Wipeout! Set Design

Wipeout! set design

Book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus Music and Lyrics by Bill Francoeur

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WIPEOUT! Book by FLIP KOBLER and CINDY MARCUS Music and lyrics by BILL FRANCOEUR

CAST OF CHARACTERS # of lines THE AVALON KIDS RIPTIDE ...... leader of the Avalon kids and 113 best surfer around; has a crush on Midge, but is too nervous to act on it. Yet. MIDGE ...... Mom and Cap’n Bill’s daughter; 150 a spitﬁ re and a dreamer, but always does what she’s told. Until… LOCO MOCO ...... beatnik complete with bongos; 16 rhymingly impaired BODHY ...... Rip’s pal and an avid gambler; 42 everything is a bet to him FREDDIE SEATURTLE ...... comic book fan; everything he 44 knows comes out of the comics WENDY ...... good-hearted girl desperate to 43 ﬁ t in; won’t do anything unless others do, too SANDY ...... sassy bubble gum chewer; has 47 a little trouble keeping facts straight RHONDA ...... has a transistor radio constantly 59 stuck to her ear; she bops in a world of her own THE COVE KIDS REEF ...... leader of the rich Cove kids; 72 under pressure to be just like dear old dad JOHN B...... Reef’s sycophant; the ultimate 27 yes man FENDER BENDER ...... Reef’s sidekick and proud of it 16 BARBARA ANN ...... spoiled rich girl and Reef’s 15 honey; sunbather type CAROLINE ...... joined at the hip to Fender 19 Bender ii 59

To give the audience a better view of the surfers in action on the ocean OTHERS platform, you might consider two options: the platform itself can be MARCELLA ...... “Surf’s Up” magazine reporter; 77 raked (built at a slope) with a 2” x 4” at the front edge to prevent the dictates life like a reporter boards from slipping. Or, the boards themselves can be raked and SHUTTERBUG ...... “Surf’s Up” photographer who 13 set on a fl at platform. See directions below for the optional raked dreams of being an artist surfboard. SCRATCH ...... Marcella’s stenographer 18 Materials to Rake Surfboard x Eigh-foot-long 2” x 4” ZELDA ...... eccentric old lady looking to 18 x 6 - 2” wood screws get rich quick; fl ighty but lovable x 28 - 2½” wood screws MR. SAUCELITO ...... Reef’s father; cold, calculating 30 x 8 - 3½” wood screws and ruthless CAP’N BILL ...... Midge’s father; a onetime 86 How to Rake Surfboard (See Diagram #3) dreamer who’s given up on life 1. Cut the 2” x 4” as follows: MOM ...... Midge’s mom; a spunky gal 31 a. One 9” long segment EXTRAS ...... AVALON KIDS, COVE KIDS, n/a b. Two 18” long segments SURFERS (DUKE, SALLY c. Three 12” long segments VALLEY and BROCK) 2. Screw the two 18” pieces together with eight 2½” screws evenly spaced. SET DESIGN 3. Screw the three 12” pieces together—two fi rst with six 2½” Time: Early 1960s. screws, then add the third piece with six more 2½” screws Place: A California beach. evenly spaced. A sign reads “Avalon Beach.” STAGE LEFT is an outdoor surf shop 4. Place the 9” piece at the front of the board and screw on with complete with counter, a few stools and a sign that reads “Mom & six 2” screws, the 18” piece in the middle with eight 2½” Poppy’s Surf Shack.” A surfboard hangs above the front of the shop. screws and the 12” piece at the end of the board with eight A bunch of surfboards (can be cardboard) are stuck in the “sand” like 3½” screws as shown in diagram #3. a fat, colorful picket fence across the UPSTAGE wall. All of this is in front of a backdrop depicting the scene of your choice—a brick wave 5. Always check for balance and make sure the wood pieces are wall with a railing on top, a street scene, etc. The ocean is over the secure. AUDIENCE. All surfi ng scenes take place on a raked platform in front of an 8’ x 8’ fl at painted to look like an ocean wave. Ideally, this set is on a wagon that can be quickly rolled on and offstage. Alternatively, this fl at and platform could be set apart from the main stage, perhaps EXTREME DOWN RIGHT. LIGHTING helps separate the surfi ng action from the beach action. (See PRODUCTION NOTES for details about constructing and raking surfboards.)

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SEQUENCE OF MUSICAL NUMBERS sweep your feet under you. Make sure your feet are on the stringer, the line down the middle of the board. This move keeps your weight ACT ONE centered along the stringer. When you come up, remember to keep low. Assume the position of a sumo wrestler. Press your feet shoulder width TRACK MC SONG TITLE PAGE apart and grip the board with your feet. Have your hands a bit higher 1 MC 1 It’s Always 90 Degrees Ensemble 1 than your waist and just in view of your vision. Always look up! Calm on Avalon Beach and controlled is the smoothest way to approach this maneuver. 2 MC 2 Save the Shack Avalon Kids 9 SURFBOARD DESIGN 3 MC 3 Life in the Fast Lane Mr. Saucelito, 14 Cove Kids Surfboards can be cut out of plywood (or cardboard for the picket fence boards) and painted. Following is a list of materials and instructions 4 MC 4 Luau Love Avalon Boys 18 for making surfboards. 5 MC 5 Dead Man’s Reef Sandy, Wendy, 21 Surfboard Materials Rhonda, Extra x One 2’ x 8’ piece of plywood Avalon Girls x High gloss paint for the top 6 MC 5a The Accident Instrumental 26 x Flat black paint for the bottom x 7 MC 6 Wipeout! Ensemble 27 14’ of 4” non-slip tape Surfboard Construction (See Diagrams #1 and #2): ACT TWO TRACK MC SONG TITLE PAGE 1. Cut board to 78” x 20”. 8 MC 6a Entr’acte Instrumental 29 2. Draw a center line running down the length of the plywood. 9 MC 7 Heave Ho, Fiddle-dee- Zelds, Mom, 31 3. From the top, measure down and mark key lengths (4”, 19”, dee Cap’n Bill, Avalon etc.). Kids 4. From each key length, measure out from the center to the side 10 MC 8 Ride, Ride, Ridin’ the Cap’n Bill, Avalon 41 of the board according to the diagram and make a mark. For Dry Surf Kids instance, at the 4” length, the board should be 11” wide. At 11 MC 9 Big Surf Paradise Riptide, Midge, 45 the 33”, 39” and 45” lengths, the board should be 20” wide. Avalon Kids 5. Connect the marks to give a rough idea of the shape of the 12 MC 10 The Competition Instrumental 47 surfboard. 13 MC 10a The Competition— Instrumental 50 6. Round and shape the design to a pleasing replica of a Reprise surfboard. 14 MC 10b It’s Always 90 Degrees Ensemble 52 7. Cut out design and paint the board—color for the top and ﬂ at on Avalon Beach— black for the bottom. Epilogue 8. When the paint is dry, add two strips of the 4” no-slip tape to 15 MC 10c Curtain Call—Ride, Ensemble 53 the top of the board from end to end as shown in diagram #2. Ride, Ridin’ the Dry Surf 16 MC 10d Optional Choral Ensemble 53 Finale—Big Surf Paradise

iv PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 57 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES Notepad, pen (SCRATCH) WIPEOUT! Manila envelope (CAP’N BILL) PROLOGUE Binoculars (FENDER BENDER) Shark ﬁ n cutouts (CAROLINE, BARBARA ANN, JOHN B.) 1 BEFORE LIGHTS UP: MUSIC CUE 1: “It’s Always 90 Degrees on Avalon Shower cap with mop strings dangling (FENDER BENDER) Beach.” In the darkness we hear SOUND EFFECTS of the seashore. Surfboard, towel (MIDGE) WAVES CRASHING ON THE BEACH, SEAGULLS. We are immediately Beach chair (FREDDIE) transported to a surfer’s ocean-side paradise. FIVE SURFERS ENTER 5 in the darkness, each carrying a surfboard. They move DOWN CENTER ONSTAGE, ACT TWO, Scene Two: Same as ACT ONE but with a manila and prop up the boards next to them. (NOTE: See PRODUCTION envelope containing pages “buried in the sand,” two or three NOTES for instructions on simple surfboard construction.) An exotic benches or low sawhorses drumbeat begins, followed by a “vocal percussion” introduction to the BROUGHT ON, ACT TWO, Scene Two: song. LIGHTS UP to reveal the FIVE SURFERS. Each SURFER will chant Metal detector (ZELDA) 10 four measures of his or her part before the next SURFER joins. (See Cardboard box (MIDGE) MUSIC SCORE; examples are on the vocal CD.) If you prefer, GROUPS Manila envelope, cane (POPPY) of ENSEMBLE MEMBERS can ENTER chanting each part along with the ONSTAGE, ACT TWO, Scene Three: Same as ACT ONE but with a FIVE SURFERS. blanket by the Surf Shack SURFER FIVE: (A vocal percussion chant.) BROUGHT ON, ACT TWO, Scene Three: 15 Papa-oo-mow-mow, dm chi! (Etc.) Papers, coin (MR. SAUCELITO) SURFER FOUR: (A vocal percussion chant.) Ah, kahuna! Ah, wahine! Torn-up papers (MIDGE) (Etc.) ONSTAGE, ACT TWO, Scene Four: Same as ACT ONE but with the SURFER THREE: (A vocal percussion chant.) Shock, shock-a-brah! “ocean” platform (Etc.) BROUGHT ON, ACT TWO, Scene Four: 20 SURFER TWO: (A vocal percussion chant.) Hang loose! (Etc.) Surfboard cut in half (COVE KIDS) SURFER ONE: (A vocal percussion chant.) Brrr-up!(Etc. [Twirl tongue and Surfboards (SURFERS) slide tone up.] When ALL FIVE SURFERS are chanting simultaneously, Camera (SHUTTERBUG) the rest of the ENSEMBLE ENTERS, moving to the music. Then the Notepad, pen (SCRATCH) FINAL CHORD of the vocal percussion section…) Hey! Trophy (ZELDA) 25 SURFER TWO: (A vocal percussion chant.) …loose! FLEXIBLE CASTING SURFER THREE: (A vocal percussion chant.) …brah! MR. SAUCELITO can be Reef’s mom instead—a real power woman, SURFER FOUR: (A vocal percussion chant.) Hey! ahead of her time. Business suit and high heels (have fun with the SURFER FIVE: (A vocal percussion chant.) Hey! heels in the sand). ALL: (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! SOUND EFFECTS 30 It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! All sound effects are included on the CDs, including sounds of the RIPTIDE/BODHY/FREDDIE/ CHORUS: (Sings.) beach (waves crashing, seagulls), a hot rod engine revving and a giant LOCO MOCO: (Sing.) Au-wei! wave crashing. The party goes all day. SURFING TECHNIQUES RIPTIDE/BODHY/FREDDIE/ CHORUS: (Sings.) 35 RHONDA: (Sing.) Au-wei! These techniques should be practiced by all actors riding surfboards The skies are never gray. during the song, “Ride, Ride, Ridin’ the Dry Surf.” When each chorus begins, you should be on your chest and paddling quickly to “catch a ALL: (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! wave.” Hold your head up, looking ahead. When ready to pop up, put AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) your hands on the board beside your shoulders, palms down like you’re We got the sand and the Kahuna! going to do a push-up. Push your upper body up and at the same time 40 sunshine! Wahine!

56 1 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) PRODUCTION NOTES We got the breeze and Kahuna! the palm trees Wahine! PROPERTIES ALL: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) ONSTAGE, ACT ONE, Scene One: Surf shack with a counter (behind the 5 We like to dance in the Kahuna! counter are a bottle of Coke, a container of surfboard wax, seven hot sun, Wahine! straws and a beach chair or two), “picket fence” of surfboards, When the temper’ture’s Kahuna! surfboard hanging over the shack, sign reading “Avalon Beach.” high. Come to the ocean! Behind the shack is a stash of costumes for the “Luau Love” AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) number—grass skirts, coconut bikini tops, leis, etc. 10 We like to swim in the Au-wei! BROUGHT ON, ACT ONE, Scene One: ocean. GUYS: Ta-hu-a-la! Surfboards (SURFERS) AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Metal detector (ZELDA) We like to ride on the big Au-wei! Surf magazine (MIDGE) waves. GUYS: Ta-hu-a-la! Transistor radio, purse (RHONDA) 15 ALL: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Bubble gum, coins (SANDY) We’re gonna party under Ah… Bongo drums (LOCO MOCO) the sky! Frisbee (Flies ONSTAGE) Deck of cards, coins (BODHY) ALL: (A shout.) Hey! Surfboard, coins (RIPTIDE) (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! Coins (WENDY) 20 It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! Sun-reﬂ ecting shield (BARBARA ANN) AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Football (FENDER BENDER) The party goes all night! Au-wei! Cane (CAP’N BILL) AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) BROUGHT ON, ACT ONE, Scene Two: The stars are always bright! Au-wei! Metal detector (ZELDA) 25 ALL: (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! Camera (SHUTTERBUG) AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Notepad, pen (SCRATCH) We like to dance to the Surfboard (RIPTIDE) music. Kahuna! Wahine! Manila envelope (REEF) AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Hairbrush (BARBARA ANN) 30 We like to groove to the ONSTAGE, ACT ONE, Scene Four: Same as Scene One but with the rhythm. Kahuna! Wahine! “ocean” platform The boys are handsome Kahuna! Wahine! BROUGHT ON, ACT ONE, Scene Four: and hunky, Kahuna! Papers (REEF) Plenty muscles they got! Come to the party! Cane (CAP’N BILL) 35 AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Camera (SHUTTERBUG) And all them girls in bikinis Au-wei! Notepad, pen (SCRATCH) GUYS: Ta-hu-a-la! BROUGHT ON, ACT TWO, Scene One: AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Wooden crutch, cast on leg (RIPTIDE) Lots, lots of girls in bikinis! Au-wei! Papers (MR. SAUCELITO) 40 GUYS: Ta-hu-a-la! Metal detector, diving mask, snorkel and ﬂ ippers, placemat with AVALON GIRLS AND GUYS: (Sing.) map on it, rope with metal trash can, tin coffee pot, toaster And on the beach they’re lookin’ so, (ZELDA) Camera (SHUTTERBUG)

2 55 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 GROUP OF GUYS: (Sing.) On the beach with you tonight, 1 ALL: (A vocal slide.) Ah, (A shout.) hot! Staring at a fi re light. (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! Dreaming of a big surf paradise. It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! OTHERS: (Sing.) Oooh. Oooh. AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) 5 GROUP OF GIRLS: (Sings.) OTHERS: (Sing.) 5 The party goes all day, Au-wei! I can hear the waves nearby, Oooh. AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) As we gaze up in sky, Oooh. The skies are never gray. Au-wei! Dreaming of a big surf Oooh. ALL: (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! paradise. Oooh. It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! 10 GROUP OF GIRLS: (Sings.) Soft winds blowing through your hair, 10 It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! Takes me faraway. AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) GROUP OF GUYS: (Sings.) OTHERS: (Sing.) The party goes all night! Au-wei! To a place where we can Aah. AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) share… The stars are always bright! Au-wei! 15 BOTH GROUPS: (Sing.) 15 ALL: (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! …endless blue skies and warm sunny days! It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! Lying there beneath the moon, It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! (MUSIC OUT. BLACKOUT.) Visions of a blue lagoon. Dreaming of a big surf paradise. ACT ONE 20 OTHER KIDS: (Sing.) Ah. Scene One ENSEMBLE: (Sing.) Oooh. LIGHTS UP: AVALON KIDS are hanging out on the beach. Life is cush, BOTH GROUPS: (Sing.) OTHERS: (Sing.) baby, cush, fi lled with surfers, beatniks and woodies. The air is full of Oooh. Oooh. Visions of a big surf 20 hope and Frisbees. And through it all, crazy ZELDA zips through with her paradise. Ooh. metal detector. MIDGE is behind the counter reading a surf magazine. (Repeat one to three times, then let fi nal chord fade. MUSIC OUT.) RHONDA bops to the transistor radio next to her ear. WENDY stares off dreamily, while SANDY blows bubbles with her gum. MIDGE: Wow, listen to this. According to “Surf’s Up,” the hot new 25 place for summer surfi n’ is Bells Beach in Australia. SANDY: Oh, I’d love to go to Australia. I think those Aussie boys are yum-alicious. I love the way they talk. They have a sorta English accent. Or Spanish. One of ’em. Don’t you just love the way they talk? 30 WENDY: Um. I don’t… does everybody else love the way they talk? MIDGE: Oh, yeah. WENDY: Then, yes, I do. MIDGE: Australia seems nice, but I can’t believe it has better surfi n’ than the Napili coast, or Redondo in April. (Reads something else.) 35 Oh, no. No, no. You’re not going to believe this. Guess where “Surf’s Up” is holding a big surf contest. SANDY: Is it within half a mile of here? MIDGE: Yes. WENDY: Is it just around the jetty?

54 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 3 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: Yes. 1 ALL SOLOISTS: (Sing.) MIDGE/WENDY/SANDY: (Spitting ﬁ re.) The Cove. It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! MIDGE: Of course—the Cove. The Cove gets everything. AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) SANDY: I hate the Cove. We like to dance to the 5 music. Kahuna! Wahine! 5 WENDY: So do I. As long as everybody else does. I don’t want to be the only one. We all hate it, right? Sandy? AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) We like to groove to the SANDY: Hate it. Midge? rhythm. Kahuna! Wahine! MIDGE: Hate it. Rhonda? Rhonda? (RHONDA’S too lost in her music to The boys are handsome Kahuna! Wahine! hear.) Rhonda. Rhonda!! 10 and hunky, Kahuna! 10 RHONDA: WHAT? Plenty muscles they got! Come to the party! SANDY: Don’t you hate it? AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) RHONDA: No, I’m in love. And all them girls Au-wei! MIDGE: With the Cove? in bikinis. GUYS: Ta-hu-a-la! 15 Lots, lots of girls in bikinis CHORUS: Au-wei! RHONDA: No, hate it. The Beach Boys. I just love them. Brian Wilson GUYS: Ta-hu-a-la! 15 is dreamy. ALL SOLOISTS: (Sing.) SANDY: Yeah. Dreamy. Or scary. One of ’em. And on the beach they’re lookin’ so, WENDY: Brian? I thought you were in love with Dennis. ENSEMBLE: (A vocal slide.) Ah, (A shout.) hot! RHONDA: No. 20 (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! WENDY: You said you were going to marry Dennis. It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! 20 RHONDA: (Rolling her eyes.) Last week. Stop living in the past, AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Wend. The party goes all day, Au-wei! WENDY: Right. Sorry. Is anybody else living in the past? AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) RHONDA: It’s Brian now. He writes all the songs. He’s the talented 25 The skies are never gray. Au-wei! one. Imagine me, Missus Rhonda Wilson. ALL: (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! 25 FREDDIE SEATURTLE’S VOICE: (From OFFSTAGE.) Hey, girls, heads It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! up. (A Frisbee ﬂ ies IN. WENDY catches it. FREDDIE ENTERS with It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! LOCO MOCO banging his bongos, BODHY with a deck of cards, and AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) RIPTIDE with his surfboard.) Nice catch. 30 The party goes all night! Au-wei! WENDY: Really? AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) 30 FREDDIE: Yeah. You’re like Supergirl or Wonder Woman or The stars are always bright! Au-wei! something. ENSEMBLE: (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! WENDY: Is that good? It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! FREDDIE: Are you kiddin’? That’s great! 35 It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! (MUSIC OUT. BLACKOUT.) WENDY: Yea for me. Unless you don’t think so. END OF MUSICAL 35 MIDGE: So how were the waves? MUSIC CUE 10c: “Curtain Call—Ride, Ride, Ridin’ the Dry Surf.” After entire ENSEMBLE has taken bows, optional segue to MC 10d: “Big LOCO MOCO: (Beats bongos.) The sea was alive with Poseidon’s roar. Surf Paradise (Optional Choral Finale).” Furious waves pounding on golden shores. But Rip tamed the anger into fun-fun-fun, ’cause he’s the best surfer under the… ENSEMBLE: (Sings.) Ooh. Ooh. moon. Ugh. Doesn’t rhyme. Failure. Failure.

4 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 53 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 LOCO MOCO: You took the great risk, faced it measure for measure, 1 RIPTIDE: Hi, Midge. you won not only the day, but the grand pirate treasure. (It takes MIDGE: Hi, Riptide. (There’s a fl irty attraction between these two. It’s him a second to realize—) That rhymed! just that neither has acted on it, so they do that silly, awkward dating BODHY: Bet you can’t do that again. (LOCO MOCO punches him in the dance.) 5 arm.) Ow. 5 RIPTIDE: Working, huh? MIDGE: (Scraping away the gunk and reading. She’s shocked.) State MIDGE: Yeah. Mom and Poppy are in a meeting, so they asked me to Surf champion. Poppy. This is your name. watch the shop. CAP’N BILL: Thought I lost that years ago. RIPTIDE: Yeah? Neato. Busy? MOM: You didn’t lose it. You gave it up. MIDGE: (Looks around at the dead beach.) Trying to stay ahead of the 10 MIDGE: (Hands it to him.) Time you had it back. 10 rush. (LOCO MOCO does a bongo rim shot.) CAP’N BILL: No, sweetie. I think this one is yours. RIPTIDE: (Laughing too hard.) That’s great. I bet you’re really good MIDGE: It’s got two handles, Poppy. (Takes one. CAP’N BILL takes the at watching the shop, too. Really good at it. I mean, if there were other. BLACKOUT. MUSIC CUE 10b: “It’s Always 90 Degrees on Avalon Olympics for shop watching, you’d get the gold. At least a bronze. Beach—Epilogue.” As in the Prologue, we hear SOUND EFFECTS of You’d medal for sure. ’Cause you’re really good. 15 the seashore. WAVES CRASHING ON THE BEACH, SEAGULLS. FIVE 15 MIDGE: Thanks. SURFERS ENTER in the darkness, each carrying a surfboard. They RIPTIDE: Yeah. (Awkward beat. The other KIDS shake their heads or move DOWN CENTER and prop up the boards in the “sand.” LIGHTS bury faces in their hands. It’s painful to watch this.) Listen, Midge. UP to reveal the FIVE SURFERS. Each SURFER will chant four I was wondering… measures of his or her part before the next SURFER joins. MIDGE: (Eager.) Yeah? 20 SURFER FIVE: (A vocal percussion chant.) 20 RIPTIDE: If you… um… Papa-oo-mow-mow, dm chi! (Etc.) MIDGE: Yeah? SURFER FOUR: (A vocal percussion chant.) Ah, kahuna! Ah, wahine! (Etc.) RIPTIDE: If maybe, and it’s okay if you say no, I’d understand and junk. But I thought that maybe… you know… maybe you’d… SURFER THREE: (A vocal percussion chant.) Shock, shock-a-brah! MIDGE: Yeah? 25 (Etc.) SURFER TWO: (A vocal percussion chant.) Hang loose! (Etc.) 25 RIPTIDE: Maybe you’d like to… SURFER ONE: (A vocal percussion chant.) Brrr-up!(Etc. [Twirl tongue and BODHY: (To FREDDIE.) Betcha 20 bucks he goofs it up. slide tone up.] When ALL FIVE SURFERS are chanting simultaneously, FREDDIE: I don’t have 20 bucks. the rest of the ENSEMBLE ENTERS moving to the music. Then FINAL BODHY: All right, a buck. 30 CHORD of vocal percussion section…) Hey! FREDDIE: I don’t have a buck. SURFER TWO: (A vocal percussion chant.) …loose! 30 BODHY: Okay. Ten-to-one he goes goofy. SURFER THREE: (A vocal percussion chant.) …brah! FREDDIE: Ten-to-one what? SURFER FOUR: (A vocal percussion chant.) Hey! BODHY: It’s just a bet. SURFER FIVE: (A vocal percussion chant.) Hey! FREDDIE: What are we betting? 35 ENSEMBLE: (Sings.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! BODHY: Socks in the arm. It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! 35 FREDDIE: Deal. RIPTIDE/BODHY/FREDDIE/ MIDGE: Yes, Rip? LOCO MOCO: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) RIPTIDE: I was wondering if maybe you’d like to ah… ah… sell me The party goes all night. Au-wei! some board wax. 40 MIDGE/WENDY/SANDY/ MIDGE: (Disappointed.) Oh. Is that all? RHONDA: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) The stars are always bright. Au-wei! 40 RIPTIDE: Well, no, not all. 52 5 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: Yes? 1 MARCELLA: Oh my, oh my. There you have it, readers. The new surf RIPTIDE: I’d also really like it if you’d… give me a Coke. champion, Midge Carlson! (More screams, cheers and hoopla.) And FREDDIE: (As BODHY socks him in the arm.) Ow. here’s your check for one thousand dollars! (Hands her a check.) MIDGE: (Gives them over.) Wax and a Coke. Fifty-seven cents. MIDGE: Thank you. Thank you. (Hands it to MOM and CAP’N BILL and 5 hugs them both.) 5 RIPTIDE: Oh, right. Yeah. (Digs in his pockets. Comes up short.) Ummm… (To the OTHERS.) Anybody got a cold? Hope you can CAP’N BILL: Dreams do come true. cough up. MIDGE: Sometimes. (While the CROWD gathers around the surf shack, WENDY: (Digs in her shorts pocket.) I got… ah… 11 cents. You can REEF pulls himself to shore. The COVE GANG gathers around and have it. (She’s about to hand it over, but stops.) Unless nobody else MR. SAUCELITO pushes them aside to confront his son.) 10 is going to contribute. 10 MR. SAUCELITO: What did you do? You had her. FREDDIE: I got a nickel, two tiddlywinks and a Batman decoder ring. REEF: She was the better surfer. LOCO MOCO: If I had any money I’d be happy to share. But ol’ Loco MR. SAUCELITO: It’s not about who’s better. It’s about getting what Moco’s pockets are Mother Hubbard… empty. Urgh. Desolate. you want. BODHY: I got a quarter, Rip. I’ll fl ip ya for it. REEF: It shouldn’t be. 15 RIPTIDE: No, it’s okay— 15 MR. SAUCELITO: You are no son of mine. BODHY: We’ll fl ip. Heads I keep it. Tails you get it. (Flips it.) REEF: You know what, Dad? I can live with that. (The COVE KIDS RIPTIDE: Heads. You keep it. gasp. MR. SAUCELITO goes red and storms OFF. REEF crosses to MIDGE. Silence falls like a knife. The two FINALISTS just stare at BODHY: No, no. Two out of three. Oh, heck—here. (Hands it over.) each other.) Good run. SANDY: I got a dime. But I was gonna save it for the new machine at 20 MIDGE: (Not knowing what to say.) Thanks. 20 the Piggly Wiggly. REEF: Tougher beach than ours. BODHY: Bet the new gumball fl avors came in. MIDGE: Yours is prettier. SANDY: Sour apple. It’s supposed to be the best for blowing bubbles. It’s all chemistry or geometry. One of ’em. MARCELLA: There you have it, folks. Avalon Beach is the… FREDDIE: Yeah, what you need is more gum. SCRATCH: Quintessential? Zenith? Crayon? 25 25 SANDY: Okay, you can have it. MARCELLA: Perfect. RIPTIDE: (Counts his coins.) Fifty-two cents. Rhonda, can you help? SCRATCH: Perfect. Better. Rhonda. RHONDA! MARCELLA: It is, isn’t it? “Perfect” is perfect. The perfect beach RHONDA: (Finally pulls the transistor from her ear.) What? to surf. So if you’re serious about surfi ng, this is the spot for you. Complete with Mom and Poppy’s Surf Shack to meet all your RIPTIDE: Help me, Rhonda? 30 surfi ng needs. Shoot the needs. (SHUTTERBUG does. MARCELLA 30 RHONDA: Huh? turns to MOM.) I’ve got to get this to print. You better get ready. RIPTIDE: Got a nickel? (RHONDA tries to open her bag but can’t Once this issue hits the stands, you’ll have surfers from all over because she’s only got one arm. The other won’t pull the transistor the country buying from your store. from her ear. Fumble. Stumble. Finally, FREDDIE grabs the radio and ZELDA: (Runs ON.) Found it! I found it! I knew I would. (Hubbub and holds it to her ear so she can open her purse.) 35 commotion around her.) 35 RHONDA: Thank you, Freddie. CAP’N BILL: Zelda, did you fi nd the treasure? FREDDIE: I came to save the day. ZELDA: Better. Even better. (Holds up a large trophy, battered and RHONDA: Here ya go. (Hands over the nickel and goes back to tarnished. She hands it to MIDGE.) boppin’.) MIDGE: This is a trophy. A surf trophy. RIPTIDE: Thanks. There ya go. Guess we need seven straws. (MIDGE 40 ZELDA: Found it buried in the sand. 40 puts seven straws into the Coke, and RIPTIDE shares it with his

6 51 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 “The Competition—Reprise” underscores the action. MIDGE grabs 1 BUDDIES. Communal group here. Share and share alike. ZELDA a board and runs OFFSTAGE to cheers. REEF hurries to catch up. ENTERS with her metal detector, scanning the ground. She scans After a few moments, they’re paddling on their surfboards. MIDGE right up SANDY, who doesn’t know she’s there.) catches a wave and bounds to her feet. Surprisingly, REEF does, too. ZELDA: Nothing! 5 Now they’re surfi ng side by side.) 5 SANDY: (Scared.) AH! You made me swallow my gum. That’ll give me MIDGE: Reef, this is my wave. indigestion. Or lupus. One of ’em. REEF: Don’t see your name on it. ZELDA: Nothing. Nothing. Got to be somewhere. Got to be. (Goes up MIDGE: It’s against the rules. What are you doing? to WENDY and scans her entire body. Then—) Nothing. REEF: Whatever it takes. (Tries to shove her off her board. On shore, WENDY: I’m nothing? Does everybody think I’m nothing? (ZELDA 10 the KIDS watch and scream.) 10 totters OFF. That’s when REEF and his GANG [BARBARA ANN, WENDY: What’s he doing? CAROLINE, FENDER BENDER and JOHN B.] ENTER. BARBARA ANN RIPTIDE: Hey, that kook’s droppin’ in on her wave. has a sun-refl ecting shield she holds around her face to get the perfect tan. FENDER BENDER holds a football. CAROLINE fawns on SANDY: Can he do that? him. It’s entirely possible they’re conjoined twins.) RIPTIDE: You’re not supposed to. 15 REEF: Look, they have to share. How quaint. 15 CAP’N BILL: That’s bad form. FENDER BENDER: Ha-ha-ha. Quaint. Ha-ha. That’s rich. That’s comedy MARCELLA: But not illegal. Whoever rides this one longest is the there. Ha-ha-ha. (REEF snaps his fi ngers, and FENDER BENDER’S champ. (Cheers and boos. MUSIC PUMPS LOUDER. It all comes laughs dry up.) I’m done. down to this.) MIDGE: What are you doing here, Reef? MIDGE: Cut it out, Reef! 20 REEF: Slumming, it would seem. 20 REEF: You’re goin’ down. BARBARA ANN: You guys don’t even get good sun on this pathetic MIDGE: This is you’re whole life, isn’t it? You can’t win, so somebody strip of sand. else has to lose. JOHN B.: Lousy sun over here is what you get. RIPTIDE: She’s fi ghting him off. You know how hard that is? REEF: They get the same sun as we do. CAP’N BILL: She’s the best surfer, and she’s proving it. 25 JOHN B.: Full and glorious sun it is, too. 25 MARCELLA: This isn’t about style or points now. It’s all about who can REEF: It’s just that even the sun doesn’t want to play here. stay up the longest. FENDER BENDER: Ha. Sun doesn’t play. That’s funny. That’s a one- REEF: Hey, you are a loser, can’t help that. You’re gonna wipe out. All liner. your dreams are goin’ down. How’s it feel knowing you’re going to be just like your father? BARBARA ANN: Reef? Pookie-do, can we hurry up? I’m beginning to 30 fade. 30 MIDGE: How’s it feeling knowing you’re going to be just like YOURS?! (Bum bum bum. Those words slam home. REEF feels his whole life CAROLINE: (Watching RHONDA bop to the music.) What gives with unfurl before him and doesn’t like what he sees. He falters. He her? Is she having a conniption? hesitates…) RHONDA: WHAT? MR. SAUCELITO: What’s he doing? What are you doing?! ( …and CAROLINE: Conniption? 35 REEF falls. SOUND EFFECT: SPLASH. MIDGE rides the wave into 35 RHONDA: (Her turn to sip.) No, thanks. Got a Coke. shore as the SPECTATORS [except MR. SAUCELITO and the COVE MIDGE: (To REEF.) Just take your friends and go back around the jetty KIDS] loudly chant her name.) to the Cove where you belong. SPECTATORS: (Chant loudly.) MIDGE! MIDGE! MIDGE! MIDGE! (Wild REEF: I don’t like being on your little… “beach” either. But my father cheers. MIDGE jumps off the board and runs up on the shore to a told me to meet him here after his meeting. 40 huge celebration, back pats and congrats. MUSIC OUT. LIGHTS OUT 40 RIPTIDE: Meeting? (To MIDGE.) Your parents are meeting with his on SURFBOARD PLATFORM.) dad?

