TITLE OF THE PLAY: WHAT
A PARTY!
RECOMMENDED AGE
GROUP: LEVEL 4 (3 & 4 ESO STUDENTS)
CHARACTERS:
Frank
Joe, Frank’s father
Mary, Frank’s mother
Peter, Frank’s granddad
Margaret, Frank’s grandma
John, Frank’s brother
Susan, Frank’s sister
Frank’s friends: Mathew, Jane, Mike, Sally, Robert and
Becky.
SYNOPSIS:
Frank’s birthday is next
weekend and he wants to have a party with his friends and family but all of
them seem to have other plans. However, what Frank doesn’t know is that his
family and friends have a surprise for him, something he will never forget…
CHARACTER OBJECTIVES:
Frank: a cheerful teenager, he wants to have the best and
funniest party to celebrate his 15th birthday with his friends and family.
Joe: a professional designer, he wants to decorate the house
for his son’s surprise party.
Mary and Peter: they are great cooks, they want to prepare
all kinds of delicious food for Frank’s birthday celebration.
Margaret: she is a wonderful gardener, she will help Joe
with flowers and plants to decorate the place.
John: he is a DJ, he will record Frank’s favourite music for
the surprise party.
Susan: an expert in fashion, she will prepare the costumes.
Frank’s friends: they love their friend Frank and they will
help his family to prepare everything and keep the secret so that Frank can’t
guess anything.
SCENE BREAKDOWN:
Where? Frank’s house
When? A week before Frank’s birthday
What happens? All the family, but Frank, are together,
planning the surprise party for Frank and arranging not to let Frank know
anything about it.
SCENE 1: Joe, Mary, Peter, Margaret, John and Susan are
dividing the tasks to prepare the party. They also agree to phone Frank’s
friends so that they may help them and keep the secret .
SCENES 2 TO 7: In each scene, Frank asks the members of his
family help to prepare something for the party (he asks his mother and his
grandfather to prepare food, his father to decorate the lounge, his brother to
select the music…) but all of them pretend to be very busy doing other things
and give excuses not to help him.
SCENE 8: Frank is sad and goes to meet his friends to
explain to them that there won’t be a party because he can’t handle with
everything. They don’t seem to care about it because they tell him they have a
better plan. They are going to a fancy dress party and they ask him to go with
them, but he has to disguise as a mummy because they all will wear horror films
costumes.
SCENE 9: Saturday afternoon. Frank’s friends are all
disguised and they “help” Frank to get dressed as a mummy; they covered him
with toilet paper, even his face, so that he can’t see where they are going.
SCENE 10: They go to Frank’s house. Everyhting is ready for
the party. They take some toilet paper from Frank’s eyes and he can see all his
family and friends saying “surprise” “happy birthday” “we love you”. He is very
happy and all of them laugh, dance and have a great time.
