Production Role

Playrights (edit/improve)

1. Liyi

2. Lin Hui

Directors & Stage manager

1. Ruisian

2. Zhuhong

Designers / Set costume & makeup

1. Michelle

2. Chiawei

Designers / Sound & Lighting

1. Chiou Chyong

2. Xinda

Performance Role

Richard - Liyi

Melanie - Lin Hui

Alice - Chiawei

Anna - Michelle

Holly - Xinda

Kelly - Chiou Chyong

Keith - Ruisian

Inner Alice - Zhuhong

ZHUHONG

Scene 4
Where: Anna's classroom in school
Who: Anna, Alice, Guy Friend (temporary name is X)
What: Anna is sad to find out that she is the adopted child, turns to guy friend for comfort.
Alice feels bad that Anna is sad, regrets overhearing.
Anna decides to study overseas,(got scholarship)as an excuse to leave this family as she feels that she does not belong

(Hands folded on the table and head resting on it)
Anna: “…Hey X, how would you feel if one day, you found out you were really adopted, and your parents told you they weren’t your parents, and your family isn’t your real family at all?”

(calmly) X: “It would be difficult to accept, but I would try hard to find out my true identity. I also wouldn’t hate my adopted family, because if it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be who I am today, right?”

Anna: “Just what would you say? How would you act? I don’t know how to face them anymore, after everything that has been revealed, I don’t know what is real, what I’ve been believing, the life I’ve been living for the past 14 years, or my real identity.”

(gently) X: “Keep your emotions in control, reality may be harsher than it seems, but time and maturity will enable you to understand why your adopted family and your real family did what they did.”

(interrupting) Anna: “Living a lie for 14 years… You don’t understand! You don’t know how it’s like, for everything right under your feet to crumble just like that, in an instant, everything’s gone. You don’t know how it’s like to know that you’re who you are, but then again, you’re really not. (voice breaks)I wanted to believe I was just being led on, but it hurts, how it makes everything perfectly clear now, why mother was always biased, and how Alice must have felt. Just who am I? They lied to me! How can I ever trust them again? Who can I trust? Just a week ago they were my family! (break down and start crying)”

(offers tissue and pats her on the shoulder)X: “Many times in our lives, things don’t go our way, the trick is to accept reality, don’t worry about the future yet, take one step at a time.”

Anna: “Naturally, you stick with me through thick and thin time and again, thanks.”

X: “Of course, that’s what friends are for! By the way, I’ll cheer you up with some good news! Remember the scholarship we applied for? The news were posted and we got in! The trip to Canada is in less than a month, so you have to decide quickly.”

Meanwhile, Alice is in her bedroom at home sitting on her bed.
(pacing around the room)
Alice: “P… My head hurts… What have I just done? Anna must be really hurt, and she must be feeling terrible, and all I’ve done is make her feel worse! Oh, why did I overhear the conversation? If only I had not been so eager and pressed mother…”(ends with her sitting on the floor, leaning against something with her head down)

This is Scene 4...
Chiou Chyong

Hi people here are the dialogues:

For scene 1:( done by Lin Hui and Li Yi)

Where: Master Bedroom
Who: Alice, Richard, Malanie
What: Alice overheard parents’ (Richard and Malanie) conversation about an adopted child and she suspects herself to be the adopted child.
-Richard and Malanie quarelling about Richard leaving the birth certificates of their daughters lying around. Malonie is scared that the truth would be revealed should the girls see the birth certificates.
-Alice wants her father (Richard) to sign her report book and overheard her parents’ conversation, leading to the misunderstanding.
-Upon hearing the word “adoption”, she thought that it was herself who was adopted and left the scene before the actual truth was revealed (Anna was the adopted child).
-Anna flashback about her happy past.


Dialogue:
Malanie: Any idea where I found these birth certificates?
Richard: By the table, I guess.
Malanie: Crap, they are lying on the floor!
Richard: Did I leave them there? Sorry! (Pick BCs up0
(Alice walks to Master Bedroom with her report card and overhears the quarrel.)
Malanie: Enough! I have enough of your stupid blunders! What would happen if they discover these certs? They would know that they are not biological sisters! Do you know how sad Alice would be?
(Alice walks away)
Richard: Fantastic, I get blamed for everything! I just want to forget all this.
Malanie: Genuises we are! Why did we adopt Anna in the first place? If only we knew Alice would come into our lives sooner or later! (Sighs)
(Spotlight on Alice)
Alice: How can this be possible? Anna and I are not biological sisters?
But we were so happy together!
Am I the adopted one? Is that why Mum always praise Anna?