50 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 7 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: I don’t know. (That’s when CAP’N BILL and MOM ENTER with 1 SCRATCH: The best? Great? Steve? MR. SAUCELITO. CAP’N BILL and MOM don’t look too happy. CAP’N MARCELLA: Champion. BILL walks with a limp and a cane.) SCRATCH: Champion. Perfect. MR. SAUCELITO: All right, then. My secretary has drawn up the MARCELLA: It is, isn’t it? (To MIDGE and REEF.) Are you two ready? 5 contracts, and I’ll get them over to you to sign. 5 (They nod.) Then take to the waves. Midge, you get the fi rst wave. CAP’N BILL: That’ll be fi ne, Mr. Saucelito. (MIDGE looks around for her board.) MR. SAUCELITO: Reef! MIDGE: My board. Where is it? Where’s my board? We gotta fi nd my REEF: Yeah, Dad? board. (The AVALON GANG splits up, looking for the board.) MR. SAUCELITO: Run to my offi ce and bring back the contracts for MARCELLA: Midge Carlson. We’re on a time limit. You must get in 10 them to sign. 10 the water. REEF: Right, Dad. (Runs OFFSTAGE with his GANG.) MIDGE: You gotta give me a second. I can’t fi nd my board. MR. SAUCELITO: (Looks at the shack.) Ugh. We’ll have to do something MARCELLA: I can’t bend the rules, young hopeful. about this. And the heat. It’s hot here. Don’t you have a breeze? MIDGE: (To REEF.) You did this. MOM: (Icy cold.) We used to have a lovely breeze. Until you built that REEF: I’ve been right here with you. 15 wall on your side of the jetty. 15 RHONDA: Hey, Midge, I found it. (The COVE KIDS come back carrying MR. SAUCELITO: Is this sand clean? the board. Three of them have it. We don’t know it yet, but it’s been MOM: We’re thinking of having it dry cleaned. cut in half. They carry it so we don’t see that. RHONDA runs to it.) MR. SAUCELITO: We’ll have to do something about that. (EXITS, and Gimme. the AVALON GANG gathers around MOM and CAP’N BILL.) BARBARA ANN: Hey, easy. You’re going to break it. 20 MIDGE: Mom, Poppy, what was all that about? 20 RHONDA: It’s not yours. Give. RIPTIDE: Yeah, Cap’n Bill. What gives? BARBARA ANN: Don’t pull. CAP’N BILL: That was just a business meeting, Clarence. RHONDA: Give it. (With one mighty pull, she ends up with half the MIDGE: Riptide, Poppy. He likes to be called Riptide. board. She’s shocked.) Ah. Ah. Ah. CAP’N BILL: Sorry. Riptide. BODHY: Oh, man. You know the odds of that? 25 25 RIPTIDE: Yeah, but meeting with HIM? FREDDIE: No, what? FREDDIE: Yeah, it’s like Superman meeting with Lex Luthor. BODHY: I dunno. Give me a second. MOM: (To CAP’N BILL.) You might as well tell them. They’re going to RHONDA: Oh, Midge. I didn’t. It wasn’t… (MIDGE runs to her board, fi nd out sooner or later. clutching the half. The COVE GANG circles her.) CAP’N BILL: (Biting the bullet.) We’ve got to sell the shack. REEF: Gee. That’s a tough break. 30 MIDGE: What? No! You can’t! 30 MARCELLA: Young hopeful, you must get in the water. CAP’N BILL: We’ve got no choice, pumpkin. MIDGE: (To REEF.) You did this. MIDGE: But you love this place. You used to surf this beach. You guys REEF: Surfi ng is a rough sport. met here on this beach. You got married here. MIDGE: What do I do? CAP’N BILL: I know, sweetie. But the truth is, we’re a thousand dollars MARCELLA: This is drama. This is suspense. Shoot the suspense. 35 behind on the rent. We just can’t afford to keep it open anymore. 35 BODHY: About 11,963 to one. MIDGE: You can’t close the shack. MARCELLA: You must get in the water. Final warning. RHONDA: (Just now lowering the transistor and joining the conversation.) MIDGE: What do I do? What? CAP’N BILL: (Pushes through the CROWD to her.) You surf. Kitten, the FREDDIE: They’re closing the shack. board is just a board. It’s not a champion. You are. You could surf 40 RHONDA: WHAT?! 40 on a barn door. Now get out there and show them. (MUSIC CUE 10a:

8 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 49 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MARCELLA: Surfer number three has just caught a wave. All the way 1 FREDDIE: (Louder.) They’re closing the shack! from Honolulu, Hawaii, let’s give a Southern California welcome to RHONDA: I’m not deaf, I’m stunned. Brock “The Longboard” Lealapoopau! (Cheers, shouts and whistles FREDDIE: I know, it’s like Batman handing over his cape. from SPECTATORS. MUSIC UP. LIGHTS UP to reveal BROCK lying on RIPTIDE: You can’t do this! 5 the surfboard, paddling fast. He pops up to his feet and begins his ride, going through a series of moves and tricks. He eventually… 5 CAP’N BILL: I’m sorry. Mr. Saucelito offered to buy us out. We’ll lose wipes out. SOUND EFFECT: SPLASH.) the shack, but at least we’ll keep our house. SPECTATORS: (React.) WIPEOUT! (MUSIC UNDER. LIGHTS OUT on MIDGE: Mr. Saucelito? He already owns everything over in the Cove. SURFBOARD PLATFORM. BROCK EXITS. MIDGE ENTERS in the dark Big hotel. 10 and lies on the surfboard.) SANDY: With cabanas. Toboggans. One of ’em. MARCELLA: And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, from right 10 RIPTIDE: They’ve got golf courses, tennis courts. Restaurants. All the here in Avalon Beach, let’s hear it for the young hopeful, Midge rich people already go there. What’s he want with our little beach? Carlson. (AVALON KIDS, CAP’N BILL, MOM and OTHER SPECTATORS MOM: He’s going to turn it into a parking lot. cheer, shout and whistle while MR. SAUCELITO and the COVE KIDS WENDY: I hate that idea. Everybody else hates that idea, right? 15 stand silent. MUSIC UP. LIGHTS UP on MIDGE lying on the surfboard, CAP’N BILL: (To MIDGE.) There’s nothing we can do, kitten. I’m sorry. paddling fast. She pops up to her feet and begins her ride, going 15 We just can’t risk it. (He and MOM EXIT, leaving the AVALON KIDS through a series of moves and tricks. Walking the nose. Hanging ten. stunned. MUSIC CUE 2: “Save the Shack.”) Shootin’ the curl, etc. [NOTE: If the actress has the ability, she could also do more gymnastic moves.] MIDGE has a perfect ride. She fi nally MIDGE: (Speaks.) We’ve got to do something. We’ve got to fi nd some 20 jumps off the board and runs ashore into the waiting arms of CAP’N way to save the shack. BILL, MOM and the AVALON KIDS; LIGHTS OUT on the surfboard ALL AVALON KIDS: (Sing.) Save the shack! Save the shack! platform. REEF ENTERS in the dark and stands on the surfboard.) 20 We hafta think of something or we won’t be back. A perfect ride! (ALL except MR. SAUCELITO, the COVE KIDS CHEER.) It’s the only surfi n’ beach we got. And now, here comes Reef Saucelito from Malibu! (Cheers from MR. Good golly, we just really gotta save the shack! 25 SAUCELITO, the COVE KIDS and OTHER SPECTATORS while CAP’N BILL, BODHY: (Sings.) Maybe we could advertise a car wash. MOM and the AVALON KIDS fall silent. LIGHTS UP on REEF, who also SANDY: (Sings.) A bake sale could really be a hit, by gosh. goes through a series of moves and tricks. REEF also has a perfect 25 FREDDIE: (Sings.) I could sell my comic books for several zeros! ride. He fi nally jumps off the board and runs ashore to his cheering FRIENDS and MR. SAUCELITO.) Another perfect ride! (MUSIC OUT.) WENDY: (Sings.) We’d surely make a bundle on the superheroes. 30 REEF: (To his GANG.) I can’t believe she’s still in this competition. She’s ALL: (Sing.) Save the shack! Save the shack! good. You guys know what you’ve got to do. (The COVE GANG grabs We hafta think of something or we won’t be back. CAP’N BILL’S prize winning surfboard and sneak it OFFSTAGE.) We could be surfi n’ in a parking lot. 30 Good golly, we just really gotta save the shack! MARCELLA: My, oh my, oh my, we’ve seen some thrilling displays of surfi ng prowess here today. But it all comes down to our two LOCO MOCO: (Sings.) We could have ourselves a poetry night… 35 fi nalists. (To SHUTTERBUG.) Shoot the fi nalists. MIDGE: (Sings.) Or beach blanket bingo by a fi relight. SHUTTERBUG: You got it, MM. RHONDA: (Sings.) I guess I could sell my tiny radio. MARCELLA: So tell me, young ruffi ans, what are your names? RIPTIDE: (Sings.) MIDGE: Midge Carlson. (Hoots and screams from her gang. MOM and 35 I’ll bet my custom longboard would bring some dough. CAP’N BILL, too.) ALL: (Sing.) Save the shack! Save the shack! 40 REEF: Reef Saucelito. (Cheers from his side.) We hafta think of something or we won’t be back. I don’t know how we could ever survive. MARCELLA: Well, it all rides on the next wave. Whoever gives us the We gotta stick together, keep the dream alive. best ride will win the grand prize of one thousand dollars and the right to call themselves— 40 Save the shack! Save the shack! We hafta think of something or we won’t be back.

48 9 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 I don’t know how we could ever survive. 1 MIDGE: (Unconvincing.) No. We gotta stick together, keep the dream alive. CAP’N BILL: You’ll be fi ne. Just keep planted and remember the wave We gotta stick together keep the dream alive. is alive. Treat it with respect, and it’ll respect you. We hafta think of something or we won’t be back. RHONDA: Be like Spiderman when facing Doc Oc. 5 Good golly, we just really gotta save the shack! (MUSIC OUT.) 5 FREDDIE: What? MIDGE: Wait. I think I have an idea! (Grabs the magazine and goes RHONDA: (Louder.) Be like Spiderman! rushing OFFSTAGE. BLACKOUT.) FREDDIE: You like the web-slinger? What happened to the Beach End of Scene One Boys? RHONDA: Who? (Takes his hand and puts her head on his shoulder.) ACT ONE 10 FREDDIE: I feel like a superhero. Am I fl ying? Scene Two BODHY: Even odds you can take that punk, Midge. (The other AVALON LIGHTS UP: Bare stage. ZELDA ENTERS with her metal detector, KIDS ad-lib support.) scanning the beach. MARCELLA: Now the second batch of surfers enters the waves. 10 ZELDA: Know it’s here somewhere. Gotta be here. (Just as she’s about to EXIT, she nearly runs into MARCELLA MARCH, SHUTTERBUG and REEF: (Heads toward the water with his surfboard. He catches up to SCRATCH, who writes down everything MARCELLA says like a good 15 MIDGE.) Won’t give up, huh? stenographer. SHUTTERBUG always has a camera. ZELDA scans MIDGE: Not today. MARCELLA then shakes her head.) Not you. No good. (EXITS.) REEF: Just remember. It’s better to take a dive than a serious wipeout. 15 MIDGE: (ENTERS behind MARCELLA.) Okay, this is Avalon. What do Hate for anyone to get hurt. (He EXITS, followed by MIDGE. MUSIC you think? Isn’t it perfect? CUE 10: “The Competition.”) MARCELLA: Oh my. Oh my, oh my. No. Not perfect. Far from perfect. 20 MARCELLA: And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it looks It’s… like our competition is about to begin. (DUKE ENTERS in the dark SCRATCH: Horrible? Disastrous? Inconceivably awful? and lies on the surfboard. [NOTE: SURFERS may ALL use the same prop surfboard or each have their own that they ENTER with and 20 MARCELLA: IM-perfect. place on the platform.] Announces…) Our fi rst surfer has just SCRATCH: Better. 25 caught a wave. All the way from Half Moon Bay, California, it’s MARCELLA: Isn’t it? It’s a perfect description. Imperfect. Look, it even Duke “The Duck” Slater. Let’s cheer him on! (Cheers, shouts and has a rundown little surf shack. (To SHUTTERBUG.) Shoot the sad whistles from SPECTATORS. LIGHTS UP to reveal DUKE lying on the shack. (SHUTTERBUG takes pictures of the surf shack.) surfboard, paddling fast. He pops up to his feet and begins his ride, 25 RIPTIDE: (ENTERS with the AVALON GANG [LOCO MOCO, BODHY, going through a series of moves and tricks. He eventually… wipes FREDDIE, RHONDA, SANDY and WENDY].) Hey, Midge. What gives? 30 out. SOUND EFFECT: SPLASH.) MARCELLA: Look, it even comes with ragamuffi ns. SPECTATORS: (React.) WIPEOUT! (MUSIC UNDER. LIGHTS OUT on SANDY: Hey! SURFBOARD PLATFORM. DUKE EXITS. SALLY ENTERS in the dark and lies on the surfboard.) MIDGE: This is Marcella March. MARCELLA: Looks like our next surfer has also caught a wave! This is 30 RIPTIDE: Marcella March? From “Surf’s Up” magazine? 35 Sally Valley from where else? The Valley! Let’s let her know we’re MARCELLA: The ragamuffi ns know me. That is so cute. (To watching! (Cheers, shouts and whistles from SPECTATORS. MUSIC UP. SHUTTERBUG.) Shoot the ragamuffi ns. LIGHTS UP to reveal SALLY lying on the surfboard paddling fast. She SHUTTERBUG: You got it, MM. (Snaps photos.) pops up to her feet and begins her ride going through a series of moves MIDGE: You know that “Surf’s Up” is holding a big surf contest at the and tricks but eventually… wipes out. SOUND EFFECT: SPLASH.) 35 Cove. I’m telling her she should do it right here. On Avalon. (The 40 SPECTATORS: (React.) WIPEOUT! (MUSIC UNDER. LIGHTS OUT on KIDS all ad-lib what a great idea that is.) SURFBOARD PLATFORM. SALLY EXITS. BROCK ENTERS in the dark MARCELLA: No, little ragamuffi ns, it’s not a good idea. It’s…. and lies on the surfboard.)

10 47 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: (Sings.) Soft winds blowing through your hair, 1 SCRATCH: Silly? Naively hopeful? Purple? Takes me faraway. MARCELLA: A BAD idea. RIPTIDE: (Sings.) OTHER KIDS: (Sing.) SCRATCH: Better. To a place where we can Aah. MARCELLA: Isn’t it? It’s perfect. No one’s ever heard of this beach. 5 share… 5 It’s a forgotten and desolate stretch of land— ALL: (Sing.) …endless blue skies and warm sunny days! MIDGE: —that has the best surfi ng in the state. Lying there beneath the moon, Visions of a blue lagoon. MARCELLA: Yes, but the Cove has cabanas and hotels and restaurants. Dreaming of a big surf paradise. It’s perfect. (The AVALON KIDS ad-lib “no” and argue, but MIDGE quiets them.) 10 OTHER KIDS: (Sing.) Ah. 10 MIDGE: You’re right. The Cove is the perfect place for an “amateur” ALL: (Sing.) Oooh. (Add TWO GIRLS [or TWO GUYS singing falsetto 8va] surf contest. to RIP and MIDGE’S part until end of song.) MARCELLA: Oh no, little ragamuffi n. This is a professional contest. RIPTIDE/MIDGE: (Sing.) OTHER KIDS: (Sing.) Oooh. Oooh. Visions of a big surf MIDGE: Not if you’re having it at the Cove. The waves there are strictly limp. It’s only for kooks and try-to-bes. But it is pretty. And popular. 15 paradise. Oo. (Repeat one to three times.) 15 You can be like the “Tiger Beat” of surf magazines. ALL: (Sing.) Oooh. (MUSIC OUT. BLACKOUT.) MARCELLA: “Surf’s Up” is the premiere magazine for surfers. End of Scene Three MIDGE: Then you want the best surfi ng. Right out there, the reef breaks into the stone wall canyon, 30 feet down. Now, add the currents and the warm water coming up from Baja, and you got the ACT TWO 20 best surfi ng in the world. Scene Four LOCO MOCO: And the truth is known all over town, that Riptide is the LIGHTS UP: The next morning. The ocean fl at is back in place. best surfer… in the area. Urgh. The ENTIRE CAST is ONSTAGE for the big contest, and the place is MARCELLA: Shutterbug. Shoot the surfer. 20 boppin’. SHUTTERBUG: Right, MM. (Shoots photos of RIPTIDE.) MARCELLA: It’s Saturday morning here at Avalon Beach, and the air is full of… 25 MARCELLA: Is all this true? SCRATCH: Salt? Tension? Frisbees? MIDGE: Yep. Ask any surfer who knows his stuff. MARCELLA: …excitement. MARCELLA: I’m having… 25 SCRATCH: Excitement. Perfect. SCRATCH: Doubts? Reservations? Gas pains? MARCELLA: It is, isn’t it? The big surfi ng contest is about to get MARCELLA: Second thoughts. underway, and the beach is full of spectators. Shoot the 30 SCRATCH: Better. spectators. MARCELLA: Isn’t it? (RIPTIDE grabs his board and poses in front of the SHUTTERBUG: Right, MM. (Shoots pictures.) All right, you all love beach. SHUTTERBUG snaps pictures while RIPTIDE tries to show the 30 surfi ng. Good. Now you hate it. You’re cold. Good. Work with me. proper emotions.) Now you’re cautiously optimistic with a dash of foreboding. SHUTTERBUG: Good. You’re happy. Good. Now angry. Angry. You hate MARCELLA: Shutterbug. 35 the waves. Bad waves. Good. Now in love. You love surfi ng. You’re SHUTTERBUG: Sorry. a natural. Now morally ambiguous with a touch of bewilderment and teen angst. MARCELLA: The fi rst wave of surfers are in the water. (EVERYONE looks 35 to the ocean. MOM, CAP’N BILL and the AVALON KIDS surround MARCELLA: Shutterbug, what have I told you about this? MIDGE.) SHUTTERBUG: Sorry, MM. (REEF and his GANG ENTER; REEF carries a CAP’N BILL: You nervous? 40 large manila envelope. BARBARA ANN brushes her hair.)

46 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 11 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 REEF: First thing we do is bulldoze that shack. Then put in three 1 RIPTIDE: Hiya, Midge. and half acres of blacktop. We’ll be able to park 400 cars here. MIDGE: Hi, Riptide. Hey, Riptide, what are you doing? Posing for “loser of the year” RIPTIDE: You okay? You look a little… calendar? MIDGE: Terrifi ed? 5 FENDER BENDER: Ha. “Loser of the year” calendar. Ha-ha. Hang it on 5 your wall and lose. HA-HA-ha-ha-ha. RIPTIDE: You’re going to be great. REEF: Fender Bender. MIDGE: Maybe by the day I die. FENDER BENDER: (Stops laughing.) And I’m done. RIPTIDE: No, by Saturday. MARCELLA: Oh, look. It even has snobs. It’s perfect. MIDGE: Might be the same day. 10 FENDER BENDER: Who you calling snobs? RIPTIDE: Maybe this will help. (Takes off his class ring.) I was kinda… 10 sorta hoping that maybe… argh. For crying out loud, you’d think this MARCELLA: Shoot the snobs. (SHUTTERBUG does.) would get easier. (Finally jumping in.) Will you wear my ring. For luck? REEF: Who am I addressing, ma’am? MIDGE: Just for luck? MARCELLA: Marcella March, “Surf’s Up” magazine. RIPTIDE: That’s a good start. (They hug. There’s love there.) REEF: (Shakes her hand like a politician.) Reef Saucelito. My family MIDGE: I can’t breathe, Rip. 15 owns the Cove. 15 RIPTIDE: (Releasing the hug.) Oh. Sorry. MARCELLA: Oh, yes. We were going to hold the big surf contest there. MIDGE: No, it’s not that. I’m scared. What if blow it? What if I totally wipe out? REEF: Were? What’s that mean? RIPTIDE: Then I’ll be here to get you back on the board. CAROLINE: (Being helpful.) Were. Past plural tense of “are.” MIDGE: Awww, Rip. I have to win. What if I don’t? 20 MARCELLA: If this beach does have better surf conditions, we’ll hold 20 the contest here. RIPTIDE: What if? BARBARA ANN: What? Oh, no. (To REEF.) Pooki-kins, you promised MIDGE: Then we lose everything. I could model all the ads and promotionals. I’ve been practicing. RIPTIDE: Not everything. (MUSIC CUE 9: “Big Surf Paradise.” During (Strikes a few model poses.) Tell me that’s not a million-dollar tan. the following dialogue, RIPTIDE and MIDGE grab a blanket by the 25 Tell me. shack and move DOWN LEFT as if by a campfi re on the beach. 25 JOHN B.: That’s not a million-dollar t— Simultaneously, the rest of the AVALON KIDS ENTER singing “Ooohs” under RIPTIDE’S following lines. They move DOWN RIGHT, sitting CAROLINE: Shut up. around their own “campfi re” on the beach. Speaks.) No matter what JOHN B.: Zippin’ it. Tight lipped. Locked. you do, I will never stop believing in you. Head to toe. You just REEF: You don’t want to hold— have to look inside yourself, Midge, and fi nd that big surf paradise 30 JOHN B.: Not a peep. Nada noise. 30 where the waves are humongous, the surfi ng’s out of sight, and CAROLINE: Close it. there’s no such thing as wiping out. (Sings.) On the beach with you tonight, REEF: You don’t want to hold the contest here. You want to come over Staring at a fi re light. to the Cove, where the water’s warm, the drinks are cold and the Dreaming of a big surf paradise. sun is perfect. We got hotels, cabanas, golf, tennis— 35 OTHER KIDS: (Sing.) Oooh. Oooh. 35 MARCELLA: Oh, little snob. The Cove may be inferior. (The AVALON KIDS burst into laughter. The COVE KIDS go dark.) MIDGE: (Sings.) OTHER KIDS: (Sing.) I can hear the waves Oooh. REEF: Inferior? nearby, RHONDA: (Pulls the transistor radio away from her ear.) What? As we gaze up in sky, Oooh. FREDDIE: The Cove is inferior! 40 Dreaming of a big surf Oooh. 40 RHONDA: Well, yeah. You interrupted The Ventures for that? paradise. Oooh.

12 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 45 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: Poppy. This is your prize board. 1 CAROLINE: What gives with her? She deaf? CAP’N BILL: That board won a lot of championships. And now it’s RHONDA: What? going to win one more. CAROLINE: (Louder.) Are you deaf? MIDGE: (Hugs him.) I love you, Poppy. RHONDA: (Screams into CAROLINE’S ear.) NO! 5 MR. SAUCELITO: (ENTERS in a bluster with REEF, carrying papers.) 5 REEF: This is ridiculous. There you are, Carlson. JOHN B.: Yeah, surfi n’ is dumb, and I hate it. CAP’N BILL: Mr. Saucelito. REEF: I like to surf. MR. SAUCELITO: You still haven’t signed my contracts. We’ll have to JOHN B.: Me too. Coolest thing ever. Sport of kings. do something about that. (Thrusts over a new set of papers. CAP’N REEF: I meant the situation is ridiculous. 10 BILL scans them.) 10 CAP’N BILL: This is less than we agreed. JOHN B.: Stupidest thing ever. (To MARCELLA.) Only morons would read your magazine. MR. SAUCELITO: You are wasting my time by not signing. CAROLINE: The Cove hotel has a subscription. CAP’N BILL: But— JOHN B.: Which we all love because it has great articles. MR. SAUCELITO: For every day you don’t sign, I reduce my offer by REEF: John, she writes the articles. 15 20 percent. Come Saturday, there may not be anything worth salvaging. Be realistic. You can’t gamble your future on the silly 15 JOHN B.: Which are poorly written with bad syntax. But the pictures dreams of a little girl. are cool. CAP’N BILL: (He’s reached a turning point.) You’d be amazed at what SHUTTERBUG: Thank you. I can do. (Takes the papers and rips them up. MR. SAUCELITO is MARCELLA: He’s kidding. 20 stunned.) SHUTTERBUG: Aw. MIDGE: Poppy! 20 REEF: John, you’re not helping. CAP’N BILL: We’ll see you Saturday. (EXITS with a shocked MIDGE in JOHN B.: Making things worse is what I’m doing. I should just shut up. tow.) MARCELLA: (To MIDGE.) I’ll look into this and let you know. Contest MR. SAUCELITO: (Calls after them.) You’re making a mistake. (Takes is a week from Saturday. (Dictating to SCRATCH.) As I left this 25 a coin out of his pocket and drops it on the sand. To REEF.) Do you desolate stretch of land, I was fi lled with a kind of… know how much that is worth? 25 SCRATCH: Longing? Dread? Hunger? REEF: (Looks at the coin.) Twenty-fi ve cents? MARCELLA: Hope. MR. SAUCELITO: Four thousand dollars. That’s where my construction SCRATCH: Hope. Perfect. crew is going to start building my parking lot come Monday. I’ve MARCELLA: It is, isn’t it? Oh, my. My-oh-my. (She, SCRATCH and 30 already paid for a deposit, building permits, architects. If I don’t SHUTTERBUG EXIT.) get this land, I’m out my money. Understand? 30 REEF: (Storms over to MIDGE and thrusts the envelope at her.) Here, REEF: Yes, sir. give this to your parents and have them sign it. MR. SAUCELITO: I don’t think you do. If you want to walk in my MIDGE: What is it? footsteps, then stop that girl from winning. Am I clear? REEF: Contracts for the sale of the shack. 35 REEF: Yes, sir. MIDGE: Yeah, well, maybe we won’t need these anymore. MR. SAUCELITO: Good. Whatever it takes. You are a Saucelito. Start acting like it. (As they start to EXIT—) Get my quarter. (REEF runs 35 REEF: What’s that mean? back and picks up the coin. He’s about to pocket it when—) That’s CAROLINE: The time the contracts were required may have passed. my quarter. (REEF hands it to his father and they EXIT. MIDGE RE- But that’s a loose interpretation. 40 ENTERS holding the torn papers. She’s kind of in shock. That’s when REEF: I’m telling my dad. He’s gonna be mad. RIPTIDE ENTERS and crosses.) LOCO MOCO: That rhymes. Good meter. Good meter. 40 REEF: We have an agreement. 44 13 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: Not until these are signed. 1 Walk that board, walk the nose, REEF: We’ll see about that. And you had your eyes closed in all those Hang ten, dangle them toes. pictures! (He and the COVE KIDS EXIT. The AVALON KIDS whoop. BASSES: (BARITONES, if singing as a SAB arrangement.) BLACKOUT.) Surf’s up! Everybody’s shoutin’ it now! End of Scene Two 5 Surf’s up! Everybody’s diggin’ it now! Surf’s up! Everybody’s tryin’ it now! ACT ONE Surf’s up! Everybody’s livin’ it now! Surf’s up! Everybody’s lovin’ it now! Scene Three Surf’s up! Everybody’s ridin’ it… 5 LIGHTS UP: MR. SAUCELITO ENTERS with REEF and the other COVE 10 ALL: (Sing.) Ride, ride, ridin’ the dry surf under the sun! (The following KIDS. MR. SAUCELITO walks the water’s edge DOWNSTAGE. TWO STANZAS are sung as a DUET.) MR. SAUCELITO: You sure she said here? SOPRANOS/ALTOS/TENORS: (Sing.) REEF: Yeah, Dad, right here. Catch a wave, we’re on the track. MR. SAUCELITO: Well, I don’t see anything special about this beach. Pop right up, right foot back. 10 JOHN B.: Worthless stretch of sand is what I say. 15 Take off, shoot the curl. MR. SAUCELITO: She said it was great? Stoked and smokin’, now give it a whirl! JOHN B.: Best and the brightest, yes, sir. Walk that board, walk the nose, Hang ten, dangle them toes. REEF: Maybe it won’t matter. BASSES: (BARITONES, if singing as a SAB arrangement.) JOHN B.: Nobody reads that magazine, anyway. Surf’s up! Everybody’s shoutin’ it now! 15 MR. SAUCELITO: It’s huge. 20 Surf’s up! Everybody’s diggin’ it now! JOHN B.: Biggest in the country. Very popular. Surf’s up! Everybody’s tryin’ it now! MR. SAUCELITO: You sure you heard her correctly? Surf’s up! Everybody’s livin’ it now! REEF: Yes, Dad. Surf’s up! Everybody’s lovin’ it now! Surf’s up! Everybody’s ridin’ it… MR. SAUCELITO: This isn’t another one of your mistakes? 25 ALL: (Sing.) Ride, ride, ridin’ the dry surf under the sun! 20 REEF: (Embarrassed in front of his friends.) No, Dad. Ride, ride, ridin’ the dry surf under the sun! MR. SAUCELITO: We’ll have to do something about that. Ride, ride, ridin’ the dry surf under the sun! (LIGHTS FADE TO BLACK REEF: What are you going to do? as the AVALON KIDS continue surfi ng, laughing and shouting ad-libs MR. SAUCELITO: Not me. You. as before. MUSIC OUT.) REEF: Me? End of Scene Two 25 MR. SAUCELITO: Aren’t you the surf expert? Didn’t you beg me to buy you a surfboard? Aren’t you off afternoons surfi ng when you ACT TWO should be bussing tables? Now is the time for you to contribute to Scene Three the family business. I want this piece of land. You do whatever it 30 LIGHTS UP: CAP’N BILL and MIDGE ENTER. He’s giving her some sage takes. (MUSIC CUE 3: “Life in the Fast Lane.” Speaks.) Life is about advice. 30 winning, son, no matter what the cost. We need to get your life CAP’N BILL: Remember, you’ve got to be part of the wave. It’s a living tuned and revved up like a fi ne engine. You gotta roar, son, roar! thing, and you are just a part of it. You can’t fi ght it, you’ve got to (SOUND EFFECT: HOT ROD ENGINE REVVING UP. COVE KIDS roar use it. Find its rhythm. Feel its pulse. Move with it. along with SFX. Sings; points to his heart.) 35 MIDGE: I remember. There’s a four-thirteen tickin’ under your old man’s hood. 35 Like a super-stocked Dodge on the speedway, I’m sittin’ good. CAP’N BILL: And most of all… (Takes down his prize surfboard from I got grease under my nails, and that’s why I’m the best in sales. over the door.) You’ve got to have the right equipment. This fuel-injected stingray is really gonna shut ’em down!

