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Rich's Track in Be More Chill
Rich's Track in Be More Chill
JEREMY
I DON’T WANT TO BE SPECIAL, NO NO
I JUST WANNA SURVIVE
Jeremy arrives at school and students buzz around in chaos around him for two 8-counts.
CHLOE
I’m telling this story, Jenna!
(seeing Jeremy)
Oh my God, he was like, getting off on that…
RICH
Yo, don’t touch me, tall-ass!
JEREMY
Sorry, I was just… trying to get to my…
Rich spins him around facing US and writes “BOYF” on his backpack. He spins him
back around and points him in the face oriented now towards SL.
RICH
You wash that off? You’re dead.
Rich spots Jake, who enters from SL of US platform and crosses down to CS with hands
on head and elbows out.
JAKE
I shouldn’t say. But it’s a good thing I rock at pool.
Rich bellows. Jake and Rich cross up to US platform and hang out there together.
CHRISTINE
Excuse me…
JEREMY
Yeah?
CHRISTINE
I think someone wrote “BOYF” on your backpack?
JEREMY
I… Uh…
Christine exits. Music continues. Set changes to lunch. Jake and Rich move platforms CS
and DR respectively. Rich sits down CS in the center of the popular kids table.
JEREMY
OH THAT WAS SMOOTH, YEAH THAT WAS SUPER PIMP
MY MACK DADDY GAME COULDN’T BE MORE LIMP
…
JEREMY
No, I mean - look who’s signing up for the play!
CHRISTINE
MICHAEL
CHRISTINE
BOTH
CHRISTINE, CHRISTINE CANIGULA
CHRISTINE, CHRISTINE, CHRISTINE
The other students become enamored with Christine, participating in Jeremy’s fantasy.
Rich stands upright on the final “LA”.
EVERYONE
CHRISTINE CANIGULA
CHRISTINE CANIGULA - A - A!
…
JEREMY
CHRISTINE SIGNED I’LL DO THE SAME
I GRAB THE PEN, I WRITE MY NAME
RICH
Gay! Hahaha!
The other students laugh and exit. Rich exits out HR aisle.
JEREMY
I’M JUST TRYING ME BEST TO PASS THE TEST AND
SURVIVE
EVERYONE
C-C-C-C’MON, C-C-C-C’MON, GO GO
C-C-C-C’MON, C-C-C-C’MON, GO GO
C-C-C-C’MON, C-C-C-C’MON, GO GO
GO GO GO GO
GO GO GO GO
GO GO GO GO
CHRISTINE
We’ve been slipping in membership lately. I guess it’s just the two of us this year.
Popular kids enter with musical underscoring. Rich follows Jake. He lands before the
music ends sitting on SR platform.
JEREMY
Aw, gah!
MR. REYES
The man is dead. Let it go. We will now take a five-minute break so I can eat a hot pocket.
CHRISTINE
I’m sorry, Jeremy. Did you say something?
JEREMY
Forget it.
Rich enters and moves the SR lockers with Derrick to center for urinals.
Jeremy stands DC washing off his backpack in a sink. Rich enters from UL and leans on
the SL side of the urinals.
RICH
I told you not to wash that off.
JEREMY
Where’s my homework?
RICH
I’m talking to you, tall-ass!
JEREMY
Why do you keep calling me that? I’m not even that tall!
RICH
You could be, if you weren’t hunched over all scared all the time. The only thing more pathetic
is the way you’re sneaking off to a stall to get away from me. Stall’s for girls. You a girl,
Jeremy?
JEREMY
How can you talk to people while you’re… Y’know.
RICH
Confidence.
JEREMY
You might wanna… watch the floor… Uh… I just remembered I don’t have to pee after all -
RICH
Don’t move. You don’t remember me freshman year, do you?
JEREMY
You didn’t go here freshman year -
RICH
I DID! You just didn’t notice. Nobody did!
FRESHMAN YEAR
I DIDN’T HAVE A GIRLFRIEND OR A CLUE
I WAS A LOSER JUST LIKE YOU
GOOD TIMES WOULD ONLY
SOAR BY
I WAS GROSS
AS EVERY FEMALE WOULD ATTEST
MY SEXTING WAS A FUTILE QUEST
MY LITTLE PENIS WAS DEPRESSED
IT WAS SO LONELY
POOR GUY
JEREMY
You got quick?