Scene 2: Done by Zhu Hong and Michelle

Where? In school canteen
Who? Alice, Anna, Kelly, Holly

Kelly: Alice! How are you?
Alice: Been fine. (smiles brightly)
Holly: Could you join us for shopping this Saturday? It would be fun!
Alice: Don't know yet.. I might not be free.
Holly: Everytime?

(Anna enters scene)

Kelly: Free on Saturday?
Anna: Got the whole afternoon free! Why?
Kelly: Hitting the mall with Holly!
Anna: I'll join you guys then.
Kelly: Joy!

Holly: Kelly's going, are you going? (looks at Alice)
Alice: Look, I'm really busy. Bye. (leaves)

Holly: My gosh. What's wrong with her. Is she really that busy?
Kelly: No idea what's wrong with her lately. Always busy.
Anna: Okay, let's go back to class now. Come on



Scene 3: Done by Chiou Chyong and Xinda

Where: At the dining room

Who: Richard, Melanie,( angel and devil part of Melanie) Anna and Alice

What: Alice rudely demands for the truth from her mother regarding her true birth. Unbeknownst to her, Alice was not the one adopted but it was Anna. Melanie could not take the pressure anymore and blurts out the truth in her which she has been hiding secretly for years. This resulted in chaos in the family.

Malenie: Alice, Anna, dinner's ready! (Preparing dinner)

Anna: Beef, eggs and salad, great! Even better, dad's with us tonight!

Alice: (hesitates) Can I ask you something, Mum?

Malenie: Darling, what is it? You seemed troubled! (Looked concerned)

Richard: Eat your dinner first, Alice.

Alice: Father, last night, I had accidentally overheard your conversation that one of us is adopted. Am I the one? (seething)

Malenie: Godness! Isn't the beef tasty? You should really try one, Alice.

Alice: Heck care to the food! Who is adopted? Is it me or Anna? How can you keep the truth from me! Who are my real parents? ( slams her knife and fork on the table and stands up)

Richard: Insolent girl! Apologise to your mother! How can you speak to your mother in this kind of manner? Did we teach you to be rude? Apologise to your mother immediately! ( bangs his fists on the table and stands up)

Malenie: Jesus, what is happening? Richard sit down; and Alice, (pauses for a few seconds) No one is adopted, no one!( The devil part of Malenie is acting up)

Anna: Keep your mouth shut, Alice! Can’t you see that mum is troubled and is weeping over your harsh words? How can you say that we are adopted? Who told you that one of us is adopted? ( hesitates) Who told you…

Malenie: Lies, and lies, deception and more trouble! ( Angel part of Malenie is acting up) How can I hide the truth… for so many years…oh Richard…( clung on to Richard ) ( attempts to leave form the table)

Alice: ( in a very sharp tone): Mother, what do you mean by the ‘ truth’ and the ‘years’? Is there something that you did not confess? Out with it, for part of the truth is revealed to us. There is no point in hiding it when the truth is staring blatantly in front of our eyes.

Malenie: Not that I refused to tell you, my daughters ( tries to hug Anna and Alice, crying at the same time) the truth is too hard to bear… you wouldn’t want to know…( moves away from her daughter, leans her head on the wall) ….I can’t tell…I can’t tell…I can’t tell…( mumbled softly) …Anna is the adopted one… she is the adopted one…not Alice…Oh what have I done…what have I done? Forgive me, Alice, forgive me…( stumbles back to her room)

( Richard chases after Malenie and Anna sprints back to her room)

Alice: Oh what have I done? What have I done? ( Buries her head in her hands. She is all alone at the dining table)

scene 4: Done by Zhu Hong and Michelle
( They are still not ready yet but I will update this post when they are done)