14 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 43 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 Right foot back. 1 MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) COVE KIDS: (Sing.) Take off, ridin’ the lip. (She assumes a clumsy surfi ng pose.) You gotta live life in the Rev it up, shut ’em down, Stoked and full on, let ’er rip! (Again, she almost falls.) fast lane! Faster, faster! Walk that board, walk the nose, (She tries to walk back and forth Cruisin’ like a freight train, Oooh. 5 on board but is shaky.) 5 burnin’ up the octane! Hang ten, dangle them toes. (She walks to the front of the board Life in the fast lane! Rev it up, shut ’em down, and tries to hang toes over the front but again, almost falls.) I’m a car-crazy maniac, Faster, faster! Ride, ride, ridin’ the dry surf under the sun! (Frustrated, she plops drivin’ ’em insane! Oooh. down on the board.) ALL: (Sing.) Comin’ off the line when the light turns green, 10 MIDGE: (Sings.) But what if I choke and wipe out over the falls? 10 MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) MOM: (Sings.) All you gotta make is one good ride, that’s all. (MIDGE Pedal to the metal, I’m a screamin’ machine! lays back down on the board and pretends to “paddle out to sea” Now you can’t be a clunker with an engine that’ll barely whine. again.) FENDER BENDER/JOHN B.: (Sing.) RIPTIDE: (Sings.) Just remember that number one rule… Get some hot ram induction, burnin’ rubber to the fi nish line. 15 Stay focused, always keep your cool. 15 BARBARA ANN/CAROLINE: (Sing.) Like a slick red cherry coupe. CAP’N BILL/MOM/RIPTIDE: (Sing.) MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) And get ready for the most outrageous ride of your life. ([NOTE: Not a broken down, junkyard nincompoop! See PRODUCTION NOTES for surfi ng techniques to be used during ALL: (Except REEF. Sing.) the following chorus.] With a determined look on her face, MIDGE Be a four speed, dual quad, hot rod ’n’ shut ’em down. 20 goes through the same series of surfboard moves again. But this 20 time to the amazement of ALL, she looks great and accomplishes REEF: (Sings; excited.) COVE KIDS: (Sing.) all the moves with great poise and fi nesse.) I gotta live life in the fast Rev it up, shut ’em down, lane! Faster, faster! ALL: (Sing.) Catch a wave, you’re on the track. (MIDGE paddles.) Smokin’ like a jet plane, Ooo. Pop right up, (She jumps up on the board.) right foot back. spinnin’ like a weather 25 Take off, shoot the curl. (She assumes a surfer pose.) 25 vane! Rev it up, shut ’em down, Stoked and smokin’ now, give it a whirl. Life in the fast lane! Faster, faster! Walk that board, walk the nose, (She takes a step back, a step Like a hot dune buggy Ooo. forward, then walks to the nose of the board.) tearin’ up the terrain! Hang ten, dangle them toes. (She hangs her toes over the front of ALL: (Sing.) Comin’ off the line when the light turns green, 30 the board then goes back to the balance point and effects a surfer pose again.) 30 MR. SAUCELITO/REEF: (Sing.) Pedal to the metal, I’m a screamin’ machine! (COVE KIDS softly Ride, ride, ridin’ the dry surf under the sun! (INSTRUMENTAL chant, “Faster, faster!” in rhythm under the following.) INTERLUDE; there is a lot of commotion and ad-libs—“Surf’s up!” “Cowabunga!” “Last one in’s a hodad!” “It’s Beach Blanket Bingo!”, MR. SAUCELITO: (Chants in rhythm.) 35 etc. ALL AVALON KIDS quickly grab surfboards, place them on the Like a souped up Thunderbird, ported and relieved, “dry surf” and lie down on their boards. They then go through the 35 I’ll be drivin’ off the lot with accounts received! same series of moves as MIDGE. The following TWO STANZAS are REEF: (Chants in rhythm.) sung as a DUET.) Power shift in second, ridin’ the clutch! SOPRANOS/ALTOS/TENORS: (Sing.) MR. SAUCELITO: (Chants in rhythm.) 40 Catch a wave, it takes a knack. Buyin’ up the land, I got the Midas touch! Pop right up, right foot back. 40 REEF: (Chants in rhythm.) Take off, ridin’ the lip. We’ll give ’em a length and then we’ll shut ’em down! Stoked and full on, let ’er rip! MR. SAUCELITO: (Chants in rhythm.) Gonna own that seashore for miles aroun’!

42 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 15 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MR. SAUCELITO/REEF: (Chant in rhythm.) 1 MIDGE: When I think about all the fun we could’ve had surfi ng Gotta rumble, gotta roar like a little deuce coupe! together… MR. SAUCELITO: (To REEF. Chants in rhythm.) RIPTIDE: We still can. To win this race, how low will you stoop? MIDGE: No. 5 MR. S./REEF: (Sing.) COVE KIDS: (Sing.) 5 RIPTIDE: Sure, we just stay out of the waves. Guys. (The GUYS grab Life in the fast lane! Rev it up, shut ’em down, two or three benches or low sawhorses and set them up, laying Cruisin’ like a freight train, Faster, faster! a surfboard across them.) Voila. Dry surf. (Gestures and MIDGE burnin’ up the octane! Oooh. stands on it. The GUYS each take a side and rock it gently back and Life in the fast lane! Rev it up, shut ’em down, forth to simulate waves.) This isn’t better than real water, but it’s 10 Faster, faster! 10 good for practicing moves. REEF: (Sings.) COVE KIDS: (Sing.) MIDGE: Hey, yeah. (Practicing, arms out, doing a few turns and hanging Like a hot dune buggy Oooh. ten when CAP’N BILL RE-ENTERS with MOM, carrying the manila tearin’ up the terrain! envelope. EVERYONE FREEZES when CAP’N BILL sees her on the ALL: (Sing.) Comin’ off the line when the light turns green, board.) 15 MR. SAUCELITO/REEF: (Sing.) 15 CAP’N BILL: Midge. Pedal to the metal, I’m a screamin’ machine! MIDGE: Poppy. ALL: (Sing.) Comin’ off the line when the light turns green, CAP’N BILL: What are you doing? MR. SAUCELITO/REEF: (Sing.) MIDGE: It’s not what it seems. Pedal to the metal, I’m a screamin’ machine! (MUSIC UNDER.) CAP’N BILL: You are NOT doing that… (Tense beat.) …correctly. 20 MR. SAUCELITO: (Speaks.) Now go out there and wave that checkered 20 (EVERYONE relaxes as CAP’N BILL limps over and takes charge as fl ag, son! coach.) Surfi ng is all about balance. Power. Timing. REEF: (Excited; desperately wanting his dad’s approval. Speaks.) Yes, MIDGE: Poppy? (MUSIC CUE 8: “Ride, Ride, Ridin’ the Dry Surf.”) sir, Dad! (SOUND EFFECT: HOT ROD ENGINE REVVING UP; REEF CAP’N BILL: (Speaks.) If you want to win this thing, you’ve got to get and the COVE KIDS excitedly EXIT. MR. SAUCELITO smiles broadly as back to fundamentals. (Sings.) 25 he proudly looks over his latest prospective land conquest. MUSIC 25 When you’re ridin’ a wave, you gotta show the right technique. OUT. BLACKOUT.) Build those muscles, have a properly toned physique. End of Scene Three Get a feeling for the board, like a Zen experience strikes a chord. Free your mind, stay calm and relax. ACT ONE Now, lay on the board, mark a balance point with your chin. (MIDGE Scene Four 30 lays on the board and touches her chin to a center balance point.) LIGHTS UP: REEF is holding the contracts and talking to CAP’N BILL at the When you fi nd the right spot, you’ll be ready to begin. Surf Shack counter. He’s really pouring on the old Eddie Haskell charm. Now paddle with a crawl stroke, one arm at a time, you gotta get REEF: Gosh, Mr. Carlson. I know my dad can be a bit overbearing. stoked. (MIDGE paddles as directed. As if seeing a monster wave coming at them.) 30 CAP’N BILL: It’s all right, Reef. I know it’s not you. 35 Here comes that big surf, pray you don’t get axed. (MIDGE goes REEF: Gee whiz, that’s nice of you to say. But golly, I know what this through the following series of “surfi ng moves” as dictated in the place means to you. And I bet if you sign right now, I can get you CHORUS. She tries the best she can but is awkward, clumsy and an extra $2,000. out of practice. [NOTE: for the safety of the actress, use two to four CAP’N BILL: Why is that? SPOTTERS on either side of the board.]) 35 REEF: Well, to be honest, my dad’s kind of training me. If I close this 40 Catch a wave, it takes a knack. deal fast, I look good in his eyes. Gee willikers, when we help Pop right up, others, everybody can win. (CAP’N BILL pulls the contracts towards (She jumps up on the board and almost falls.) him as MIDGE ENTERS.)

16 41 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 and ends up behind the surfboard fence. She detects something. 1 MIDGE: Poppy, wait! Don’t sign those. (Grabs the pages.) Whoo-hoo. A few moments later she digs up the envelope.) CAP’N BILL: Oh, Midge, we’ve been over this. ZELDA: Got it! A treasure, maybe a map? (Opens it and reads the MIDGE: Things have changed. pages. She’s moving OFFSTAGE when CAP’N BILL and MOM RE- REEF: Jiminy, Mr. Carlson— 5 ENTER and see the envelope under her arm.) 5 MIDGE: Shut up, Reef. (To CAP’N BILL.) Poppy, there’s a big surf contest CAP’N BILL: We’ve looked everywhere. What could’ve—Zelda? coming. “Surf’s Up” magazine might hold it right here on Avalon! ZELDA: Yup? REEF: Gosh, Mr. Carlson, we’re runnin’ out of time. CAP’N BILL: What’ve you got there? MIDGE: (Barreling over REEF.) All the best surfers in the country could ZELDA: Not Blackbeard’s treasure. come here. Maybe they’ll buy from our shop. 10 CAP’N BILL: No, there. (Reaches for the envelope; ZELDA pulls away.) 10 REEF: Gee, that’s a lot of mights, maybes and coulds. ZELDA: It’s mine. I found it, fair and square. MIDGE: Poppy, please, they’ll come back. They just need to know CAP’N BILL: I need that, please. about us. ZELDA: Finders keepers. CAP’N BILL: I can’t risk our futures on a maybe. Even if we get CAP’N BILL: Zelda, please. advertising, even if our shop becomes a hit, we’re still a thousand 15 ZELDA: Blackbeard’s treasure. (Runs OFF with CAP’N BILL and MOM 15 dollars in debt. in pursuit. That’s when MIDGE and the AVALON GANG ENTER.) REEF: (Harsh.) Sign those papers, Mr. Carlson, or the bonus is off. RIPTIDE: So what do we do now? (EXITS.) MIDGE: I guess we should start packing up. MIDGE: Don’t, Poppy. Wait! RHONDA: I can’t believe we’re going to close this place. CAP’N BILL: It’s too late. This way I still have enough to send you to 20 college. You can get a degree in business. Run a REAL company. 20 FREDDIE: It’s like baby Superman forced to leave Krypton. Get away from this life. WENDY: I’m really going to miss it here. You guys are too, right? MIDGE: I like this life. LOCO MOCO: There’s a tear in my eye because we must part. I will CAP’N BILL: I want you to have more. miss this place with all of my…. stomach. Argh. MIDGE: What about your dreams, Poppy? SANDY: So you’re really gonna quit? 25 CAP’N BILL: (Holds up the cane.) Look at me, Midge. Dreams die 25 MIDGE: I have to. If you could’ve seen Poppy’s face. (Starts to pack a hard. But they die. Reality will keep you safe and warm at night. cardboard box with stuff.) MIDGE: But— BODHY: I betcha two wedgies, a Melvin and a wet willie the Cove kids are celebrating. CAP’N BILL: Unless you have a thousand dollars in your pocket, it’s over, kitten. (EXITS, leaving MIDGE alone with the papers. That’s FREDDIE: Why would I want to bet? 30 when RIPTIDE, FREDDIE, LOCO MOCO and BODHY ENTER across 30 BODHY: ’Cause it’s fun. stage. MIDGE doesn’t notice them.) FREDDIE: No, it’s not. FREDDIE: (To RIPTIDE.) There she is. Now’s your chance. (RIPTIDE BODHY: Betcha a sock in the arm it is. (FREDDIE socks him in the hesitates.) What are you waiting for? (RIPTIDE freezes up. Can’t arm.) Ow! move. MIDGE hasn’t seen him and EXITS.) What is the matter with FREDDIE: You’re right, that was fun. 35 you? Is she Kryptonite or something? Every time you see her, you 35 RIPTIDE: (Pulls out a board.) Wow, look at this. It’s a nine-foot Dewey go gooey. Weber. RIPTIDE: I don’t know what to say. MIDGE: With a slip check on its nose. FREDDIE: You like her, right? RIPTIDE: Neat. RIPTIDE: Yeah. MIDGE: I’m sorry I never told you everything. 40 FREDDIE: Then tell her that. You want to ask her on a date? 40 RIPTIDE: For crying out loud, I understand. RIPTIDE: Yeah.

40 17 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 FREDDIE: Then ask her. 1 MIDGE: I dream about this life. And once upon a time, you did, too. BODHY: Betcha 50 bucks she says yes. CAP’N BILL: Dreams die. That’s just the way things are. RIPTIDE: You don’t have 50 bucks. MIDGE: Dreams may die. That doesn’t mean they have to commit BODHY: All right, 20 noogies. suicide. 5 RIPTIDE: So I get rejected, and I get noogies? No thanks. 5 CAP’N BILL: I won’t risk you getting hurt for this life. BODHY: No, if you get rejected, you get to give ME noogies. MIDGE: Then what kind of life is worth a risk, Poppy? (Storms OFF. RIPTIDE: I don’t want to give you noogies. CAP’N BILL stands frozen in place. BLACKOUT.) BODHY: Well, there are 20 noogies out there, somebody’s gotta get End of Scene One ’em. ACT TWO 10 RIPTIDE: What noogies? Scene Two BODHY: The noogies you just bet. LIGHTS UP: CAP’N BILL and MOM are ONSTAGE alone. RIPTIDE: I never bet any noogies. CAP’N BILL: It’s for her own good. BODHY: Not a sporting man, eh? 10 MOM: Sure. RIPTIDE: She’ll probably just say no, anyway. CAP’N BILL: She’ll thank me later. 15 LOCO MOCO: For all you know, she’s been struck by ol’ Cupid. But you’ll never know ’cause you’re acting so… dumb. Arggh. Why is MOM: You bet. this so hard? CAP’N BILL: I’m just looking out for her. RIPTIDE: I wouldn’t know what to say. MOM: Uh-huh. BODHY: It’s easy. Wait a minute. I have an idea. Wait right here. (To 15 CAP’N BILL: I love her. 20 FREDDIE and LOCO MOCO.) Come on, guys, follow me. (They go MOM: No doubt. behind the Surf Shack, where, with a lot of commotion, grunts and CAP’N BILL: You think I’m wrong? groans, they put on grass skirts, coconut bikini tops, wigs and leis.) MOM: No. I know you love her. People show their love in different RIPTIDE: (After a beat; suspicious.) What are you guys doing back ways. there? 20 CAP’N BILL: Right. She should accept that. 25 BODHY’S VOICE: (From behind the shack.) You’ll see. MOM: Take Midge. She’s willing to take a chance to save the shack. FREDDIE’S VOICE: (From behind the shack.) It’s for your own good. Because she loves you. You should accept that. RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) Aw, come on, guys, what are you up to? CAP’N BILL: That’s not fair. LOCO MOCO: (From behind the shack; in a sensual tone.) We’re going MOM: Darling, I love the life we have. I love the man you are. But there to teach you about… 25 are times I miss the man you were. 30 ALL THREE: (Shout.) Luau love! (MUSIC CUE 4: “Luau Love.” BODHY, CAP’N BILL: That man ended with the accident. FREDDIE and LOCO MOCO emerge dressed as hula dancers and MOM: It’s not your limp that holds you back. And you know it. When begin dancing to a slow hula.) did you become afraid to wish for something? BODHY/FREDDIE/LOCO MOCO: (Sing in their regular voices.) CAP’N BILL: Wishes don’t come true. Luau love is what this hula girl is searching for. 30 MOM: Well, one wish did. You don’t want your daughter to be like you. 35 Luau love under a yellow moon. I need a big kahuna to hold this little wahine island girl. She’s not. She still has hope. Luau love, I hope I’ll ﬁ nd real soon. CAP’N BILL: Let’s ﬁ nd those papers and get them over to Mr. BODHY: (Approaches RIPTIDE. Sings.) Saucelito. Luau love is what this hula girl is yearning for. MOM: Right, what’s one more dream more or less? (They EXIT with CAP’N 35 BILL chewing on what MOM just said. ZELDA comes ON, scanning 40 FREDDIE: (Approaches RIPTIDE. Sings.) Luau love under the swaying trees. the ground with her metal detector. She weaves this way and that

18 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 39 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 treasure. (Refers to a rumpled map, then plods on.) Somewhere. 1 LOCO MOCO: (Approaches RIPTIDE; in a deep voice. Sings.) Close-by. Gonna fi nd it. (EXITS.) We’ll roast a pig! (BODHY and FREDDIE shoot LOCO MOCO a hard MIDGE’S VOICE: (From OFFSTAGE.) AHHHHHH! JELLYFISH! (Runs back stare. They can’t believe their ears.) ON with her surfboard, a towel around her to help hide the fact she A pudgy porker and we’ll feast all night! 5 may not be dripping wet. The AVALON GANG, MOM and CAP’N BILL 5 ALL THREE: (Sing.) Luau love, is fl oating on a breeze. (They stop run back ON. Okay, RIPTIDE hobbles.) dancing. MUSIC UNDER.) RIPTIDE: What was that? Midge, are you okay? RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) You guys look ridiculous. MIDGE: There’s something in the water! BODHY: (To RIPTIDE. Speaks.) This is all for you, buddy. Now I’m going RIPTIDE: What? to pretend that I’m Little Wahine Midge. 10 MIDGE: I don’t know. I didn’t get a good look. Sharks, I think. And a 10 RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) Who? jellyfi sh. Huge. BODHY: (Sarcastic; speaks.) Just go with it, please! Now ask me out. CAP’N BILL: What were you doing in the water?! (MIDGE turns slowly, (Affects a feminine pose.) looks at the surfboard and then to CAP’N BILL. She’s busted and RIPTIDE: (Looks BODHY up and down. Speaks.) You’ve got to be everyone knows it.) Kids, I need to talk to my daughter. kidding. 15 SANDY: That’s okay. My dad talks to me all the— 15 FREDDIE: (Assertive to RIPTIDE. Speaks.) Just do it! CAP’N BILL: Alone! (The KIDS scatter OFFSTAGE. RIPTIDE takes a RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) All right, all right! This is so dumb. (Clears his moment to squeeze her hand before he leaves. Then MOM steps throat.) Ah… Midge? forward…) LOCO MOCO: (Speaks.) Little Wahine Midge. MOM: Bill— RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) What? 20 CAP’N BILL: I got this one. (MOM EXITS. CAP’N BILL stares at MIDGE.) 20 FREDDIE: (Speaks.) Little Wahine Midge! (Indicates BODHY.) That’s You were surfi ng. her name. MIDGE: Yes. LOCO MOCO: (Speaks.) Yeah. CAP’N BILL: You didn’t tell me? RIPTIDE: (Rolls his eyes and then begins the charade; to BODHY. MIDGE: I couldn’t. Speaks.) Little Wahine Midge? 25 CAP’N BILL: How long have you been doing this? 25 BODHY: (Speaks in a girl’s voice.) Yes? MIDGE: Just now. RIPTIDE: (Rolls his eyes. Speaks.) Little Wahine Midge… would you… CAP’N BILL: I’m supposed to believe that? that is, if you’re not too busy… I was thinkin’ maybe we could… MIDGE: Yes. um… would you like to… CAP’N BILL: You promised me you wouldn’t surf anymore. Not BODHY: (Quickly in a girl’s voice; a shout.) YES! I’d love to go out with 30 you! 30 after… MIDGE: I know. But things have changed. (Gulping courage.) I can win RIPTIDE: (Surprised. Speaks.) Huh?! this competition. BODHY: (Speaks in his own voice.) See how easy that was! CAP’N BILL: No, you can’t. I’m sorry, honey, but that’s the reality. FREDDIE: (Speaks.) You were great, Rip! MIDGE: You don’t believe in me? RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) I was? 35 CAP’N BILL: I think it takes more than desire. 35 LOCO MOCO: (Speaks.) Like Elvis. MIDGE: And I don’t have what it takes? RIPTIDE: (Speaks; incredulous.) Really? But I didn’t even… CAP’N BILL: Your mom and I have always dreamed about you going to BODHY: (Cuts him off. Speaks.) It doesn’t matter! She’s yours, buddy, college, getting a degree. yours! Don’t you see that? MIDGE: What if that’s not my dream? RIPTIDE: (Speaks; skeptical.) Aw, come on, guys… 40 CAP’N BILL: You are going to have a better life than this. 40 LOCO MOCO: (Speaks.) Let me try. (As he sways over to RIPTIDE very sensually.) Now, Rip, I want you to think of me as a big, voluptuous

38 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 19 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 wave that you’re trying to negotiate. (Looks deep into RIPTIDE’S 1 CAP’N BILL: For us. eyes. In a deep voice.) Cowabunga, big boy! (BODHY and FREDDIE MOM: Yeah, maybe. It’s just… how can it be good if we have to sell to quickly push him away.) What, what? What’d I do?! them? They represent everything we promised we’d never be. BODHY: (To RIPTIDE; speaks.) Just forget about him. You can do this, CAP’N BILL: People change. 5 buddy. I know you can. 5 MOM: (Looks at her husband.) I know. RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) That’s easy for you to say. CAP’N BILL: (Looks around for the envelope.) Now, where could they BODHY: (Speaks.) I’m tellin’ you, big guy, she’s yours. I’ve got a feeling be? this week is going to be a luau love kind of week. (They snicker.) RHONDA: Not out here. That’s for sure. BODHY/FREDDIE/LOCO MOCO: (They sing in their regular voices and SANDY: Maybe they’re inside. We’ll help you look. (The GIRLS shuffl e 10 dance again.) 10 MOM and CAP’N BILL OFFSTAGE as FENDER BENDER, CAROLINE, Luau love is what this hula girl is searching for. BARBARA ANN and JOHN B. ENTER.) Luau love under a yellow moon. I need a big kahuna to hold this little wahine island girl. CAROLINE: I can’t believe we’re doing this. Luau love, we hope you’ll fi nd real soon. (On the FINAL CHORD, ALL JOHN B.: Yeah, we should go. 15 THREE take off their leis and place them around RIPTIDE’S neck. BARBARA ANN: We have to be here. BODHY and FREDDIE hug him, while LOCO MOCO kisses him on the 15 JOHN B.: Which is why I’m staying. cheek. RIPTIDE quickly pushes them away.) BARBARA ANN: Reef needs us. I’m not going to let him down, even if RIPTIDE: (Laughing; speaks.) You guys are sick, you know that? (MUSIC I have to go in the water and get my hair all grungy. OUT. MIDGE RE-ENTERS with the AVALON GIRLS. RHONDA is still JOHN B.: You can count on me. I’ll do whatever it takes. 20 boppin’ to the transistor.) CAROLINE: Put this on. BODHY: There she is. Go. 20 JOHN B.: Except that. RIPTIDE: (Crosses to MIDGE, trying to get all his courage up.) Hi, BARBARA ANN: We need to keep her from practicing. So we ALL need Midge. to keep her out of the water. (They ALL nod and pull up cardboard MIDGE: Oh, hi. shark fi n cutouts that they strap to their heads like party hats. It all 25 RIPTIDE: You okay? Anything I can do? looks silly and funky, but FENDER BENDER takes the cake. Instead MIDGE: Got a thousand dollars? 25 of a shark fi n, he wears a white shower cap that dangles mop string RIPTIDE: No. Wish, though. all around it like long fringe. The OTHERS just stare at him.) MIDGE: Yeah. Well, thanks anyway. (Starts to walk away. The GUYS FENDER BENDER: Everybody ready? throw him after her, then EXIT.) CAROLINE: Oh, tell me no. 30 RIPTIDE: I was thinkin’ maybe there was a way I could take your mind FENDER BENDER: What? I’m a jellyfi sh. off your troubles. 30 BARBARA ANN: We’re supposed to be sharks. MIDGE: Yeah? FENDER BENDER: Sharks aren’t scary. RIPTIDE: Yeah. (Takes the plunge.) Come surfi ng with me. BARBARA ANN: They’re scarier than jellyfi sh. MIDGE: Oh. Riptide… FENDER BENDER: Ever been stung by a jellyfi sh? Stings. 35 RIPTIDE: I know surfi ng is not your scene, and you don’t know much BARBARA ANN: Yeah, but people don’t go, “Ahhh, swim for your life, about it… 35 it’s a jellyfi sh!” MIDGE: I don’t know much about it? FENDER BENDER: I do… ever since I got stung. RIPTIDE: It’s a real blast. BARBARA ANN: All right, let’s just do this. (They EXIT, leaving the stage MIDGE: Really? empty for a moment.) 40 RIPTIDE: I’m a pretty good surfer. Maybe the best you’ve ever seen. ZELDA: (ENTERS with her metal detector, scanning the beach. She’s MIDGE: The best, huh? 40 dragging behind her a rope on which is tied a metal trash can, a tin coffee pot and a toaster.) Got to be here. Got to fi nd it. Blackbeard’s 20 37 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 JOHN B.: Wow, she’s really good. 1 RIPTIDE: There’s nothing to be chicken of. (And this is where the REEF: No, she’s not. conversation starts to go bad.) JOHN B.: She’s horrible. Worst surfer ever. MIDGE: I’m not afraid. CAROLINE: She really isn’t bad. RIPTIDE: I’ll be right there with you. 5 BARBARA ANN: She’ll burn to a crisp out there. (Beat, then to REEF.) 5 MIDGE: I just can’t. Can you teach me to surf? RIPTIDE: I won’t let anything happen to you, I promise. REEF: So they think they can win with her? MIDGE: You can’t make that promise. JOHN B.: Not possible. Not next to you. It’s a million-to-one shot. RIPTIDE: What am I? Some complete nimrod? (Behind MIDGE, the REEF: One in a million is still a chance. AVALON GIRLS are going into mime-spasms trying to get him to shut 10 10 JOHN B.: Yeah, big chance. I wouldn’t take it. up, because MIDGE is going volcanic as he digs his hole deeper.) Am I some doofus-mcgoofus who can’t keep you safe? Only a REEF: I won’t. Here’s what we’re going to do. (Huddles with his GANG total-package kook couldn’t look after you. (To the GIRLS.) What?! as they EXIT, whispering. RHONDA and SANDY pop up from behind (MIDGE whips around on them, and the GIRLS play innocent.) the surfboards.) SANDY: I thought there was— RHONDA: What? What did he say? What are they going to do? (They 15 WENDY: —a bee. 15 start to follow the COVE GANG OFF.) SANDY: I couldn’t hear them. (They’re almost OFFSTAGE when CAP’N SANDY: Yeah. A bee. BILL, MOM and WENDY RE-ENTER, forcing RHONDA and SANDY to RHONDA: What? stop pursuit.) WENDY: (Louder.) There’s a bee. CAP’N BILL: Hey, girls. RHONDA: Of course there’s a beat. But it’s really about the harmony. 20 SANDY: Oh, hey. Hi. 20 MIDGE: (To RIPTIDE.) You just don’t get it. (Storms OFFSTAGE, leaving CAP’N BILL: I think Wendy’s feeling better now. RIPTIDE reeling.) WENDY: Am I? RIPTIDE: (To himself.) That went better in my head. (To the GIRLS.) SANDY: Aren’t you? What gives? WENDY: How are you guys feeling? SANDY: Are you crazy? You must have brain damage. Or arthritis. One 25 of ’em. 25 SANDY: Just fi ne. WENDY: How could you do that to her? She must be devastated. I’d WENDY: Then I feel just fi ne. be devastated… if you guys would. You’d be devastated, right? CAP’N BILL: Well, I guess we should get the contracts over to Mr. RIPTIDE: Why? What’d I do? Saucelito. (Realizes he’s empty-handed.) Now, where did I put them? SANDY: Oh, my goodness, you really don’t know? 30 30 RHONDA: (Too loud, too fast.) We haven’t seen ’em, if that’s what RIPTIDE: Know what? you’re asking. SANDY: About Midge. How she used to be a great surfer. CAP’N BILL: No, I wasn’t. Where could I have put them? RIPTIDE: Midge surfs? RHONDA/WENDY: I dunno. No idea. Beats me. SANDY: Well, she did. Until the accident. (MUSIC CUE 5: “Dead CAP’N BILL: I must’ve stuck them somewhere. Man’s Reef.” EXTRA AVALON GIRLS can ENTER for backup vocals, 35 if desired.) 35 MOM: I can tell you where I’d like to stick them. RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) Accident? What accident? CAP’N BILL: Honey. SANDY: (Sings.) It happened one day so long ago. MOM: You’re the one that brought up Mr. Saucelito. OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) So long ago. CAP’N BILL: Honey, I know you don’t want to do this. But it’s for the best. SANDY: (Sings.) The ocean grew, and the wind did blow. 40 40 MOM: For who? OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) The wind did blow.

