[Rebirth] King of Theater

"Please, don't say anything, and don't comfort me."

When Al and Randy finished those few words and turned to Grace, the young lady covered her face with her hands, with a very embarrassed look, and said to herself: "I acted too much Shit, I know. But I can't help it, I really tried my best, and I don't know what else to do, it's all Randy's fault, oh no, I'm not really complaining, he's too nice , No matter how hard I try to act, I can't compare. Maybe my parents are right, I really don't have talent in this area, but it's nothing, anyway, I really won't be in this industry in the future, I..."

"Sorry, Miss Grace."

Al interrupted her and asked, "Excuse me, how old are you this year?"

Grace was taken aback.

But she still replied: "There's nothing I can't say, I'm 21."

"So, in the more than ten years you can remember, have you really worked hard?"

"What's your name? How could I not have worked hard? When I was taking the grade-skipping exam in middle school, I was also fighting at night."

"If you fail the grade-skipping exam, you won't die. It's nothing at all to continue studying step by step. I mean, have you ever really worked hard for something?"

"A real effort?"

"If you give up, you will die. It's not enough to just try your best. You have to grind your teeth and roll up your sleeves and go all out. You have to step on your demeanor, restraint, and pride under your feet. You cry, shout, and beg on your knees. Chasing, even if you are full of scars, you must continue to climb, even if you fail in the end, you must fall heavily on the road of chasing, and let your blood stain every inch of the ground under your body."

"..."

"Remember the issue of utilitarianism we talked about? You said that I was too utilitarian, as if there was a vicious dog chasing after me..."

"Ah? Don't be so narrow-minded, I apologized..."

"Not enough, I really want you to experience the feeling of being chased by a vicious dog."

"what?"

"Do you think I will let Randy suppress his strength to cooperate with you to finish this play?"

"I didn't, but if, if he continues like this, who can cooperate with him..."

"Don't dream, I want him to continue to play and crush you thoroughly."

"...I, did I offend you?"

"Because the stage has never been a place for entertainment to me, it's an arena!"

"..."

"Do you know what an arena is? Gladiators in ancient Rome used bloody fights to please the Roman nobles in exchange for a chance to live. In fact, actors are no different from them. Everyone will desperately show the most exciting performance on the stage. Performing, competing for the audience's attention and applause, as for the loser, the loser will not die, but deserves to be forgotten in a dark corner!"

"..."

"Aren't you utilitarian? Didn't you just see all this as frivolous entertainment? Didn't you excuse yourself with 'you won't be in this industry in the future'? Well, this is the last time before you graduate A show? This is your last chance to live out your high school drama dreams? This is the show you want to remember... very good!"

Al showed her a malicious smile: "I promise, you will get what you want, and you will leave a deep memory as you wish. A failed memory of being defeated, crushed, ridiculed and humiliated."

Grace stared at him incredulously.

In her past life, everyone was so friendly and polite. Even a quarrel between friends was just a simple quarrel. No one, no one dared to say such things to her directly.

For a moment, she was trembling with anger, thinking that she had been extremely humiliated, especially when she thought that she had helped this person not long ago, but now, the other party was so ungrateful, her heart almost ached.

But the next moment, the guy she hated to death laughed again.

He smiled like a little devil, and he whispered in his ear like a devil: "Now, do you want to try the feeling of really working hard? Even if you fail, you must straighten your back, hold your head up, and stand up." Even if you want to be defeated, you will leave all your unwilling tears and sweat on the stage..."

At this time, the violin pulled out a series of vibrant scales with short jumps, heralding the opening of the second act.

The scenery on the stage has been quickly replaced, desks, chairs, beds, etc. have all been removed and replaced with desks and chairs, and actors holding books are walking around to show that the location has been changed to the school.

Al didn't say anything more, and politely moved out of the way, and made a gesture of please come on stage, signaling Grace to continue to perform.

Before the poor lady recovered from her anger, she went on the stage in a daze.

Al watched Grace's confused expression on the stage, silently thinking about what to do next.

Unexpectedly, Randy, who had been watching from the side, saw that there was no one around, so he suddenly stepped forward and grabbed his hand tightly.

"Did I embarrass you?" he asked earnestly and quickly.

"Well, it's okay."

Al smiled slightly: "For me, the things that can be solved are never called difficulties, but challenges."

Randy stared at him deeply.

He couldn't help but leaned down, but at the moment when his eyes met, he just kissed his forehead restrainedly: "You know? Al, I'm really willing to do anything for you."

Al froze.

But Randy turned and left without saying anything.

He ran a few steps and jumped onto the stage.

The second act is entirely Grace's play, that is, the life of the girl Lola in school.

The image she presents in this scene will be completely different from the image she previously described to Charlie the Ghost.

In her description, she is very popular with her classmates and teachers. She has many friends and has so many extracurricular activities every day that she is too busy.

But in fact, she does participate in a lot of activities and communicates with classmates and teachers, but no matter whether it is participating in activities or communicating, she has no way to get involved, and maintains a strong sense of distance and alienation from everything.

