Dead Man-Town Girl Monologue

haracters: Junior - A gamer in his early teens

Julio – A man in his late 20s (who is in touch with his feminine side)

Matt – A man in early adulthood

Dead Man –Town Drunk

Police Officer – Local town police officer

Scene: ATV Trails in the Woods and Cornfields

Time: Present

Act I – Scene I

Setting: The trails are in a thick wooded area that is overgrown except for the trails that have been worn down by the four wheelers and dirt bikes. Some of the trails lead out into wide open cornfields, where the corn has been harvested for the season.

At Dawn: Junior, Julio and Matt are excited about riding their four wheelers through the woods like they have done many,

many times before. They fill every gas tank, check the oil and gather riding gear. The boys have invested in Helmet talkies so they can talk with each other during the ride since the noise of the ATV’s is much too loud to hear each other otherwise. Julio finds his helmet talkie is not working and needed the batteries replaced. While he was doing this, the other boys started up their ATVs.

Julio

Check, check, check. (Julio speaks into his microphone to see if the other boys hear him).

Junior, Matt

We got ya loud and clear (the boys say with a nod to acknowledge they can hear Julio in the helmet talkies)

Matt

Let’s get the show on the road (Matt says to Julio and Junior as he pulls away and one by one the others follow)

Junior

Let’s take the trail in back part of the woods; we never ride over there anymore. (The boys arrive in the back part of the woods to find it much overgrown and hard to see the trails. They struggle to get through the briars and weeds.

Matt

What the heck was that? (As Matt’s bike jerks to the side and he almost loses control. He thought he ran over a large tree log and warned Julio and Junior to watch out since they were behind him).

Julio

Aaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

(As Julio approached the location of the log, he slammed on his brakes and squealed like a little girl. He saw a shape wrapped in a blanket and knew it was not a log.)

Junior

What is that?!? (Junior says as he comes up behind Julio. Matt heard the scream and was turning around to come help).

Matt

That looks like a body! Is he dead?

Junior

I think so, we should call 911. (Julio starts screaming and freaking out wanting to go home, while Matt is poking at the body with a stick. They decide to call 911 and wait. None of the boys take their eyes off of the body until the police arrive.

Act II Scene 1

Setting: The boys are now sitting next to the patrol car while the police are going to investigate the body. The police want to question the boys so they have asked them to wait in the car.

Junior

I can’t believe we found a dead man in the woods this close to our house. Do you think someone killed him?

Matt

I hope he was dead before I ran over him. I don’t want to go to jail for killing him with my ATV.

Julio

I knew I should have stayed. You guys always drag me into this crazy shit.

(The boys hearing screaming and the officer saying Freeze. As they look in that direction, they see the dead man running out of the woods wrapped in the

blanket.)

Matt

Come on, let’s go get him. He’s not dead.

Julio

No, no we can’t. We have to stay here.

Junior

Come on you big baby, let’s go. (Junior starts running after the man with Matt while leaving Julio behind)

Julio

Here we go again!!

(Julio starts to run, but is afraid of what will happen if they catch him).

Matt

Stop, stop!! (He tackles the man to the ground and sits on top of him. Junior, Julio and the police are right behind him. The man is drunk and tries to get up, but the police put him in handcuffs and lead him to the back seat of the police car).

Police Officer

Thank you boys for your heroic help in catching this man. You were in the right place and the right time. Now off to jail with him.

Julio

You’re welcome officer. I am glad I was here to help. I told these pansies there is nothing to be scared of.

Matt

Why are you taking him to jail? What did he do?

Police Officer

This man has a warrant for his arrest because he has robbed several liquor stores in the area. There is a nice reward for his capture. (The officer walks around his car to call into headquarters and announce his capture.)

Julio

Well don’t we get the reward money since we captured him? (Then turns to the boys and says) I think I should get 75% of the money, since I was so courageous and did most the capturing.

Matt

All you did was whine like a little girl and came running because you didn’t want to wait by the police car alone.

Junior

Another exciting day with you clowns. I says let’s head home. (The boys agree and they walk back to their ATVs and drive away. The police car pulls away at the same time.)

End of scene.