36 21 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 SANDY: (Sings.) OTHER GIRLS: (Sing under.) 1 CAP’N BILL: Yes? It came like a big blue demon, Ooh MOM: No? Thund’ring down, crashing, Ooh. RHONDA: We can’t watch the shack? screaming. SANDY: Yes. 5 A place so bizarre, Ah. so beyond belief, that’s… Ah. 5 RHONDA: I was right. ALL GIRLS: (Sing.) …Dead Man’s Reef! SANDY: But you can’t take those papers to Mr. Saucelito. SANDY: (Sings.) Where surfers go for thrills. RHONDA: No! I was wrong. OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! MOM: What is wrong with you two? 10 SANDY: (Sings.) An ocean tide that kills. SANDY: Nothing. OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! 10 RHONDA: We’re fi ne. SANDY: (Sings.) A graveyard in the sea. SANDY: It’s Wendy. OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! WENDY: It is? SANDY: (Sings.) Filled with surfboard debris, that’s… RHONDA: She’s not feeling well. 15 ALL GIRLS: (Sing.) …Dead Man’s Reef! (SOUND EFFECT: GIANT WAVE WENDY: Nobody told me. CRASHING and SCREAM. MUSIC UNDER.) 15 MOM: What’s wrong, sweetie? RIPTIDE: (Growing impatient; speaks.) Look, we all know that place is WENDY: I don’t know. dangerous but… what accident?! SANDY: She’s confused. She might have amnesia. Or bronchitis. One SANDY: (Speaks as OTHER AVALON GIRLS sing “oohs” softly in the of ’em. 20 background.) Well, she was out with her father, who was a grand RHONDA: And she has sharp, shooting pains. champion, by the way. 20 WENDY: I do? WENDY: (Points to the surfboard on the wall of the shack. Speaks.) CAP’N BILL: Where? (RHONDA stomps on WENDY’S foot.) That board right there won him fi ve regional championships. He WENDY: Ow! My foot. was on his way to being the best in the country. 25 (Sings.) But then a rogue wave knocked him right down. CAP’N BILL: You should go inside and put it up. (Tries to walk past them, but SANDY stops them.) OTHER GIRLS: (Speak in rhythm.) Down, down, down! 25 SANDY: It’s not just that. It’s ah… (MOM and CAP’N BILL now have their WENDY: (Sings.) Sucked him right under, rolled him aroun’. backs to RHONDA and WENDY. WENDY hops on one foot, and RHONDA OTHER GIRLS: (Speak in rhythm.) Roun’, roun’, roun’! starts to spin her like a top.) She’s also… um… really dizzy. WENDY: (Sings.) OTHER GIRLS: (Sing under.) MOM: (Turns to face WENDY, who’s now swaying like a masthead 30 He crashed into the rocky coral. Ooh. in a squall.) Oh, you poor thing. Must be heat stroke. Let’s get I’m not sure there is a moral. Ooh. 30 you inside. (EXITS with CAP’N BILL, who has set down the manila He could’ve gone far, Ah. envelope to help support WENDY.) A legend cut brief by… Ah. RHONDA: Whew. ALL GIRLS: (Sing.) …Dead Man’s Reef! SANDY: (Picks up the envelope.) We gotta hide these. 35 WENDY: (Sings.) Where surfers get their kicks. RHONDA: Where? OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! 35 SANDY: Bury ’em. (They run behind the picket fence of surfboards and WENDY: (Sings.) And sometimes take their licks. dig in the “sand,” burying the envelope. But when REEF and his GANG OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! ENTER, they drop low and hide, watching. FENDER BENDER carries WENDY: (Sings.) A place that’s fi lled with heartache. binoculars. They look OFFSTAGE to where MIDGE is practicing.) 40 OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! FENDER BENDER: I told you I saw here from up there. Look, she’s WENDY: (Sings.) Where killer waves break on… 40 surfi n’.

22 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 35 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: Rip? 1 ALL GIRLS: (Sing.) …Dead Man’s Reef! (SOUND EFFECT: GIANT WAVE RIPTIDE: Itch. I’ve got an itch. Ooooooh, an itch. (Thrashes around at CRASHING and SCREAM. MUSIC UNDER.) the itch inside his cast.) Scratch it. Gotta scratch it. RIPTIDE: (In disbelief; speaks.) Wow, what a drag! FREDDIE: Come on. We’ll fi nd you a coat hanger or something. (The SANDY: (Speaks as AVALON GIRLS sing “oohs” softly in the background.) 5 GUYS scoop him up and take him OFFSTAGE. MIDGE wanders over 5 Midge nearly drowned. Now Captain Bill walks with a limp and will to the “picket fence” of surfboards, lovingly touches one.) never surf again. Midge is terrifi ed of surfi ng. Promised her dad SANDY: Midge, you okay? You look thoughtful. Or sleepy. One of ’em. she would never surf again. MIDGE: Do you really think some things are worth getting hurt for? RHONDA: (Speaks.) She blames herself for the accident because she RHONDA: Are you thinking what I think you’re thinking? talked her father into surfi ng there when she knew how dangerous 10 it was. (Sings.) It wasn’t her fault. No one’s to blame. 10 WENDY: What are you thinking, so I can think it, too? OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) No one’s to blame! MIDGE: I mean, why not? RHONDA: (Sings.) She took it so hard. It’s a shame. WENDY: Why not what? OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Shame, shame, shame! SANDY: Do you think you could? RHONDA: (Sings.) OTHER GIRLS: (Sing under.) WENDY: Could what? 15 What’s done is not forgotten. Ooh. 15 MIDGE: I don’t know. I’d be so scared. Seems she’s still feeling rotten. Ooh. WENDY: Scared of what? She reached for a star Ah. RHONDA: You might be the only girl. But found only grief on… Ah. WENDY: Only girl in wha—wait a sec. Midge, you’re not thinking of ALL GIRLS: (Sing.) …Dead Man’s Reef! taking Riptide’s place in the contest?! 20 SANDY/WENDY/RHONDA: (Sing.) Where surfers go for thrills. 20 MIDGE: Actually, that’s exactly what I was thinking. OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! WENDY: Me, too. Whoo-hoo! SANDY/WENDY/RHONDA: (Sing.) An ocean tide that kills. SANDY: What about your dad? He’ll be uptight. Or fl exible. One of OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! ’em. SANDY/WENDY/RHONDA: (Sing.) A graveyard in the sea. MIDGE: Yeah, well he can’t know I’m doing this until I think I have a 25 OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! 25 chance. SANDY/WENDY/RHONDA: WENDY: You’re talking about a really big risk. (Sing.) Filled with surfboard debris, that’s… MIDGE: I know. That’s why I gotta practice. You guys gotta keep my ALL GIRLS: (Sing.) …Dead Man’s Reef! parents from giving those contracts to Mr. Saucelito. Promise? Dead Man’s Reef! SANDY/RHONDA/WENDY: Pinkie swear. 30 Dead Man’s Reef! 30 MIDGE: Wish me luck. (Pulls a surfboard from the sand and runs OFF Ah! (SOUND EFFECT: GIANT WAVE CRASHING; MUSIC OUT.) into the wings.) RIPTIDE: Aw, for cryin’ out loud. And here I was bragging about how SANDY: Good luck. good I am when her own dad couldn’t protect her. She must think WENDY: Good luck. I’m a heel. RHONDA: Break a— (WENDY and SANDY clamp their hands over her 35 MARCELLA: (ENTERS in a fl ourish with SCRATCH and SHUTTERBUG.) 35 mouth.) Take pictures of everything. I want it all. The sun. The surf. The trees. The sad little shack. The sad little faces. CAP’N BILL: (ENTERS with MOM, holding the manila envelope of contracts.) Can you girls keep an eye on the shack? We’ve got to REEF: (ENTERS with the COVE KIDS, dogging MARCELLA’S heels.) You run these papers over to Mr. Saucelito. can’t do this! RHONDA: Yes. 40 MARCELLA: Oh, little snob, it’s already done. 40 SANDY: No. REEF: But you said the contest would be at the Cove.

34 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 23 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MARCELLA: And now it’s going to be here. (The AVALON KIDS cheer. 1 ZELDA: (Sings.) We’ll soon be livin’ it high! MIDGE, BODHY, LOCO MOCO and FREDDIE come running ON.) (Speaks in rhythm.) What say you? MIDGE: What’s going on? ALL OTHERS: (A shout.) Aye-aye! MARCELLA: You were right. I checked the conditions, and this is the ALL: (Sing.) Fiddle-ee, diddle-ee, fi ddle-ee, diddle-ee, 5 best surfi ng in the state. Avalon is the best-kept secret in the 5 Fiddle-ee diddle, we’ll soon be livin’ it high! (MUSIC OUT. ZELDA surfi ng world. totters OFFSTAGE on her search.) JOHN B.: Yeah, well, we want it to be the worst-kept secret. CAP’N BILL: (As he EXITS.) Well, I guess I better go get that REEF: No, we don’t. paperwork. JOHN B.: We don’t want it to be a secret at all. Want to blab it to MIDGE: Mom, you’re not going to sign those contracts are you? 10 everyone. 10 MOM: Oh, sweetie. I don’t see another choice. I appreciate what CAROLINE: John B. you kids wanted to do, but with Clarence—Riptide out of the JOHN B.: We do want it to be a secret? competition, there’s no alternative. (Follows CAP’N BILL OFF.) CAROLINE: Yes. RIPTIDE: Sorry, gang. If it wasn’t for that stupid Reef, I really think I had a shot. JOHN B.: Which is how I started this whole conversation. 15 SANDY: Sure. 15 MARCELLA: The contest will be held right here a week from Saturday. (More cheers. To SHUTTERBUG.) Shoot the cheering. WENDY: Of course you would’ve won. We all think Rip could’ve won. SHUTTERBUG: You got it, MM. (To the AVALON KIDS, shooting.) You’re RHONDA: What? happy. Elated. Feeling good. WENDY: (Louder.) Riptide could’ve won. REEF: (To MARCELLA.) We’ll pull our advertising. RHONDA: Well, no kidding. He’s like the Mike Love of surfers. 20 MARCELLA: And we’ll do a write-up about the poor sportsmanship at 20 FREDDIE: Mike Love? the Cove. RHONDA: You know. The best. BARBARA ANN: Does this mean I won’t get to be on the posters? FREDDIE: I thought you liked Brian Wilson the best. MARCELLA: Shoot the pouting. RHONDA: Things change. You know, sometimes the more you learn SHUTTERBUG: You got it, MM. (To BARBARA ANN.) You’re sad. about someone, you suddenly see them all different. 25 Disappointed. Unhappy because your parents won’t talk to 25 FREDDIE: (Hopeful.) Yeah? you because they think you threw your life away by becoming a RHONDA: Oh, yeah. photographer like it’s a waste of a life or something. FREDDIE: Did you know I have an original copy of “The Amazing MARCELLA: Shutterbug. Spiderman” issue number 12 under my pillow? SHUTTERBUG: Sorry, MM. RHONDA: You learn something new every day. 30 MARCELLA: (To SCRATCH.) Take this down. The mood at the beach is 30 BODHY: (To RIPTIDE.) If I was making book on you, it would be 20-to-1 alive with…. against you losing. SCRATCH: Excitement? Energy? Popcorn? LOCO MOCO: Their chances of winning against you grew thinner. MARCELLA: Anticipation. ’Cause one thing’s for certain, Riptide is a… champion. Arggh. SCRATCH: Anticipation. Better. Derailed again. 35 MARCELLA: It is, isn’t it? It’s perfect. Everyone is wondering who will 35 BODHY: It’s okay, Loco Moco. You’ll fi nd a rhyme. It just takes time. win the thousand-dollar grand prize. LOCO MOCO: You just did it. Envy. Green envy. RIPTIDE: Wait. There’s a thousand dollar prize for winning? MIDGE: (To RIPTIDE.) I’m just sorry you had to get hurt. MARCELLA: You bet. RIPTIDE: (Holds her hand.) Some things are worth getting hurt for. BODHY: I know I do. (Nice moment of connection between them. Then he starts hopping 40 RIPTIDE: Then sign me up. I want to compete. I want to be in the surf 40 around like a maniac.) contest. RIPTIDE: Oh, no. 24 33 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 And it’s heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee 1 MARCELLA: Excellent. Little hopeful. (To SCRATCH.) A plucky local boy Me metal detector and little me! dreams of winning against the best of the best. Oh, it’s perfect. Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee, What’s your name, plucky boy? I’ll fi nd the treasure, you’ll see. (CAP’N BILL, MOM and AVALON RIPTIDE: Riptide. 5 KIDS play along.) 5 MARCELLA: Oh, I need a real name. I mean, who do we make the ALL: (Sing.) Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee! check out to if you win? ZELDA: (Sings.) Scavenger huntin’s the life for me! RIPTIDE: (Looks at MIDGE.) Mom and Poppy’s Surf Shack. (Gasps from ALL: (Sing.) Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee! the GROUP. Then cheers.) ZELDA: (Sings.) I’ll fi nd the booty, you’ll see! MIDGE: (Crosses to him.) Riptide, are you sure? 10 Now ol’ Blackbeard, what a pirate, 10 RIPTIDE: Absolutely. The terror of the seas, MIDGE: You’d do that for us? With his muskets and his saber, He’d plunder ships as he pleased. RIPTIDE: Heck no. But I’d do it for you. (Takes her hand and stares into her eyes.) With his boodle and his crew, AVALON GIRLS: Awwwwwww. 15 He would quickly come ashore, And he’d bury all the takings, 15 MARCELLA: That is so sweet. Shoot the sweet. Come along. We have Then scour the ocean for more. much to do. (EXITS with SHUTTERBUG and SCRATCH.) Now it’s heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee! REEF: So you think you’re gonna win? Ha, what a joke. Me metal detector and little me. FENDER BENDER: Yeah, a joke. Ha-ha-hahahahahahaha. 20 Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee! CAROLINE: Fender Bender. I’ll fi nd the treasure, you’ll see. 20 FENDER BENDER: Not funny? ALL: (Sing; amused.) Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee! CAROLINE: Not really. ZELDA: (Sings.) Scavenger huntin’s the life for me! FENDER BENDER: Okay, I’m done. ALL: (Sing.) Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee! REEF: (Starts to EXIT with his GANG, but before they leave stage, he says 25 ZELDA: (Sings.) I’ll fi nd the booty, you’ll see! to the AVALON KIDS…) So long, losers. (He and his GANG EXIT.) (Speaks in rhythm.) We’ll raise a mug and celebrate, 25 MIDGE: Don’t listen to him, Rip. You can win. And hope t’ heck it ain’t too late. RIPTIDE: Then I guess I better get practicing. Wish me luck. (The We’ll toast and have some “hair of the dog,” others ad-lib “good luck” as he grabs his board and races OFF.) Dance a jig and down the grog! (DANCE INTERLUDE. ZELDA begins BODHY: Betcha didn’t know that in theater it’s bad luck to say good 30 dancing a “jig” to the amusement of the OTHERS.) (Speaks.) Come along now, don’t be shy. We’re all going to be rich! luck. (ALL OTHERS, at fi rst reluctant, join in the dance. They soon, get 30 FREDDIE: What are you supposed to say? swept up in the moment and ZELDA’S eccentricity.) BODHY: Break a leg. ALL: (Sing; with newfound spirit.) Heave ho, we’ll put up a fi ght! WENDY: I don’t believe it. Does anyone else believe it? 35 ZELDA: (Sings.) We’ll all be countin’ the loot tonight! BODHY: Ten-to-one I’m right. ALL: (Sing.) Heave ho, we’ll look on the bright! RHONDA: Ten-to-one what? ZELDA: (Sings.) I’ll fi nd the booty, you’ll see! 35 BODHY: What have you got? ALL: (Sing.) Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-die! RHONDA: Nothing. ZELDA: (Sings.) A pirate treasure for you and I! FREDDIE: Doesn’t look that way to me. (RHONDA blushes and looks 40 ALL: (Sing.) Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-die! away, shy.) ZELDA: (Sings.) A pirate’s life for you and I! SANDY: So you’re saying that “good luck” is bad luck and “break a 40 ALL: (Sing.) Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-die! leg” is good luck? That’s ironic. Or stupid. One of ’em. 32 25 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: (Looks out over the AUDIENCE [or wherever the ocean fl at is set 1 WENDY: Yeah, what they said. up].) Look. There he is. (Waves.) Hi, Riptide. (LIGHTS SHIFT to the REEF: Looks like it to me. ocean fl at, where RIPTIDE is on his surfboard, paddling. LIGHTING MARCELLA: Oh my, oh my. This is perfect. Tension mounting between should separate the ocean from the KIDS on the beach. RIPTIDE the ragamuffi ns— 5 waves to the KIDS, then pops up and starts surfi ng. Now we see 5 what’s happening on both the land and the sea. RIPTIDE does the AVALON KIDS: Hey! tricks as they call them out. Looking OFFSTAGE. MUSIC CUE 5a: MARCELLA: —and the snobs. “The Accident.”) Oh, look. Rip’s caught a killer wave. GO, RIPTIDE! COVE KIDS: Hey! BODHY: Ride that rhino! MARCELLA: Can’t wait for Saturday to see how it all comes out. Call 10 LOCO MOCO: Come on, Riptide, 10 seconds more. Ride that wave me if anyone else gets seriously hurt. Our readers are just dying right into the… sand. Argh. 10 to know. (EXITS with SHUTTERBUG and SCRATCH.) MIDGE: He’s walking the nose. MR. SAUCELITO: (RE-ENTERS with MOM and CAP’N BILL.) I’m FREDDIE: He’s hanging fi ve. glad you’ve seen the light. I’ll expect those contracts signed by tomorrow. Come on, Reef. (EXITS with REEF and the COVE KIDS.) SANDY: He’s hanging ten. CAP’N BILL: Riptide, is what Mr. Saucelito told us true? You entered 15 WENDY: Go, Riptide! 15 the contest for us? MIDGE: Hey, wait a second. Who’s that out there with him? RIPTIDE: Yes, sir. BODHY: Even money it’s Reef. (Next to RIPTIDE, REEF pops up on his CAP’N BILL: Wow. I appreciate that. surfboard. The two are now just inches apart. [NOTE: REEF can be laying on his surfboard the whole time a little bit behind RIPTIDE, MOM: Very much. That was very… noble of you. 20 who doesn’t see him.]) RIPTIDE: Guess it doesn’t matter now though, huh? I failed. RIPTIDE: Hey, what’re you doing dropping in on my wave? 20 ZELDA: (Comes ON with a diving mask, snorkel and fl ippers and a REEF: Your wave? You don’t own the ocean, Riptide. (Shoulder bumps “map.” She’s taking her metal detector out into the water. As she RIPTIDE.) passes—) Doesn’t have to be over. There’s another way to save the shack. RIPTIDE: Hey, what’re you doing? MIDGE: (Stops her.) Wait. Whoa. Zelda, what are you doing? 25 FREDDIE: Hey, what’s he doing? 25 ZELDA: Gonna fi nd Blackbeard’s treasure. Got me a map. MIDGE: Oh, no! MIDGE: (Looks at it.) Zelda, this is a placemat from the Lobster REEF: Did you really think you and your little friends could goof up my House. plans and get away with it? ZELDA: It’s a map. Gonna fi nd that treasure and save the shack. BODHY: Betcha he’s mad we’re goofi n’ up his plans. MIDGE: You know about the shack? 30 RIPTIDE: (REEF bumps him again.) Hey, knock it off! Somebody’s 30 gonna get hurt. ZELDA: I’m eccentric, darling—not stupid. When I fi nd that treasure, it’ll save the shack. RHONDA: Come on, Riptide! You can do it! Good luck! MIDGE: Zelda, there is no treasure. WENDY: You’re supposed to say “break a leg.” ZELDA: Oh, yes. Just got to know where to look. (MUSIC CUE 7: “Heave RHONDA: Break a leg! Ho, Fiddle-dee-dee.” Sings.) 35 REEF: See ya on shore! (With one mighty push from REEF, RIPTIDE 35 There are spoils for the taking. falls. SOUND EFFECT: SPLASH! LIGHTS GO OUT on the “ocean.” There’s treasure in the sand. MUSIC OUT.) There are riches to uncover MIDGE: Nooo! If you know the lay of the land. WENDY: (To RHONDA.) What did you do? There are millions in the ocean, 40 RHONDA: I didn’t mean it!! (The OTHERS run OFFSTAGE to rescue RIPTIDE, 40 Just waiting to be found. while SANDY runs in the opposite direction and calls for help.) There is booty to discover. It’s right there under the ground. 26 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 31 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MARCELLA: Changed. 1 SANDY: Cap’n Bill! Mrs. C! Come quick! (EXITS, leaving FREDDIE and SCRATCH: Better. RHONDA alone ONSTAGE.) MARCELLA: Isn’t it? It’s perfect. The once shining hope of Avalon RHONDA: I’m sorry. Beach is now laid up as nothing more than an invalid. Sad and FREDDIE: It wasn’t your fault. 5 pathetic. 5 RHONDA: I’m always saying dumb things. MIDGE: Hey! FREDDIE: I don’t think so. MARCELLA: Shoot the invalid. RHONDA: Really? SHUTTERBUG: (Snaps pictures of RIPTIDE.) Try to look sad and pathetic. FREDDIE: Yeah. (Connection between these two.) Oooh good. No, no, not angry. Too angry. Don’t look furious. Why is SANDY: (Runs back ON.) Come quick! Riptide’s hurt! He broke a leg. Or 10 he looking furious? (Because REEF and his gang ENTER with MR. 10 severed an arm. One of ’em. (The OTHERS come back ON. BODHY SAUCELITO, who carries some papers.) and LOCO MOCO carry RIPTIDE. The GIRLS hover and dote.) REEF: Well, well, if it isn’t Hopalong Nastily. MIDGE: Oh, Rip. Are you okay? FENDER BENDER: Ha. Ha-ha-ha. Hopalong Nastily. Like the cowboy, but RIPTIDE: I don’t know. My leg. you’re all busted up. Ha-ha, that’s funny. That’s comedy there— CAP’N BILL: (Hurries ON with MOM.) What happened? 15 CAROLINE: Fender Bender. 15 MOM: Oh, my goodness. Rip. FENDER BENDER: (The laughs cut off like a knife.) I was just fi nishing CAP’N BILL: All right, easy, son. Let me take a look. (Examines the up. leg.) Does this hurt? MIDGE: (To REEF.) You did this. RIPTIDE: Cowabunga! MR. SAUCELITO: Now, now, young lady. I don’t think it’s anyone’s WENDY: Does that mean yes or no? 20 fault. Surfi ng is a dangerous sport. Accidents happen all the time. 20 MOM: What happened? (MUSIC CUE 6: “Wipeout!”) Isn’t that right, Carlson? (Glares at CAP’N BILL, who lowers his head. MOM takes a step forward, but CAP’N BILL holds her back. MIDGE: (Speaks.) He was comin’ in hot. Then… wipeout! MR. SAUCELITO smiles and continues to MIDGE.) So before you (Sings.) Out on the sea, he seemed to be start hurling accusations, I’d think about what a lawsuit of slander King of the big surf. Kids know that it’s no show, that the 25 would do to your future. We’d have to do something about that. 25 Ocean is his turf. RIPTIDE: What do you want, Reef? BODHY: (Sings.) Blasting along, looking so strong, MR. SAUCELITO: He doesn’t want anything. (To MOM and CAP’N BILL.) Riptide would sure win. I, on the other hand, feel a need to speak to the two of you. FREDDIE: (Sings.) Hot doggin’ it and hoggin’ it, MOM: I feel a need, too— MIDGE/BODHY/FREDDIE: (Sing.) Reef cuts and drops in! 30 CAP’N BILL: Step into our offi ce. (He and MOM EXIT with MR. 30 AVALON KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! SAUCELITO.) MIDGE: (Sings.) CHORUS: (Sings.) MARCELLA: Tell me, ragamuffi ns, how does it feel to know your only Reef elbows him. Ooh. chance of winning completely blew it? AVALON KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! MIDGE: He didn’t blow it. WENDY: (Sings.) CHORUS: (Sings.) 35 CAROLINE: Looks like it to me. 35 Rip’s looking grim. Ooh. BARBARA ANN: Oh, a cast will make your leg really pale. Eeeeuw. AVALON KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! MARCELLA: (To RIPTIDE.) Tell me, young invalid, do you feel like a MIDGE/WENDY: (Sing.) He falls and gets nailed! failure? AVALON KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! RIPTIDE: Well— MIDGE: (Sings.) CHORUS: (Sings.) 40 MIDGE: No! 40 He crashed and burned. Ooh. SANDY: No. AVALON KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout!

30 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 27 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 RHONDA/SANDY: (Sings.) CHORUS: (Sings.) 1 ALL: (Sing.) Wipeout! This court’s adjourned. Ooh. AVALONS: (Sing.) Kiss this place good-bye! AVALON KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! COVES: (Sing.) Soon it will be bye-bye! ALL: (Sing.) Looks like we’ve all failed! (LIGHTS DIM on the AVALON ALL: (Sing.) Wipeout! 5 KIDS, CAP’N BILL and MOM and COME UP on REEF, MR. SAUCELITO 5 AVALONS: (Sing.) COVES: (Sing.) and the COVE KIDS on another part of the stage.) Who would have thought? Oooh. REEF: (Excited and laughing; sings.) ALL: (Sing.) Wipeout! Drowned like a rat, did you see that? Fell right on his face! COVES: (Happy.) AVALONS: (Sing.) A new parking lot! Oooh. 10 MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) Good going, son. You would have won. 10 ALL: (Sing.) Wipeout! Put him in his place! This is do or die! Do or die! (MUSIC OUT. Both GROUPS begin to EXIT; the AVALONS REEF: (Sings.) King of the surf! express disappointment and concern. The COVES laugh, joke, slap MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) We’ll own the turf! each other on the back, etc., as LIGHTS FADE TO BLACK.) 15 MR. SAUCELITO/REEF: (Sing.) We’ll take a hard line. END OF ACT ONE REEF: (Sings.) I am the best! MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) I’ll never rest till Avalon’s mine! ACT TWO MR. SAUCELITO/REEF/COVE KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! Scene One REEF: (Sings.) COVE CHORUS: (Sings.) 15 MUSIC CUE 6a: “Entr’acte.” 20 Down, down he went! Ooh. LIGHTS UP: CAP’N BILL and MOM are in the Surf Shack. AVALON KIDS MR. SAUCELITO/REEF/COVE KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! ENTER, helping RIPTIDE, who has a (wooden) crutch and one leg in a MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) COVE CHORUS: (Sings.) cast. MIDGE helps support him. I won’t relent! Ooh. MIDGE: All right. Easy. Take it slow. MR. SAUCELITO/REEF/COVE KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! 20 RIPTIDE: I’m okay, Midge. 25 I know we will win! MIDGE: I gotcha. Wipeout! RIPTIDE: (Enjoys the closeness.) Yeah. REEF: (Sings.) COVE CHORUS: (Sings.) FREDDIE: (Gets him a beach chair.) Here you go. Sit. Rip’s leg is broke! Ooh. RIPTIDE: Thanks, Freddie. Really, I just broke my leg. I’m not made MR. SAUCELITO/REEF/COVE KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! 25 of glass. 30 MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) COVE CHORUS: (Sings.) MOM: Sit! (RIPTIDE instantly sits like a good puppy.) They’re all a joke! Ooh. CAP’N BILL: Can we get you anything? MR. SAUCELITO/REEF/COVE KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! RIPTIDE: No. Listen, you guys. I’m really sorry. I let you all down. I Our tide will soon come in! (LIGHTS UP on the AVALON KIDS, CAP’N know you were all counting on me. BILL and MOM. Each GROUP is now LIGHTED on separate parts of 30 35 the stage.) MIDGE: Don’t even think like that. ALL: (Sing.) Wipeout! LOCO MOCO: We’ll think of something and do it in a hurry. Put your mind at ease and don’t even… concern yourself about it. Arh. AVALONS: (Sing.) COVES: (Sing.) Rhyming wipeout. Wipeout. What can we do? Oooh. MARCELLA: (ENTERS with SHUTTERBUG and SCRATCH.) Oh my-oh ALL: (Sing.) Wipeout! 35 my-oh my. (Dictates to SCRATCH.) As I walk down this once-happy 40 COVES: (Sing.) AVALONS: (Sing.) beach, I am thunderstruck by how much things have— They’re all but through! Oooh. SCRATCH: Gotten worse? Improved? Stayed the same?

