Maw. For preview2 only MAW CAWAWKEE: Them tourists can’t be expected to carry their own luggage. ROY BOY: What tourists? MAW CAWAWKEE: No backtalk. ROY BOY: Aw, Maw. You’re always picking on me. Why can’t Suky help with the luggage? MAW CAWAWKEE: Suky’s got enough to do. Get off that bench and get on down to the pier. ROY BOY: Aw, Maw. MAW CAWAWKEE: You heard me. (Reluctantly, ROY BOY gets up and starts to move LEFT.) You can walk faster than that. You ain’t no sea turtle. ROY BOY: Aw, Maw. MAW CAWAWKEE: (Takes a threatening step toward him.) Scat! ROY BOY: (Knows better than to challenge his mother.) I’m on my way, Maw! (EXITS LEFT.) MAW CAWAWKEE: (To no one in particular.) Roy Boy’s got a good heart, but he’s lazy. Just like his paw. CORDELIA’S VOICE: (From OFF RIGHT.) That you, Maw Cawawkee? MAW CAWAWKEE: It’s me. CORDELIA: (ENTERS RIGHT. She is a pleasant middle-aged woman.) I thought I heard you talking to Roy Boy. MAW CAWAWKEE: I sent him on down to the pier. CORDELIA: I hope the guests didn’t change their minds and go someplace else. MAW CAWAWKEE: You mean like the last time? CORDELIA: And the time before that. If I didn’t know better I’d suspect there was a curse on Kokonut Island. If only that hurricane hadn’t struck. MAW CAWAWKEE: There’s nothing a person can do about a hurricane. When it wants to hit, it hits. CORDELIA: Only I wish it hadn’t hit quite so hard. (SWAMPY creeps IN from DOWN RIGHT, looking over his shoulder as if he expects an attack. He looks like he hasn’t had a bath since the Titanic sank. With long, snarly hair, a long beard and gnarled hands, he is dressed in tattered rags and a pirate hat. He has a sword and pistol in his belt and wears an eye patch. There is a [stuffed] parrot on one shoulder. He is a walking cartoon pirate.) SWAMPY: Hi, ho, me fancies. What’s for lunch? CORDELIA: Hello, Swampy. SWAMPY: (Indicates parrot.) Ain’t you got no kind word for Captain Barnaby? For preview3 only CORDELIA: (Humoring him.) Hello, Captain Barnaby. Nice to see you again. SWAMPY: (Pretends to imitate the parrot’s voice.) Caw-caw. Hello, me pretty. (He bends his shoulder, which makes it seem as if the stuffed toy is actually moving.) MAW CAWAWKEE: Where you been, Swampy? Haven’t seen you in over a month.