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“Thea’s Zoom Adventure” by Deaf Spirit Theatre TRANSCRIPT 1

“Thea’s Zoom Adventure” By Deaf Spirit Theatre

transcript with visual description

Voice Actor Credits

“You Got a Pal In Me” – Logan Jaramillo

All female characters – Carmelle Cachero

Robert Bhola

Juan Jaramillo

ASL Interpreter

Carmelle Cachero

Technical Support

Fernando Jaramillo

Introduction by Elizabeth Morris

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

There is a white woman with blonde hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a black shirt and jacket. In the

background, there is Deaf Spirit Theatre’s logo of a butterfly with the handshape of “I Love You” as its

eyes. Right eye is upright, symbolizing happiness. Left eye is up by down, symbolizing sadness. It is in the

colour of teal blue. She is signing in American Sign Language (ASL).

ELIZABETH: Hello, my name is Elizabeth Morris and this is my sign name.

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

A picture of Elizabeth is being shown on the left side, with shorter and blonde hair. In that picture, she is

also wearing a black top. Her sign name is with the handshape of “I Love You” moving in the direction of

“Z”.

ELIZABETH: I am one of three co-founders for the Deaf theatre group, Deaf Spirit Theatre, signed this

way. The second co-founder is Hayley Hudson, this is her sign name.


VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

A picture of Hayley is being shown on the left side, a white woman with long and blonde hair. She is

wearing glasses. She is wearing a blue top. Her sign name is in the letter of “H”, moving in the direction

of dancing on a palm of another hand.

ELIZABETH: Our third co-founder is Theresa Upton, signed this way.

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

A picture of Theresa is being shown on the left side, a white woman with short and salt/pepper hair. She

is wearing glasses. She is wearing a red top. Her sign name is in the letter of “T” and “H”.

ELIZABETH: The fourth person who joined our group is Alexandra Hickox, from Toronto Island.

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

A picture of Alexandra is being shown on the left side, a white woman with long and blonde hair. She is

wearing a black jacket with Deaf Spirit Theatre’s logo. Her sign name is in the letter of “A”, moving out in

the air.

ELIZABETH: And her role is as Stage Manager, Designer and Producer of our video. This year, we are

thrilled to have three new members of our group.

ELIZABETH: First we have Juan Jaramillo, from Milton, signed this way.

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

A picture of Juan is being shown on the left side, a Latino man with curly and black hair. He has a black

beard. He is wearing a blue top. His sign name is in the letter of “J”, dancing on another palm.

ELIZABETH: Next we have Robert Bhola, from Belleville.

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

A picture of Robert is being shown on the left side, a white man. He is bald. He is wearing a light purple

shirt with a design of line on it. His sign name is in the letter of “R”, moving out in the air.

ELIZABETH: And last we have Jose Gaspar Sanabria, and he’s from Kingston.

He is our Assistant Stage Manager.

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-


A picture of Gaspar is being shown on the left side, a Latino man. He has short and black hair. He is

wearing glasses. He has black beard. He is wearing a white shirt with a suit of gray colour with blue

stripes. His sign name is in the letter of “G”, moving in the direction on a forehead (left to right).

ELIZABETH: The company was established in 2015 with the support of H’Art Centre in Kingston.

We’ve also performed in various cities. We performed in Edmonton, Alberta at Sound Off, as well as

Ottawa at the NAC to celebrate International Sign Language Day. We perform ASL stories, songs, poems,

comedy, and dance. Now, just sit back and enjoy the show!

Scene One: Thea’s Poem

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

In the back of a white house. There is a small garden of flowers in front of a bedroom window. This

window is on the bottom of the house. There is green grass and bushes nearby. There are red and white

bricks on grass that lead to the garden. There are also red bricks surrounding to protect the garden.

There are solar lights on the right side. There is a white door on the right side. Leading out from that

door, there are red bricks to walk on. Near the door, there are two black containers that also have

flowers in them.

Taking a closer to bedroom’s window. There is a white woman with red and curly hair on. It is in piggy

style. She has a white bow on her head. She is wearing a rainbow coloured sweater on. She walks closer

to the window, from inside of her bedroom. She is looking sad.