28 29 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 RHONDA/SANDY: (Sings.) CHORUS: (Sings.) 1 ALL: (Sing.) Wipeout! This court’s adjourned. Ooh. AVALONS: (Sing.) Kiss this place good-bye! AVALON KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! COVES: (Sing.) Soon it will be bye-bye! ALL: (Sing.) Looks like we’ve all failed! (LIGHTS DIM on the AVALON ALL: (Sing.) Wipeout! 5 KIDS, CAP’N BILL and MOM and COME UP on REEF, MR. SAUCELITO 5 AVALONS: (Sing.) COVES: (Sing.) and the COVE KIDS on another part of the stage.) Who would have thought? Oooh. REEF: (Excited and laughing; sings.) ALL: (Sing.) Wipeout! Drowned like a rat, did you see that? Fell right on his face! COVES: (Happy.) AVALONS: (Sing.) A new parking lot! Oooh. 10 MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) Good going, son. You would have won. 10 ALL: (Sing.) Wipeout! Put him in his place! This is do or die! Do or die! (MUSIC OUT. Both GROUPS begin to EXIT; the AVALONS REEF: (Sings.) King of the surf! express disappointment and concern. The COVES laugh, joke, slap MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) We’ll own the turf! each other on the back, etc., as LIGHTS FADE TO BLACK.) 15 MR. SAUCELITO/REEF: (Sing.) We’ll take a hard line. END OF ACT ONE REEF: (Sings.) I am the best! MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) I’ll never rest till Avalon’s mine! ACT TWO MR. SAUCELITO/REEF/COVE KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! Scene One REEF: (Sings.) COVE CHORUS: (Sings.) 15 MUSIC CUE 6a: “Entr’acte.” 20 Down, down he went! Ooh. LIGHTS UP: CAP’N BILL and MOM are in the Surf Shack. AVALON KIDS MR. SAUCELITO/REEF/COVE KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! ENTER, helping RIPTIDE, who has a (wooden) crutch and one leg in a MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) COVE CHORUS: (Sings.) cast. MIDGE helps support him. I won’t relent! Ooh. MIDGE: All right. Easy. Take it slow. MR. SAUCELITO/REEF/COVE KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! 20 RIPTIDE: I’m okay, Midge. 25 I know we will win! MIDGE: I gotcha. Wipeout! RIPTIDE: (Enjoys the closeness.) Yeah. REEF: (Sings.) COVE CHORUS: (Sings.) FREDDIE: (Gets him a beach chair.) Here you go. Sit. Rip’s leg is broke! Ooh. RIPTIDE: Thanks, Freddie. Really, I just broke my leg. I’m not made MR. SAUCELITO/REEF/COVE KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! 25 of glass. 30 MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) COVE CHORUS: (Sings.) MOM: Sit! (RIPTIDE instantly sits like a good puppy.) They’re all a joke! Ooh. CAP’N BILL: Can we get you anything? MR. SAUCELITO/REEF/COVE KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! RIPTIDE: No. Listen, you guys. I’m really sorry. I let you all down. I Our tide will soon come in! (LIGHTS UP on the AVALON KIDS, CAP’N know you were all counting on me. BILL and MOM. Each GROUP is now LIGHTED on separate parts of 30 35 the stage.) MIDGE: Don’t even think like that. ALL: (Sing.) Wipeout! LOCO MOCO: We’ll think of something and do it in a hurry. Put your mind at ease and don’t even… concern yourself about it. Arh. AVALONS: (Sing.) COVES: (Sing.) Rhyming wipeout. Wipeout. What can we do? Oooh. MARCELLA: (ENTERS with SHUTTERBUG and SCRATCH.) Oh my-oh ALL: (Sing.) Wipeout! 35 my-oh my. (Dictates to SCRATCH.) As I walk down this once-happy 40 COVES: (Sing.) AVALONS: (Sing.) beach, I am thunderstruck by how much things have— They’re all but through! Oooh. SCRATCH: Gotten worse? Improved? Stayed the same?

28 29 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MARCELLA: Changed. 1 SANDY: Cap’n Bill! Mrs. C! Come quick! (EXITS, leaving FREDDIE and SCRATCH: Better. RHONDA alone ONSTAGE.) MARCELLA: Isn’t it? It’s perfect. The once shining hope of Avalon RHONDA: I’m sorry. Beach is now laid up as nothing more than an invalid. Sad and FREDDIE: It wasn’t your fault. 5 pathetic. 5 RHONDA: I’m always saying dumb things. MIDGE: Hey! FREDDIE: I don’t think so. MARCELLA: Shoot the invalid. RHONDA: Really? SHUTTERBUG: (Snaps pictures of RIPTIDE.) Try to look sad and pathetic. FREDDIE: Yeah. (Connection between these two.) Oooh good. No, no, not angry. Too angry. Don’t look furious. Why is SANDY: (Runs back ON.) Come quick! Riptide’s hurt! He broke a leg. Or 10 he looking furious? (Because REEF and his gang ENTER with MR. 10 severed an arm. One of ’em. (The OTHERS come back ON. BODHY SAUCELITO, who carries some papers.) and LOCO MOCO carry RIPTIDE. The GIRLS hover and dote.) REEF: Well, well, if it isn’t Hopalong Nastily. MIDGE: Oh, Rip. Are you okay? FENDER BENDER: Ha. Ha-ha-ha. Hopalong Nastily. Like the cowboy, but RIPTIDE: I don’t know. My leg. you’re all busted up. Ha-ha, that’s funny. That’s comedy there— CAP’N BILL: (Hurries ON with MOM.) What happened? 15 CAROLINE: Fender Bender. 15 MOM: Oh, my goodness. Rip. FENDER BENDER: (The laughs cut off like a knife.) I was just fi nishing CAP’N BILL: All right, easy, son. Let me take a look. (Examines the up. leg.) Does this hurt? MIDGE: (To REEF.) You did this. RIPTIDE: Cowabunga! MR. SAUCELITO: Now, now, young lady. I don’t think it’s anyone’s WENDY: Does that mean yes or no? 20 fault. Surfi ng is a dangerous sport. Accidents happen all the time. 20 MOM: What happened? (MUSIC CUE 6: “Wipeout!”) Isn’t that right, Carlson? (Glares at CAP’N BILL, who lowers his head. MOM takes a step forward, but CAP’N BILL holds her back. MIDGE: (Speaks.) He was comin’ in hot. Then… wipeout! MR. SAUCELITO smiles and continues to MIDGE.) So before you (Sings.) Out on the sea, he seemed to be start hurling accusations, I’d think about what a lawsuit of slander King of the big surf. Kids know that it’s no show, that the 25 would do to your future. We’d have to do something about that. 25 Ocean is his turf. RIPTIDE: What do you want, Reef? BODHY: (Sings.) Blasting along, looking so strong, MR. SAUCELITO: He doesn’t want anything. (To MOM and CAP’N BILL.) Riptide would sure win. I, on the other hand, feel a need to speak to the two of you. FREDDIE: (Sings.) Hot doggin’ it and hoggin’ it, MOM: I feel a need, too— MIDGE/BODHY/FREDDIE: (Sing.) Reef cuts and drops in! 30 CAP’N BILL: Step into our offi ce. (He and MOM EXIT with MR. 30 AVALON KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! SAUCELITO.) MIDGE: (Sings.) CHORUS: (Sings.) MARCELLA: Tell me, ragamuffi ns, how does it feel to know your only Reef elbows him. Ooh. chance of winning completely blew it? AVALON KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! MIDGE: He didn’t blow it. WENDY: (Sings.) CHORUS: (Sings.) 35 CAROLINE: Looks like it to me. 35 Rip’s looking grim. Ooh. BARBARA ANN: Oh, a cast will make your leg really pale. Eeeeuw. AVALON KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! MARCELLA: (To RIPTIDE.) Tell me, young invalid, do you feel like a MIDGE/WENDY: (Sing.) He falls and gets nailed! failure? AVALON KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout! RIPTIDE: Well— MIDGE: (Sings.) CHORUS: (Sings.) 40 MIDGE: No! 40 He crashed and burned. Ooh. SANDY: No. AVALON KIDS: (Sing.) Wipeout!

30 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 27 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: (Looks out over the AUDIENCE [or wherever the ocean fl at is set 1 WENDY: Yeah, what they said. up].) Look. There he is. (Waves.) Hi, Riptide. (LIGHTS SHIFT to the REEF: Looks like it to me. ocean fl at, where RIPTIDE is on his surfboard, paddling. LIGHTING MARCELLA: Oh my, oh my. This is perfect. Tension mounting between should separate the ocean from the KIDS on the beach. RIPTIDE the ragamuffi ns— 5 waves to the KIDS, then pops up and starts surfi ng. Now we see 5 what’s happening on both the land and the sea. RIPTIDE does the AVALON KIDS: Hey! tricks as they call them out. Looking OFFSTAGE. MUSIC CUE 5a: MARCELLA: —and the snobs. “The Accident.”) Oh, look. Rip’s caught a killer wave. GO, RIPTIDE! COVE KIDS: Hey! BODHY: Ride that rhino! MARCELLA: Can’t wait for Saturday to see how it all comes out. Call 10 LOCO MOCO: Come on, Riptide, 10 seconds more. Ride that wave me if anyone else gets seriously hurt. Our readers are just dying right into the… sand. Argh. 10 to know. (EXITS with SHUTTERBUG and SCRATCH.) MIDGE: He’s walking the nose. MR. SAUCELITO: (RE-ENTERS with MOM and CAP’N BILL.) I’m FREDDIE: He’s hanging fi ve. glad you’ve seen the light. I’ll expect those contracts signed by tomorrow. Come on, Reef. (EXITS with REEF and the COVE KIDS.) SANDY: He’s hanging ten. CAP’N BILL: Riptide, is what Mr. Saucelito told us true? You entered 15 WENDY: Go, Riptide! 15 the contest for us? MIDGE: Hey, wait a second. Who’s that out there with him? RIPTIDE: Yes, sir. BODHY: Even money it’s Reef. (Next to RIPTIDE, REEF pops up on his CAP’N BILL: Wow. I appreciate that. surfboard. The two are now just inches apart. [NOTE: REEF can be laying on his surfboard the whole time a little bit behind RIPTIDE, MOM: Very much. That was very… noble of you. 20 who doesn’t see him.]) RIPTIDE: Guess it doesn’t matter now though, huh? I failed. RIPTIDE: Hey, what’re you doing dropping in on my wave? 20 ZELDA: (Comes ON with a diving mask, snorkel and fl ippers and a REEF: Your wave? You don’t own the ocean, Riptide. (Shoulder bumps “map.” She’s taking her metal detector out into the water. As she RIPTIDE.) passes—) Doesn’t have to be over. There’s another way to save the shack. RIPTIDE: Hey, what’re you doing? MIDGE: (Stops her.) Wait. Whoa. Zelda, what are you doing? 25 FREDDIE: Hey, what’s he doing? 25 ZELDA: Gonna fi nd Blackbeard’s treasure. Got me a map. MIDGE: Oh, no! MIDGE: (Looks at it.) Zelda, this is a placemat from the Lobster REEF: Did you really think you and your little friends could goof up my House. plans and get away with it? ZELDA: It’s a map. Gonna fi nd that treasure and save the shack. BODHY: Betcha he’s mad we’re goofi n’ up his plans. MIDGE: You know about the shack? 30 RIPTIDE: (REEF bumps him again.) Hey, knock it off! Somebody’s 30 gonna get hurt. ZELDA: I’m eccentric, darling—not stupid. When I fi nd that treasure, it’ll save the shack. RHONDA: Come on, Riptide! You can do it! Good luck! MIDGE: Zelda, there is no treasure. WENDY: You’re supposed to say “break a leg.” ZELDA: Oh, yes. Just got to know where to look. (MUSIC CUE 7: “Heave RHONDA: Break a leg! Ho, Fiddle-dee-dee.” Sings.) 35 REEF: See ya on shore! (With one mighty push from REEF, RIPTIDE 35 There are spoils for the taking. falls. SOUND EFFECT: SPLASH! LIGHTS GO OUT on the “ocean.” There’s treasure in the sand. MUSIC OUT.) There are riches to uncover MIDGE: Nooo! If you know the lay of the land. WENDY: (To RHONDA.) What did you do? There are millions in the ocean, 40 RHONDA: I didn’t mean it!! (The OTHERS run OFFSTAGE to rescue RIPTIDE, 40 Just waiting to be found. while SANDY runs in the opposite direction and calls for help.) There is booty to discover. It’s right there under the ground. 26 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 31 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 And it’s heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee 1 MARCELLA: Excellent. Little hopeful. (To SCRATCH.) A plucky local boy Me metal detector and little me! dreams of winning against the best of the best. Oh, it’s perfect. Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee, What’s your name, plucky boy? I’ll fi nd the treasure, you’ll see. (CAP’N BILL, MOM and AVALON RIPTIDE: Riptide. 5 KIDS play along.) 5 MARCELLA: Oh, I need a real name. I mean, who do we make the ALL: (Sing.) Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee! check out to if you win? ZELDA: (Sings.) Scavenger huntin’s the life for me! RIPTIDE: (Looks at MIDGE.) Mom and Poppy’s Surf Shack. (Gasps from ALL: (Sing.) Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee! the GROUP. Then cheers.) ZELDA: (Sings.) I’ll fi nd the booty, you’ll see! MIDGE: (Crosses to him.) Riptide, are you sure? 10 Now ol’ Blackbeard, what a pirate, 10 RIPTIDE: Absolutely. The terror of the seas, MIDGE: You’d do that for us? With his muskets and his saber, He’d plunder ships as he pleased. RIPTIDE: Heck no. But I’d do it for you. (Takes her hand and stares into her eyes.) With his boodle and his crew, AVALON GIRLS: Awwwwwww. 15 He would quickly come ashore, And he’d bury all the takings, 15 MARCELLA: That is so sweet. Shoot the sweet. Come along. We have Then scour the ocean for more. much to do. (EXITS with SHUTTERBUG and SCRATCH.) Now it’s heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee! REEF: So you think you’re gonna win? Ha, what a joke. Me metal detector and little me. FENDER BENDER: Yeah, a joke. Ha-ha-hahahahahahaha. 20 Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee! CAROLINE: Fender Bender. I’ll fi nd the treasure, you’ll see. 20 FENDER BENDER: Not funny? ALL: (Sing; amused.) Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee! CAROLINE: Not really. ZELDA: (Sings.) Scavenger huntin’s the life for me! FENDER BENDER: Okay, I’m done. ALL: (Sing.) Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-dee! REEF: (Starts to EXIT with his GANG, but before they leave stage, he says 25 ZELDA: (Sings.) I’ll fi nd the booty, you’ll see! to the AVALON KIDS…) So long, losers. (He and his GANG EXIT.) (Speaks in rhythm.) We’ll raise a mug and celebrate, 25 MIDGE: Don’t listen to him, Rip. You can win. And hope t’ heck it ain’t too late. RIPTIDE: Then I guess I better get practicing. Wish me luck. (The We’ll toast and have some “hair of the dog,” others ad-lib “good luck” as he grabs his board and races OFF.) Dance a jig and down the grog! (DANCE INTERLUDE. ZELDA begins BODHY: Betcha didn’t know that in theater it’s bad luck to say good 30 dancing a “jig” to the amusement of the OTHERS.) (Speaks.) Come along now, don’t be shy. We’re all going to be rich! luck. (ALL OTHERS, at fi rst reluctant, join in the dance. They soon, get 30 FREDDIE: What are you supposed to say? swept up in the moment and ZELDA’S eccentricity.) BODHY: Break a leg. ALL: (Sing; with newfound spirit.) Heave ho, we’ll put up a fi ght! WENDY: I don’t believe it. Does anyone else believe it? 35 ZELDA: (Sings.) We’ll all be countin’ the loot tonight! BODHY: Ten-to-one I’m right. ALL: (Sing.) Heave ho, we’ll look on the bright! RHONDA: Ten-to-one what? ZELDA: (Sings.) I’ll fi nd the booty, you’ll see! 35 BODHY: What have you got? ALL: (Sing.) Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-die! RHONDA: Nothing. ZELDA: (Sings.) A pirate treasure for you and I! FREDDIE: Doesn’t look that way to me. (RHONDA blushes and looks 40 ALL: (Sing.) Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-die! away, shy.) ZELDA: (Sings.) A pirate’s life for you and I! SANDY: So you’re saying that “good luck” is bad luck and “break a 40 ALL: (Sing.) Heave ho, fi ddle-dee-die! leg” is good luck? That’s ironic. Or stupid. One of ’em. 32 25 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MARCELLA: And now it’s going to be here. (The AVALON KIDS cheer. 1 ZELDA: (Sings.) We’ll soon be livin’ it high! MIDGE, BODHY, LOCO MOCO and FREDDIE come running ON.) (Speaks in rhythm.) What say you? MIDGE: What’s going on? ALL OTHERS: (A shout.) Aye-aye! MARCELLA: You were right. I checked the conditions, and this is the ALL: (Sing.) Fiddle-ee, diddle-ee, fi ddle-ee, diddle-ee, 5 best surfi ng in the state. Avalon is the best-kept secret in the 5 Fiddle-ee diddle, we’ll soon be livin’ it high! (MUSIC OUT. ZELDA surfi ng world. totters OFFSTAGE on her search.) JOHN B.: Yeah, well, we want it to be the worst-kept secret. CAP’N BILL: (As he EXITS.) Well, I guess I better go get that REEF: No, we don’t. paperwork. JOHN B.: We don’t want it to be a secret at all. Want to blab it to MIDGE: Mom, you’re not going to sign those contracts are you? 10 everyone. 10 MOM: Oh, sweetie. I don’t see another choice. I appreciate what CAROLINE: John B. you kids wanted to do, but with Clarence—Riptide out of the JOHN B.: We do want it to be a secret? competition, there’s no alternative. (Follows CAP’N BILL OFF.) CAROLINE: Yes. RIPTIDE: Sorry, gang. If it wasn’t for that stupid Reef, I really think I had a shot. JOHN B.: Which is how I started this whole conversation. 15 SANDY: Sure. 15 MARCELLA: The contest will be held right here a week from Saturday. (More cheers. To SHUTTERBUG.) Shoot the cheering. WENDY: Of course you would’ve won. We all think Rip could’ve won. SHUTTERBUG: You got it, MM. (To the AVALON KIDS, shooting.) You’re RHONDA: What? happy. Elated. Feeling good. WENDY: (Louder.) Riptide could’ve won. REEF: (To MARCELLA.) We’ll pull our advertising. RHONDA: Well, no kidding. He’s like the Mike Love of surfers. 20 MARCELLA: And we’ll do a write-up about the poor sportsmanship at 20 FREDDIE: Mike Love? the Cove. RHONDA: You know. The best. BARBARA ANN: Does this mean I won’t get to be on the posters? FREDDIE: I thought you liked Brian Wilson the best. MARCELLA: Shoot the pouting. RHONDA: Things change. You know, sometimes the more you learn SHUTTERBUG: You got it, MM. (To BARBARA ANN.) You’re sad. about someone, you suddenly see them all different. 25 Disappointed. Unhappy because your parents won’t talk to 25 FREDDIE: (Hopeful.) Yeah? you because they think you threw your life away by becoming a RHONDA: Oh, yeah. photographer like it’s a waste of a life or something. FREDDIE: Did you know I have an original copy of “The Amazing MARCELLA: Shutterbug. Spiderman” issue number 12 under my pillow? SHUTTERBUG: Sorry, MM. RHONDA: You learn something new every day. 30 MARCELLA: (To SCRATCH.) Take this down. The mood at the beach is 30 BODHY: (To RIPTIDE.) If I was making book on you, it would be 20-to-1 alive with…. against you losing. SCRATCH: Excitement? Energy? Popcorn? LOCO MOCO: Their chances of winning against you grew thinner. MARCELLA: Anticipation. ’Cause one thing’s for certain, Riptide is a… champion. Arggh. SCRATCH: Anticipation. Better. Derailed again. 35 MARCELLA: It is, isn’t it? It’s perfect. Everyone is wondering who will 35 BODHY: It’s okay, Loco Moco. You’ll fi nd a rhyme. It just takes time. win the thousand-dollar grand prize. LOCO MOCO: You just did it. Envy. Green envy. RIPTIDE: Wait. There’s a thousand dollar prize for winning? MIDGE: (To RIPTIDE.) I’m just sorry you had to get hurt. MARCELLA: You bet. RIPTIDE: (Holds her hand.) Some things are worth getting hurt for. BODHY: I know I do. (Nice moment of connection between them. Then he starts hopping 40 RIPTIDE: Then sign me up. I want to compete. I want to be in the surf 40 around like a maniac.) contest. RIPTIDE: Oh, no. 24 33 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: Rip? 1 ALL GIRLS: (Sing.) …Dead Man’s Reef! (SOUND EFFECT: GIANT WAVE RIPTIDE: Itch. I’ve got an itch. Ooooooh, an itch. (Thrashes around at CRASHING and SCREAM. MUSIC UNDER.) the itch inside his cast.) Scratch it. Gotta scratch it. RIPTIDE: (In disbelief; speaks.) Wow, what a drag! FREDDIE: Come on. We’ll fi nd you a coat hanger or something. (The SANDY: (Speaks as AVALON GIRLS sing “oohs” softly in the background.) 5 GUYS scoop him up and take him OFFSTAGE. MIDGE wanders over 5 Midge nearly drowned. Now Captain Bill walks with a limp and will to the “picket fence” of surfboards, lovingly touches one.) never surf again. Midge is terrifi ed of surfi ng. Promised her dad SANDY: Midge, you okay? You look thoughtful. Or sleepy. One of ’em. she would never surf again. MIDGE: Do you really think some things are worth getting hurt for? RHONDA: (Speaks.) She blames herself for the accident because she RHONDA: Are you thinking what I think you’re thinking? talked her father into surfi ng there when she knew how dangerous 10 it was. (Sings.) It wasn’t her fault. No one’s to blame. 10 WENDY: What are you thinking, so I can think it, too? OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) No one’s to blame! MIDGE: I mean, why not? RHONDA: (Sings.) She took it so hard. It’s a shame. WENDY: Why not what? OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Shame, shame, shame! SANDY: Do you think you could? RHONDA: (Sings.) OTHER GIRLS: (Sing under.) WENDY: Could what? 15 What’s done is not forgotten. Ooh. 15 MIDGE: I don’t know. I’d be so scared. Seems she’s still feeling rotten. Ooh. WENDY: Scared of what? She reached for a star Ah. RHONDA: You might be the only girl. But found only grief on… Ah. WENDY: Only girl in wha—wait a sec. Midge, you’re not thinking of ALL GIRLS: (Sing.) …Dead Man’s Reef! taking Riptide’s place in the contest?! 20 SANDY/WENDY/RHONDA: (Sing.) Where surfers go for thrills. 20 MIDGE: Actually, that’s exactly what I was thinking. OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! WENDY: Me, too. Whoo-hoo! SANDY/WENDY/RHONDA: (Sing.) An ocean tide that kills. SANDY: What about your dad? He’ll be uptight. Or fl exible. One of OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! ’em. SANDY/WENDY/RHONDA: (Sing.) A graveyard in the sea. MIDGE: Yeah, well he can’t know I’m doing this until I think I have a 25 OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! 25 chance. SANDY/WENDY/RHONDA: WENDY: You’re talking about a really big risk. (Sing.) Filled with surfboard debris, that’s… MIDGE: I know. That’s why I gotta practice. You guys gotta keep my ALL GIRLS: (Sing.) …Dead Man’s Reef! parents from giving those contracts to Mr. Saucelito. Promise? Dead Man’s Reef! SANDY/RHONDA/WENDY: Pinkie swear. 30 Dead Man’s Reef! 30 MIDGE: Wish me luck. (Pulls a surfboard from the sand and runs OFF Ah! (SOUND EFFECT: GIANT WAVE CRASHING; MUSIC OUT.) into the wings.) RIPTIDE: Aw, for cryin’ out loud. And here I was bragging about how SANDY: Good luck. good I am when her own dad couldn’t protect her. She must think WENDY: Good luck. I’m a heel. RHONDA: Break a— (WENDY and SANDY clamp their hands over her 35 MARCELLA: (ENTERS in a fl ourish with SCRATCH and SHUTTERBUG.) 35 mouth.) Take pictures of everything. I want it all. The sun. The surf. The trees. The sad little shack. The sad little faces. CAP’N BILL: (ENTERS with MOM, holding the manila envelope of contracts.) Can you girls keep an eye on the shack? We’ve got to REEF: (ENTERS with the COVE KIDS, dogging MARCELLA’S heels.) You run these papers over to Mr. Saucelito. can’t do this! RHONDA: Yes. 40 MARCELLA: Oh, little snob, it’s already done. 40 SANDY: No. REEF: But you said the contest would be at the Cove.

34 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 23 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 SANDY: (Sings.) OTHER GIRLS: (Sing under.) 1 CAP’N BILL: Yes? It came like a big blue demon, Ooh MOM: No? Thund’ring down, crashing, Ooh. RHONDA: We can’t watch the shack? screaming. SANDY: Yes. 5 A place so bizarre, Ah. so beyond belief, that’s… Ah. 5 RHONDA: I was right. ALL GIRLS: (Sing.) …Dead Man’s Reef! SANDY: But you can’t take those papers to Mr. Saucelito. SANDY: (Sings.) Where surfers go for thrills. RHONDA: No! I was wrong. OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! MOM: What is wrong with you two? 10 SANDY: (Sings.) An ocean tide that kills. SANDY: Nothing. OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! 10 RHONDA: We’re fi ne. SANDY: (Sings.) A graveyard in the sea. SANDY: It’s Wendy. OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! WENDY: It is? SANDY: (Sings.) Filled with surfboard debris, that’s… RHONDA: She’s not feeling well. 15 ALL GIRLS: (Sing.) …Dead Man’s Reef! (SOUND EFFECT: GIANT WAVE WENDY: Nobody told me. CRASHING and SCREAM. MUSIC UNDER.) 15 MOM: What’s wrong, sweetie? RIPTIDE: (Growing impatient; speaks.) Look, we all know that place is WENDY: I don’t know. dangerous but… what accident?! SANDY: She’s confused. She might have amnesia. Or bronchitis. One SANDY: (Speaks as OTHER AVALON GIRLS sing “oohs” softly in the of ’em. 20 background.) Well, she was out with her father, who was a grand RHONDA: And she has sharp, shooting pains. champion, by the way. 20 WENDY: I do? WENDY: (Points to the surfboard on the wall of the shack. Speaks.) CAP’N BILL: Where? (RHONDA stomps on WENDY’S foot.) That board right there won him fi ve regional championships. He WENDY: Ow! My foot. was on his way to being the best in the country. 25 (Sings.) But then a rogue wave knocked him right down. CAP’N BILL: You should go inside and put it up. (Tries to walk past them, but SANDY stops them.) OTHER GIRLS: (Speak in rhythm.) Down, down, down! 25 SANDY: It’s not just that. It’s ah… (MOM and CAP’N BILL now have their WENDY: (Sings.) Sucked him right under, rolled him aroun’. backs to RHONDA and WENDY. WENDY hops on one foot, and RHONDA OTHER GIRLS: (Speak in rhythm.) Roun’, roun’, roun’! starts to spin her like a top.) She’s also… um… really dizzy. WENDY: (Sings.) OTHER GIRLS: (Sing under.) MOM: (Turns to face WENDY, who’s now swaying like a masthead 30 He crashed into the rocky coral. Ooh. in a squall.) Oh, you poor thing. Must be heat stroke. Let’s get I’m not sure there is a moral. Ooh. 30 you inside. (EXITS with CAP’N BILL, who has set down the manila He could’ve gone far, Ah. envelope to help support WENDY.) A legend cut brief by… Ah. RHONDA: Whew. ALL GIRLS: (Sing.) …Dead Man’s Reef! SANDY: (Picks up the envelope.) We gotta hide these. 35 WENDY: (Sings.) Where surfers get their kicks. RHONDA: Where? OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! 35 SANDY: Bury ’em. (They run behind the picket fence of surfboards and WENDY: (Sings.) And sometimes take their licks. dig in the “sand,” burying the envelope. But when REEF and his GANG OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! ENTER, they drop low and hide, watching. FENDER BENDER carries WENDY: (Sings.) A place that’s fi lled with heartache. binoculars. They look OFFSTAGE to where MIDGE is practicing.) 40 OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) Dead Man’s Reef! FENDER BENDER: I told you I saw here from up there. Look, she’s WENDY: (Sings.) Where killer waves break on… 40 surfi n’.