Scene 5 : Done by Chia Wei and Rui Sian

Where?
Airport/Departure hall
Who?
Melanie, Richard, Anna, Alice, Kelly, Holly
What?
-Anna received a scholarship due to her outstanding results and is leaving the country for the education as well as to leave the family for a while and to think about the fact that she is adopted
-everybody is happy that received the prestigious scholarship. Though Anna is sad, she accepts the fact that she is adopted and loves her “family”
Script:
Melanie: [with tears in eyes] Anna, take care of yourself ya? Call home frequently and remember to wear enough clothes. It’ll be cold there. Don’t sleep too late also and…
Anna: But I’m not a kid anymore. Don’t worry. I’ll be fine
Melanie: Can’t believe that you are leaving at such a young age. Oh, I’m so proud of you [hugs Anna]
Richard: Don’t forget to take lots of photograph and send them to us. We want to know how you will be doing over there.
Melanie: Exactly. And remember to eat well, sleep well and of course study well. Remember to keep your valuables properly. It may not be as safe there. Don’t forget to bring your jacket with you where ever you go.. Drink lots of water. Eat less fried and unhealthy food. It’s bad for you.
Anna: Fattening too. You must all take care of yourselves as well. Oh, ma! Please don’t cry.
Melanie: Geesh! I’m not crying (wipe away tears) just the dust, the dust. [Looks around]Your friends are here!
Anna: Holly! Kelly! Oh, I’m so glad both of you came! [Face holly] I thought you are supposed to have lessons now?
Holly: I cancelled them so I can come. Oh Anna, I’ll surely miss you [hug]
Kelly: [passes Anna present] just a simple gift for you. Hope you’ll like it. Take care, ya?
Anna: Kelly! There’s really no need for this. Oh, thank you!
Holly: Let’s take a photo before you leave alright?
Anna: Mum! Can you come and help us with the camera for a while.
Melanie: No problem! [Takes photograph]
Richard: [checks watch] Oh dear, Anna, you better hurry. It’s about time.
Melanie: Please dear, just one more [snaps a few more shots]
Richard: Quickly then. If not Anna’s going to miss the plane
Melanie: Richard, there’s still time!
Richard: Seventeen minutes!
Melanie: that’s quite a lot of time [ignores and continue taking pictures]
Richard: Urgh! Alright alright. None of my business if Anna’s late
Melanie: Very well.
(Finished taking photos. Anna hugs friends, Richard and Melanie. Turns to Alice and both stared at each other for a long time. Unable to convey their feelings, the sisters hugged each other.)
Anna: we’ll keep in touch ya?
(alice nods)
Voice from speaker: X3711a. Passengers taking flight number X3711a, please board the plane now. Passengers taking flight number X3711a, please board the plane now.
Melanie: You really got to go now. Which entrance are you going in by, check again? Just in case.
Anna: Zero two seven. Don’t worry ma, I’ll be fine. Bye everyone!
(wave)




And oh ok this is it:)

Chiou Chyong

ok for the drama lesson on 19th August, we did 3 scenes.
The first scene was Alice overhearing her parent's conversation while her friends and her sister was playing some where else ( Is it different from our current script?) The second scene was the climax where Richard, Melanie, Anna and Alice were sitting at the table with the " angel' and "devil' part of Melanie behind Melanie and a few friends behind the two sisters. The third scene was Anna at the airport while everyone bade her goodbye tearfully whilst the "angel" part of Melanie was smiling and the " devil' part of Melanie was frowning.
Next, our drama teacher gave us 5 sheets of paper and we were supposed to write 5 scenes on each piece of paper. We were only given 15 minutes at first but it was extended to about 30minutes till recess( I think)
The first scene was when Alice overheard her parent's conversation, the second scene was when Alice had refused to join her sister and her friends in shopping( because she had felt left-out as she thought that she was the adopted one), the third scene was the climax, the dining room scene, where Alice demanded for an answer; the fourth scene ( I can't remember because the group doing scene 4 had not sent me the dialogue yet but I will edit this post if I recieve) and scene 5 was Anna leaving her family at the airport with everything fine and well again.

ok, so I think that's about it :)

Chiou Chyong

Name:

Kelly Ang

Age:

13

Education:

Secondary one student (same school as Alice and Anna)

Personality:

Friendly, outgoing, caring for her friends

Likes:

To hang out with friends (Alice and Anna)

Dislikes:

To be alone or when her friends are not talking to each other or when people do not want to talk to her.

Monolougue to Alice:

What happened between you and Anna? Why are you avoiding her? Is there anything happening in your family?

Xinda

Name: Holly Tan
Age: 13
Education: Secondary one
Personalities: Straightforward, friendly, energetic, sporty
Hobbies: Playing badminton, sports
Strengths: Patient
Likes: Being with friends
Dislikes: Insensitive and uncaring friends
Monologue to Alice:
What happened to our friendship? What has happened to you recently? You've been acting really weirdly!