[Soft music]

THEA: Looking back when I was just a baby,

Crying in my mother’s arms.

Mommy, daddy,

They started signing and I would sign back.

I started to walk,

I played and I signed.

Play and sign.

Play and sign.

Mom and dad were just like me,

I was so happy.


VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

She is inside her bedroom. She is wearing a rainbow dyed coloured sweater, with blue jean. Her socks are

pink. She is wearing blue shoes. She is sitting on the bed. Her bed’s duvet is in the colour of teal blue with

white flowers and birds on it. Behind her, on the wall, there is a frame with a ship with ropes. On your

right side, there is a shelf with a ship on it as a decoration. She is still looking sad.

THEA: I was old enough to go to school,

And I was excited to see all the kids and teachers.

But they were all… talking. I didn’t understand.

I wanted to play but it was just talking and talking.

Play. Talking.

Play. Talking… Talking… Talking.

The children and the teachers were not like me,

And they looked at me like I didn’t belong.

What is this place? What is this school?

This world is something that is not for me.

I don’t like it.

Scene Two- Thea and Mother

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

Thea is wearing a dyed style rainbow sweater. With white flower shirt underneath. Blue jeans and bright

pink socks. Her hair is red and curly, in low piggy tails with a white bow headband on her left side. She is

wearing pink flower earring studs. There is pink blush on her cheeks with a red lipstick on her lips. Her

eyes are blue. Lying on a queen size bed with a blue duvet and there is white different kind of flowers and

birds. Two pillows and a little memory foam pillow behind Thea lying on the bed. She is upset about her

experience at school. Her wall is yellow with white board as a headboard of her bed. There is a little

white shelf board with a blue nose sailboat model. Blue paint. Next to the boat is a little black book with

a silver circle in the middle with a little figure, next to the shelf with the boat and book there is a picture

frame with white frame.

There is a white woman who plays as a mom. Blue eyes. Bright neon red hair all curly with yellow

headband with little white dots on her head. Light pink lipstick and wearing brown glasses. Wearing a


dark black medium sleeve shirt with a little folded neckline of the shirt. With red nail polish chipped off

on her fingers.

THEA: Hi mom

MOM: How’s my dear sweet Thea pumpkin? Oh, how’s school going? Are you learning anything new?

THEA: Yeah, I’m learning about maps.

Thea shrugs right shoulder more. Eyes roll as not happy.

MOM: Sweetie, what’s wrong? You know you have to be careful, if you wear your frown too long, a bird

is going to fly down and sit and poop on your lips.

THEA: What? No! Oh…

Thea looks up to check if any birds

Pulls a black wooden woven chair to sit down next to a little brown leather armrest of a chair to

sit closer to Thea as Thea is on her bed.

MOM: What’s wrong?

THEA: I want to play with my friends. But everyone at school looks at me funny because I sign. Don’t

they like me? Why don’t they know any sign language? When I go online with my class, they’re just all

talking and I don’t understand what they’re saying

MOM: Hmmmm. So you don’t like your school?

THEA: No, I don’t like school at all.

MOM: I see. When school finally opens up again, do you want to go back to your new school? Or your

old Deaf school?

THEA: Yes, I want to go to the Deaf school

MOM: I’ll go talk to your dad, and see what we can do. Mommy loves you, no matter what. Why don’t

we go to the living room and watch a movie. We can have some hot chocolate.

THEA: Yes, thanks mom, I love you.

Mother gets up to leave bedroom

Exits

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

Showing a floor plan of a house in a yellow room as Thea’s bedroom. Zoom out to a new room as a

green common family room.


Scene Three: Thea with Two Puppets

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

3 images are found, the left image is Lauren as a puppet, white face and black hair and is dressed in light

green with a butterfly print.

The middle image is Thea, a white girl with reddish hair wearing a white bow on top and her blue eyes,

wearing a rainbow-colored striped jacket.

The right image is Ben, a light tan puppet with black hair, and is dressed in a white, black and red striped

t-shirt.