RICH
Not quick. Squip.
JEREMY
I’ve never heard of it before.
RICH
That’s the point. This is some top-secret-can’t-even-look-it-up-on-the-internet shit.
IT’S FROM JAPAN
IT’S A GREY OBLONG PILL
QUANTUM NANOTECHNOLOGY C.P.U.
THE QUANTUM COMPUTER IN THE PILL
WILL TRAVEL THROUGH YOUR BLOOD UNTIL
IT IMPLANTS IN YOUR BRAIN AND TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO
JEREMY
What? That’s not even possible.
RICH
Shut up, tall-ass! Sorry, old habits. Look, I apologize for treating you like human garbage all the
time. I only did it ‘cause my squip said I had to. But now it’s saying you’re not a bad guy. That
you might want a squip of your own. ‘Course, if you’re not interested…
JEREMY
So it’s like… drugs?
RICH
It’s better than drugs, Jeremy.
IT’S FROM JAPAN
IT’S A GREY OBLONG PILL
QUANTUM NANOTECHNOLOGY C.P.U.
THE QUANTUM COMPUTER IN THE PILL
WILL TRAVEL THROUGH YOUR BLOOD UNTIL
IT IMPLANTS IN YOUR BRAIN AND TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO
IT’S PRE-PROGRAMMED
IT’S AMAZING
SPEAKS TO YOU DIRECTLY
YOU BEHAVE AS
IT’S APPRAISING
HELPS YOU ACT CORRECTLY
PICTURE THIS
NOBODY CARES IF YOU ARE LATE
CUZ EVEN TEACHERS THINK YOU’RE GREAT
YOUR WEEKEND’S JUST A FULL-ON SLATE
OF BLOWOUT BENDERS
OF TEENAGE ROCKSTAR SPLENDORS
I got a hook-up, this guy works at Payless Shoes at the Menlo Park Mall. It’s six hundred.
JEREMY
Dollars?
RICH
It’s worth it. Bring the money on Monday. You’ll see.
JEREMY
Aren’t you gonna wash your hands?
RICH
Aw, man, Jeremy. You know what you need?
A SQUIP
A SQUIP
A SQUIP
NO LONGER A DRIP
WHEN YOU GOT IN YOUR GRIP
A SQUIP
A SQUIP
A SQUIP!
ENSEMBLE
AH AH AH AH
AH AH AH AH
AH AH AH AH AH
SQUIP
I’m a super computer, Jeremy. I’m made of math.
(Mall people enter)
OH, EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU IS SO TERRIBLE
SQUIP
OH, EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU MAKES ME WANNA DIE
SQUIP
THINK YOU ARE SUCH A SLOB
JEREMY
EVERYTHING ABOUT ME MAKES ME WANNA DIE
SQUIP
Now you’ve got it!
BUT JEREMY
SOON YOU’LL SEE
THAT IF YOU LISTEN TO ME
LISTEN TO ME
SQUIP
EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU IS GOING TO BE SO ALIVE!
SQUIP
YOU WON’T FEEL LEFT OUT OR UNSURE
YOU WON’T BE UGLY ANYMORE
SQUIP
YOU WILL
JEREMY
BE MORE CHILL
SQUIP
BE MORE CHILL
ALL
BE MORE CHILL
BE MORE CHILL
BE MORE CHILL
JEREMY
I MIGHT BE THE ONE WHO THE STORY’S ABOUT
NOW THAT SOMEONE’S HELPING ME OUT
RICH
Yo, tall-ass. Where’s my money?
JEREMY
Crap, what do I tell Rich?
SQUIP
Up up down down left right A.
RICH
You got one!
JEREMY
Yeah. Sorry, I meant to go through you but - Don’t hit me!
RICH
Jeremy! This is awesome! I mean, I coulda used the money. Things are kinda rough at home, if
you know what I’m sayin’...
JEREMY
Yeah… my Dad… drinks too?
RICH
Yo, fucking dads, right?! He usually passes out by nine, you should come over, play Xbox. You
know with a Squip, the only controller you need… is your mind?
JEREMY
What was that about?