Name:
Alice Teo

Age:
13

Education:
currently a Sec 1 Student, same school as Anna Teo(sister)

Personality:
outgoing, sporty, not that great in studies

Hobbies:
SPORTS(any kind), PLAYING

Strengths:
SPORTS, makes friends easily

Likes:
Sports, her friends

Dislikes:
Anna after she overheard conversation

Wants:
people not to think that her studies should be like Anna's

Monologue to Anna:
Anna. Why do you talk so much? we both know that i am the adopted one. stop pretending. Just leave me alone.

ruisian : ) : )

NAME: melanie yap
AGE: 40
OCCUPATION: worked as the "devil" part of melanie for her whole life
EDUCATION: university
PERSONALITY: crafty, sly, devilish, selfish
WANTS: to cause destruction to family/wants herself to be happy, ignoring if it hurt others feelings
HATES: the angelic part of melanie wh0 often ruin her plans

MONOLOGUE:
(to melanie yap)
DON'T TELL THEM!can you imagine what will happen to your family if the truth is being found out?are you going to allow it to happen!JUST LIE TO THEM! NO ONE IS ADOPTED!you all belong to a happy and loving family......anna and alice must not know...NEVER!

chiawei

Name: Melanie Yap ( angel part of her)
Age:
40

Occupation: Has been inside Melanie for her whole life
Others: There is a devil part of Melanie

Monologue

" Tell your daughters the truth! Or you will ruin the whole family! Is this what you want for a peaceful and harmonious family? More trouble will brew if you don't tell them! Is it really that difficult to tell?"

chiouchyong

Name:Anna Teo

Age:14
Education:currently a Sec 2 Student, same school as Alice Teo(sister)

Personality:Quiet. Innocent and happy(:

Hobbies: reading, collecting small things, pottery

Strengths: Academic results always top 3 in class

good physical fitness
quiet, liked by teachers
innocent and naïve
makes friends easily
Weaknesses: Unable to see others’ true intent due to innocence
Easily made use of by bad friends
Kind to everyone

Likes: Sports, her family

Dislikes: when Alice ignores her or is cold to her
When her mother treats Alice better

Troubles: Does not understand why her mother treats Alice better
Does not understand why Alice ignores her at times

Wants:To get along with Alice and have a close relationship with her sister
To get her mother’s love

Others:Anna is an adopted child, but she herself has no knowledge of this

Monologue to Alice:Alice let’s go play in the swing in the backyard after lunch! And then let’s eat ice-creams and homework together! … Why are you so quiet Alice?

-Michelle

Name:
Richard Teo

Age:
42

Occupation:
Manager

Education:
University

Personality:
Quiet.
A lenient and doting father.

Hobbies:
Photography, Basketball

Likes:
Being with my family, especially interacting with my 2 daughters

Dislikes:
Conflicts, Insecurity

Troubles:
Coping with stress at work
Try hard and pray hard that the secret of Anna being adopted would be kept under wraps

Wants:
For life to be happy and peaceful

Others:
Met Malonie during Junior College and fell in love with her then.

Monologue:
I never knew that the secret would be revealed so soon. I thought that this dinner would be an enjoyable one. Let's hope nothing bad happens.

Li Yi

Name:
Malonie Yap

Age:
40

Occupation:
previously a florist,
now a housewife

Family:
Richard Teo (husband)
Alice Teo (biological child)
Anna Teo (adopted child)

Education:
University

Hobbies:
flower arrangement, visual arts

Likes:
family, flowers, cleanliness, scholars

Dislikes:
dirt, mess, quarrels with people

Troubles:
to tell or not to tell the children about the adoption

Wants:
to maintain the peace in the family
to remain as a whole family, living in peace and harmony

Others:
married at the age of 20 years
adopted Anna as she thought that they could not have a child of their own
gave birth to her first child 6 years later

Monologue

Why hadn't I waited another year? If only I had known Alice would come into my life, I would not have adopted Anna in the first place. Then, I would not be stuck in my current situation. Should I tell them or not? And am I loving Alice more than Anna? Is it right to do so?

Lin Hui

Hi! I'm here to recount what we did this week for drama (week 7)
Basically, we started off refreshing our minds
by recreating the climax scene and adding more details.

climax

the family of for sat at the dining table.
Alice, the protagonist, is waiting for her mother
to tell her about her supposed adoption.
While Mrs Teo (Malonie Yap), the mother, wavers over telling the sisters the truth.
the scene is tensed, as there was much conflicts
and quarrels in the family previously.
Finally, Alice could take it no longer and blurted out all her hidden emotions,
as well as her misunderstanding.

