Zelinda’s spell
Written by: Ashley and Lillian Kron
Cast:
Lillian
Ashley
Characters:
Played by Lillian:
Princess
Mother
Played by Ashley
Witch-Zelinda
Wizard
Husband
Opening scene:
(Baby in cradle): wah, wah!!!
Mother: oh what a precious baby! She’ll look just like me!
Zelinda: (bursts in) Not on your life girl!
Mother: Oh no! It’s the evil witch Zelinda!!! Aghhh! (faints)
Zelinda: (cackles) EWWW what an ugly, stinky baby!!! What will I do to this
one? Hmm. . . I know!!! (clears throat) Alacazam witchacamo bubbling brewing
brimming stew, by all of the gods I command YOU to have a big, ugly tattoo!
And just between me and you, it’s got cute little dolphins, one pink and one
blue!!! (laughs again evilly and slaps sticker on baby’s cheek, then runs away
laughing and coughing)
Mother: (wakes up) Aghhhh!!! My baby has a big ugly tattoo!!! (Shows baby to
audience, and then drops the baby and faints again)
Scene 2
Time Card
(8 years later)
Princess: La ti ta ti ta (holds up a mirror and bursts out crying) Oh, if only I
didn’t have such a big, ugly tattoo on my cheek, I’d be the fairest in all the land!
(falls onto her knees and shouts to the skies) OH WHAT SHALL I DO??? Hey! I
know! I’ll ask the great and mighty wizard!!!
Wizard: (sweeps in) did somebody say great and mighty wizard??? (flexes arms)
‘Cause I am so very mighty!!! (winks to audience) What do you need oh FEEBLE
YET BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS???
Princess: Well, I have this big, ugly tattoo on my face and. . . . .IT’S UGLY!!!!!
(bursts out crying again)
Wizard: Well, it’s just a sticker!!! (tugs three times on sticker and can’t get it off)
Princess: ow!!!. . . Ow!!!. . . OW!!!!! STOP!!!!!!!!!! (pulls face away) it’s no use
(starts crying again)
Wizard: I know!!! I’ll look in the magic book!!!
Princess: Perfect!!!
Wizard: (Starts muttering and shuffling around)
Princess: (follows him around dancing crazily)
Wizard: (looks back, then shakes head and keeps muttering and shuffling)
Wizard: (finally sits down, still muttering)
Princess: (picks up magic book) Wizard, is this it???
Wizard: (looks under chair from sitting position) Why yes it is!!! Now why was
that there??? Hm. . . Well, let’s have a look in here (starts flicking through pages
muttering) mmm no. . . no. . . Hmm now where- Hey here it is! Reads out loud:
Embarrassing Face Remedy
Something on your face that makes you sour?
To get rid of it, just jump on one foot for an hour!!!
Princess: One hour!! That is a very long time!!! Why that’s. . . (counts on her
fingers). . . . one hour!!!
Wizard: Yes, but you do want to get rid of that tattoo right?
Princess: (falls to her knees) Yes oh yes!!! Please oh great and mighty wizard!!!
PLEASE!!!!
Wizard: (pulls out stop watch) Okay then. . . . START HOPPING!!!
Princess: (starts to hop around)
Scene 3
Time Card
(1 hour later)
Princess: (gasping and panting-looks at stop watch) ONLY 5 SECONDS LEFT!!!!
5. . . 4. . . 3. . . 2. . . 1. . . 0. . .YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (falls to knees and kisses the ground)
(looks up) Victory is mine!!! Woo hoo! No more tattoos for me!!! (stands up) Oh
it feels so good to stand on two feet again!!!
Zelinda: (sweeps in) So, you have succeeded in breaking the spell (to the
audience) Darn it. Well, I guess I better change you back. (commands: zing a
zang zoogie, whackadoodle whee, reverse the spell says me!
Princess: (still standing there) Now what?
Zelinda: Well rip it off!!!
Princess: Okay!!! (tears of sticker) Hurray!! It’s gone for good!!! (starts dancing)
Zelinda: (Groans) Beat again!!! (runs off)
Scene 4
Time Card
(30 years later)
(Wedding music)
Princess: I do
Husband: I do
(both kiss)
Time Card
(5 years later)
(Baby in cradle): wah, wah!!!
Princess :oh what a precious baby! She’ll look just like me!
Zelinda: (bursts in) Not on your life girl!
Princess: Oh no not again!!!
The End!!!