Both Lauren and Ben are both puppets with the help of hands behind the puppets doing the American

Sign Language ASL, singing the song and Thea joins them.

LAUREN AND THEA: Hi! Hi!

BEN: Hey Hey, Hi!

THEA: Oh my goodness, hi, yeah!

BEN: Hello everyone! I miss you all!

THEA: My name is Thea and this is my sign name. What are your names?

BEN: Oooh ok. Hi, my name is B…E…N, Ben! Hello everyone, I miss you all, I love you all!

THEA: Oh, Ben! I love you. And you?

LAUREN: Hi! My name is Lauren, this is my sign name.

THEA: Lauren, oh, okay!

BEN: That’s so nice, cool!

THEA: Have you guys been okay since COVID started? It’s been so boring staying at home.

LAUREN: Yes, but wow COVID…

BEN: [at the same time as Lauren] Well you know umm, umm, I’m feeling ok.

THEA: Oh you’re both signing at the same time, hold on. One at a time. Ben?

BEN: Sorry. Ooh Me? I… I… I… Miss my friends. I want to sign in person but I have to wait and wait

because Deaf School is closed. I don’t like it, I’m sad. I miss them.

THEA: Mmm, yeah. Lauren.

LAUREN: With COVID, I have to stay in my house. It’s really important that we stay healthy and protect

our friends and family. You know everyone at school, and at work, everyone just has to stay home. So

that we can protect those health care workers and honour them.

THEA: What do you want to do now?

LAUREN: I have an idea! Why don’t we play a song? And have fun!


BEN: Yeah a Song! Yes, yes, I don’t mind.

LAUREN: You’ve got a friend in me.

BEN: I don’t mind! I want to sign a song, Yes!

THEA: Oh yeah, I love music! Ready?

[Song playing: You’ve got a Friend in Me by Randy Newman]

BEN: [singing]

You’ve got a pal in me.


When the road looks rough ahead

And you’re miles and miles

From your nice warm bed.

You just remember what your old pal said





If you’ve got troubles,

I’ve got ‘em too.

There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you.

We stick together and can see it through.



Some other folks might be a little bit smarter than I am

Bigger and stronger too, maybe.

But none of them will ever love you the way I do.

It’s me and you, boy.

And as the years go by.

Our friendship will never die.

You’re gonna see it’s our destiny.






THEA: Oh that was so beautiful, thank you guys! I have to go now. I’m going to miss you. Love you!

Bye!!! Bye!!!

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

The floor plan is being shown. Leaving the green room to a kitchen in the colour of purple.

Scene Four: Mom and Dad

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

A white man who plays as Dad, arrives home. He is a bald man wearing black rim glasses. Wearing a

white dress shirt, rolled up to his elbows, light purple tie, dark purple vest and dark dress pants. He opens

the door, carrying two bags of groceries. He places them on the table beside the fridge. He is standing by

the fridge. He turns to the mother, who making 2 cups of hot chocolate on the stove.

Mother has red curly hair with a yellow headband with polka dots with glasses and light pink lipstick.

Wearing red nail polishes on her fingers as some have chipped off. Standing in the corner, in front of a

stove with a star gold brown wire above the stove, in the middle between stove button headboard on the

white wall in the kitchen and brown cupboards on the left side of the stove. On the side counter besides

the stove is a grey plastic shopping bag. On the stove, there are four burner coils. On the middle on top of

the stove, there are two mugs- one is a tinker bell mug and another mug is white mug with cursive black

little letter drawing. Both mugs have hot chocolate with marshmallows on top with chocolate around the

rim and side as hot with cinnamon sprinkled all over. Mother picks up a tinker bell mug with her right

hand and the white mug with cursive letter with her left hand.

DAD: Ah, finally home.

MOM: Oh, so how was shopping out there with the whole COVID thing, did you get everything we

needed?

DAD: Yep, I got a car load full of food ready for the whole month.

MOM: I need to talk with you about something.

DAD: What's the matter?

MOM: Well, I was the Thea’s room a few minutes ago before you got home. And she’s very upset.

DAD: Hmm.