Did Mrs Teo reveal the truth?
I am still not too sure...
plot under construction XP

***

Anyway, we did some thought progress,
mostly on character development and each of their individual biographies
the characters are:
Alice Teo (biological child)
Anna Teo (adopted child)
Malonie Yap (mother)
Richard Teo (father)
Kelly (friend of sisters)
Holly (friend of sisters)

the characters were interviewed on their background,
and were asked to write a short monologue,
either to themselves or to one other character in the developing plot.
I'll leave it to the characters to introduce themselves.

I think that's about all, right?
so,
byebye:)
Lin Hui

last week's drama lesson:

Yeah I know the picture's not clear so if you can't see it you can get the paper from me if you want.><
Anyways just to re-cap, last week we discussed on the characters and their relationships(:

Main Storyline:

There are 2 sisters, A and P, P is the biological sister, while A is the adopted one. P overhears her mother talking, and comes to know that either P or A is an adopted child. P hates A, mistaking her for the biological child and thinking she is the adopted party, on the other hand, A has no knowlege that she is adopted, and she tries to get along with P and to get her foster mother's love, thinking it is her own mother. P and A share a friend, childhood friend B who grew up with P and A, now, childhood friend B has to decide whose side to stand on, and who to support. She is in a dilemma and confused over who to support. A has another friend, best friend C who is both her classmate and tablemate, they have a strong friendship and best friend C offers advice and help whenever A needs it. Best friend C is the only male in the story(excluding father who is supposedly dead due to a car accident).

Main Characters
P is the biological child of the family, she is currently 15 years old, older than her sister and her objective is to find out who is the adopted child of the two of them. She knows that either she or her sister is adopted, as she overhears her mother in a conversation and heard that one of them is adopted, and hates A, her (adopted) sister, as P thinks that she herself is the adopted child, and hence thinks that she gets less parental love compared to A.


A is the adopted child, she is currently 14 years old, the younger of the sisters and her objective is to get her foster mother's love, being an adopted child, her foster mother has always loved her biological child more than the adopted one. However, as A does not know of the fact that she is adopted, she simply cannot understand why her her foster mother treats her so differently compared to A, as her foster mother is seen as her own biological mother. She is innocent and only wishes to get along with her sister, as well as to have a happy family, a contrasting image to that of her sister.

Character Relationships
P has 2 people supporting her, one is her mother who loves her more than A, and the other is childhood friend B, she is the childhood friend of both P and A, as the 3 of them grew up together.

Childhood Friend B is in a state of confusion as she wishes to support both P and A, but if she helps P, she would be harming A, is she helps A, it would be seen as an act of betrayal by P, hence, she is stuck in the middle, supporting both of them in confusion.

Her mother is the only one in the story who knows the truth; that P is her biological child and A is the adopted child, however, she doesn't reveal anything to either of them, as she doesn't want to ruin things, she does not know that P knows one of them is adopted, and that P thinks she herself is the adopted child.

A also has 2 people supporting her, one is childhood friend B, and the other is Best Friend C.

Best Friend C is a male who is the same age as A, in the same school and class, in addition, he is also her best friend. They sit beside each other in class hence they have a close relationship, and he offers her advice whenever she needs them, always looking out for her like a big brother, or so it seems.

Question Marks ???
We need to decide if Best Friend C is going to introduce romance, whether he knows about P and A's real identities and whose side (Confused) Childhood Friend B is on in the end. She can help A becuase A has pure intentions, but she can also help P to find out the truth in the end, so we need to decide that. Also, we don't know what happened to the father, someone raised a point that he could have died in an accident, would this be related to anything in the story? If not, then it'll just be left as background information(: Oh and, can we please come up with some names?>< It's very difficult to type and remember all the related characters, and our current list of suggested names seems a little funny... Anyways, please suggest some names via tag/post!:D
Names suggested for
P:
-Patty
-Pancake
-Octopus(Did I hear wrongly???)
A:
-Elis
-Elsie
-Elise
-Angela
Okay! I think that's about it, if anyone has any other suggestions please post/tag(: I think Lin Hui's idea on the illness is not bad, but I guess we should discuss if we want to put that in(:

Michelle