Peggy the Pint Sized Pirate (Free Play Script for Kids)

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PeggythePintSizedPirate

Short AuditionMonologues

for Acting Class andAuditions. Get Art of the

Monologue Now



AChildren'sPlay

(15minuteversion7charactersplusoptionalextras)

by

D.M.Larson

Copyright(c)2003

AllRightsReserved

CastofCharacters

PEGGY



SCUMMYyoungpiratewhosaysmeanthingstoPEGGY

CAPTAINSLUDGE

CAPTAINSOGGY

GRUNTwiseoldpiratewhospeaksmysteriously

SEAMONSTER

MOMMONSTER

EXTRASOtherpirates

Scene1Apirate'scoveforgamesandgrub

Scene2AnislandwheretheSeaMonsterlurks



SCENE1

(PEGGYisaverysmallpirategirlwhoisanxioustobeabigpirate.PEGGYenterspirate'scoveandseesPiratesplaying

variousgamesandenjoyinggrub.Everyoneismuchbiggerthansheisandshelooksoutofplace)

PEGGY

(Toaudience)

Hi,I'mPeggy.Peggythe...Well,Idon'thaveatruepiratenameyet.

SCUMMY

(ToPEGGY)

Sureyoudo.It'sPeggythePintSizedPirate.



(Otherslaughandthengobacktotheirgames)

PEGGY

Yes,that'swhattheycallme.PeggythePintSizedPirate.ButI'mtiredofit.Iwon'tstandforitanymore.

SCUMMY

Won'tstandforit?Ithoughtyouweresittingdown.

PEGGY

I'msotiredofshortjokes.Anyway,Todayismybigday.Ifinallywasgoingtobeapirate.I'vedreamedaboutthisdaysinceI

waslittle.

(SCUMMYlooksather)

Well,I'mstilllittle...andI'mstilldreaming.Butfinallythedayhascome.I'mgoingtodoit.I'mgoingtobeapirate.

(SCUMMYlaughsatherandthenpointstoCAPTAINSwhoenter)

SCUMMY

Lineemup!

(Pirateslineup.PEGGYgetsstuckbehindtheotherpiratesandhopsaroundtryingtosee.Sheslipsinbetween

twoofthem)



CAPTAINSOGGY

WeneedtwocrewsforatreasureruntoTucson.

PEGGY

Tuscon?

(PEGGYgetspushedbackandhopsaroundbehind)

CAPTAINSLUDGE

Igetfirstpick.I'lltakeBobtheBrave

(BOBhappilylinesupbehindSLUDGE)

CAPTAINSOGGY

I'lltakeSuetheSmelly.

(EveryonestepsbacksoSUEcanmoveoverbySOGGYwhonoticesherodor.SLUDGEandSOGGYcontinuepickingpiratesduringthefollowing:)

PEGGY

Iwassoexcited.ThiswasthefirsttimeItriedoutforapiratecrew.CaptainSludgehadthefastestpiratearound.Everyonewas



anxioustobewithSludgewhentheseaspeedrecordof1812wasbroken.AndthenCaptainSoggywasgreattoo.Soggyhadtheonlypirateshipthatwouldgounderwater.Really!Butaftermoreandmorepirateswerepicked,Igotworriedbecauseno

onewaspickingme.

CAPTAINSLUDGE

AndI'lltakeScummytheSweet.

(SCUMMYstickstongueoutatPEGGYandlinesupwithothers)

That'sitthen.

(PiratesallstarttotalkandgowithCAPTAINS)

PEGGY

Wait!Whataboutme?!

(EveryonestopsandstaresatPEGGY.Thentheylaugh)

SCUMMY

Noway,shrimp.

CAPTAINSOGGY

(PatsPEGGYonhead)

Maybewhenyou'rebigger.



SCUMMY

Right,thatwillhappen.

CAPTAINSLUDGE

Betterstayhereandletthebigbravepiratesgo.Wedon'twantyoutogethurt.

CAPTAINSOGGY

Wecan'thandlescreaminglittlegirlsonshipswithseamonsterafoot.

(PiratesleaveandPEGGYsitsbyherselfallupset)

PEGGY

NowI'llneverbeapirate.

(PEGGYcries)

GRUNT

(OldGRUNTenters)

What'sthisboohooingIhear?

PEGGY



Noonewantsmetobeapirate.TheythinkI'mtoolittle.

GRUNT

Dotheynow?

PEGGY

EveryonelaughedatmeandsaidI'dbescared.I'mnotscaredofanything.AndIwouldn'tcry...

(Wipesawaytears)

I'mnotafraidofanyseamonsters.