22 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 35 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 JOHN B.: Wow, she’s really good. 1 RIPTIDE: There’s nothing to be chicken of. (And this is where the REEF: No, she’s not. conversation starts to go bad.) JOHN B.: She’s horrible. Worst surfer ever. MIDGE: I’m not afraid. CAROLINE: She really isn’t bad. RIPTIDE: I’ll be right there with you. 5 BARBARA ANN: She’ll burn to a crisp out there. (Beat, then to REEF.) 5 MIDGE: I just can’t. Can you teach me to surf? RIPTIDE: I won’t let anything happen to you, I promise. REEF: So they think they can win with her? MIDGE: You can’t make that promise. JOHN B.: Not possible. Not next to you. It’s a million-to-one shot. RIPTIDE: What am I? Some complete nimrod? (Behind MIDGE, the REEF: One in a million is still a chance. AVALON GIRLS are going into mime-spasms trying to get him to shut 10 10 JOHN B.: Yeah, big chance. I wouldn’t take it. up, because MIDGE is going volcanic as he digs his hole deeper.) Am I some doofus-mcgoofus who can’t keep you safe? Only a REEF: I won’t. Here’s what we’re going to do. (Huddles with his GANG total-package kook couldn’t look after you. (To the GIRLS.) What?! as they EXIT, whispering. RHONDA and SANDY pop up from behind (MIDGE whips around on them, and the GIRLS play innocent.) the surfboards.) SANDY: I thought there was— RHONDA: What? What did he say? What are they going to do? (They 15 WENDY: —a bee. 15 start to follow the COVE GANG OFF.) SANDY: I couldn’t hear them. (They’re almost OFFSTAGE when CAP’N SANDY: Yeah. A bee. BILL, MOM and WENDY RE-ENTER, forcing RHONDA and SANDY to RHONDA: What? stop pursuit.) WENDY: (Louder.) There’s a bee. CAP’N BILL: Hey, girls. RHONDA: Of course there’s a beat. But it’s really about the harmony. 20 SANDY: Oh, hey. Hi. 20 MIDGE: (To RIPTIDE.) You just don’t get it. (Storms OFFSTAGE, leaving CAP’N BILL: I think Wendy’s feeling better now. RIPTIDE reeling.) WENDY: Am I? RIPTIDE: (To himself.) That went better in my head. (To the GIRLS.) SANDY: Aren’t you? What gives? WENDY: How are you guys feeling? SANDY: Are you crazy? You must have brain damage. Or arthritis. One 25 of ’em. 25 SANDY: Just ﬁ ne. WENDY: How could you do that to her? She must be devastated. I’d WENDY: Then I feel just ﬁ ne. be devastated… if you guys would. You’d be devastated, right? CAP’N BILL: Well, I guess we should get the contracts over to Mr. RIPTIDE: Why? What’d I do? Saucelito. (Realizes he’s empty-handed.) Now, where did I put them? SANDY: Oh, my goodness, you really don’t know? 30 30 RHONDA: (Too loud, too fast.) We haven’t seen ’em, if that’s what RIPTIDE: Know what? you’re asking. SANDY: About Midge. How she used to be a great surfer. CAP’N BILL: No, I wasn’t. Where could I have put them? RIPTIDE: Midge surfs? RHONDA/WENDY: I dunno. No idea. Beats me. SANDY: Well, she did. Until the accident. (MUSIC CUE 5: “Dead CAP’N BILL: I must’ve stuck them somewhere. Man’s Reef.” EXTRA AVALON GIRLS can ENTER for backup vocals, 35 if desired.) 35 MOM: I can tell you where I’d like to stick them. RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) Accident? What accident? CAP’N BILL: Honey. SANDY: (Sings.) It happened one day so long ago. MOM: You’re the one that brought up Mr. Saucelito. OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) So long ago. CAP’N BILL: Honey, I know you don’t want to do this. But it’s for the best. SANDY: (Sings.) The ocean grew, and the wind did blow. 40 40 MOM: For who? OTHER GIRLS: (Sing.) The wind did blow.

36 21 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 wave that you’re trying to negotiate. (Looks deep into RIPTIDE’S 1 CAP’N BILL: For us. eyes. In a deep voice.) Cowabunga, big boy! (BODHY and FREDDIE MOM: Yeah, maybe. It’s just… how can it be good if we have to sell to quickly push him away.) What, what? What’d I do?! them? They represent everything we promised we’d never be. BODHY: (To RIPTIDE; speaks.) Just forget about him. You can do this, CAP’N BILL: People change. 5 buddy. I know you can. 5 MOM: (Looks at her husband.) I know. RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) That’s easy for you to say. CAP’N BILL: (Looks around for the envelope.) Now, where could they BODHY: (Speaks.) I’m tellin’ you, big guy, she’s yours. I’ve got a feeling be? this week is going to be a luau love kind of week. (They snicker.) RHONDA: Not out here. That’s for sure. BODHY/FREDDIE/LOCO MOCO: (They sing in their regular voices and SANDY: Maybe they’re inside. We’ll help you look. (The GIRLS shuffl e 10 dance again.) 10 MOM and CAP’N BILL OFFSTAGE as FENDER BENDER, CAROLINE, Luau love is what this hula girl is searching for. BARBARA ANN and JOHN B. ENTER.) Luau love under a yellow moon. I need a big kahuna to hold this little wahine island girl. CAROLINE: I can’t believe we’re doing this. Luau love, we hope you’ll fi nd real soon. (On the FINAL CHORD, ALL JOHN B.: Yeah, we should go. 15 THREE take off their leis and place them around RIPTIDE’S neck. BARBARA ANN: We have to be here. BODHY and FREDDIE hug him, while LOCO MOCO kisses him on the 15 JOHN B.: Which is why I’m staying. cheek. RIPTIDE quickly pushes them away.) BARBARA ANN: Reef needs us. I’m not going to let him down, even if RIPTIDE: (Laughing; speaks.) You guys are sick, you know that? (MUSIC I have to go in the water and get my hair all grungy. OUT. MIDGE RE-ENTERS with the AVALON GIRLS. RHONDA is still JOHN B.: You can count on me. I’ll do whatever it takes. 20 boppin’ to the transistor.) CAROLINE: Put this on. BODHY: There she is. Go. 20 JOHN B.: Except that. RIPTIDE: (Crosses to MIDGE, trying to get all his courage up.) Hi, BARBARA ANN: We need to keep her from practicing. So we ALL need Midge. to keep her out of the water. (They ALL nod and pull up cardboard MIDGE: Oh, hi. shark fi n cutouts that they strap to their heads like party hats. It all 25 RIPTIDE: You okay? Anything I can do? looks silly and funky, but FENDER BENDER takes the cake. Instead MIDGE: Got a thousand dollars? 25 of a shark fi n, he wears a white shower cap that dangles mop string RIPTIDE: No. Wish, though. all around it like long fringe. The OTHERS just stare at him.) MIDGE: Yeah. Well, thanks anyway. (Starts to walk away. The GUYS FENDER BENDER: Everybody ready? throw him after her, then EXIT.) CAROLINE: Oh, tell me no. 30 RIPTIDE: I was thinkin’ maybe there was a way I could take your mind FENDER BENDER: What? I’m a jellyfi sh. off your troubles. 30 BARBARA ANN: We’re supposed to be sharks. MIDGE: Yeah? FENDER BENDER: Sharks aren’t scary. RIPTIDE: Yeah. (Takes the plunge.) Come surfi ng with me. BARBARA ANN: They’re scarier than jellyfi sh. MIDGE: Oh. Riptide… FENDER BENDER: Ever been stung by a jellyfi sh? Stings. 35 RIPTIDE: I know surfi ng is not your scene, and you don’t know much BARBARA ANN: Yeah, but people don’t go, “Ahhh, swim for your life, about it… 35 it’s a jellyfi sh!” MIDGE: I don’t know much about it? FENDER BENDER: I do… ever since I got stung. RIPTIDE: It’s a real blast. BARBARA ANN: All right, let’s just do this. (They EXIT, leaving the stage MIDGE: Really? empty for a moment.) 40 RIPTIDE: I’m a pretty good surfer. Maybe the best you’ve ever seen. ZELDA: (ENTERS with her metal detector, scanning the beach. She’s MIDGE: The best, huh? 40 dragging behind her a rope on which is tied a metal trash can, a tin coffee pot and a toaster.) Got to be here. Got to fi nd it. Blackbeard’s 20 37 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 treasure. (Refers to a rumpled map, then plods on.) Somewhere. 1 LOCO MOCO: (Approaches RIPTIDE; in a deep voice. Sings.) Close-by. Gonna fi nd it. (EXITS.) We’ll roast a pig! (BODHY and FREDDIE shoot LOCO MOCO a hard MIDGE’S VOICE: (From OFFSTAGE.) AHHHHHH! JELLYFISH! (Runs back stare. They can’t believe their ears.) ON with her surfboard, a towel around her to help hide the fact she A pudgy porker and we’ll feast all night! 5 may not be dripping wet. The AVALON GANG, MOM and CAP’N BILL 5 ALL THREE: (Sing.) Luau love, is fl oating on a breeze. (They stop run back ON. Okay, RIPTIDE hobbles.) dancing. MUSIC UNDER.) RIPTIDE: What was that? Midge, are you okay? RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) You guys look ridiculous. MIDGE: There’s something in the water! BODHY: (To RIPTIDE. Speaks.) This is all for you, buddy. Now I’m going RIPTIDE: What? to pretend that I’m Little Wahine Midge. 10 MIDGE: I don’t know. I didn’t get a good look. Sharks, I think. And a 10 RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) Who? jellyfi sh. Huge. BODHY: (Sarcastic; speaks.) Just go with it, please! Now ask me out. CAP’N BILL: What were you doing in the water?! (MIDGE turns slowly, (Affects a feminine pose.) looks at the surfboard and then to CAP’N BILL. She’s busted and RIPTIDE: (Looks BODHY up and down. Speaks.) You’ve got to be everyone knows it.) Kids, I need to talk to my daughter. kidding. 15 SANDY: That’s okay. My dad talks to me all the— 15 FREDDIE: (Assertive to RIPTIDE. Speaks.) Just do it! CAP’N BILL: Alone! (The KIDS scatter OFFSTAGE. RIPTIDE takes a RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) All right, all right! This is so dumb. (Clears his moment to squeeze her hand before he leaves. Then MOM steps throat.) Ah… Midge? forward…) LOCO MOCO: (Speaks.) Little Wahine Midge. MOM: Bill— RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) What? 20 CAP’N BILL: I got this one. (MOM EXITS. CAP’N BILL stares at MIDGE.) 20 FREDDIE: (Speaks.) Little Wahine Midge! (Indicates BODHY.) That’s You were surfi ng. her name. MIDGE: Yes. LOCO MOCO: (Speaks.) Yeah. CAP’N BILL: You didn’t tell me? RIPTIDE: (Rolls his eyes and then begins the charade; to BODHY. MIDGE: I couldn’t. Speaks.) Little Wahine Midge? 25 CAP’N BILL: How long have you been doing this? 25 BODHY: (Speaks in a girl’s voice.) Yes? MIDGE: Just now. RIPTIDE: (Rolls his eyes. Speaks.) Little Wahine Midge… would you… CAP’N BILL: I’m supposed to believe that? that is, if you’re not too busy… I was thinkin’ maybe we could… MIDGE: Yes. um… would you like to… CAP’N BILL: You promised me you wouldn’t surf anymore. Not BODHY: (Quickly in a girl’s voice; a shout.) YES! I’d love to go out with 30 you! 30 after… MIDGE: I know. But things have changed. (Gulping courage.) I can win RIPTIDE: (Surprised. Speaks.) Huh?! this competition. BODHY: (Speaks in his own voice.) See how easy that was! CAP’N BILL: No, you can’t. I’m sorry, honey, but that’s the reality. FREDDIE: (Speaks.) You were great, Rip! MIDGE: You don’t believe in me? RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) I was? 35 CAP’N BILL: I think it takes more than desire. 35 LOCO MOCO: (Speaks.) Like Elvis. MIDGE: And I don’t have what it takes? RIPTIDE: (Speaks; incredulous.) Really? But I didn’t even… CAP’N BILL: Your mom and I have always dreamed about you going to BODHY: (Cuts him off. Speaks.) It doesn’t matter! She’s yours, buddy, college, getting a degree. yours! Don’t you see that? MIDGE: What if that’s not my dream? RIPTIDE: (Speaks; skeptical.) Aw, come on, guys… 40 CAP’N BILL: You are going to have a better life than this. 40 LOCO MOCO: (Speaks.) Let me try. (As he sways over to RIPTIDE very sensually.) Now, Rip, I want you to think of me as a big, voluptuous

38 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 19 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 FREDDIE: Then ask her. 1 MIDGE: I dream about this life. And once upon a time, you did, too. BODHY: Betcha 50 bucks she says yes. CAP’N BILL: Dreams die. That’s just the way things are. RIPTIDE: You don’t have 50 bucks. MIDGE: Dreams may die. That doesn’t mean they have to commit BODHY: All right, 20 noogies. suicide. 5 RIPTIDE: So I get rejected, and I get noogies? No thanks. 5 CAP’N BILL: I won’t risk you getting hurt for this life. BODHY: No, if you get rejected, you get to give ME noogies. MIDGE: Then what kind of life is worth a risk, Poppy? (Storms OFF. RIPTIDE: I don’t want to give you noogies. CAP’N BILL stands frozen in place. BLACKOUT.) BODHY: Well, there are 20 noogies out there, somebody’s gotta get End of Scene One ’em. ACT TWO 10 RIPTIDE: What noogies? Scene Two BODHY: The noogies you just bet. LIGHTS UP: CAP’N BILL and MOM are ONSTAGE alone. RIPTIDE: I never bet any noogies. CAP’N BILL: It’s for her own good. BODHY: Not a sporting man, eh? 10 MOM: Sure. RIPTIDE: She’ll probably just say no, anyway. CAP’N BILL: She’ll thank me later. 15 LOCO MOCO: For all you know, she’s been struck by ol’ Cupid. But you’ll never know ’cause you’re acting so… dumb. Arggh. Why is MOM: You bet. this so hard? CAP’N BILL: I’m just looking out for her. RIPTIDE: I wouldn’t know what to say. MOM: Uh-huh. BODHY: It’s easy. Wait a minute. I have an idea. Wait right here. (To 15 CAP’N BILL: I love her. 20 FREDDIE and LOCO MOCO.) Come on, guys, follow me. (They go MOM: No doubt. behind the Surf Shack, where, with a lot of commotion, grunts and CAP’N BILL: You think I’m wrong? groans, they put on grass skirts, coconut bikini tops, wigs and leis.) MOM: No. I know you love her. People show their love in different RIPTIDE: (After a beat; suspicious.) What are you guys doing back ways. there? 20 CAP’N BILL: Right. She should accept that. 25 BODHY’S VOICE: (From behind the shack.) You’ll see. MOM: Take Midge. She’s willing to take a chance to save the shack. FREDDIE’S VOICE: (From behind the shack.) It’s for your own good. Because she loves you. You should accept that. RIPTIDE: (Speaks.) Aw, come on, guys, what are you up to? CAP’N BILL: That’s not fair. LOCO MOCO: (From behind the shack; in a sensual tone.) We’re going MOM: Darling, I love the life we have. I love the man you are. But there to teach you about… 25 are times I miss the man you were. 30 ALL THREE: (Shout.) Luau love! (MUSIC CUE 4: “Luau Love.” BODHY, CAP’N BILL: That man ended with the accident. FREDDIE and LOCO MOCO emerge dressed as hula dancers and MOM: It’s not your limp that holds you back. And you know it. When begin dancing to a slow hula.) did you become afraid to wish for something? BODHY/FREDDIE/LOCO MOCO: (Sing in their regular voices.) CAP’N BILL: Wishes don’t come true. Luau love is what this hula girl is searching for. 30 MOM: Well, one wish did. You don’t want your daughter to be like you. 35 Luau love under a yellow moon. I need a big kahuna to hold this little wahine island girl. She’s not. She still has hope. Luau love, I hope I’ll ﬁ nd real soon. CAP’N BILL: Let’s ﬁ nd those papers and get them over to Mr. BODHY: (Approaches RIPTIDE. Sings.) Saucelito. Luau love is what this hula girl is yearning for. MOM: Right, what’s one more dream more or less? (They EXIT with CAP’N 35 BILL chewing on what MOM just said. ZELDA comes ON, scanning 40 FREDDIE: (Approaches RIPTIDE. Sings.) Luau love under the swaying trees. the ground with her metal detector. She weaves this way and that

18 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 39 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 and ends up behind the surfboard fence. She detects something. 1 MIDGE: Poppy, wait! Don’t sign those. (Grabs the pages.) Whoo-hoo. A few moments later she digs up the envelope.) CAP’N BILL: Oh, Midge, we’ve been over this. ZELDA: Got it! A treasure, maybe a map? (Opens it and reads the MIDGE: Things have changed. pages. She’s moving OFFSTAGE when CAP’N BILL and MOM RE- REEF: Jiminy, Mr. Carlson— 5 ENTER and see the envelope under her arm.) 5 MIDGE: Shut up, Reef. (To CAP’N BILL.) Poppy, there’s a big surf contest CAP’N BILL: We’ve looked everywhere. What could’ve—Zelda? coming. “Surf’s Up” magazine might hold it right here on Avalon! ZELDA: Yup? REEF: Gosh, Mr. Carlson, we’re runnin’ out of time. CAP’N BILL: What’ve you got there? MIDGE: (Barreling over REEF.) All the best surfers in the country could ZELDA: Not Blackbeard’s treasure. come here. Maybe they’ll buy from our shop. 10 CAP’N BILL: No, there. (Reaches for the envelope; ZELDA pulls away.) 10 REEF: Gee, that’s a lot of mights, maybes and coulds. ZELDA: It’s mine. I found it, fair and square. MIDGE: Poppy, please, they’ll come back. They just need to know CAP’N BILL: I need that, please. about us. ZELDA: Finders keepers. CAP’N BILL: I can’t risk our futures on a maybe. Even if we get CAP’N BILL: Zelda, please. advertising, even if our shop becomes a hit, we’re still a thousand 15 ZELDA: Blackbeard’s treasure. (Runs OFF with CAP’N BILL and MOM 15 dollars in debt. in pursuit. That’s when MIDGE and the AVALON GANG ENTER.) REEF: (Harsh.) Sign those papers, Mr. Carlson, or the bonus is off. RIPTIDE: So what do we do now? (EXITS.) MIDGE: I guess we should start packing up. MIDGE: Don’t, Poppy. Wait! RHONDA: I can’t believe we’re going to close this place. CAP’N BILL: It’s too late. This way I still have enough to send you to 20 college. You can get a degree in business. Run a REAL company. 20 FREDDIE: It’s like baby Superman forced to leave Krypton. Get away from this life. WENDY: I’m really going to miss it here. You guys are too, right? MIDGE: I like this life. LOCO MOCO: There’s a tear in my eye because we must part. I will CAP’N BILL: I want you to have more. miss this place with all of my…. stomach. Argh. MIDGE: What about your dreams, Poppy? SANDY: So you’re really gonna quit? 25 CAP’N BILL: (Holds up the cane.) Look at me, Midge. Dreams die 25 MIDGE: I have to. If you could’ve seen Poppy’s face. (Starts to pack a hard. But they die. Reality will keep you safe and warm at night. cardboard box with stuff.) MIDGE: But— BODHY: I betcha two wedgies, a Melvin and a wet willie the Cove kids are celebrating. CAP’N BILL: Unless you have a thousand dollars in your pocket, it’s over, kitten. (EXITS, leaving MIDGE alone with the papers. That’s FREDDIE: Why would I want to bet? 30 when RIPTIDE, FREDDIE, LOCO MOCO and BODHY ENTER across 30 BODHY: ’Cause it’s fun. stage. MIDGE doesn’t notice them.) FREDDIE: No, it’s not. FREDDIE: (To RIPTIDE.) There she is. Now’s your chance. (RIPTIDE BODHY: Betcha a sock in the arm it is. (FREDDIE socks him in the hesitates.) What are you waiting for? (RIPTIDE freezes up. Can’t arm.) Ow! move. MIDGE hasn’t seen him and EXITS.) What is the matter with FREDDIE: You’re right, that was fun. 35 you? Is she Kryptonite or something? Every time you see her, you 35 RIPTIDE: (Pulls out a board.) Wow, look at this. It’s a nine-foot Dewey go gooey. Weber. RIPTIDE: I don’t know what to say. MIDGE: With a slip check on its nose. FREDDIE: You like her, right? RIPTIDE: Neat. RIPTIDE: Yeah. MIDGE: I’m sorry I never told you everything. 40 FREDDIE: Then tell her that. You want to ask her on a date? 40 RIPTIDE: For crying out loud, I understand. RIPTIDE: Yeah.

40 17 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MR. SAUCELITO/REEF: (Chant in rhythm.) 1 MIDGE: When I think about all the fun we could’ve had surfi ng Gotta rumble, gotta roar like a little deuce coupe! together… MR. SAUCELITO: (To REEF. Chants in rhythm.) RIPTIDE: We still can. To win this race, how low will you stoop? MIDGE: No. 5 MR. S./REEF: (Sing.) COVE KIDS: (Sing.) 5 RIPTIDE: Sure, we just stay out of the waves. Guys. (The GUYS grab Life in the fast lane! Rev it up, shut ’em down, two or three benches or low sawhorses and set them up, laying Cruisin’ like a freight train, Faster, faster! a surfboard across them.) Voila. Dry surf. (Gestures and MIDGE burnin’ up the octane! Oooh. stands on it. The GUYS each take a side and rock it gently back and Life in the fast lane! Rev it up, shut ’em down, forth to simulate waves.) This isn’t better than real water, but it’s 10 Faster, faster! 10 good for practicing moves. REEF: (Sings.) COVE KIDS: (Sing.) MIDGE: Hey, yeah. (Practicing, arms out, doing a few turns and hanging Like a hot dune buggy Oooh. ten when CAP’N BILL RE-ENTERS with MOM, carrying the manila tearin’ up the terrain! envelope. EVERYONE FREEZES when CAP’N BILL sees her on the ALL: (Sing.) Comin’ off the line when the light turns green, board.) 15 MR. SAUCELITO/REEF: (Sing.) 15 CAP’N BILL: Midge. Pedal to the metal, I’m a screamin’ machine! MIDGE: Poppy. ALL: (Sing.) Comin’ off the line when the light turns green, CAP’N BILL: What are you doing? MR. SAUCELITO/REEF: (Sing.) MIDGE: It’s not what it seems. Pedal to the metal, I’m a screamin’ machine! (MUSIC UNDER.) CAP’N BILL: You are NOT doing that… (Tense beat.) …correctly. 20 MR. SAUCELITO: (Speaks.) Now go out there and wave that checkered 20 (EVERYONE relaxes as CAP’N BILL limps over and takes charge as fl ag, son! coach.) Surfi ng is all about balance. Power. Timing. REEF: (Excited; desperately wanting his dad’s approval. Speaks.) Yes, MIDGE: Poppy? (MUSIC CUE 8: “Ride, Ride, Ridin’ the Dry Surf.”) sir, Dad! (SOUND EFFECT: HOT ROD ENGINE REVVING UP; REEF CAP’N BILL: (Speaks.) If you want to win this thing, you’ve got to get and the COVE KIDS excitedly EXIT. MR. SAUCELITO smiles broadly as back to fundamentals. (Sings.) 25 he proudly looks over his latest prospective land conquest. MUSIC 25 When you’re ridin’ a wave, you gotta show the right technique. OUT. BLACKOUT.) Build those muscles, have a properly toned physique. End of Scene Three Get a feeling for the board, like a Zen experience strikes a chord. Free your mind, stay calm and relax. ACT ONE Now, lay on the board, mark a balance point with your chin. (MIDGE Scene Four 30 lays on the board and touches her chin to a center balance point.) LIGHTS UP: REEF is holding the contracts and talking to CAP’N BILL at the When you fi nd the right spot, you’ll be ready to begin. Surf Shack counter. He’s really pouring on the old Eddie Haskell charm. Now paddle with a crawl stroke, one arm at a time, you gotta get REEF: Gosh, Mr. Carlson. I know my dad can be a bit overbearing. stoked. (MIDGE paddles as directed. As if seeing a monster wave coming at them.) 30 CAP’N BILL: It’s all right, Reef. I know it’s not you. 35 Here comes that big surf, pray you don’t get axed. (MIDGE goes REEF: Gee whiz, that’s nice of you to say. But golly, I know what this through the following series of “surfi ng moves” as dictated in the place means to you. And I bet if you sign right now, I can get you CHORUS. She tries the best she can but is awkward, clumsy and an extra $2,000. out of practice. [NOTE: for the safety of the actress, use two to four CAP’N BILL: Why is that? SPOTTERS on either side of the board.]) 35 REEF: Well, to be honest, my dad’s kind of training me. If I close this 40 Catch a wave, it takes a knack. deal fast, I look good in his eyes. Gee willikers, when we help Pop right up, others, everybody can win. (CAP’N BILL pulls the contracts towards (She jumps up on the board and almost falls.) him as MIDGE ENTERS.)

16 41 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 Right foot back. 1 MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) COVE KIDS: (Sing.) Take off, ridin’ the lip. (She assumes a clumsy surfi ng pose.) You gotta live life in the Rev it up, shut ’em down, Stoked and full on, let ’er rip! (Again, she almost falls.) fast lane! Faster, faster! Walk that board, walk the nose, (She tries to walk back and forth Cruisin’ like a freight train, Oooh. 5 on board but is shaky.) 5 burnin’ up the octane! Hang ten, dangle them toes. (She walks to the front of the board Life in the fast lane! Rev it up, shut ’em down, and tries to hang toes over the front but again, almost falls.) I’m a car-crazy maniac, Faster, faster! Ride, ride, ridin’ the dry surf under the sun! (Frustrated, she plops drivin’ ’em insane! Oooh. down on the board.) ALL: (Sing.) Comin’ off the line when the light turns green, 10 MIDGE: (Sings.) But what if I choke and wipe out over the falls? 10 MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) MOM: (Sings.) All you gotta make is one good ride, that’s all. (MIDGE Pedal to the metal, I’m a screamin’ machine! lays back down on the board and pretends to “paddle out to sea” Now you can’t be a clunker with an engine that’ll barely whine. again.) FENDER BENDER/JOHN B.: (Sing.) RIPTIDE: (Sings.) Just remember that number one rule… Get some hot ram induction, burnin’ rubber to the fi nish line. 15 Stay focused, always keep your cool. 15 BARBARA ANN/CAROLINE: (Sing.) Like a slick red cherry coupe. CAP’N BILL/MOM/RIPTIDE: (Sing.) MR. SAUCELITO: (Sings.) And get ready for the most outrageous ride of your life. ([NOTE: Not a broken down, junkyard nincompoop! See PRODUCTION NOTES for surfi ng techniques to be used during ALL: (Except REEF. Sing.) the following chorus.] With a determined look on her face, MIDGE Be a four speed, dual quad, hot rod ’n’ shut ’em down. 20 goes through the same series of surfboard moves again. But this 20 time to the amazement of ALL, she looks great and accomplishes REEF: (Sings; excited.) COVE KIDS: (Sing.) all the moves with great poise and fi nesse.) I gotta live life in the fast Rev it up, shut ’em down, lane! Faster, faster! ALL: (Sing.) Catch a wave, you’re on the track. (MIDGE paddles.) Smokin’ like a jet plane, Ooo. Pop right up, (She jumps up on the board.) right foot back. spinnin’ like a weather 25 Take off, shoot the curl. (She assumes a surfer pose.) 25 vane! Rev it up, shut ’em down, Stoked and smokin’ now, give it a whirl. Life in the fast lane! Faster, faster! Walk that board, walk the nose, (She takes a step back, a step Like a hot dune buggy Ooo. forward, then walks to the nose of the board.) tearin’ up the terrain! Hang ten, dangle them toes. (She hangs her toes over the front of ALL: (Sing.) Comin’ off the line when the light turns green, 30 the board then goes back to the balance point and effects a surfer pose again.) 30 MR. SAUCELITO/REEF: (Sing.) Pedal to the metal, I’m a screamin’ machine! (COVE KIDS softly Ride, ride, ridin’ the dry surf under the sun! (INSTRUMENTAL chant, “Faster, faster!” in rhythm under the following.) INTERLUDE; there is a lot of commotion and ad-libs—“Surf’s up!” “Cowabunga!” “Last one in’s a hodad!” “It’s Beach Blanket Bingo!”, MR. SAUCELITO: (Chants in rhythm.) 35 etc. ALL AVALON KIDS quickly grab surfboards, place them on the Like a souped up Thunderbird, ported and relieved, “dry surf” and lie down on their boards. They then go through the 35 I’ll be drivin’ off the lot with accounts received! same series of moves as MIDGE. The following TWO STANZAS are REEF: (Chants in rhythm.) sung as a DUET.) Power shift in second, ridin’ the clutch! SOPRANOS/ALTOS/TENORS: (Sing.) MR. SAUCELITO: (Chants in rhythm.) 40 Catch a wave, it takes a knack. Buyin’ up the land, I got the Midas touch! Pop right up, right foot back. 40 REEF: (Chants in rhythm.) Take off, ridin’ the lip. We’ll give ’em a length and then we’ll shut ’em down! Stoked and full on, let ’er rip! MR. SAUCELITO: (Chants in rhythm.) Gonna own that seashore for miles aroun’!