So, in this scene, she needs to sing two songs, one is "I Wanna Play Together" and the other is "I'm Fine Alone".

During this process, Charlie, the ghost played by Randy, will watch from a distance and continue to try to find the cause of his death.

But at this time, he would be very depressed to find that no one in the whole school discussed his death. He was angry and anxious for a while, and he waited until the end of the school activities one day before going up to talk to Laura again, and began to question: "We Are they really a couple?"

Due to the beginning of this scene, Randy only stands by and does not perform.

So, no longer facing the huge pressure, Grace's performance is okay.

But when she started singing "I'm Fine Alone"...

Ghost Charlie will appear next to her and start taunting.

Lola sings: [I'm fine by myself. ]

Charlie would sing sarcastically: [Crying and saying it's fine. ]

With such a cooperation model, Grace obviously showed a hint of timidity.

But she didn't know if Al's stimulation was successful, she didn't want to just sit and wait, and finally let go and sang.

Even more fortunately, Randy did not do any act of stealing the show, even when singing his own part, he obviously lowered his voice to cooperate, and walked to a relatively inconspicuous position, restraining his own sense of existence, and will The whole stage is left to Grace to play.

Matt in the auditorium couldn't help being a little surprised.

He glanced at the side subconsciously, and found that the seat next to him was empty, and then remembered that Al went backstage, and suddenly realized what was going on with this change, and couldn't help but muttered to himself for a moment: "Silly boy, what's wrong with your father?" Isn't it good to sing rock and roll? The whole stage is yours alone."

But in fact, Randy didn't wrong himself much.

During the chorus, he deliberately backed down and supported Grace to sing the whole song, but when the ghost Charlie asked [Who is the one who killed me], he stood on the stage and sang heartily again.

In the third act, the girl Lola finally agreed to help the ghost Charlie to investigate the cause of death and the murderer.

So, according to the ghost Charlie's incomplete memory, one person and one ghost began to contact the "possible murderer" in the school.

A school bully who looks confident and arrogant, but secretly has serious social barriers; an optimistic and cheerful cheerleader girl, but is pushed out by her friends because she is too good-looking; she is very annoying and ugly , a scruffy boy, but he made a room full of toys with ingenuity; the teacher who is stern, unreasonable, and strict with his students will nervously lecture to the mirror over and over again before class...

So, singing and dancing one after another.

Everyone will talk about their own life and inner conflicts and struggles.

Because the school troupe does not have a professional choreographer.

Therefore, a small part of the dances here are original, and most of them are imitations, plus adaptations of classics.

But the performance of this section is not inferior to the singing and dancing programs of some small troupes.

The audience, who were already relatively tolerant to the students, began to applaud under the leadership of a few nurses.

By the end of the third act, the conflict between the girl Lola and the ghost Charlie has been intensified.

The music sounded full of tension, restlessness and haste, but the ghost Charlie wanted to find the truth of death and avenge himself. He began to appear frequently next to those "possible murderers", and Laura had to chase him closely to stop him. , Tell him that these people are not murderers.

[So, who is the murderer? ] Ghost Charlie asked.

In Laura's room, a man and a ghost confronted each other.

Charlie can't bear this kind of ghost life that no one can see or touch.

He didn't know where his future was, and he couldn't find a way out. In his rage, he had a fierce dispute with Laura.

The audience can clearly hear that the tempo of the music is getting faster, and the tone continues to be tense, maintaining a sense of urgency that is on the verge of triggering.

Sure enough, Charlie the ghost finally got angry.

He started to destroy everything in Laura's bedroom, ignoring Laura's stop, smashing and throwing, until he unintentionally swung the box on the table to the ground, and a head rolled out of the box.

The author has something to say:

PS. Everyone seems to have made a mistake, and they are all worried about what to do if the performance of this drama fails. Maybe I wrote it too vaguely. This script is originally an amateur performance troupe. no the same.

As long as the amateur troupe reaches a basic passing level, it is considered a success for Al.

He wants to use this as a start to establish long-term cooperative relationships with major schools. Once established, the school students need to practice and rent theater venues for performance rehearsals (students go out to train practice, the school must have some money for education, this is for The theater makes money), and when it’s time for the performance, if the performance is good, the box office can also be distributed to the school (see the negotiation for details).If the performance is not good, the box office does not need to be divided (because it does not make money). In this way, the theater has enough shows to perform, and it can also gain a good reputation for cultivating new drama talents. It is not just relying on this show to sell tickets to earn audience money.

The previous "Hustler" was a commercially operated drama, and this one can barely be regarded as the educational expenditure of the talent training project.

For example, it is free for everyone to read papers on HowNet at school. Is it really free?In fact, no, the school has borne the cost for everyone.

Therefore, Al intends to make money for the school, but it is also my fault for writing too vaguely, probably because he thinks it is too capitalist.

In short, based on this kind of thinking, when I was writing this play, I have been trying to make it not so outstanding, meet amateur standards, but have some characteristics, alas, it is a bit troublesome to write.