MOM: We need to talk about what we should do. Thea was telling me that she doesn’t like her new

school. The one she was at before the lockdown. She misses her old school. She wants to go back with


her old friends. Maybe after this is all done and everything opens up again, should we consider sending

her back to her old Deaf school?

DAD: Hmm. We could to try, change our schedule, For Thea to go back and forth. We can try to make it

work.

MOM: Perfect that sounds good. I’ll tell Thea. You know, we’ll figure out everything in the next few

weeks. Thank you!

The mother grabs two cups of hot chocolate she has made and leaves her room. Father still

standing by the fridge, turns to the left holding his chin. Frame freezes, background fades to

Black.

Scene Five: Dad Monologue

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

Father is still standing by the fridge, turns to the left holding his chin. Frame freezes, background fades to

Black.

[Sad music]

The whispers, the looks.

The looks, the whispers.

Am I wrong?

For thinking differently than my community where I stay?

Hmm.

Am I wrong?

For saying I choose a different way of teaching and raising?

I'm not trying to copy and do what everyone else is doing.

Just because everyone his following what they all do.

If one thing I've noticed, I make mistakes but I grow.

I'm walking on this road, upon this road that's all my own.

So am I wrong?

For thinking individually we can be successful.

Hmm? Am I wrong?

For reaching for a dream that I can't see?

I don't know.

In my heart that's how I feel.

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-


A floor plan of a house is being shown. Leaving the kitchen to Mother’s bedroom, in the colour of pink.

Scene Six: Thea in Mom’s Closet

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

Thea enters to her mother’s bedroom. The wall is in the colour of beige. There is a bed on the left side of

the room with a small and white night table. On the bed’s cover, it has flowers of different colours on it.

On the right side, there is a white with wooden top of a dressing table with drawers. There are a few

items on top of the table. There is a drawing picture of Jesus in a frame, on the right side of the wall. On

the door, there are sweaters hanging. The door is opening. A white woman enters as ‘Thea’. She is

wearing a rainbow coloured sweater, blue jean, and pink socks. She has red hair in a piggy style. With a

white bow on the top of her head.

[Funky music]

THEA: Mom? Hello!? Mom where are you?

I’m so bored, what do I do now? Oh mom’s closet! Maybe I can play a little dress up!?

Shhhhh!

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

Thea sneaks into another side of her mother’s bedroom. It is located on the left side of the room. There is

a bed on the right side, with white duvet. Next to the closet, there is a white dressing table with drawers.

There is a stand-up mirror, a pink dotted make-up bag, a salt lamp, a bowl, a black alarm clock and a

white rectangle tray with earrings and necklace on it. On the closet’s side of the wall, there are papers

being taped to the wall. Across from the bed, and closer to the closet and table, there is a window. She

opens the closet and tries on a white hat, pretending to be a cowboy. She does not want the hat. She

tries on a shirt with blue and white colour on it. She is pretending to be a dancing girl. She does not want

the shirt. Then, she tries on a pink and white shirt. She is pretending to fan and cool herself down. She

does not want the shirt. Then, she tries on a white blouse with purple and blue flowers on it. She is

pretending to be a mother, telling her children what to do. She does not want the shirt. Finally, she finds

a black jacket with Deaf Spirit Theatre’s logo on the back. She is impressed and puts it on the bed. She

also finds a black top and black skirt. She puts them on the bed as well. She finds a pair of black heel

shoes. She snaps herself in the air, changing to her black outfits with heel shoes. She is posing and

dancing with her hands in her jacket’s pockets.

ELIZABETH:


Shhhhh!

Oh, yeah!

I need shoes!

Make up!

Shhhhh!

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

Thea goes to the dressing table with drawers. The bed is behind her back. While she is putting her

mother’s make-up on, she is dancing at the same time. She is blushing on her cheeks. She is blushing on

her eye’s lids. She is coughing while putting eye make-up on. She is struggling to put mascara on. She is

struggling to curl up her eyelashes. While she is doing that, she screams out, being in pain. Then, she

puts red lipstick on her lips. She is posing in front of the stand-up mirror, admiring her make-up on her

face.

ELIZABETH:

Oh! Mascara!