SQUIP
C-C-C-C-C-C’MON
JEREMY, CAN’T YOU SEE
SQUIP ENSEMBLE
WE GOT A PLAN, NOW BE A MAN NOW BE A MAN
YOU START WITH BROOKE, AND THEN
PROGRESS AND SOON SUCCESS
THEN WE ASSESS AND SOON SUCCESS
WILL INTERVENE, BY WHICH I MEAN
CHRISTINE
JEREMY
CHRISTINE?
ENSEMBLE
CHRISTINE, CHRISTINE, CHRISTINE, CHRISTINE
JEREMY
There’s too many voices in my head! I just need a minute to… process… Alone. Can you get out
of my head for, like, five minutes?
SQUIP
Of course.
JEREMY
I JUST WANNA BE CHILL AS LIFE WILL ALLOW
SO SHOULD I TAKE THE UPGRADE?
JEREMY
SHOULD I TAKE THE UPGRADE?
JEREMY
AND I WASN’T SURE BEFORE
BUT NOW I WANNA GO ALL THE WAY AND MORE
SO GIMME THAT
ALL
TRIED TO BE GENUINE AND TRUE
BUT NOW IT’S TIME FOR SOMETHING NEW
SO GIMME THAT UPGRADE UPGRADE UPGRADE UPGRADE
GIMME THAT UPGRADE UPGRADE UPGRADE UPGRADE
MICHAEL
Jeremy? Are you coming?
JEREMY
Optic nerve blocking: On.
SQUIP
Now, let’s get to work.
ENSEMBLE
AH, AH, AH, AH
AH, AH, AH, AH
ACT II
BROOKE
PICKED OUT A COSTUME FOR TONIGHT
MADE SURE TO GET A SIZE THAT A LOT TOO TIGHT
YOU CAN KINDA SEE MY BUSINESS
BUT I’LL ACT LIKE I DON’T KNOW
WHOA
JAKE
I GOT A CONDOM
CHLOE
AND A FLASK
RICH
I STOLE MY OLDER BROTHER’S “JASON” MASK
AND I DON’T HAVE A MACHETE
BUT A LOAF OF BREAD WILL DO
ENSEMBLE
OOO
SQUIP
Tonight’s the night. This is what we’ve been working towards. Are you ready?
JEREMY
Affirmative… I mean… I got this.
ALL
OOO
JAKE
Who’s ready for my Halloween party?!?!
EVERYBODY’S GOT A RED SOLO CUP
FILL IT UP, FILL IT UP!
HEAR THE BEER SPILL ON THE GROUND
ENSEMBLE
CUZ A HALLOWEEN PARTY’S A RAD EXCUSE
TO PUT YOUR BODY THROUGH MAD ABUSE
AND I MIGHT PASS OUT, BUT IT’S ALRIGHT
CUZ I’M HALLOWEEN PARTYIN’ HARD TONIGHT
IT’S HALLOWEEN
IT’S HALLOWEEN
BROOKE
I was afraid you weren’t coming. Did you get my messages?
JAKE
Cool, they’re over there!
ALL
CRANK THE BASS, IT’S HALLOWEEN
BREAK A VASE, IT’S HALLOWEEN
JELLO SHOTS! IT’S HALLOWEEN
LIVER SPOTS FROM HALLOWEEN
CHLOE
I’m supposed to get you. Brooke has a surprise.
JEREMY
What kind of surprise?
CHLOE
The kind where you don’t ask questions and follow me upstairs.
ALL
EVERYBODY’S GOT A RED SOLO CUP
FILL IT UP! FILL IT UP!
HEAR THE BEER SPILL ON THE GROUND
RICH
IT’S HALLOWEEN
IT’S HALLOWEEN
IT’S HALLOWEEN
IT’S HALLOWEEN…
RICH
You got any Mountain Dew Red?
CHRISTINE
Hey.
JEREMY
Yo. So where is your date?
CHRISTINE
He’s having make-up sex with Chloe. So, my night’s pretty awesome.
JEREMY
Sorry.
CHRISTINE
Don’t be. I dumped him.
RICH
It looks like normal Mountain Dew? But red?