42 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 15 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: Not until these are signed. 1 Walk that board, walk the nose, REEF: We’ll see about that. And you had your eyes closed in all those Hang ten, dangle them toes. pictures! (He and the COVE KIDS EXIT. The AVALON KIDS whoop. BASSES: (BARITONES, if singing as a SAB arrangement.) BLACKOUT.) Surf’s up! Everybody’s shoutin’ it now! End of Scene Two 5 Surf’s up! Everybody’s diggin’ it now! Surf’s up! Everybody’s tryin’ it now! ACT ONE Surf’s up! Everybody’s livin’ it now! Surf’s up! Everybody’s lovin’ it now! Scene Three Surf’s up! Everybody’s ridin’ it… 5 LIGHTS UP: MR. SAUCELITO ENTERS with REEF and the other COVE 10 ALL: (Sing.) Ride, ride, ridin’ the dry surf under the sun! (The following KIDS. MR. SAUCELITO walks the water’s edge DOWNSTAGE. TWO STANZAS are sung as a DUET.) MR. SAUCELITO: You sure she said here? SOPRANOS/ALTOS/TENORS: (Sing.) REEF: Yeah, Dad, right here. Catch a wave, we’re on the track. MR. SAUCELITO: Well, I don’t see anything special about this beach. Pop right up, right foot back. 10 JOHN B.: Worthless stretch of sand is what I say. 15 Take off, shoot the curl. MR. SAUCELITO: She said it was great? Stoked and smokin’, now give it a whirl! JOHN B.: Best and the brightest, yes, sir. Walk that board, walk the nose, Hang ten, dangle them toes. REEF: Maybe it won’t matter. BASSES: (BARITONES, if singing as a SAB arrangement.) JOHN B.: Nobody reads that magazine, anyway. Surf’s up! Everybody’s shoutin’ it now! 15 MR. SAUCELITO: It’s huge. 20 Surf’s up! Everybody’s diggin’ it now! JOHN B.: Biggest in the country. Very popular. Surf’s up! Everybody’s tryin’ it now! MR. SAUCELITO: You sure you heard her correctly? Surf’s up! Everybody’s livin’ it now! REEF: Yes, Dad. Surf’s up! Everybody’s lovin’ it now! Surf’s up! Everybody’s ridin’ it… MR. SAUCELITO: This isn’t another one of your mistakes? 25 ALL: (Sing.) Ride, ride, ridin’ the dry surf under the sun! 20 REEF: (Embarrassed in front of his friends.) No, Dad. Ride, ride, ridin’ the dry surf under the sun! MR. SAUCELITO: We’ll have to do something about that. Ride, ride, ridin’ the dry surf under the sun! (LIGHTS FADE TO BLACK REEF: What are you going to do? as the AVALON KIDS continue surfi ng, laughing and shouting ad-libs MR. SAUCELITO: Not me. You. as before. MUSIC OUT.) REEF: Me? End of Scene Two 25 MR. SAUCELITO: Aren’t you the surf expert? Didn’t you beg me to buy you a surfboard? Aren’t you off afternoons surfi ng when you ACT TWO should be bussing tables? Now is the time for you to contribute to Scene Three the family business. I want this piece of land. You do whatever it 30 LIGHTS UP: CAP’N BILL and MIDGE ENTER. He’s giving her some sage takes. (MUSIC CUE 3: “Life in the Fast Lane.” Speaks.) Life is about advice. 30 winning, son, no matter what the cost. We need to get your life CAP’N BILL: Remember, you’ve got to be part of the wave. It’s a living tuned and revved up like a fi ne engine. You gotta roar, son, roar! thing, and you are just a part of it. You can’t fi ght it, you’ve got to (SOUND EFFECT: HOT ROD ENGINE REVVING UP. COVE KIDS roar use it. Find its rhythm. Feel its pulse. Move with it. along with SFX. Sings; points to his heart.) 35 MIDGE: I remember. There’s a four-thirteen tickin’ under your old man’s hood. 35 Like a super-stocked Dodge on the speedway, I’m sittin’ good. CAP’N BILL: And most of all… (Takes down his prize surfboard from I got grease under my nails, and that’s why I’m the best in sales. over the door.) You’ve got to have the right equipment. This fuel-injected stingray is really gonna shut ’em down!

14 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 43 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: Poppy. This is your prize board. 1 CAROLINE: What gives with her? She deaf? CAP’N BILL: That board won a lot of championships. And now it’s RHONDA: What? going to win one more. CAROLINE: (Louder.) Are you deaf? MIDGE: (Hugs him.) I love you, Poppy. RHONDA: (Screams into CAROLINE’S ear.) NO! 5 MR. SAUCELITO: (ENTERS in a bluster with REEF, carrying papers.) 5 REEF: This is ridiculous. There you are, Carlson. JOHN B.: Yeah, surfi n’ is dumb, and I hate it. CAP’N BILL: Mr. Saucelito. REEF: I like to surf. MR. SAUCELITO: You still haven’t signed my contracts. We’ll have to JOHN B.: Me too. Coolest thing ever. Sport of kings. do something about that. (Thrusts over a new set of papers. CAP’N REEF: I meant the situation is ridiculous. 10 BILL scans them.) 10 CAP’N BILL: This is less than we agreed. JOHN B.: Stupidest thing ever. (To MARCELLA.) Only morons would read your magazine. MR. SAUCELITO: You are wasting my time by not signing. CAROLINE: The Cove hotel has a subscription. CAP’N BILL: But— JOHN B.: Which we all love because it has great articles. MR. SAUCELITO: For every day you don’t sign, I reduce my offer by REEF: John, she writes the articles. 15 20 percent. Come Saturday, there may not be anything worth salvaging. Be realistic. You can’t gamble your future on the silly 15 JOHN B.: Which are poorly written with bad syntax. But the pictures dreams of a little girl. are cool. CAP’N BILL: (He’s reached a turning point.) You’d be amazed at what SHUTTERBUG: Thank you. I can do. (Takes the papers and rips them up. MR. SAUCELITO is MARCELLA: He’s kidding. 20 stunned.) SHUTTERBUG: Aw. MIDGE: Poppy! 20 REEF: John, you’re not helping. CAP’N BILL: We’ll see you Saturday. (EXITS with a shocked MIDGE in JOHN B.: Making things worse is what I’m doing. I should just shut up. tow.) MARCELLA: (To MIDGE.) I’ll look into this and let you know. Contest MR. SAUCELITO: (Calls after them.) You’re making a mistake. (Takes is a week from Saturday. (Dictating to SCRATCH.) As I left this 25 a coin out of his pocket and drops it on the sand. To REEF.) Do you desolate stretch of land, I was fi lled with a kind of… know how much that is worth? 25 SCRATCH: Longing? Dread? Hunger? REEF: (Looks at the coin.) Twenty-fi ve cents? MARCELLA: Hope. MR. SAUCELITO: Four thousand dollars. That’s where my construction SCRATCH: Hope. Perfect. crew is going to start building my parking lot come Monday. I’ve MARCELLA: It is, isn’t it? Oh, my. My-oh-my. (She, SCRATCH and 30 already paid for a deposit, building permits, architects. If I don’t SHUTTERBUG EXIT.) get this land, I’m out my money. Understand? 30 REEF: (Storms over to MIDGE and thrusts the envelope at her.) Here, REEF: Yes, sir. give this to your parents and have them sign it. MR. SAUCELITO: I don’t think you do. If you want to walk in my MIDGE: What is it? footsteps, then stop that girl from winning. Am I clear? REEF: Contracts for the sale of the shack. 35 REEF: Yes, sir. MIDGE: Yeah, well, maybe we won’t need these anymore. MR. SAUCELITO: Good. Whatever it takes. You are a Saucelito. Start acting like it. (As they start to EXIT—) Get my quarter. (REEF runs 35 REEF: What’s that mean? back and picks up the coin. He’s about to pocket it when—) That’s CAROLINE: The time the contracts were required may have passed. my quarter. (REEF hands it to his father and they EXIT. MIDGE RE- But that’s a loose interpretation. 40 ENTERS holding the torn papers. She’s kind of in shock. That’s when REEF: I’m telling my dad. He’s gonna be mad. RIPTIDE ENTERS and crosses.) LOCO MOCO: That rhymes. Good meter. Good meter. 40 REEF: We have an agreement. 44 13 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 REEF: First thing we do is bulldoze that shack. Then put in three 1 RIPTIDE: Hiya, Midge. and half acres of blacktop. We’ll be able to park 400 cars here. MIDGE: Hi, Riptide. Hey, Riptide, what are you doing? Posing for “loser of the year” RIPTIDE: You okay? You look a little… calendar? MIDGE: Terrifi ed? 5 FENDER BENDER: Ha. “Loser of the year” calendar. Ha-ha. Hang it on 5 your wall and lose. HA-HA-ha-ha-ha. RIPTIDE: You’re going to be great. REEF: Fender Bender. MIDGE: Maybe by the day I die. FENDER BENDER: (Stops laughing.) And I’m done. RIPTIDE: No, by Saturday. MARCELLA: Oh, look. It even has snobs. It’s perfect. MIDGE: Might be the same day. 10 FENDER BENDER: Who you calling snobs? RIPTIDE: Maybe this will help. (Takes off his class ring.) I was kinda… 10 sorta hoping that maybe… argh. For crying out loud, you’d think this MARCELLA: Shoot the snobs. (SHUTTERBUG does.) would get easier. (Finally jumping in.) Will you wear my ring. For luck? REEF: Who am I addressing, ma’am? MIDGE: Just for luck? MARCELLA: Marcella March, “Surf’s Up” magazine. RIPTIDE: That’s a good start. (They hug. There’s love there.) REEF: (Shakes her hand like a politician.) Reef Saucelito. My family MIDGE: I can’t breathe, Rip. 15 owns the Cove. 15 RIPTIDE: (Releasing the hug.) Oh. Sorry. MARCELLA: Oh, yes. We were going to hold the big surf contest there. MIDGE: No, it’s not that. I’m scared. What if blow it? What if I totally wipe out? REEF: Were? What’s that mean? RIPTIDE: Then I’ll be here to get you back on the board. CAROLINE: (Being helpful.) Were. Past plural tense of “are.” MIDGE: Awww, Rip. I have to win. What if I don’t? 20 MARCELLA: If this beach does have better surf conditions, we’ll hold 20 the contest here. RIPTIDE: What if? BARBARA ANN: What? Oh, no. (To REEF.) Pooki-kins, you promised MIDGE: Then we lose everything. I could model all the ads and promotionals. I’ve been practicing. RIPTIDE: Not everything. (MUSIC CUE 9: “Big Surf Paradise.” During (Strikes a few model poses.) Tell me that’s not a million-dollar tan. the following dialogue, RIPTIDE and MIDGE grab a blanket by the 25 Tell me. shack and move DOWN LEFT as if by a campfi re on the beach. 25 JOHN B.: That’s not a million-dollar t— Simultaneously, the rest of the AVALON KIDS ENTER singing “Ooohs” under RIPTIDE’S following lines. They move DOWN RIGHT, sitting CAROLINE: Shut up. around their own “campfi re” on the beach. Speaks.) No matter what JOHN B.: Zippin’ it. Tight lipped. Locked. you do, I will never stop believing in you. Head to toe. You just REEF: You don’t want to hold— have to look inside yourself, Midge, and fi nd that big surf paradise 30 JOHN B.: Not a peep. Nada noise. 30 where the waves are humongous, the surfi ng’s out of sight, and CAROLINE: Close it. there’s no such thing as wiping out. (Sings.) On the beach with you tonight, REEF: You don’t want to hold the contest here. You want to come over Staring at a fi re light. to the Cove, where the water’s warm, the drinks are cold and the Dreaming of a big surf paradise. sun is perfect. We got hotels, cabanas, golf, tennis— 35 OTHER KIDS: (Sing.) Oooh. Oooh. 35 MARCELLA: Oh, little snob. The Cove may be inferior. (The AVALON KIDS burst into laughter. The COVE KIDS go dark.) MIDGE: (Sings.) OTHER KIDS: (Sing.) I can hear the waves Oooh. REEF: Inferior? nearby, RHONDA: (Pulls the transistor radio away from her ear.) What? As we gaze up in sky, Oooh. FREDDIE: The Cove is inferior! 40 Dreaming of a big surf Oooh. 40 RHONDA: Well, yeah. You interrupted The Ventures for that? paradise. Oooh.

12 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 45 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: (Sings.) Soft winds blowing through your hair, 1 SCRATCH: Silly? Naively hopeful? Purple? Takes me faraway. MARCELLA: A BAD idea. RIPTIDE: (Sings.) OTHER KIDS: (Sing.) SCRATCH: Better. To a place where we can Aah. MARCELLA: Isn’t it? It’s perfect. No one’s ever heard of this beach. 5 share… 5 It’s a forgotten and desolate stretch of land— ALL: (Sing.) …endless blue skies and warm sunny days! MIDGE: —that has the best surfi ng in the state. Lying there beneath the moon, Visions of a blue lagoon. MARCELLA: Yes, but the Cove has cabanas and hotels and restaurants. Dreaming of a big surf paradise. It’s perfect. (The AVALON KIDS ad-lib “no” and argue, but MIDGE quiets them.) 10 OTHER KIDS: (Sing.) Ah. 10 MIDGE: You’re right. The Cove is the perfect place for an “amateur” ALL: (Sing.) Oooh. (Add TWO GIRLS [or TWO GUYS singing falsetto 8va] surf contest. to RIP and MIDGE’S part until end of song.) MARCELLA: Oh no, little ragamuffi n. This is a professional contest. RIPTIDE/MIDGE: (Sing.) OTHER KIDS: (Sing.) Oooh. Oooh. Visions of a big surf MIDGE: Not if you’re having it at the Cove. The waves there are strictly limp. It’s only for kooks and try-to-bes. But it is pretty. And popular. 15 paradise. Oo. (Repeat one to three times.) 15 You can be like the “Tiger Beat” of surf magazines. ALL: (Sing.) Oooh. (MUSIC OUT. BLACKOUT.) MARCELLA: “Surf’s Up” is the premiere magazine for surfers. End of Scene Three MIDGE: Then you want the best surfi ng. Right out there, the reef breaks into the stone wall canyon, 30 feet down. Now, add the currents and the warm water coming up from Baja, and you got the ACT TWO 20 best surfi ng in the world. Scene Four LOCO MOCO: And the truth is known all over town, that Riptide is the LIGHTS UP: The next morning. The ocean fl at is back in place. best surfer… in the area. Urgh. The ENTIRE CAST is ONSTAGE for the big contest, and the place is MARCELLA: Shutterbug. Shoot the surfer. 20 boppin’. SHUTTERBUG: Right, MM. (Shoots photos of RIPTIDE.) MARCELLA: It’s Saturday morning here at Avalon Beach, and the air is full of… 25 MARCELLA: Is all this true? SCRATCH: Salt? Tension? Frisbees? MIDGE: Yep. Ask any surfer who knows his stuff. MARCELLA: …excitement. MARCELLA: I’m having… 25 SCRATCH: Excitement. Perfect. SCRATCH: Doubts? Reservations? Gas pains? MARCELLA: It is, isn’t it? The big surfi ng contest is about to get MARCELLA: Second thoughts. underway, and the beach is full of spectators. Shoot the 30 SCRATCH: Better. spectators. MARCELLA: Isn’t it? (RIPTIDE grabs his board and poses in front of the SHUTTERBUG: Right, MM. (Shoots pictures.) All right, you all love beach. SHUTTERBUG snaps pictures while RIPTIDE tries to show the 30 surfi ng. Good. Now you hate it. You’re cold. Good. Work with me. proper emotions.) Now you’re cautiously optimistic with a dash of foreboding. SHUTTERBUG: Good. You’re happy. Good. Now angry. Angry. You hate MARCELLA: Shutterbug. 35 the waves. Bad waves. Good. Now in love. You love surfi ng. You’re SHUTTERBUG: Sorry. a natural. Now morally ambiguous with a touch of bewilderment and teen angst. MARCELLA: The fi rst wave of surfers are in the water. (EVERYONE looks 35 to the ocean. MOM, CAP’N BILL and the AVALON KIDS surround MARCELLA: Shutterbug, what have I told you about this? MIDGE.) SHUTTERBUG: Sorry, MM. (REEF and his GANG ENTER; REEF carries a CAP’N BILL: You nervous? 40 large manila envelope. BARBARA ANN brushes her hair.)

46 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 11 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 I don’t know how we could ever survive. 1 MIDGE: (Unconvincing.) No. We gotta stick together, keep the dream alive. CAP’N BILL: You’ll be fi ne. Just keep planted and remember the wave We gotta stick together keep the dream alive. is alive. Treat it with respect, and it’ll respect you. We hafta think of something or we won’t be back. RHONDA: Be like Spiderman when facing Doc Oc. 5 Good golly, we just really gotta save the shack! (MUSIC OUT.) 5 FREDDIE: What? MIDGE: Wait. I think I have an idea! (Grabs the magazine and goes RHONDA: (Louder.) Be like Spiderman! rushing OFFSTAGE. BLACKOUT.) FREDDIE: You like the web-slinger? What happened to the Beach End of Scene One Boys? RHONDA: Who? (Takes his hand and puts her head on his shoulder.) ACT ONE 10 FREDDIE: I feel like a superhero. Am I fl ying? Scene Two BODHY: Even odds you can take that punk, Midge. (The other AVALON LIGHTS UP: Bare stage. ZELDA ENTERS with her metal detector, KIDS ad-lib support.) scanning the beach. MARCELLA: Now the second batch of surfers enters the waves. 10 ZELDA: Know it’s here somewhere. Gotta be here. (Just as she’s about to EXIT, she nearly runs into MARCELLA MARCH, SHUTTERBUG and REEF: (Heads toward the water with his surfboard. He catches up to SCRATCH, who writes down everything MARCELLA says like a good 15 MIDGE.) Won’t give up, huh? stenographer. SHUTTERBUG always has a camera. ZELDA scans MIDGE: Not today. MARCELLA then shakes her head.) Not you. No good. (EXITS.) REEF: Just remember. It’s better to take a dive than a serious wipeout. 15 MIDGE: (ENTERS behind MARCELLA.) Okay, this is Avalon. What do Hate for anyone to get hurt. (He EXITS, followed by MIDGE. MUSIC you think? Isn’t it perfect? CUE 10: “The Competition.”) MARCELLA: Oh my. Oh my, oh my. No. Not perfect. Far from perfect. 20 MARCELLA: And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it looks It’s… like our competition is about to begin. (DUKE ENTERS in the dark SCRATCH: Horrible? Disastrous? Inconceivably awful? and lies on the surfboard. [NOTE: SURFERS may ALL use the same prop surfboard or each have their own that they ENTER with and 20 MARCELLA: IM-perfect. place on the platform.] Announces…) Our fi rst surfer has just SCRATCH: Better. 25 caught a wave. All the way from Half Moon Bay, California, it’s MARCELLA: Isn’t it? It’s a perfect description. Imperfect. Look, it even Duke “The Duck” Slater. Let’s cheer him on! (Cheers, shouts and has a rundown little surf shack. (To SHUTTERBUG.) Shoot the sad whistles from SPECTATORS. LIGHTS UP to reveal DUKE lying on the shack. (SHUTTERBUG takes pictures of the surf shack.) surfboard, paddling fast. He pops up to his feet and begins his ride, 25 RIPTIDE: (ENTERS with the AVALON GANG [LOCO MOCO, BODHY, going through a series of moves and tricks. He eventually… wipes FREDDIE, RHONDA, SANDY and WENDY].) Hey, Midge. What gives? 30 out. SOUND EFFECT: SPLASH.) MARCELLA: Look, it even comes with ragamuffi ns. SPECTATORS: (React.) WIPEOUT! (MUSIC UNDER. LIGHTS OUT on SANDY: Hey! SURFBOARD PLATFORM. DUKE EXITS. SALLY ENTERS in the dark and lies on the surfboard.) MIDGE: This is Marcella March. MARCELLA: Looks like our next surfer has also caught a wave! This is 30 RIPTIDE: Marcella March? From “Surf’s Up” magazine? 35 Sally Valley from where else? The Valley! Let’s let her know we’re MARCELLA: The ragamuffi ns know me. That is so cute. (To watching! (Cheers, shouts and whistles from SPECTATORS. MUSIC UP. SHUTTERBUG.) Shoot the ragamuffi ns. LIGHTS UP to reveal SALLY lying on the surfboard paddling fast. She SHUTTERBUG: You got it, MM. (Snaps photos.) pops up to her feet and begins her ride going through a series of moves MIDGE: You know that “Surf’s Up” is holding a big surf contest at the and tricks but eventually… wipes out. SOUND EFFECT: SPLASH.) 35 Cove. I’m telling her she should do it right here. On Avalon. (The 40 SPECTATORS: (React.) WIPEOUT! (MUSIC UNDER. LIGHTS OUT on KIDS all ad-lib what a great idea that is.) SURFBOARD PLATFORM. SALLY EXITS. BROCK ENTERS in the dark MARCELLA: No, little ragamuffi ns, it’s not a good idea. It’s…. and lies on the surfboard.)

10 47 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MARCELLA: Surfer number three has just caught a wave. All the way 1 FREDDIE: (Louder.) They’re closing the shack! from Honolulu, Hawaii, let’s give a Southern California welcome to RHONDA: I’m not deaf, I’m stunned. Brock “The Longboard” Lealapoopau! (Cheers, shouts and whistles FREDDIE: I know, it’s like Batman handing over his cape. from SPECTATORS. MUSIC UP. LIGHTS UP to reveal BROCK lying on RIPTIDE: You can’t do this! 5 the surfboard, paddling fast. He pops up to his feet and begins his ride, going through a series of moves and tricks. He eventually… 5 CAP’N BILL: I’m sorry. Mr. Saucelito offered to buy us out. We’ll lose wipes out. SOUND EFFECT: SPLASH.) the shack, but at least we’ll keep our house. SPECTATORS: (React.) WIPEOUT! (MUSIC UNDER. LIGHTS OUT on MIDGE: Mr. Saucelito? He already owns everything over in the Cove. SURFBOARD PLATFORM. BROCK EXITS. MIDGE ENTERS in the dark Big hotel. 10 and lies on the surfboard.) SANDY: With cabanas. Toboggans. One of ’em. MARCELLA: And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, from right 10 RIPTIDE: They’ve got golf courses, tennis courts. Restaurants. All the here in Avalon Beach, let’s hear it for the young hopeful, Midge rich people already go there. What’s he want with our little beach? Carlson. (AVALON KIDS, CAP’N BILL, MOM and OTHER SPECTATORS MOM: He’s going to turn it into a parking lot. cheer, shout and whistle while MR. SAUCELITO and the COVE KIDS WENDY: I hate that idea. Everybody else hates that idea, right? 15 stand silent. MUSIC UP. LIGHTS UP on MIDGE lying on the surfboard, CAP’N BILL: (To MIDGE.) There’s nothing we can do, kitten. I’m sorry. paddling fast. She pops up to her feet and begins her ride, going 15 We just can’t risk it. (He and MOM EXIT, leaving the AVALON KIDS through a series of moves and tricks. Walking the nose. Hanging ten. stunned. MUSIC CUE 2: “Save the Shack.”) Shootin’ the curl, etc. [NOTE: If the actress has the ability, she could also do more gymnastic moves.] MIDGE has a perfect ride. She fi nally MIDGE: (Speaks.) We’ve got to do something. We’ve got to fi nd some 20 jumps off the board and runs ashore into the waiting arms of CAP’N way to save the shack. BILL, MOM and the AVALON KIDS; LIGHTS OUT on the surfboard ALL AVALON KIDS: (Sing.) Save the shack! Save the shack! platform. REEF ENTERS in the dark and stands on the surfboard.) 20 We hafta think of something or we won’t be back. A perfect ride! (ALL except MR. SAUCELITO, the COVE KIDS CHEER.) It’s the only surfi n’ beach we got. And now, here comes Reef Saucelito from Malibu! (Cheers from MR. Good golly, we just really gotta save the shack! 25 SAUCELITO, the COVE KIDS and OTHER SPECTATORS while CAP’N BILL, BODHY: (Sings.) Maybe we could advertise a car wash. MOM and the AVALON KIDS fall silent. LIGHTS UP on REEF, who also SANDY: (Sings.) A bake sale could really be a hit, by gosh. goes through a series of moves and tricks. REEF also has a perfect 25 FREDDIE: (Sings.) I could sell my comic books for several zeros! ride. He fi nally jumps off the board and runs ashore to his cheering FRIENDS and MR. SAUCELITO.) Another perfect ride! (MUSIC OUT.) WENDY: (Sings.) We’d surely make a bundle on the superheroes. 30 REEF: (To his GANG.) I can’t believe she’s still in this competition. She’s ALL: (Sing.) Save the shack! Save the shack! good. You guys know what you’ve got to do. (The COVE GANG grabs We hafta think of something or we won’t be back. CAP’N BILL’S prize winning surfboard and sneak it OFFSTAGE.) We could be surfi n’ in a parking lot. 30 Good golly, we just really gotta save the shack! MARCELLA: My, oh my, oh my, we’ve seen some thrilling displays of surfi ng prowess here today. But it all comes down to our two LOCO MOCO: (Sings.) We could have ourselves a poetry night… 35 fi nalists. (To SHUTTERBUG.) Shoot the fi nalists. MIDGE: (Sings.) Or beach blanket bingo by a fi relight. SHUTTERBUG: You got it, MM. RHONDA: (Sings.) I guess I could sell my tiny radio. MARCELLA: So tell me, young ruffi ans, what are your names? RIPTIDE: (Sings.) MIDGE: Midge Carlson. (Hoots and screams from her gang. MOM and 35 I’ll bet my custom longboard would bring some dough. CAP’N BILL, too.) ALL: (Sing.) Save the shack! Save the shack! 40 REEF: Reef Saucelito. (Cheers from his side.) We hafta think of something or we won’t be back. I don’t know how we could ever survive. MARCELLA: Well, it all rides on the next wave. Whoever gives us the We gotta stick together, keep the dream alive. best ride will win the grand prize of one thousand dollars and the right to call themselves— 40 Save the shack! Save the shack! We hafta think of something or we won’t be back.