Oh, my mom is way better at doing this.

What’s that? I’ve seen her do this before!

Ow ow ow!

Ow, I pulled my lash!

Ow ow ow ow!

Oh, it’s red, I like red! Like my hair!

Oooooh, I like that!

Scene Seven: Thea Dancing with Friends

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

In the picture Thea, Ben and Lauren appear, and the three show their best outfits for the dance, since

Thea is dressed in black with a jacket of the same color, and has reddish hair with a bow.

Ben is dressed in a black cap with a light green t-shirt and his black jacket.

Lauren is dressed in black and her jacket is the same color, and her hair is black tied with a red bow, she

wears glasses.

All three dance and at the same time use the American Sign Language ASL, and in the image they are

shown in various colors and shades according to the music.


[Song playing: Dance Monkey by Tones and I]

ALL: [Signing]

They say oh my god I see the way you shine.

Take your hand, my dear.

You know you stopped me dead while I was passing by.

Oh my god, I beg to see you dance just one more time.

Oooh Ooh I see you, see you, every time.

Oh my I, I, I like your style. You, you make me, make me, make me wanna cry.

I have to beg to see you dance just one more time.

So they say.

Dance for me, dance for me, dance for me, oh.

I’ve never seen anybody do the things you do before.

They say move for me, move for me, move for me, ay.

And when you’re done I’ll make you do it all again.

Oh my god I see you walking by.

Take my hands.

Look me in my eyes.

Just like a silly monkey I’ve been dancing my whole life.

I beg to see you do monkey dance just one more time.

Ooh I see you, see you, see you every time.

Oh my, I, I like your style. You, you make me, make me, make me wanna cry.

I have to beg to see you dance just one more time.

So they say.




When you’re done I’ll make you do it all again.

They say.





And when you’ve done I’ll make you do it all again.

Ooh Woah-oh, woah-oh, oh Ooh Ah ah, ah.

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

Leaving the mother’s bedroom, to a green common room as a family’s room.

Scene Eight: Mom and Dad

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

The father enters the room, behind him to his right it is a Victorian cabinet. The back of the cabinet there

are three mirrors. On the front of the shelf there is a small white candle on a plate on top of a white boy

Lee. On the centre of the cabinet is a clear bar. With flowers. To his left are dark red curtains. He is a

bald man wearing black rim glasses. Wearing white dress shirt, rolled up to his elbows. Light purple tie,

Dark purple vest and dark dress pants. He looks at the mother with a puzzled look on his face.

Mother is sitting on a couch end. Behinds the mother, there is a white bookcase with a lamp is off

against white wall. Wearing Red Curly hair with headband missing, lipstick red smeared on her right side

mouth on the side near her cheek. Red nail polishes chipped off her fingers. Wearing brown glasses.

Wearing black sleeved shirt. Holding a rose pink iPad, looking through the text messages from Thea’s

friends, their parents.

DAD: What's that on your face? You got a smudge.

MOM: This? Oh, I was helping Thea. I need to wash it off.

DAD: Oh I see

MOM: She went and snuck in my closet to play dress-up and did some make-up. She was making up a

dance or some show. I don’t know.

DAD: Hmm.

MOM: We need to do something for Thea. Why don’t we get a group of her friends together on Zoom?

DAD: Whoa, Zoom? What's that?

MOM: You know, Zoom, where people chat online with video. It’s really popular right now with COVID.

DAD: Is that a program? Let me check my computer.

The father sits down at a desk in the corner of the room. He sits down on a soft chair with red,

brown and white spots. The desk is by a window which has white lace curtains and decorative

yellow curtains, beside the window is a black filing cabinet with office items on top. On the desk


there is a plant with green leaves on the right top corner, a white calculator a stack of books,

calendar. Father is using the keyboard and mouse to open the zoom website.

Let me check.

Okay, It's called Zoom? Oh, Sign up is free, I like that. Perfect. That was easy, Okay. Send a Zoom link?

Alright, so who are the friends we are inviting?

MOM: Okay hold on. Who should we invite? Oh, Lauren! Lauren can join.

DAD: Lauren? Who?