(Criesagain)

WhoamIkidding?Iamtoolittle.

GRUNT

You'renotlittleatallyouknow.

PEGGY

What?Can'tyouseeme?I'mtiny.

GRUNT

There'ssomethingIcanseethat'sbiggerthananypirateIknow.Somethingthatyou'llhavetoseeonyourown.



PEGGY

Idon'tgetit.Whatdoyoumean?

GRUNT

Giveittime,Peggyandyou'llsee.

PEGGY

(Throwingafit)

ButIwannabebignow!!!!!!

(Jumpsaroundandscreams)

GRUNT

(WaitsforPEGGYtostop)

Feelbetter?

PEGGY

(Calm)

Actually,yes.Thankyou.



GRUNT

Verysoonyou'llgetyourchancetoseewhatyouhavethatisgreaterthanmost.

PEGGY

Well,I'mnotmovingfromthisspotuntilIfindout.

GRUNT

Stubbornaren'twe?

PEGGY

PeggytheStubborn.Naw,doesn'tsoundright.

GRUNT

PatiencePeggy.Yourmomentwillcome.

(GRUNTleaves)

PEGGY

Oldpeoplesawtheweirdestthings.Mebeingbig?Now?Buthow?SoIstayedhereandwaitedforananswer.Anditdidn'ttake

long.

SCUMMY



(Runsin)

Ahh!Thehorror!Thehorror!

PEGGY

Whatisit,Scummy?

SCUMMY

Bothshipsaregone.Destroyed.

PEGGY

Buthow?

SCUMMY

Theseamonster!

PEGGY

Really?Andthepiratescouldn'tstopthem.

SCUMMY

Theytriedbutthemonsteristoopowerful.Bothshipsaregoneforever.



PEGGY

Howdidyousurvive?

SCUMMY

IhidinabarrelwhenIsawthemonstercoming.

PEGGY

Youhid?That'snotverypiratey.

SCUMMY

Pleasedon'ttell.

(SCUMMYrunsandhides)

CAPTAINSLUDGE

(EnterswithCAPTAINSOGGY)

Ican'tbelieveourshipsaregone.

CAPTAINSOGGY

Andtheentirecrewwascaptured.



PEGGY

Whatareyougoingtodo?

CAPTAINSLUDGE

Whatcanwedo?

CAPTAINSOGGY

MaybeI'llopenupalittleseasideresort.

PEGGY

Youcan'tgiveup.Whataboutyourcrew?Youmustsavethem.

CAPTAINSLUDGE

Sorry,butI'mnotgoingoutthereagain.Notwiththatmonsteroutthere.

CAPTAINSOGGY

AndIcouldservesodapopandsoupwithlittletinyumbrellasinthem.

PEGGY



Soyou'rebothacoupleofchickens.

(BothCAPTAINSstopandstareather)

CAPTAINSLUDGE

Whatdidyousay?

PEGGY

Chickens.

(Actslikeachicken)

Brock,brock,brock.

CAPTAINSOGGY

Icouldputchickenbetweentwoslicesofbread.SomeoneshowedmethatontheSandwichIslands.

(CAPTAINSOGGYexits)

CAPTAINSLUDGE

Fine.Youthinkyou'resobrave.Thenyoubecaptainandtakecareofthatseamonsteryourself.

(StickshugecaptainhatonPEGGYanditcoversherhead)

Bestoflucktoyou,Captain.

(Laughsandexits)



PEGGY

(Pullsoffhat)

Captain?Washeserious?Evenifhewasn't,itdoesn'tmatter.Someonehastosavethosepirates.

(GrabsSCUMMYoutofhiding)

Comeon,Scummy.We'regoingtosavesomepirates.

SCENE2

(Lightscomeuponanislandwheretheseamonsterlives.PEGGYandSCUMMYenter.SCUMMYisterrified)

PEGGY

ItookalittleboatwithonlyScummytohelprow.Wefollowedthetrailofwreckedshipsuntilwemadeourwaytothislittleislandthatmustbetheseamonsterslair.

SCUMMY

Idon'tthinkthisisagoodidea,Peggy.

PEGGY

Yes,yousaidthataboutahundredtimesonthewayover.Butsomeonehastosavethesepirates.



SCUMMY

Andwhatmakesyouthinkwecandoit?

PEGGY

BecauseIcandoanythingIputmymindto.

(Roaringsoundoffstage.SEAMONSTERusesmicrophoneforbigsound)

SCUMMY

What'sthat?

PEGGY

Idon'tknow.

(Roaringsoundagain)

SCUMMY

Thereiswasagain.

