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“But having a father figure in life should not mean that I can't have a best friend.”
- excerpt from Untitled

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Untitled
A Play by Alex C.

Performance: May 18, 2001
Thornton High School, Daly City


Characters: Karma and Tiki



Kama's Profile:

Name: Kama--the left side of a nunchuck
Age: 14 years old
Family: other nunchucks, Kelly (mom), Fred, (Dad), Annie (Sister). My parents wore out, and fell apart 10 years ago. Annie got burnt 3 years ago, by some kids playing with matches.
Wish: To give the greatest performance in a tournament in Japan. It's a competition to win the grand prize, a sword, a rare ancient sword. The sword was my dad's closest friend. They got separated many years ago. But if he's with me, then he would be my second father.
Greatest Fear: to be cracked, to wear out.
Habitat: Room in a house--my sensei's home. I'm on a dresser in a showcase.
See: bed, posters, GIs, clothing, dumbells, punching bag.
Hear: birds, doors closing, toilets flushing, my chain rattling
Touch: the stand that's holding me, my chain
Closest Relationship: Tiki, the right side of a nunchuck. Best friends for life. We've been through a lot of stuff together. We're chained together.


Kama's monologue:

 

Here is the thing. I miss my family, especially my dad. My dad passed away when I was young and I have been on my own ever all my life. That is why I want to go down to Japan with my sensei to a tournament called "Kumitai" and win the sword that is called Kumitai. He was my dad's closest friend. I want to win him because he is the next closest thing to my dad. He can teach me things, show me things, that my dad could not. Here is the problem. My best friend, Tiki (the right side), does not want to go with me because he has his own plans, his own wish. He want's to stay back and go to a tournament called "Shotokon's Dragons." There if you win the tournament , you would be placed in the showcase in a museum, plated with gold and carved with the name of the sensei, to be remembered through time.

Me and Tike, we've been friends since the beginning. We would talk to each other about things and stuff. But lately Tiki's been acting weird after I mentioned the tournament. We would go to karate class and sensei would be practicing for the open and he would screw things up by like hitting sensei on the head. We are tight. I respect the things he does, he's honest. But there's times that I don't like what he does, like hitting sensei on the head on purpose. I feel like Tiki doesn't care about me having a second father. It makes me angry and sad at the same time. Tiki doesn't understand the importance of a having a father figure for me. He has a father who taught him things, even if he lives far away in Thailand and doesn't get to see him that much. But having a father figure in life should not mean that I can't have a best friend.


Tiki's Profile:

Name: Tiki (the right side of the nunchuck)
Age: 14 years old
Family: Dad (John), Mom (Gracy). They are in a forest in Thailand cuz
they are bamboo. I would see them once in a few years.
Wish: To be remembered through time because I want to be valued and respected.
Fear: To be used as firewood. If I get burned then I can't complete my
goals in life.
Closest Relationship: Kama


Tiki's Monologue:
 

I feel worthless sitting at home and going to karate class and back. I want to be remembered through time, be valued and respected for who I am and what I did. Kama is in my way of getting my goal in life. He wants to go to this tournament called "Kumitai," which is on the same date as my tournament. I want people to see me and be valued. All Kama wants is this old sword which was his dad's best friend. I don't want to go cuz it ain't my dad. Kama can get another sword in the museum of weapons (where I would be placed if I win), and let him be his dad and teach him all the things he needs to know.

Maybe if Kama gets Kumitai then I will feel depressed. I will think about my dad who is in Thailand, who I don't get to see a lot. I'm afraid that I might lose my best friend--that Kama might leave me. With Kumitai around I will feel like a third wheel--left out. Ijust want the both of us to be remembered through time together.

The End.

 
 
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