MOM: You know she has the short hair. She wears the clip in her hair?

DAD: Uh...WHO?

MOM: Remember? She broke the piggy bank!

DAD: Oh, the strong girl. Okay.

MOM: Yes.

DAD: All right sent. Alright, next?

MOM: Medina can join too.

DAD: Medina? Oh the girl who always why why why. Okay.

MOM: Yup! Her mother needs to have wine every night with her. I think I need to have one.

DAD: Perfect sent. Who else?

MOM: Ben. Ben will join.

DAD: Ben? Ben? A boy? I'll have to watch that boy.

MOM: He’s cute. I think she likes him. New love.

DAD: Alright anyone else?

MOM: Nope, that’s all.

DAD: Perfect. Perfect. I'll let Thea know.

The father gets up from the desk and leaves a room.

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

A floor plan is being shown. Leaving the office to a yellow room as Thea’s bedroom.

Scene Nine: Thea and Dad

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

The father opens Thea’s bedroom door. The door is white with white door trim, the walls are a light

yellow. Thea is laying on her bed reading a book. Thea is wearing a rainbow coloured sweater, blue jean,


and pink socks. She has red hair with two pig-tails. With a white bow on the top. She sets up to answer

her father.

Thea is wearing a dyed style rainbow sweater. With white flower shirt underneath. Blue jeans and bright

pink socks. Her hair is red and curly, in low piggy tails with a white bow headband on her left side. She is

wearing pink flower earring studs. There is pink blush on her cheeks with a red lipstick on her lips. Her

eyes are blue. Sitting on a queen size bed with a blue duvet and there is white different kind of flowers

and birds. Two pillows and a little memory foam pillow behind Thea lying on the bed. She is reading a

book. Her wall is yellow with white board as a headboard of her bed. There is a little white shelf board

with a blue nose sailboat model. Blue paint. Next to the boat is a little black book with a silver circle in

the middle with a little figure, next to the shelf with the boat and book there is a picture frame with

white frame.

DAD: Hey Thea.

THEA: Oh, hi daddy!

DAD: Do you mind checking your computer?

THEA: Check zoom?

DAD: I have a surprise for you. Web chat.

THEA: Oh, okay.

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

Thea gets off the bed and leaves her bedroom. The floor plan is being shown. She leaves her yellow

bedroom to a green room as a family room.

Scene Ten: Thea and Friends

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

4 images are shown, the first image on the upper left side is Lauren, she dressed in blue with black

sleeves, wears glasses and has her hair tied up in a ponytail and is a white woman with brown eyes.

The second image on the top right is Ben, a Latino guy wearing his blue cap and wearing a light green T-

shirt, and his complexion is tan and his eyes are dark brown.

The third image of the lower left bow is Medina a white girl, collected with 2 braided pigtails, wears

glasses and her eyes are blue and she wears a pink shirt.


The fourth image on the lower right side is Thea, a white girl with reddish hair wearing a white bow on

top and her blue eyes, wearing a rainbow-colored striped jacket.

All showing attention on their screen, conversing in American Sign Language ASL.

ALL: Oh my god. Hi, Oh my god.

[excited chatter]

THEA: Oh I love you guys, I miss you guys so much!

[excited chatter]

BEN:I miss you too.

[Excited chatter]

THEA: Oh wow this CORONA thing is awful, we all have to stay home! Is everyone okay? Are you okay?

Medina, are you okay?

MEDINA: I like, stay home and I swim all day in the pool in the backyard.

THEA: You swim all day in your pool in the backyard? All alone? Or are there other people?

MEDINA: No, not alone.

BEN: Good, good.

MEDINA: You know, I have two little sisters.

THEA: Oh, okay

BEN: That’s so, cool.

THEA: Hi Ben, hi! How are you doing, Ben?

BEN: Wait a minute. I miss you all! It’s so lonely, all by myself with nobody to talk to. I was so patient

and now I see everyone and we’re signing! I miss you all!

THEA: Hi!

LAUREN: I have to stay home, you know my parents, and they both work at the hospital. I’m all alone,

it’s so boring!

[Sympathetic chatter]

THEA: That’s so boring!