(Roaring)

Let'sgetoutofhere.

PEGGY



ButIdon'tseeanything.

SCUMMY

(Ahugeshadowappearsbehindthem.ShadowiscastusingacutoutbehindalightorbytheSEAMONSTER

standingbeingaspotlight.SCUMMYseesit)

Ahh!Run!

(SCUMMYruns)

PEGGY

Scummy!Getbackhere.

(PEGGYstandsreadyandfacestheshadow)

Iguessit'suptome.

(Bravelycallsout)

Showyourselfseamonster.I'mreadyforyou!

SEAMONSTER

(Roars.Off)

YoubetterrunlittlepiratebeforeIeatyou.

PEGGY

No,youbetterrunbeforeIeatyou.



SEAMONSTER

(Off)

What?Youcan'teatme.

PEGGY

IcaneatanythingIwant.

SEAMONSTER

(Enters.SEAMONSTERisnotmuchbiggerthanPEGGY.SEAMONSTERcanbeinacostumewithoneortwoactorsinside.Iftwoactorsareincostume,oneistheheadandtheotherworksthehindendandtail)

Whyaren'tyouscared?

PEGGY

Hey!You'rejustalittleguy.

SEAMONSTER

Usuallytheshadowscaresmostofthemaway.

PEGGY

Howdidyoudothat?



SEAMONSTER

Ancientseamonstersecret.

PEGGY

Comeon,youcantellme.

SEAMONSTERYou'reapirate.Ican'ttellyou.

PEGGY

(Proud)

Hey,nobodyhasevercalledmeapiratebefore.

SEAMONSTER

Thatwasn'tacompliment.

PEGGY

Sowhat'sthedeal?Howcanalittlemonsterlikeyoudefeatallthosepirates?

SEAMONSTER



Oh,thatisn'tme.That'smymama.She'stheonewhodestroysallthoseships.

PEGGY

Andshecapturedallthosepirates?

SEAMONSTER

Yes.

PEGGY

ThenIneedtotalktoher.

SEAMONSTER

Youcan'tdothat.

PEGGY

Whynot?

SEAMONSTER

Shewon'ttalktoyou.She'lljustcaptureyouandtortureyouliketheothers.



PEGGY

Torture?!That'sterrible.

SEAMONSTER

Theyaregettingwhattheydeserve.

PEGGY

Iwon'thearofit.Takemetothemorelse.

SEAMONSTER

Orelsewhat?

PEGGY

I...I...

SEAMONSTER

You...you...what?

PEGGY

Iwon'ttellyoumysecret.



SEAMONSTER

Secret?Whatsecret?

PEGGY

(Toaudience)

Seamonsterscan'tresistagoodsecret.

(ToSEAMONSTER)

I'lltellyouifyoutakemetoyourmama.

SEAMONSTER

Givemeahint!

PEGGY

Nope.NotuntilIseeyourmama.

SEAMONSTER

Notonelittlehint?

PEGGY

Sorry.



SEAMONSTER

Fine.I'lltakeyoutoMama.She'lljustcapturethough.Shewon'ttellyouanything.Followme.

SCUMMY

(SneaksuponthemandstabsSEAMONSTERinthefootwithastick)

Ha!Igotyou.

SEAMONSTER

Ow!

(Hopsaroundinpain)

PEGGY

Scummy!Whathaveyoudone?

SCUMMY

I'vedefeatedtheseamonster!

PEGGY

Butifyouhurttheseamonster,wewon'tknowwherethepiratesweretaken.



SCUMMY

Oh.

SEAMONSTER

Whopokedme?Thathurts!

SCUMMY

(PointstoPEGGY)

Shedidit.

(SCUMMYruns)

SEAMONSTER

Comebackhere.IknowalittleliarwhenIseeone.

(Takesastepandhowlsinpain)

PEGGY

Here,letmehelpyou.

SEAMONSTER



Whywouldyouwanttodothat?

PEGGY

Well...Idowantyoutoshowmewherethepiratesare...but...

SEAMONSTER

Butwhat?

PEGGY

Ikindoflikeyoutoo.

SEAMONSTER

Youdo?

PEGGY

Iknowpiratesaren'tsupposedtolikeseamonsters,butIdokindoflikeyou.

SEAMONSTER

Andwhyisthat?



PEGGY

Becauseyou'relittleandyou'resobigallatthesametime.IwishIcouldbeasbraveandstrongasyou.

SEAMONSTER

Idon'tfeelsobraveandstrongwiththisstickinmyfoot.

(Howlsinpain)

PEGGY

Here,letmehelpwiththat.

SEAMONSTER

(Movesaway)

No.

