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Audition Central: The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley JR.

Script: King Of The Cool Kids

(ARTHUR runs on, panicked and screaming. Three COOL KIDS enter from the opposite side of the stage.)

ARTHUR
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
(panting)
OK. OK. Me and Stanley  Stanley's cool now that he's flat and all  we were waiting for the bus and the other cool kids were like

KING OF THE COOL KIDS
Whoah, Stanley, and 'lil kid bro Stanley, it's like totally windy...

ARTHUR
...and me and Stanley were like "Yeah, it's windy..." And then the cool kids were all like:

COOL KID 2
Yo, 'lil kid bro Stanley, dude, I got an idea.

COOL KID 3
Totally fly.

ARTHUR
So they held Stanley down, tied a string to his shirt, then one of the cool kids ran while holding the string, and another held Stanley by the shoulders, and Stanley started flying like a kite!

COOL KID 3
Check it out, he's surfin' it!

COOL KID 2
Whoah, he's like, way up there, dude.

KING OF THE COOL KIDS
Make him dive!

ALL COOL KIDS
Cool!

ARTHUR
But then, like, things took a tragic turn...

KING OF THE COOL KIDS
Yo, freaks! The bus!

COOL KID 2
Suh-weet!

COOL KID 3
We're outta here...

ARTHUR
They let go of Stanley's string and got on the bus.

COOL KIDS
See ya' Stan. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

(The COOL KIDS exit.)

ARTHUR
I looked up at Stanley, and I looked at the bus. Stanley. Bus. Bus. Stanley.
(a beat)
I mean come on! We're talking the cool kids here.
(a beat)
I got on the bus.
(a beat)
I know Stanley's dead. Or at least seriously injured. Or stuck in the power lines.
(getting "zapped")
Dzt... Dzzzt... Dzzzzzt!!!
(a beat)
Yeah, Stanley's probably dead. And I'm definitely grounded.
(a beat)
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

(ARTHUR runs off.)