LAUREN: Are you doing something now?

THEA: Want to do something now?

LAUREN: I have an idea! You wanna play a game?

ALL: Yeah! Yeah!

BEN: Yeah, I wanna play!


LAUREN: Let’s play trivia!

[excited chatter]

THEA: Oh that is hard!

LAUREN: You know the world? And there’s are people all over the world? How many people are there

all together?

THEA: How many people?

BEN: I know, know it is 100! That’s a lot, 100.

MEDINA: 10? 10 people?

LAUREN: 10? In the whole gigantic world?

THEA: I think 4?

LAUREN: 4? More than that.

[Chatter]

LAUREN: 1 billion people.

THEA: BILLION? No way!

BEN: Really!?? Billions!?

MEDINA: Billion, really?

BEN: That many?

All: Wow!

MEDINA: Oh, I have an idea. Okay! Okay. Like, you know. Okay. Okay. Like, you know, you’re learning

how to type. In school and we’re learning math. What is Zero plus zero?

BEN: Oh that’s easy! Zero! Huh? Oh zero zero.

LAUREN: Eight!

BEN: You’re funny! I get it!

LAUREN: Eight!

BEN: You’re funny!

THEA: You’re so funny!

[Laughter]

BEN: Oh! Want me to tell you a funny joke? Want me to tell you a joke?

ALL: Yeah a joke!

BEN: Ready, watch watch… Knock knock?

ALL: Who’s there?


BEN: Knock knock?

ALL: Who’s there?

BEN: Knock knock? Hey I can’t hear! I’m deaf! Use a flash light!

LAUREN: The light!

BEN: Who? Who? Funny! Gotcha! Gotcha!

[Laughter]

THEA: I have a game! Do you want to play another game?

BEN: Cool why not!

THEA: We’re going to play with handshapes. Give me a sign with this handshape.

MEDINA AND LAUREN: That’s easy! EASY! That’s too easy.

LAUREN: Something harder.

ALL:

HI

BYE

MOM

DAD

WATER

CHILDREN

THEA: You’re right, it’s too easy. You guys are so smart, you guys. Another handshape. What about this

one?

ALL: ROAR!

THEA: Eating an Apple! That’s a good one!

ALL:

STOMP STOMP

Driving!

Cool!

THEA: You guys are so smart!

LAUREN: That’s a hard one! Five is easy.

THEA: What should we do next guys?

MEDINA: Should we chat?

LAUREN: I have an idea! I remember Ben’s dad has a secret lab! Down below in the basement!


BEN: Hey, hey, hey! No, no! Shhhhh! Shhhh!

LAUREN: I’m sorry, now you guys know!

BEN: You’re promise not to say. Why are you telling!? Why are you telling!? Oh I can’t tell you. No! I

can’t, I can’t.

THEA AND MEDINA: Please, please, please! Tell me! Tell me!

BEN: Umm. Ok, ok! I have to look out for my dad. My dad is scientist, he works in a lab. A secret lab.

He has a blue gorilla! My favourite colour! Like the blue in my bedroom. Blue! Like blue like my teddy. A

blue gorilla. My dad created it. A big blue… a deaf blue gorilla. It can sign. Blue. My favourite colour,

blue. Yeah!

LAUREN: It’s true! I saw it! It’s true.

BEN: Oh, oh, you know what? It will be easier to show you than explain it. I can show you. Really, it’s

real, I can show you! I can show you.

THEA: Lauren, you saw that?

BEN: That was a while ago.

LAUREN: Long time ago. Maybe a year ago. But he told me not to tell anyone, I’ve kept it a secret for a

year.

BEN: It’s supposed be secret!

LAUREN: Now I’ve broke my promise and he’s mad at me.

BEN: But that’s ok, I can tell you, my friends. Okay I will show you. I have to watch and make sure my

dad is not watching. My dad said “No!” So I’m not allowed to go. It’s a secret and I can’t show you, okay?

Shhh.

I don’t see my dad around.

