8/6/2019 Working Overtime New

1/5

Working Overtime

By

Caisey Cole, Gabriel Brown, Lauren Forster, Alinnette Hernandez andJared Ruddell

Sponsor: Ms. DouglassUniversity Hiqh School11501 Eastwood Dr Thespian Troupe 4848Orlando, Florida 32817

January/27/2011

Final Draft

Working Overtime...

8/6/2019 Working Overtime New

2/5

Character List Do you Remember

Loreal: (a young vibrant girl, full of life.Faces heath problems later on, Female.)

Jonna: (dependent best friend, always willing tolend an ear, but when time gets hard bucklesunder pressure. Male)

Manager 1: (middle aged, impressionable and veryself-conscious. Female)

Manager 2: (middle aged, very brash, harshexterior. Male)

Wanda:(in Mid 20s. Not concerned aboutfeelings, but a paycheck.Genuinely cares forLoreal. Non-Gender)

Ensemble: Lively dancers.

Page 1

Working Overtime...

8/6/2019 Working Overtime New

3/5

(Lights up. LOREAL is seen waiting tables. She dances while she does so. The MANAGERS are eating together, and DONNA is waiting as well. Wanda is overviewing her employees)

WANDA:

Loreal, stop it! I dont pay you to dance!

(LOREAL keeps waiting with her headphonesin and does not pay attention. DONNA

pulls out LOREALS headphones.)DONNA:

Hey, Lorie. Cut the crap or your gonna get yourself fired!

LOREAL: What crap? You know this is what I love to do.

(Their conversation goes silent,Meanwhile at the table)

MANAGER 1: I dont know, wheres all the hot talent we used to have in thiscity?

MANAGER 2:

Theyre all got casted in Fame.

MANAGER 1: (LOREAL is still dancing. He notices) Shes great!

MANAGER 2:

I havent seen moves like that since, since, I dont know!(They pull out a business card and walk towards LOREAL)

WANDA:

LOREAL, I cant take this anymore! Youre out! MNG2:

And youre in (hands the card) MNG1:

We want you as our star, with moves like that, youd have apromising career.

LOREAL:

Working Overtime...

8/6/2019 Working Overtime New

4/5

You really think so? MNG1:

Well call you tomorrow to set up an interview MNG2:

No audition necessary.(LOREAL pulls out her hand for a shake)

LOREAL:

(confident) Lorie.(Cue music, the scene shifts to a

performance of LOREALs promising career as a dancer to Donna Summers She WorksHard For The Money)

SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY SO HARD FOR IT HONEY

SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY SO YOU BETTER TREAT HER RIGHT

(*LOREAL takes her bow, and the ensemble tugs at her costume, violently ripping itoff and placing her old uniform on.Loreal is shown walking to her job and the set gets put back together.During this the managers narrate.)

MNG2:

Lorie danced, and danced, and found her way dancing intostrangers beds.! ! ! ! MNG1:

All her hard work. Her triumphs, all for waste. All she can donow.

(during this, the scene changes to the restaurant)

MNGS:

Is hope for the best.

(Lights up on the restaurant. Enter LOREAL)

Working Overtime...

8/6/2019 Working Overtime New

5/5

WANDA: (very hesistant) So Im back. I need a job. Am I still fired?

REMY: A job? For what? Youre Loreal! You dont need a job like this.

(Enter JONNA)

JONNA: LOREAL! I havent seen you in such a long time!

WANDA: Dont pity her. Whats the matter? Why are you back? Why arehere? Whats the--

LOREAL:

I HAVE AN STD ALRIGHT? (pause. during this next line WANDA begins her monologue) Nobody can accept a star like this. Im just--

WANDA: Be quiet, Loreal, be quiet! What is wrong with you? Stop it! Ihave never in my life yelled at a girl like this. When my motheryells like this its because she loves me. I was rooting foryou, we were all rooting for you! How dare you! Learn somethingfrom this. When you go to bed at night, you lay there and youtake responsibility for yourself, cause nobodys gonna takeresponsibility for you. You rollin your eyes and you acting

like this because youve heard it all before. Youve heard itall before, you dont know where the Hell I come from, you haveno idea what Ive been through. But Im not a victim, I growfrom it, and I learn. Take responsibility for yourself. Youdont need this Loreal, because youre worth it. (smiles)

JONNA: So she became worth it, and she overcame her sickness to becomethe best she could possibly be. She finally made her transitionfrom Loreal to Lorie. And now, shes better than ever. One more

time! 5, 6, 7, 8! (A reprise. The ENSEMBLE comes out and dances with LOREAL, Reliving her dream)

SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY SO HARD FOR IT HONEY

SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY SO YOU BETTER TREAT HER RIGHT

Working Overtime...