PEGGY

Comeon.

SEAMONSTER

No,it'sgonnahurt.



PEGGY

Don'tbeababy.Letmegetit.

SEAMONSTER

Fine,butIcan'tlook.

PEGGY

OnthecountofthreeI'llpullitout.Ready?

SEAMONSTER

Ready.

PEGGY

One,two...

(Pullsoutstick)

SEAMONSTER

...where'sthree.

(Looks)



PEGGY

Stick'sout.See,itwasn'tthatbadwasit.

SEAMONSTER

(Looksatstickthenhowls)

Ow!

PEGGY

What?What?

SEAMONSTER

Nowithurts.Delayedreaction.

PEGGY

Don'tbesilly.It'sallinyourhead.

SEAMONSTER

Youthinkso?

PEGGY



Iknowso.

SEAMONSTER

Iguessit'snotthatbad.

PEGGY

Good.Nowtakemetoyourmama.

SEAMONSTER

Uh,Peggy.

(HugeshadowloomsupbehindPEGGY.MAMAMONSTERcanremainashadowunlessaproductionbudgetallowsforalargemonsterheadtoappearonstagebutthisisunnecessary.Ashadowcastbyacutoutinalight

willworkwiththevoiceofMAMAMONSTERonmicrophone)

PEGGY

Yes?

SEAMONSTER

She'shere.

MAMAMONSTER



Hello,baby.Didyoucaptureanotherpirate?

SEAMONSTER

Well,notreally.ThisisPeggy.Shewantstotalktoyou.

MAMAMONSTER

Talktome?Why?

PEGGY

Iwantyoutoreleaseallthosepiratesyoucaptured.

MAMAMONSTER

Why?

PEGGY

Becausewhatdidtheydotoyou?

MAMAMONSTER

Theyhavemadeagarbagedumpofthesea.

PEGGY



You'remadatthembecausetheylitter.

SEAMONSTER

Piratesmakealotoftrash.

PEGGY

Butyou'repollutingtheseawithbrokenpirateships.

MAMAMONSTER

Goodpoint.You'reasmartlittleone.

PEGGY

IguessImakeupforsizewithbrains.Thatmustbewhatthatoldcootmeant.Mybrains!Theymustbebiggerthananypirates.

SEAMONSTER

That'snotsayingmuch.Ithinkmyearwaxissmarterthanmostpirates.

PEGGY

Sowhatdidyoudowiththepirates?



MAMAMONSTER

We'remakingthempickupallthelitterthey'vemade.

SEAMONSTER

Andthatcouldtakealongtime.They'velitteredalot.

PEGGY

Ipromisethattheywillneverlitteragainifyouletthemgo.

MAMAMONSTER

CanItrustyou?You'reapirate.

SEAMONSTER

She'snotlikeotherpirates,Mama.ShehelpedmewhenIwashurt.Sheisalsomyfriend.

PEGGY

Really?

SEAMONSTER

Really,really.



MAMAMONSTER

Pirates!

(PIRATESrushoutandcrowdtogethershakinginfear)

I'llletthemgo,butIdon'twanttoseeanymorelitter.

(PIRATESshakeheadno)

GoodbyePeggyPirate.Iwishallpirateswerelikeyou.

(Shadowsfades)

SEAMONSTER

Goodbye,Peggy.

PEGGY

WillIseeyouagain?

SEAMONSTER

Youbet.

(SCUMMYslinksincautiously.CAPTAINSLUDGEandCAPTAINSOGGYfollow.CAPTAINShappilygreet

PIRATES)

Justdon'tbringthatthingwithyou.

(SEAMONSTERexits)



SCUMMY

(SeesPIRATES)

Whathappened?

PEGGY

Theysetthepiratesfree.

SCUMMY

Yousavedthem.

CAPTAINSLUDGE

Ineverthoughtsuchalittlepiratecoulddosuchabigthing.

CAPTAINSOGGY

Howwouldyouliketobemyfirstmate?

CAPTAINSLUDGE

ThreecheersforPeggy.



PIRATES

Hiphiphurray!Hiphiphurray!Hiphiphurray!

PEGGY

Thankyouallofyou.Butthismeansnomorelitter.

(PIRATESnodsinagreement)

CAPTAINSLUDGE

Let'sgo,youscurvydogs.

(PEGGYwatchesPIRATESgowithCAPTAINS.CAPTAINSOGGYtossessomelitterinfrontofher.PEGGY'sjawdropwhensheseesthespotwheretheywerestanding.It'sfulloflitter)

PEGGY

Iseemyworkiscutoutforme.

ENDOFPLAY

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