19 Nocturne Boulevard - PLEASE OUIJA PLEASE - reissue
Be careful what you wish for.
Please Ouija Please
- Griswold \u2013 Tom Taverna
- Maude \u2013 Nila Hagood
- Edgar \u2013 Boyd Barrett
- Winifrid \u2013 Julie Hoverson
- Nurse 1 \u2013 Rhys Torres
- Nurse 2 \u2013 Eleiece Krawiec
- News 1 \u2013 Greg Allensworth
- News 2 \u2013 Regan Lussier
Written and produced by Julie Hoverson
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This is one of my newer short audio pieces.\xa0 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.\xa0 Can't even recall what movie it was, but the whole story came to me in an instant.\xa0
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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
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SCENE 1.\xa0\xa0\xa0 OLD FOLKS HOME
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR SHUTS VERY QUIETLY
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SOFT FOOTSTEPS
NURSE 1\xa0\xa0\xa0 [report, quiet] Everything's fine in here.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 THEY WALK AWAY
NURSE 2\xa0\xa0\xa0 The boys have been fractious tonight.\xa0 They keep claiming they have to "go home."\xa0 [chuckles sadly]\xa0 These senile cases.\xa0 At least they aren't the type to play grabsies like frat boys.
NURSE 1\xa0\xa0\xa0 I'd hate for any of our oldies to get out and go missing like those kids from over the hill.
NURSE 2\xa0\xa0\xa0 I know.\xa0 Who knows what could be happening to the poor little things?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 THEY GO OUT A DISTANT DOOR, IT SHUTS
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 AFTER A MOMENT, A NEARBY DOOR OPENS
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] All clear.
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] Do you see the boys?
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 Psst!
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 There they are.\xa0 Stay close, Winnie!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 VERY SOFT SLIPPERED FOOTSTEPS
MUSIC - MYSTICAL
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SCENE 2.\xa0\xa0\xa0 ATTIC
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 MATCHES STRIKE
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 [bragging] Stole these from the orderly.
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 You could have got caught!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 CHALK WRITING - WITH MAUDE'S LETTERS
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 A-B
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 I was watching his back.
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 C-D-E
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 If anyone came, I was gonna fake a seizure or something.\xa0 At least til Eddie got clear.
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 F-G-H-I-\xa0 [falters] uh--
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 J-K-L
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 right.\xa0 M- N-
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 I couldn't find anything quite like a reader thing--
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 A planchette.
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yeah, one of those.\xa0 But maybe this would work.
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 O-P-Q-R
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 We don't want to take any chances.\xa0 Not again.
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 [agreeing dolefully] Nuh-uh!
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 S-T-U-
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 But this - I found this magnifying glass - it can circle letters.
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 They use a little drinking glass in the movies.\xa0 When they don't have a proper one.
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 V-W-X-
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 There's no time to go get anything else.\xa0 And they lock up the dining hall.
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 We can all touch the edges of the magnifier.\xa0 It's big enough.
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Y-Z.\xa0 There.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 WRITING ENDS
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 [anxious] Now put yes and no.
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 And Goodbye.\xa0 NEVER forget goodbye.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 WRITING AGAIN
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sigh as she starts]\xa0 Good...bye.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DRAGGING OF MAGNIFYING GLASS ACROSS GROUND.
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 See?
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 That's awful noisy.\xa0 Are you sure they won't hear?
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 I don't think so.
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [writing, not responding] Yes.
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 You always agree with Griswold.
MAUDE\xa0\xa0 \xa0[writing, not responding] No.
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hush, Eddie.
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [finished] There.\xa0 What?\xa0 [waits] We better start.\xa0 Who knows when they'll spot we're all gone.
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 Circle up.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SCUFFLING MOVEMENT
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 We all got to touch this.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 MAGNIFYING GLASS SET ON FLOOR
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 Who starts?
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Griz did it before, he has to again.\xa0 Do you remember who to call?
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shh.\xa0 [in an important voice]\xa0 We are here to call on the spirits.\xa0 Are there any here?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 MAGNIFYING GLASS SLIDES
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 [hushed but excited]\xa0 Yes!
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 I didn't--!
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shh!\xa0 Go on Griz.
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 We need to speak to the spirit we found before.\xa0 The one named--
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 It's moving.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 MOVING
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 Spelling something!
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 U-M-A-
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 Sh.\xa0 Don't say it if you don't have to.
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 I wasn't saying it, I was--
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shh!
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 It was the same name, I was watching.
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 Me too!
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 Are you here?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 MOVING
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yes.
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 [blurting] Please let us go home!
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shh.\xa0 You know it's not that easy.
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 We want to reverse what happened.\xa0 Can we do that?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 MOVING
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 [shaky and excited] Yes!
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whimpers]
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 How?\xa0 [prompting] Ask how?
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 How can we reverse it?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 MOVING
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 K-
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 I-
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 L-
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whimpers, cries]\xa0 No.
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 Who?
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 [crying]\xa0 What?
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 [ignoring her] Who do we have to--
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 MOVING
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [reading] Anyone.
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 How many?\xa0 How many total?
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 What?
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 I don't want to get fooled again.\xa0 Is it one for all of us, or one each?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 MOVING
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 I can't!
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [reading] Only One.
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 Whew.
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 No!
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sigh] We have to, or we'll be here forever.
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 And forever ain't gonna last very long.\xa0 [slight whine] I want to go home, don't you, Winnie?
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 I- I-\xa0 [breaking down into tears] Y-yes.\xa0 I want mommy!
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Do we all have to,.. help?\xa0 Or can you handle it, Griz?
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 Me?\xa0 Um.\xa0 I'll ask.\xa0 [clears throat]\xa0 Who needs to - uh - do the killing?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 MOVING
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 [reading]\xa0 No matter.\xa0
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 You make it say it clear!
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 [commanding] If I do it - kill someone - will that count for all of us so we can go home?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 MOVING - ONE SHIFT
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sharp, reading]\xa0 Yes!
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0 \xa0Okay, then.
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 [dubious] I-I- can help?
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 I got us into this.\xa0
WINIFRID\xa0\xa0\xa0 But Edgar made the wish.
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 What?
MAUDE\xa0\xa0\xa0 You are the one who said we all wanted to be older.
GRISWOLD\xa0\xa0\xa0 [grim] Never mind.\xa0 Let's get it over with.
EDGAR\xa0\xa0\xa0 Don't forget to say--
ALL JOIN IN \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0Goodbye.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 LONG WAIT, THEN MOVING - ONE SHIFT
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MUSIC
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SCENE 3.\xa0\xa0\xa0 NEWS
NEWS1\xa0\xa0\xa0 Breaking news tonight is the fire at the Ronson Elder Care facility that claimed three lives.\xa0 No details at this time as to the cause of the conflagration.\xa0 More as the story develops.\xa0
NEWS2\xa0\xa0\xa0 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.\xa0
NEWS1\xa0\xa0\xa0 I'm sure we all wish them the best.
MUSIC STING TO END