48 9 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: I don’t know. (That’s when CAP’N BILL and MOM ENTER with 1 SCRATCH: The best? Great? Steve? MR. SAUCELITO. CAP’N BILL and MOM don’t look too happy. CAP’N MARCELLA: Champion. BILL walks with a limp and a cane.) SCRATCH: Champion. Perfect. MR. SAUCELITO: All right, then. My secretary has drawn up the MARCELLA: It is, isn’t it? (To MIDGE and REEF.) Are you two ready? 5 contracts, and I’ll get them over to you to sign. 5 (They nod.) Then take to the waves. Midge, you get the fi rst wave. CAP’N BILL: That’ll be fi ne, Mr. Saucelito. (MIDGE looks around for her board.) MR. SAUCELITO: Reef! MIDGE: My board. Where is it? Where’s my board? We gotta fi nd my REEF: Yeah, Dad? board. (The AVALON GANG splits up, looking for the board.) MR. SAUCELITO: Run to my offi ce and bring back the contracts for MARCELLA: Midge Carlson. We’re on a time limit. You must get in 10 them to sign. 10 the water. REEF: Right, Dad. (Runs OFFSTAGE with his GANG.) MIDGE: You gotta give me a second. I can’t fi nd my board. MR. SAUCELITO: (Looks at the shack.) Ugh. We’ll have to do something MARCELLA: I can’t bend the rules, young hopeful. about this. And the heat. It’s hot here. Don’t you have a breeze? MIDGE: (To REEF.) You did this. MOM: (Icy cold.) We used to have a lovely breeze. Until you built that REEF: I’ve been right here with you. 15 wall on your side of the jetty. 15 RHONDA: Hey, Midge, I found it. (The COVE KIDS come back carrying MR. SAUCELITO: Is this sand clean? the board. Three of them have it. We don’t know it yet, but it’s been MOM: We’re thinking of having it dry cleaned. cut in half. They carry it so we don’t see that. RHONDA runs to it.) MR. SAUCELITO: We’ll have to do something about that. (EXITS, and Gimme. the AVALON GANG gathers around MOM and CAP’N BILL.) BARBARA ANN: Hey, easy. You’re going to break it. 20 MIDGE: Mom, Poppy, what was all that about? 20 RHONDA: It’s not yours. Give. RIPTIDE: Yeah, Cap’n Bill. What gives? BARBARA ANN: Don’t pull. CAP’N BILL: That was just a business meeting, Clarence. RHONDA: Give it. (With one mighty pull, she ends up with half the MIDGE: Riptide, Poppy. He likes to be called Riptide. board. She’s shocked.) Ah. Ah. Ah. CAP’N BILL: Sorry. Riptide. BODHY: Oh, man. You know the odds of that? 25 25 RIPTIDE: Yeah, but meeting with HIM? FREDDIE: No, what? FREDDIE: Yeah, it’s like Superman meeting with Lex Luthor. BODHY: I dunno. Give me a second. MOM: (To CAP’N BILL.) You might as well tell them. They’re going to RHONDA: Oh, Midge. I didn’t. It wasn’t… (MIDGE runs to her board, fi nd out sooner or later. clutching the half. The COVE GANG circles her.) CAP’N BILL: (Biting the bullet.) We’ve got to sell the shack. REEF: Gee. That’s a tough break. 30 MIDGE: What? No! You can’t! 30 MARCELLA: Young hopeful, you must get in the water. CAP’N BILL: We’ve got no choice, pumpkin. MIDGE: (To REEF.) You did this. MIDGE: But you love this place. You used to surf this beach. You guys REEF: Surfi ng is a rough sport. met here on this beach. You got married here. MIDGE: What do I do? CAP’N BILL: I know, sweetie. But the truth is, we’re a thousand dollars MARCELLA: This is drama. This is suspense. Shoot the suspense. 35 behind on the rent. We just can’t afford to keep it open anymore. 35 BODHY: About 11,963 to one. MIDGE: You can’t close the shack. MARCELLA: You must get in the water. Final warning. RHONDA: (Just now lowering the transistor and joining the conversation.) MIDGE: What do I do? What? CAP’N BILL: (Pushes through the CROWD to her.) You surf. Kitten, the FREDDIE: They’re closing the shack. board is just a board. It’s not a champion. You are. You could surf 40 RHONDA: WHAT?! 40 on a barn door. Now get out there and show them. (MUSIC CUE 10a:

8 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 49 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 “The Competition—Reprise” underscores the action. MIDGE grabs 1 BUDDIES. Communal group here. Share and share alike. ZELDA a board and runs OFFSTAGE to cheers. REEF hurries to catch up. ENTERS with her metal detector, scanning the ground. She scans After a few moments, they’re paddling on their surfboards. MIDGE right up SANDY, who doesn’t know she’s there.) catches a wave and bounds to her feet. Surprisingly, REEF does, too. ZELDA: Nothing! 5 Now they’re surfi ng side by side.) 5 SANDY: (Scared.) AH! You made me swallow my gum. That’ll give me MIDGE: Reef, this is my wave. indigestion. Or lupus. One of ’em. REEF: Don’t see your name on it. ZELDA: Nothing. Nothing. Got to be somewhere. Got to be. (Goes up MIDGE: It’s against the rules. What are you doing? to WENDY and scans her entire body. Then—) Nothing. REEF: Whatever it takes. (Tries to shove her off her board. On shore, WENDY: I’m nothing? Does everybody think I’m nothing? (ZELDA 10 the KIDS watch and scream.) 10 totters OFF. That’s when REEF and his GANG [BARBARA ANN, WENDY: What’s he doing? CAROLINE, FENDER BENDER and JOHN B.] ENTER. BARBARA ANN RIPTIDE: Hey, that kook’s droppin’ in on her wave. has a sun-refl ecting shield she holds around her face to get the perfect tan. FENDER BENDER holds a football. CAROLINE fawns on SANDY: Can he do that? him. It’s entirely possible they’re conjoined twins.) RIPTIDE: You’re not supposed to. 15 REEF: Look, they have to share. How quaint. 15 CAP’N BILL: That’s bad form. FENDER BENDER: Ha-ha-ha. Quaint. Ha-ha. That’s rich. That’s comedy MARCELLA: But not illegal. Whoever rides this one longest is the there. Ha-ha-ha. (REEF snaps his fi ngers, and FENDER BENDER’S champ. (Cheers and boos. MUSIC PUMPS LOUDER. It all comes laughs dry up.) I’m done. down to this.) MIDGE: What are you doing here, Reef? MIDGE: Cut it out, Reef! 20 REEF: Slumming, it would seem. 20 REEF: You’re goin’ down. BARBARA ANN: You guys don’t even get good sun on this pathetic MIDGE: This is you’re whole life, isn’t it? You can’t win, so somebody strip of sand. else has to lose. JOHN B.: Lousy sun over here is what you get. RIPTIDE: She’s fi ghting him off. You know how hard that is? REEF: They get the same sun as we do. CAP’N BILL: She’s the best surfer, and she’s proving it. 25 JOHN B.: Full and glorious sun it is, too. 25 MARCELLA: This isn’t about style or points now. It’s all about who can REEF: It’s just that even the sun doesn’t want to play here. stay up the longest. FENDER BENDER: Ha. Sun doesn’t play. That’s funny. That’s a one- REEF: Hey, you are a loser, can’t help that. You’re gonna wipe out. All liner. your dreams are goin’ down. How’s it feel knowing you’re going to be just like your father? BARBARA ANN: Reef? Pookie-do, can we hurry up? I’m beginning to 30 fade. 30 MIDGE: How’s it feeling knowing you’re going to be just like YOURS?! (Bum bum bum. Those words slam home. REEF feels his whole life CAROLINE: (Watching RHONDA bop to the music.) What gives with unfurl before him and doesn’t like what he sees. He falters. He her? Is she having a conniption? hesitates…) RHONDA: WHAT? MR. SAUCELITO: What’s he doing? What are you doing?! ( …and CAROLINE: Conniption? 35 REEF falls. SOUND EFFECT: SPLASH. MIDGE rides the wave into 35 RHONDA: (Her turn to sip.) No, thanks. Got a Coke. shore as the SPECTATORS [except MR. SAUCELITO and the COVE MIDGE: (To REEF.) Just take your friends and go back around the jetty KIDS] loudly chant her name.) to the Cove where you belong. SPECTATORS: (Chant loudly.) MIDGE! MIDGE! MIDGE! MIDGE! (Wild REEF: I don’t like being on your little… “beach” either. But my father cheers. MIDGE jumps off the board and runs up on the shore to a told me to meet him here after his meeting. 40 huge celebration, back pats and congrats. MUSIC OUT. LIGHTS OUT 40 RIPTIDE: Meeting? (To MIDGE.) Your parents are meeting with his on SURFBOARD PLATFORM.) dad?

50 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 7 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: Yes? 1 MARCELLA: Oh my, oh my. There you have it, readers. The new surf RIPTIDE: I’d also really like it if you’d… give me a Coke. champion, Midge Carlson! (More screams, cheers and hoopla.) And FREDDIE: (As BODHY socks him in the arm.) Ow. here’s your check for one thousand dollars! (Hands her a check.) MIDGE: (Gives them over.) Wax and a Coke. Fifty-seven cents. MIDGE: Thank you. Thank you. (Hands it to MOM and CAP’N BILL and 5 hugs them both.) 5 RIPTIDE: Oh, right. Yeah. (Digs in his pockets. Comes up short.) Ummm… (To the OTHERS.) Anybody got a cold? Hope you can CAP’N BILL: Dreams do come true. cough up. MIDGE: Sometimes. (While the CROWD gathers around the surf shack, WENDY: (Digs in her shorts pocket.) I got… ah… 11 cents. You can REEF pulls himself to shore. The COVE GANG gathers around and have it. (She’s about to hand it over, but stops.) Unless nobody else MR. SAUCELITO pushes them aside to confront his son.) 10 is going to contribute. 10 MR. SAUCELITO: What did you do? You had her. FREDDIE: I got a nickel, two tiddlywinks and a Batman decoder ring. REEF: She was the better surfer. LOCO MOCO: If I had any money I’d be happy to share. But ol’ Loco MR. SAUCELITO: It’s not about who’s better. It’s about getting what Moco’s pockets are Mother Hubbard… empty. Urgh. Desolate. you want. BODHY: I got a quarter, Rip. I’ll fl ip ya for it. REEF: It shouldn’t be. 15 RIPTIDE: No, it’s okay— 15 MR. SAUCELITO: You are no son of mine. BODHY: We’ll fl ip. Heads I keep it. Tails you get it. (Flips it.) REEF: You know what, Dad? I can live with that. (The COVE KIDS RIPTIDE: Heads. You keep it. gasp. MR. SAUCELITO goes red and storms OFF. REEF crosses to MIDGE. Silence falls like a knife. The two FINALISTS just stare at BODHY: No, no. Two out of three. Oh, heck—here. (Hands it over.) each other.) Good run. SANDY: I got a dime. But I was gonna save it for the new machine at 20 MIDGE: (Not knowing what to say.) Thanks. 20 the Piggly Wiggly. REEF: Tougher beach than ours. BODHY: Bet the new gumball fl avors came in. MIDGE: Yours is prettier. SANDY: Sour apple. It’s supposed to be the best for blowing bubbles. It’s all chemistry or geometry. One of ’em. MARCELLA: There you have it, folks. Avalon Beach is the… FREDDIE: Yeah, what you need is more gum. SCRATCH: Quintessential? Zenith? Crayon? 25 25 SANDY: Okay, you can have it. MARCELLA: Perfect. RIPTIDE: (Counts his coins.) Fifty-two cents. Rhonda, can you help? SCRATCH: Perfect. Better. Rhonda. RHONDA! MARCELLA: It is, isn’t it? “Perfect” is perfect. The perfect beach RHONDA: (Finally pulls the transistor from her ear.) What? to surf. So if you’re serious about surfi ng, this is the spot for you. Complete with Mom and Poppy’s Surf Shack to meet all your RIPTIDE: Help me, Rhonda? 30 surfi ng needs. Shoot the needs. (SHUTTERBUG does. MARCELLA 30 RHONDA: Huh? turns to MOM.) I’ve got to get this to print. You better get ready. RIPTIDE: Got a nickel? (RHONDA tries to open her bag but can’t Once this issue hits the stands, you’ll have surfers from all over because she’s only got one arm. The other won’t pull the transistor the country buying from your store. from her ear. Fumble. Stumble. Finally, FREDDIE grabs the radio and ZELDA: (Runs ON.) Found it! I found it! I knew I would. (Hubbub and holds it to her ear so she can open her purse.) 35 commotion around her.) 35 RHONDA: Thank you, Freddie. CAP’N BILL: Zelda, did you fi nd the treasure? FREDDIE: I came to save the day. ZELDA: Better. Even better. (Holds up a large trophy, battered and RHONDA: Here ya go. (Hands over the nickel and goes back to tarnished. She hands it to MIDGE.) boppin’.) MIDGE: This is a trophy. A surf trophy. RIPTIDE: Thanks. There ya go. Guess we need seven straws. (MIDGE 40 ZELDA: Found it buried in the sand. 40 puts seven straws into the Coke, and RIPTIDE shares it with his

6 51 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 LOCO MOCO: You took the great risk, faced it measure for measure, 1 RIPTIDE: Hi, Midge. you won not only the day, but the grand pirate treasure. (It takes MIDGE: Hi, Riptide. (There’s a fl irty attraction between these two. It’s him a second to realize—) That rhymed! just that neither has acted on it, so they do that silly, awkward dating BODHY: Bet you can’t do that again. (LOCO MOCO punches him in the dance.) 5 arm.) Ow. 5 RIPTIDE: Working, huh? MIDGE: (Scraping away the gunk and reading. She’s shocked.) State MIDGE: Yeah. Mom and Poppy are in a meeting, so they asked me to Surf champion. Poppy. This is your name. watch the shop. CAP’N BILL: Thought I lost that years ago. RIPTIDE: Yeah? Neato. Busy? MOM: You didn’t lose it. You gave it up. MIDGE: (Looks around at the dead beach.) Trying to stay ahead of the 10 MIDGE: (Hands it to him.) Time you had it back. 10 rush. (LOCO MOCO does a bongo rim shot.) CAP’N BILL: No, sweetie. I think this one is yours. RIPTIDE: (Laughing too hard.) That’s great. I bet you’re really good MIDGE: It’s got two handles, Poppy. (Takes one. CAP’N BILL takes the at watching the shop, too. Really good at it. I mean, if there were other. BLACKOUT. MUSIC CUE 10b: “It’s Always 90 Degrees on Avalon Olympics for shop watching, you’d get the gold. At least a bronze. Beach—Epilogue.” As in the Prologue, we hear SOUND EFFECTS of You’d medal for sure. ’Cause you’re really good. 15 the seashore. WAVES CRASHING ON THE BEACH, SEAGULLS. FIVE 15 MIDGE: Thanks. SURFERS ENTER in the darkness, each carrying a surfboard. They RIPTIDE: Yeah. (Awkward beat. The other KIDS shake their heads or move DOWN CENTER and prop up the boards in the “sand.” LIGHTS bury faces in their hands. It’s painful to watch this.) Listen, Midge. UP to reveal the FIVE SURFERS. Each SURFER will chant four I was wondering… measures of his or her part before the next SURFER joins. MIDGE: (Eager.) Yeah? 20 SURFER FIVE: (A vocal percussion chant.) 20 RIPTIDE: If you… um… Papa-oo-mow-mow, dm chi! (Etc.) MIDGE: Yeah? SURFER FOUR: (A vocal percussion chant.) Ah, kahuna! Ah, wahine! (Etc.) RIPTIDE: If maybe, and it’s okay if you say no, I’d understand and junk. But I thought that maybe… you know… maybe you’d… SURFER THREE: (A vocal percussion chant.) Shock, shock-a-brah! MIDGE: Yeah? 25 (Etc.) SURFER TWO: (A vocal percussion chant.) Hang loose! (Etc.) 25 RIPTIDE: Maybe you’d like to… SURFER ONE: (A vocal percussion chant.) Brrr-up!(Etc. [Twirl tongue and BODHY: (To FREDDIE.) Betcha 20 bucks he goofs it up. slide tone up.] When ALL FIVE SURFERS are chanting simultaneously, FREDDIE: I don’t have 20 bucks. the rest of the ENSEMBLE ENTERS moving to the music. Then FINAL BODHY: All right, a buck. 30 CHORD of vocal percussion section…) Hey! FREDDIE: I don’t have a buck. SURFER TWO: (A vocal percussion chant.) …loose! 30 BODHY: Okay. Ten-to-one he goes goofy. SURFER THREE: (A vocal percussion chant.) …brah! FREDDIE: Ten-to-one what? SURFER FOUR: (A vocal percussion chant.) Hey! BODHY: It’s just a bet. SURFER FIVE: (A vocal percussion chant.) Hey! FREDDIE: What are we betting? 35 ENSEMBLE: (Sings.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! BODHY: Socks in the arm. It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! 35 FREDDIE: Deal. RIPTIDE/BODHY/FREDDIE/ MIDGE: Yes, Rip? LOCO MOCO: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) RIPTIDE: I was wondering if maybe you’d like to ah… ah… sell me The party goes all night. Au-wei! some board wax. 40 MIDGE/WENDY/SANDY/ MIDGE: (Disappointed.) Oh. Is that all? RHONDA: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) The stars are always bright. Au-wei! 40 RIPTIDE: Well, no, not all. 52 5 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 MIDGE: Yes. 1 ALL SOLOISTS: (Sing.) MIDGE/WENDY/SANDY: (Spitting fi re.) The Cove. It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! MIDGE: Of course—the Cove. The Cove gets everything. AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) SANDY: I hate the Cove. We like to dance to the 5 music. Kahuna! Wahine! 5 WENDY: So do I. As long as everybody else does. I don’t want to be the only one. We all hate it, right? Sandy? AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) We like to groove to the SANDY: Hate it. Midge? rhythm. Kahuna! Wahine! MIDGE: Hate it. Rhonda? Rhonda? (RHONDA’S too lost in her music to The boys are handsome Kahuna! Wahine! hear.) Rhonda. Rhonda!! 10 and hunky, Kahuna! 10 RHONDA: WHAT? Plenty muscles they got! Come to the party! SANDY: Don’t you hate it? AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) RHONDA: No, I’m in love. And all them girls Au-wei! MIDGE: With the Cove? in bikinis. GUYS: Ta-hu-a-la! 15 Lots, lots of girls in bikinis CHORUS: Au-wei! RHONDA: No, hate it. The Beach Boys. I just love them. Brian Wilson GUYS: Ta-hu-a-la! 15 is dreamy. ALL SOLOISTS: (Sing.) SANDY: Yeah. Dreamy. Or scary. One of ’em. And on the beach they’re lookin’ so, WENDY: Brian? I thought you were in love with Dennis. ENSEMBLE: (A vocal slide.) Ah, (A shout.) hot! RHONDA: No. 20 (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! WENDY: You said you were going to marry Dennis. It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! 20 RHONDA: (Rolling her eyes.) Last week. Stop living in the past, AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Wend. The party goes all day, Au-wei! WENDY: Right. Sorry. Is anybody else living in the past? AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) RHONDA: It’s Brian now. He writes all the songs. He’s the talented 25 The skies are never gray. Au-wei! one. Imagine me, Missus Rhonda Wilson. ALL: (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! 25 FREDDIE SEATURTLE’S VOICE: (From OFFSTAGE.) Hey, girls, heads It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! up. (A Frisbee fl ies IN. WENDY catches it. FREDDIE ENTERS with It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! LOCO MOCO banging his bongos, BODHY with a deck of cards, and AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) RIPTIDE with his surfboard.) Nice catch. 30 The party goes all night! Au-wei! WENDY: Really? AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) 30 FREDDIE: Yeah. You’re like Supergirl or Wonder Woman or The stars are always bright! Au-wei! something. ENSEMBLE: (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! WENDY: Is that good? It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! FREDDIE: Are you kiddin’? That’s great! 35 It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! (MUSIC OUT. BLACKOUT.) WENDY: Yea for me. Unless you don’t think so. END OF MUSICAL 35 MIDGE: So how were the waves? MUSIC CUE 10c: “Curtain Call—Ride, Ride, Ridin’ the Dry Surf.” After entire ENSEMBLE has taken bows, optional segue to MC 10d: “Big LOCO MOCO: (Beats bongos.) The sea was alive with Poseidon’s roar. Surf Paradise (Optional Choral Finale).” Furious waves pounding on golden shores. But Rip tamed the anger into fun-fun-fun, ’cause he’s the best surfer under the… ENSEMBLE: (Sings.) Ooh. Ooh. moon. Ugh. Doesn’t rhyme. Failure. Failure.

4 PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS 53 BLOCKING & BUSINESS WARNINGS & CUES 1 GROUP OF GUYS: (Sing.) On the beach with you tonight, 1 ALL: (A vocal slide.) Ah, (A shout.) hot! Staring at a fi re light. (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! Dreaming of a big surf paradise. It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! OTHERS: (Sing.) Oooh. Oooh. AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) 5 GROUP OF GIRLS: (Sings.) OTHERS: (Sing.) 5 The party goes all day, Au-wei! I can hear the waves nearby, Oooh. AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) As we gaze up in sky, Oooh. The skies are never gray. Au-wei! Dreaming of a big surf Oooh. ALL: (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! paradise. Oooh. It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! 10 GROUP OF GIRLS: (Sings.) Soft winds blowing through your hair, 10 It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! Takes me faraway. AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) GROUP OF GUYS: (Sings.) OTHERS: (Sing.) The party goes all night! Au-wei! To a place where we can Aah. AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) share… The stars are always bright! Au-wei! 15 BOTH GROUPS: (Sing.) 15 ALL: (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! …endless blue skies and warm sunny days! It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! Lying there beneath the moon, It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! (MUSIC OUT. BLACKOUT.) Visions of a blue lagoon. Dreaming of a big surf paradise. ACT ONE 20 OTHER KIDS: (Sing.) Ah. Scene One ENSEMBLE: (Sing.) Oooh. LIGHTS UP: AVALON KIDS are hanging out on the beach. Life is cush, BOTH GROUPS: (Sing.) OTHERS: (Sing.) baby, cush, fi lled with surfers, beatniks and woodies. The air is full of Oooh. Oooh. Visions of a big surf 20 hope and Frisbees. And through it all, crazy ZELDA zips through with her paradise. Ooh. metal detector. MIDGE is behind the counter reading a surf magazine. (Repeat one to three times, then let fi nal chord fade. MUSIC OUT.) RHONDA bops to the transistor radio next to her ear. WENDY stares off dreamily, while SANDY blows bubbles with her gum. MIDGE: Wow, listen to this. According to “Surf’s Up,” the hot new 25 place for summer surfi n’ is Bells Beach in Australia. SANDY: Oh, I’d love to go to Australia. I think those Aussie boys are yum-alicious. I love the way they talk. They have a sorta English accent. Or Spanish. One of ’em. Don’t you just love the way they talk? 30 WENDY: Um. I don’t… does everybody else love the way they talk? MIDGE: Oh, yeah. WENDY: Then, yes, I do. MIDGE: Australia seems nice, but I can’t believe it has better surfi n’ than the Napili coast, or Redondo in April. (Reads something else.) 35 Oh, no. No, no. You’re not going to believe this. Guess where “Surf’s Up” is holding a big surf contest. SANDY: Is it within half a mile of here? MIDGE: Yes. WENDY: Is it just around the jetty?

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1 AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) PRODUCTION NOTES We got the breeze and Kahuna! the palm trees Wahine! PROPERTIES ALL: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) ONSTAGE, ACT ONE, Scene One: Surf shack with a counter (behind the 5 We like to dance in the Kahuna! counter are a bottle of Coke, a container of surfboard wax, seven hot sun, Wahine! straws and a beach chair or two), “picket fence” of surfboards, When the temper’ture’s Kahuna! surfboard hanging over the shack, sign reading “Avalon Beach.” high. Come to the ocean! Behind the shack is a stash of costumes for the “Luau Love” AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) number—grass skirts, coconut bikini tops, leis, etc. 10 We like to swim in the Au-wei! BROUGHT ON, ACT ONE, Scene One: ocean. GUYS: Ta-hu-a-la! Surfboards (SURFERS) AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Metal detector (ZELDA) We like to ride on the big Au-wei! Surf magazine (MIDGE) waves. GUYS: Ta-hu-a-la! Transistor radio, purse (RHONDA) 15 ALL: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Bubble gum, coins (SANDY) We’re gonna party under Ah… Bongo drums (LOCO MOCO) the sky! Frisbee (Flies ONSTAGE) Deck of cards, coins (BODHY) ALL: (A shout.) Hey! Surfboard, coins (RIPTIDE) (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! Coins (WENDY) 20 It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! Sun-reﬂ ecting shield (BARBARA ANN) AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Football (FENDER BENDER) The party goes all night! Au-wei! Cane (CAP’N BILL) AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) BROUGHT ON, ACT ONE, Scene Two: The stars are always bright! Au-wei! Metal detector (ZELDA) 25 ALL: (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! Camera (SHUTTERBUG) AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Notepad, pen (SCRATCH) We like to dance to the Surfboard (RIPTIDE) music. Kahuna! Wahine! Manila envelope (REEF) AVALON GIRLS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Hairbrush (BARBARA ANN) 30 We like to groove to the ONSTAGE, ACT ONE, Scene Four: Same as Scene One but with the rhythm. Kahuna! Wahine! “ocean” platform The boys are handsome Kahuna! Wahine! BROUGHT ON, ACT ONE, Scene Four: and hunky, Kahuna! Papers (REEF) Plenty muscles they got! Come to the party! Cane (CAP’N BILL) 35 AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Camera (SHUTTERBUG) And all them girls in bikinis Au-wei! Notepad, pen (SCRATCH) GUYS: Ta-hu-a-la! BROUGHT ON, ACT TWO, Scene One: AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) Wooden crutch, cast on leg (RIPTIDE) Lots, lots of girls in bikinis! Au-wei! Papers (MR. SAUCELITO) 40 GUYS: Ta-hu-a-la! Metal detector, diving mask, snorkel and ﬂ ippers, placemat with AVALON GIRLS AND GUYS: (Sing.) map on it, rope with metal trash can, tin coffee pot, toaster And on the beach they’re lookin’ so, (ZELDA) Camera (SHUTTERBUG)

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Notepad, pen (SCRATCH) WIPEOUT! Manila envelope (CAP’N BILL) PROLOGUE Binoculars (FENDER BENDER) Shark ﬁ n cutouts (CAROLINE, BARBARA ANN, JOHN B.) 1 BEFORE LIGHTS UP: MUSIC CUE 1: “It’s Always 90 Degrees on Avalon Shower cap with mop strings dangling (FENDER BENDER) Beach.” In the darkness we hear SOUND EFFECTS of the seashore. Surfboard, towel (MIDGE) WAVES CRASHING ON THE BEACH, SEAGULLS. We are immediately Beach chair (FREDDIE) transported to a surfer’s ocean-side paradise. FIVE SURFERS ENTER 5 in the darkness, each carrying a surfboard. They move DOWN CENTER ONSTAGE, ACT TWO, Scene Two: Same as ACT ONE but with a manila and prop up the boards next to them. (NOTE: See PRODUCTION envelope containing pages “buried in the sand,” two or three NOTES for instructions on simple surfboard construction.) An exotic benches or low sawhorses drumbeat begins, followed by a “vocal percussion” introduction to the BROUGHT ON, ACT TWO, Scene Two: song. LIGHTS UP to reveal the FIVE SURFERS. Each SURFER will chant Metal detector (ZELDA) 10 four measures of his or her part before the next SURFER joins. (See Cardboard box (MIDGE) MUSIC SCORE; examples are on the vocal CD.) If you prefer, GROUPS Manila envelope, cane (POPPY) of ENSEMBLE MEMBERS can ENTER chanting each part along with the ONSTAGE, ACT TWO, Scene Three: Same as ACT ONE but with a FIVE SURFERS. blanket by the Surf Shack SURFER FIVE: (A vocal percussion chant.) BROUGHT ON, ACT TWO, Scene Three: 15 Papa-oo-mow-mow, dm chi! (Etc.) Papers, coin (MR. SAUCELITO) SURFER FOUR: (A vocal percussion chant.) Ah, kahuna! Ah, wahine! Torn-up papers (MIDGE) (Etc.) ONSTAGE, ACT TWO, Scene Four: Same as ACT ONE but with the SURFER THREE: (A vocal percussion chant.) Shock, shock-a-brah! “ocean” platform (Etc.) BROUGHT ON, ACT TWO, Scene Four: 20 SURFER TWO: (A vocal percussion chant.) Hang loose! (Etc.) Surfboard cut in half (COVE KIDS) SURFER ONE: (A vocal percussion chant.) Brrr-up!(Etc. [Twirl tongue and Surfboards (SURFERS) slide tone up.] When ALL FIVE SURFERS are chanting simultaneously, Camera (SHUTTERBUG) the rest of the ENSEMBLE ENTERS, moving to the music. Then the Notepad, pen (SCRATCH) FINAL CHORD of the vocal percussion section…) Hey! Trophy (ZELDA) 25 SURFER TWO: (A vocal percussion chant.) …loose! FLEXIBLE CASTING SURFER THREE: (A vocal percussion chant.) …brah! MR. SAUCELITO can be Reef’s mom instead—a real power woman, SURFER FOUR: (A vocal percussion chant.) Hey! ahead of her time. Business suit and high heels (have fun with the SURFER FIVE: (A vocal percussion chant.) Hey! heels in the sand). ALL: (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! SOUND EFFECTS 30 It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! All sound effects are included on the CDs, including sounds of the RIPTIDE/BODHY/FREDDIE/ CHORUS: (Sings.) beach (waves crashing, seagulls), a hot rod engine revving and a giant LOCO MOCO: (Sing.) Au-wei! wave crashing. The party goes all day. SURFING TECHNIQUES RIPTIDE/BODHY/FREDDIE/ CHORUS: (Sings.) 35 RHONDA: (Sing.) Au-wei! These techniques should be practiced by all actors riding surfboards The skies are never gray. during the song, “Ride, Ride, Ridin’ the Dry Surf.” When each chorus begins, you should be on your chest and paddling quickly to “catch a ALL: (Sing.) It’s always 90 degrees on Avalon Beach! wave.” Hold your head up, looking ahead. When ready to pop up, put AVALON GUYS: (Sing.) CHORUS: (Sings.) your hands on the board beside your shoulders, palms down like you’re We got the sand and the Kahuna! going to do a push-up. Push your upper body up and at the same time 40 sunshine! Wahine!

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WIPEOUT! Book by FLIP KOBLER and CINDY MARCUS Music and lyrics by BILL FRANCOEUR

Wipeout! set design

Book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus Music and Lyrics by Bill Francoeur

COPYING OR REPRODUCING ALL OR ANY PART OF THIS BOOK IN ANY MANNER IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN BY LAW.

FORMS & TOOLS

Character/Scene Breakdown Audition Application Audition Notes Casting Contact Information Rehearsal Schedule Lighting Cues Sound Cues Props List

[Please feel free to reproduce these forms as needed for your production.]

CHARACTER/SCENE BREAKDOWN

WIPEOUT!

WIPEOUT! AUDITION APPLICATION

Name: Phone:

Male Female Age: Grade:

Parent/Guardian: Phone:

Are you willing to accept any role? Yes No

Which roles are you most interested in? (circle all that apply):

RIPTIDE MIDGE LOCO MOCO BODHY FREDDIE SEATURTLE WENDY SANDY RHONDA REEF JOHN B FENDER BENDER BARBARA ANN CAROLINE MARCELLA SHUTTEBUG SCRATCH ZELDA MR. SAUCELITO CAP’N BILL MOM EXTRA

Casting Agreement:

I agree to play any role assigned to me without complaint. In doing so, I also agree to wear the costumes, wig, or hairstyle of the director’s choosing.

Student Signature: Date:

Attendance Agreement:

By accepting a role, I agree to attend all mandatory rehearsals and performances for Wipeout! as deﬁ ned by the rehearsal schedule. I also agree to abide by all theater rules while at rehearsals and performances.

Student Signature: Date:

Parent Agreement:

I understand the commitments required for my child to participate in Wipeout!, including attendance at all mandatory rehearsals and performances as deﬁ ned by the rehearsal schedule, and agree to support my child’s involvement in this activity by ensuring that they are in attendance when necessary.

Parent Signature: Date:

AUDITION NOTES

Character # of lines

Riptide 113

Midge 150

Loco Moco 16

Bodhy 42

Freddie Seaturtle 44

Wendy 43

Sandy 47

Rhonda 59

Reef 72

John B. 27

Fender Bender 16

Barbara Ann 15

Caroline 19

Marcella 77

Shutterbug 13

Scratch 18

AUDITION NOTES CONT.

Character # of lines

Zelda 18

Mr. Saucelito 30

Cap’n Bill 86

Mom 31

Extras

CASTING

Character Actor

Riptide

Midge

Loco Moco

Bodhy

Freddie Seaturtle

Wendy

Sandy

Rhonda

Reef

John B.

Fender Bender

Barbara Ann

Caroline

Marcella

Shutterbug

Scratch

Zelda

Mr. Saucelito

Cap’n Bill

Mom

CASTING CONT.

Character Actor

Extras

CONTACT INFO

Name: Phone: Riptide Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Midge Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Loco Moco Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Bodhy Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Freddie Seaturtle Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Wendy Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Sandy Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Rhonda Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Reef Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: John B. Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Fender Bender Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Barbara Ann Parent: Phone: Email:

CONTACT INFO. CONT.

Name: Phone: Caroline Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Marcella Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Shutterbug Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Scratch Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Zelda Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Mr. Saucelito Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Cap’n Bill Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Mom Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Extras Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Parent: Phone: Email:

CONTACT INFO. CONT.

Name: Phone: Extras Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Crew Members Parent: Phone: Email:

Name: Phone: Parent: Phone: Email:

REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

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LIGHTING CUES

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SOUND CUES

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PROPS LIST

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