Scene 4
(Stormie is again reporting. The rest of the cast and characters are
present, and they are looking up at the sky.)
STORMIE: Stormie Skye, back with you. With just five days to go until
opening night, things are getting exciting at Centerton's soon-to-
be-historic 50
th
anniversary Christmas play. Mr. DeVille is about
to rehearse one of the greatest scenes in theater history—
according to him.
DEVILLE: Everybody to their places!
BAILEY: (speaking into a headset, using radio lingo) Ground hog to little
bird, ground hog to little bird, do you read? (pause) Roger.
Ready for the drop.
(Ben walks in and asks Bailey a question.)
BEN: What's going on?
BAILEY: Oh, it's so exciting! The stars from "Americans Can Sing"
signed on to be our angels, and Mr. DeVille came up with a
brilliant idea! He's going to have them jump into the
performance from planes in tiny, hard-to-notice parachutes.
They'll be wearing wings so they'll look just like angels. The
sound of a hundred singing angels in the sky will be
breathtaking.
BEN: And you're telling me they're up there ready to jump?
BAILEY: Oh, no! This is a rehearsal! They're parachuting a sandbag
down to see how long it takes to get to the ground, so we can get
our timing right for the song.
DEVILLE: Proceed!
BAILEY: (into her headset) Ready for the drop! (looking, then pointing
excitedly at the sky) It's out! I see it!
SFX 1: "Sandbag Drop"
(Pantomime over sound effect. All look straight over the audience as
the unseen sandbag drops. They all look in unison as it falls at an
incredible rate of descent, never slowing down before we hear the
thud as their eyes follow it to the ground.)
For
Preview
Only