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

He is nervous but being brave, he sneaks out of his room and goes downstairs to the basement while

holding his phone. When Ben arrives in the basement, there is a door that leads to a long stairway and

then a long hallway leading to the secret lab, while searching for the Blue Gorilla.

BEN: So I’m walking. Here! These are the stairs. The big long, long stairs.

Look! Look! Oh my god, I’m so scared! Now I have to go all the way down the stairs. Okay? It’s really

long, really far. It’s really dark. So hold on, I will show you. See? They’re long stairs.

THEA: I can’t look!


BEN: Oh, that was so far, phew! Really far, long, stairs. Soon we’re going to walk down the hallway. See?

Look, look at the hallway. Oh, it’s dark. Its dark you can’t see. Hold on a second I have to look for the

light switch. Wait, hold on. Ah! Light! That’s better!

Okay now I have to walk down the hallway.

It’s really far. Look! Can you see it? Can you see how far that is? Really far! You have to be patient. I have

to walk all the way down there.

Hi! I’m still walking.

Shhhh.

This is really boring, it’s a long walk.

Oh my god, I can see the blue. Really close. The blue gorilla! Look! Look! Look! Look!

Do you see it? The blue gorilla? It’s really close! So close! Hold on, I’m getting there! Soon, I’m getting

closer! Oh my god, oh my god it’s big!

Big blue gorilla! Look! Look! Look! Look!

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

Ben finally meets up to Blue Gorilla up close, however this Gorilla is still stiff, not moving. It is 10 feet

high, with large eyes, a large mouth with fangs and with blue fur.

BEN: Do you see its big, big teeth? They’re huge! Oh my god. I have to go. I’m done! I’m going to go back

upstairs now.

THEA: No… Touch it!!

MEDINA: Yeah! Touch it!!

LAUREN: Do it, touch it!

BEN: What!?? Me touch it??! No way! No, no, I’m scared.

ALL: Yes please touch it!!

BEN: No, no, I’m scared.

LAUREN: Oh come on! You can touch it! You’re a chicken! Come on!

BEN: Hey, she froze. Huh? What?

MEDINA: I bet it feel like clouds.

THEA: A cloud? Huh?

BEN: I’m going to go upstairs now.

LAUREN: You’re a chicken, so wimp!


BEN: I’m not chicken! I’m not.

LAUREN: Yes you are!

BEN: Watch me, I will touch it! I’m a big boy.

LAUREN: Do it! Touch it!

BEN: I’m not scared.

ALL: TOUCH IT! Do it!

BEN: Ooh, okay, okay. I’m ready to touch it. Ready? Look, look, look! Oh, my dad’s going to get mad.

Oh! Oh my god! He opened his eyes, he’s really mad!

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

Ben touches the Gorilla on its shoulder with his finger. Suddenly, Blue Gorilla wakes up! This angry Blue

Gorilla starts to chase after Ben, all the way back to the hallway and back up the stairway, and back to

his bedroom.

[Fast techno music]

BEN: Oh my god I’m going to go now! I’m getting out of here! Help me!

THEA: Go! Go! Go!

BEN: I’m scared! I’m getting out of here!

[Ben yelling]

BEN: Help me!

MEDINA: Hurry!

THEA: Run Ben!

[Ben screaming]

BEN: Help me! The gorilla is coming! Help me! The big angry gorilla! The big, angry, blue gorilla! Oh, no,

help! I can hear him banging! I have to go up the stairs. I have to go upstairs, I hear him banging! I have

to go upstairs!

[Ben panting]

I’m tired!

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

Ben is really scared. Also, he is really exhausted, running away from Blue Gorilla


BEN: Okay the gorilla is not chasing me anymore. I don’t know where to go. He went somewhere else.

He escaped! I ran really fast! I should not have touched it! Why did I touch it? He disappeared. I don’t

know where he is, I have to go and hide! I’m really scared! Bye! I love you guys! Bye!

LAUREN: Where’s Ben?

ALL: Ben disappeared!!!

THEA: I’m scared, I better go now!

VISUAL DESCRIPTION-

Blue Gorilla disappears. Suddenly, Blue Gorilla appears at Lauren' home, touching her shoulder!

[Screen reads: “You’re It”]

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