JOURNEY TEENGER
By Lhamo Dolma
Represented by:
Lhamo Dolma
director 45-16 76st basement New York ,NY 11373
91-23-98-97-23
Characters: Josh pollen
Anna Elizabeth
Jeniffer lipas
Kim yuong
( At McLean High School it
Is 2013. Josh Pollen is 15 years
White boy He is In 9th grade and
About to find a girls friend. Anna
Elizabeth is tall and not that beautiful )
ANNA ELIZABETH: Hey, josh how was your day going?
JOSH POLLEN: It was okay I guess, and how was yours?
ANNA ELIZABETH: It was pretty good!
( Anna Elizabeth bitting her nails and caring book in her left hand)
JOSH POLLEN: By the way did you do Math Homework from yesterday, cuz men I didn’t finish it.
ANNA ELIZABETH: Yeah, I kind of did but don’t really know if I got it writ or not.
JOSH POLLEN: Yeah can you help me with my math homework, also don’t forget to get Jennifer lipas phone number.
ANNA ELIZABETH: Okay I will help you out but~~.
JOSH POLLEN: But what?
ANNA ELIZABETH: I am not really close to your crush.
( take out the Math book from her back)
JOSH POLLEN: Please try to get close to her so that I can get her attention, by the way can you give me your book so that i can copy it.
JOSH POLLEN: Hey Anna please.I don’t want get yelled at my mom again because of this stupid math Homework.
( holding his jacket with his left hand)
ANNA ELIZABETH: Oh my lord josh you are pissing me off now. Here take the dmm book.
( staring at Josh on his face angry
start sitting on a box near by Josh Pollen)
JOSH POLLEN: please you are my best friend and also one more favor.
( holding the math book that anna give it to him)
ANNA ELIZABETH:What ? help you to get close to her?.
JOSH POLLEN: Yep you can put it that way.
ANNA ELIZABETH: my lord.
( standin up on the box that she was sitting)
JOSH POLLEN: Really though, you have to get close to her okay.—
ANNA ELIZABERTH: OKAY OKAY I will try my best.
JOSH POLLEN: Promise me.
( making some cute face to get help from Anna)
ANNA ELIZABETH: Hold on first.
JOSH POLLEN: WHAT? What do you mean?
ANNA ELIZABETH:You know that Jeniffer is popular girl and when I was in middle school i tried to help my best friend to get his crush’s phone number and i get roasted because they thought i was trying to be friend with that her.
JOSH POLLEN: So what?
ANNA ELIZABETH:Wat do you mean by so what. i was embarrassed so badly.
JOSH POLLEN: Why? why is that?
ANNA ELIZABETH: Because i was not popular, and she is super popular. What if Jeniffer is same as that girl. i don’t want that happen to me again you are kidding me.
( super frustrated and walking around josh)
JOSH POELLEN: Okay stop walking around me it weird, soo you are saying that she won’t become your friend because you are not popular enough.
ANNA ELIZABETH:Yes popular girls will only hang out with other popular girls.
JOSH POLLEN: NO that’s not true.
ANNA ELIZABETH: Yes it is true.
JOSH POLLEN: I am sure that my Jeniffer is not that kind of girl.
ANNA ELIZABETH: Wait a minute, how can you say that she is not like other girls? whattttt? ( so confused.. )
JOSH PEELEN: Yeah if she like me, if she is interested in me she won;t act like hat. ( touching her long hair)
ANNA ELIZABETH: oh,yeah maybe it is how knows but I am not even close to her ,and what you gonna do?
JOSH POLLEN: I know you can be her friend.
ANNA ELIZABETH: How? you tell me.
JOSH POLLEN: You have to wear some makeup and dress nice.
ANNA ELIZABETH: That will not gonna help. me wearing makeup how does that make any sense?
( breathing heavily and turn backward)
JOSH POLLEN: Anna yes it will, you said she only gonna hang out with cool girls so if you
look cool she will probably get close to you.
( Start laughing at Anna’s reaction.)
ANNA ELIZABETH: Stop laughing at me but, now that make some sense. ( touching her face)
JOSH POLLEN: Yup we should try it out.
ANNA ELIZABETH: However i am not gonna buy all those makeup to get close to your dream girl Josh you have to buy methose make. If you really want to.
JOSH POLLEN: Dmmmm, I can’t believe i have a friend like you.
ANNA ELIZABETH: Okay, if you don’t want than ask Kim Yuong.
JOSH POLLEN: That is not a bad idea. Since Kim is pretty jeniffer will get close to her.
ANNA ELIZABETH:So you wanna ask her?
JOSH POLLEN: Yeah i guess so.
ANNA ELIZABETH: Hmmmm okay go head i think you don’t need me than.
JOSH POLLEN: Where is she by the way. (looking around)
ANNA ELIZABETH: Call her you dumb.
JOSH POLLEN: Yeahhh, i forget about call.
ANNA ELIZABETH: Don’t get too excited you even know if Jeniffer like you or not.
JOSH POLLEN:I am sure she will like me.
ANNA ELIZABETH: How come you are so sure about this?
JOSH POLLEN: Can’t you see my face?
ANNA ELIZABETh: yes i do, are you dumb?
JOSH POLLEN: Yeah i am good looking so.
( looking at himself)
Scene Two
ANNA ELIZABETH: Oh hey KIm yuong
( waving her hand with excitement)
JIM YUONG: Yes girl, did you tell Josh that you like him?
( just came across from the locker room)
ANNA ELIZABETH: NO i did not tell him because he like someone.
(sniffing)
KIM YUONG: Yeah, i know he like Jeniffer.
( arm crossed )
ANNA ELIZABETH: He need your help to get his dream girl. So you gonna help him out? he ask me to help him but i made a lot of excuses.
KIM YUONG: Yes i promised him.
ANNA ELIZABETH: That’s good so that I don’t have to waste my time.
KIM YUONG: Yeah really you should move on because all you get is hurt that’s all.
ANNA ELIZABETH: that is ture. I am already moved on dont worry about me Kim. Also thank for being with me.
( give an hug to Kim
KIM YUONG: That’s really nice to hear girl and don’t be sad because of him.
(standed up and getting ready to go)
ANNA ELIZABETH: Okay bye KIm see you later the bell gonna rong soon.
( get up and went by the locker.)
KIM YUONG: Okay, girl bye.
Thanks so much for exploring such an important family dynamic with your monologue! The main thing I would encourage you to do with your next draft is really make sure this is a monologue rather than a dialogue. Right now, you have the beginning draft of a piece of a play script — that’s too cool! You’re really drawing out important relationship dynamics and struggles here, and it’s great to see that explored. However, remember that for now, we’re focusing on the form of monologues: that means, only one person is speaking. There are a lot of monologues (long chunks of text where only one person is talking) in A Raisin In the Sun — check that out again for examples if you need to. What would be really awesome is if you took this script and transformed it into a monologue. How can you still make these relationship dynamics and this struggle super clear, while only one person is speaking. Think of it as your character’s opportunity to air out their feelings and explore the conflict they’re going through, uninterrupted for the space of a long paragraph (about 400 words or so — it should take about 3-4 minutes to say out loud). I’m really eager to see where you go with this!!