Sample Script Format

Stage Manager

Remember, we'll perform the first part of To Be Or Not To Be.that is two questions, the contemporary version. Right?

Hamlet & Ophelia

Right

Stage Manager

Your call is 6AM. Right?

Hamlet & Ophelia

Right. Uugh.

Stage Manager

Don't be late or heads will roll. Understand?

Hamlet & Ophelia

Understood!

Stage Manager

Good see you then.

END OF SCENE THREE

SCENE FOUR

(Travel sequence. Scene shift into contemporary)
Setting: Ophelia's bedroom two chairs, one stage left, one stage right

Stage Manager

Places please for the top of the first part of To Be or Not To Be.that is two question, the contemporary version. And remember- the play's the thing.

(Music plays, Ophelia enters dancing and wearing a big bow in her hair, feather sweater, jean skirt, and glitter purse)

Ophelia

I was sitting in my bedroom playing Tomb Raider on my computer when I heard this Mustang screech to a halt in front of my house. I looked out the window and Hamlet was running to the front door.(Hamlet enters wearing jeans that are low, showing brightly colored boxers, shirt untucked, and baseball hat on backwards) His shirt tail was out, his jeans riding low, with a baseball hat on backwards. He looked like he just had a wrestling match with The Rock. He burst into my bedroom and stood there staring at me like Voldemort from Harry Potter. I stared back for the longest time. (Pause) Then, finally, I spoke first. What's up with you?