19 Nocturne Boulevard - PLEASE OUIJA PLEASE - reissue

Be careful what you wish for. Please Ouija Please Griswold – Tom Taverna Maude – Nila Hagood Edgar – Boyd Barrett Winifrid – Julie Hoverson Nurse 1 – Rhys Torres Nurse 2 – Eleiece Krawiec News 1 – Greg Allensworth News 2 – Regan Lussier Written and produced by Julie Hoverson *************************************** This is one of my newer short audio pieces.  Another one where a single scene in some movie will stick in my head and I will come up with an entirely new story - in this case, a nurse walking away, and someone sneaking out of their rooms at night.  Can't even recall what movie it was, but the whole story came to me in an instant.  *************************************** Please Ouija Please Cast: GRISWOLD (M, elderly) leader MAUDE (F, elderly) bossy EDGAR (M, elderly) jokester WINIFRID (F, elderly) worrywart NURSE1 & 2 (any) News1 & 2 (any) MUSIC - MELANCHOLY   SCENE 1.    OLD FOLKS HOME SOUND    DOOR SHUTS VERY QUIETLY SOUND    SOFT FOOTSTEPS NURSE 1    [report, quiet] Everything's fine in here. SOUND    THEY WALK AWAY NURSE 2    The boys have been fractious tonight.  They keep claiming they have to "go home."  [chuckles sadly]  These senile cases.  At least they aren't the type to play grabsies like frat boys. NURSE 1    I'd hate for any of our oldies to get out and go missing like those kids from over the hill. NURSE 2    I know.  Who knows what could be happening to the poor little things? SOUND    THEY GO OUT A DISTANT DOOR, IT SHUTS SOUND    AFTER A MOMENT, A NEARBY DOOR OPENS MAUDE    [whispered] All clear. WINIFRID    [whispered] Do you see the boys? GRISWOLD    Psst! MAUDE    There they are.  Stay close, Winnie! SOUND    VERY SOFT SLIPPERED FOOTSTEPS MUSIC - MYSTICAL   SCENE 2.    ATTIC SOUND    MATCHES STRIKE EDGAR    [bragging] Stole these from the orderly. WINIFRID    You could have got caught! SOUND    CHALK WRITING - WITH MAUDE'S LETTERS MAUDE    A-B GRISWOLD    I was watching his back. MAUDE    C-D-E GRISWOLD    If anyone came, I was gonna fake a seizure or something.  At least til Eddie got clear. MAUDE    F-G-H-I-  [falters] uh-- WINIFRID    J-K-L MAUDE    right.  M- N- EDGAR    I couldn't find anything quite like a reader thing-- WINIFRID    A planchette. EDGAR    Yeah, one of those.  But maybe this would work. MAUDE    O-P-Q-R GRISWOLD    We don't want to take any chances.  Not again. WINIFRID    [agreeing dolefully] Nuh-uh! MAUDE    S-T-U- EDGAR    But this - I found this magnifying glass - it can circle letters. WINIFRID    They use a little drinking glass in the movies.  When they don't have a proper one. MAUDE    V-W-X- GRISWOLD    There's no time to go get anything else.  And they lock up the dining hall. EDGAR    We can all touch the edges of the magnifier.  It's big enough. MAUDE    Y-Z.  There. SOUND    WRITING ENDS WINIFRID    [anxious] Now put yes and no. GRISWOLD    And Goodbye.  NEVER forget goodbye. SOUND    WRITING AGAIN MAUDE    [sigh as she starts]  Good...bye. SOUND    DRAGGING OF MAGNIFYING GLASS ACROSS GROUND. EDGAR    See? WINIFRID    That's awful noisy.  Are you sure they won't hear? GRISWOLD    I don't think so. MAUDE    [writing, not responding] Yes. EDGAR    You always agree with Griswold. MAUDE    [writing, not responding] No. WINIFRID    Hush, Eddie. MAUDE    [finished] There.  What?  [waits] We better start.  Who knows when they'll spot we're all gone. GRISWOLD    Circle up. SOUND    SCUFFLING MOVEMENT EDGAR    We all got to touch this. SOUND    MAGNIFYING GLASS SET ON FLOOR WINIFRID    Who starts? MAUDE    Griz did it before, he has to again.  Do you remember who to call? GRISWOLD    Shh.  [in an important voice]  We are here to call on the spirits.  Are there any here? SOUND    MAGNIFYING GLASS SLIDES EDGAR    [hushed but excited]  Yes! WINIFRID    I didn't--! MAUDE    Shh!  Go on Griz. GRISWOLD    We need to speak to the spirit we found before.  The one named-- WINIFRID    It's moving. SOUND    MOVING EDGAR    Spelling something! MAUDE    U-M-A- GRISWOLD    Sh.  Don't say it if you don't have to. MAUDE    I wasn't saying it, I was-- GRISWOLD    Shh! WINIFRID    It was the same name, I was watching. EDGAR    Me too! GRISWOLD    Are you here? SOUND    MOVING EDGAR    Yes. WINIFRID    [blurting] Please let us go home! MAUDE    Shh.  You know it's not that easy. GRISWOLD    We want to reverse what happened.  Can we do that? SOUND    MOVING EDGAR    [shaky and excited] Yes! WINIFRID    [whimpers] MAUDE    How?  [prompting] Ask how? GRISWOLD    How can we reverse it? SOUND    MOVING EDGAR    K- MAUDE    I- GRISWOLD    L- WINIFRID    [whimpers, cries]  No. GRISWOLD    Who? WINIFRID    [crying]  What? GRISWOLD    [ignoring her] Who do we have to-- SOUND    MOVING MAUDE    [reading] Anyone. GRISWOLD    How many?  How many total? EDGAR    What? GRISWOLD    I don't want to get fooled again.  Is it one for all of us, or one each? SOUND    MOVING WINIFRID    I can't! MAUDE    [reading] Only One. EDGAR    Whew. WINIFRID    No! MAUDE    [sigh] We have to, or we'll be here forever. EDGAR    And forever ain't gonna last very long.  [slight whine] I want to go home, don't you, Winnie? WINIFRID    I- I-  [breaking down into tears] Y-yes.  I want mommy! MAUDE    Do we all have to,.. help?  Or can you handle it, Griz? GRISWOLD    Me?  Um.  I'll ask.  [clears throat]  Who needs to - uh - do the killing? SOUND    MOVING GRISWOLD    [reading]  No matter.  EDGAR    You make it say it clear! GRISWOLD    [commanding] If I do it - kill someone - will that count for all of us so we can go home? SOUND    MOVING - ONE SHIFT MAUDE    [sharp, reading]  Yes! GRISWOLD    Okay, then. EDGAR    [dubious] I-I- can help? GRISWOLD    I got us into this.  WINIFRID    But Edgar made the wish. EDGAR    What? MAUDE    You are the one who said we all wanted to be older. GRISWOLD    [grim] Never mind.  Let's get it over with. EDGAR    Don't forget to say-- ALL JOIN IN     Goodbye. SOUND    LONG WAIT, THEN MOVING - ONE SHIFT   MUSIC   SCENE 3.    NEWS NEWS1    Breaking news tonight is the fire at the Ronson Elder Care facility that claimed three lives.  No details at this time as to the cause of the conflagration.  More as the story develops.  NEWS2    In other, more pleasant, news, four young siblings who have been missing in the Ronson area for almost two weeks have mysteriously found their way home.  NEWS1    I'm sure we all wish them the best. MUSIC STING TO END