JEREMY
You dumped Jake? Why?? Sorry, you don’t have to…
CHRISTINE
I’m not Juliet. And, it turns out we don’t have anything in common, so…
RICH
SERIOUSLY! WHERE THE FUCK CAN I GET SOME MOUNTAIN DEW RED?
CHRISTINE
Popular people are meeeeeessssed uuuuup.
…
CHRISTINE
I know that’s not what you wanted to… I’m sorry.
Christine exits.
RICH
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAA… CRASH! … You got any Mountain Dew Red?
JEREMY
Okay, this whole no-drinking-while-squipping thing? Would it have killed you to give me a
warning? … Rich?
RICH
Warning. Warning. Warning.
BROOKE
SENDING A TEXT!
ALL
TEXT!
BROOKE
SENDING A TWEET!
ALL
TWEET!
BROOKE
SENDING A TEXT!
ALL
TEXT!
BROOKE
TWEET!
ALL
TWEET!
BROOKE AND JENNA
RELEASE THE INFORMATION
STEP AND REPEAT
BROOKE
I’LL SPREAD THE WORD
ALL
WORD
BROOKE
THAT RICH IS FLECKED
ALL
FLECKED?
BROOKE
NO I WROTE FUCKED
DOES THAT SAY FLECKED?
SORRY, GUYS, IT’S JUST MY AUTOCORRECT
ALL
ALWAYS BE AWARE OF AUTOCORRECT
HI HI HI HI
YO YO YO YO
SUP SUP SUP SUP
FIRE!!!
HUH HAH!
TALK IT, TEXT IT, PASS IT, TALK IT!
OH!
READY? OK, HERE WE GO!
THE 3 GIRLS
WHEN RICH SET A FIRE AND HE BURNED THE HOUSE DOWN
ALL
WHEN RICH SET A FIRE AND HE LEVELED THE TOWN
WHEN RICH SET A FIRE AND HE FLED TO BOMBAY
WHEN RICH SET A FIRE CUZ HE KNEW HE WAS GAY
WHEN RICH SET A FIRE AND HE MELTED HIS HEAD
WHEN RICH SET A FIRE AND HE’S TOTALLY DEAD
THE 3 GIRLS
HE TOLD ME CUZ HE’S MY BEST FRIEND
ALL
RICH SET A FIRE AND HE BURNED DOWN THE HOUSE!
SEND!
END!
Scene 6: The School
SQUIP
SO LET’S COMPLETE THE CHAINS
AND GET INSIDE THOSE BRAINS
SQUIP
LET’S SAVE THE PITIFUL CHILDREN ENSEMBLE
WHOA
LET’S SAVE THE PITIFUL CHILDREN
WHOA
LET’S TEACH THE PITIFUL CHILDREN
WHO JUST HAVEN’T A CLUE
JUST WHAT TO DO
HELP THEM TO HELP YOU
…
ALL
LET’S SAVE THE PITIFUL CHILDREN
LET’S SAVE THE PITIFUL CHILDREN
LET’S TEACH THE PITIFUL CHILDREN
WHO HAVEN’T A CLUE
SQUIP
IF THAT’S WHAT WE DO
IF THAT’S WHAT WE DO
THEN
ALL
EVERYTHING ABOUT US IS GOING TO BE WONDERFUL
WE LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT SQUIPS
EVERYTHING ABOUT US IS GOING TO BE SO ALIVE
WE COULD NEVER LIVE WITHOUT SQUIPS
SQUIP
YOU WON’T FEEL LEFT OUT OR UNSURE
ALL
NOT PITIFUL CHILDREN ANYMORE
‘CUZ EVERYTHING ABOUT US IS GOING TO BE COOL
WHEN WE RULE
SQUIP
I’d stop there. You don’t want to end up like Rich.
JEREMY
Rich? What did he…
RICH
I NEED MOUNTAIN DEW RED!!!
JEREMY
That’s it. Green Mountain Dew activates you. Red shuts you off.
JEREMY
Hello? Ow. Ow ow ow ow ow.
RICH
Feels like you’re missing a part of yourself, doesn’t it?
JEREMY
...Rich?
RICH
Hurts like a motherfucker too. Be honest: what are they saying about me at school? That bad?
JEREMY
Sorry...
RICH
Sorry? I’m finally free of that shiny happy hive mind! When I get outta here, the ladies are gonna
learn to love the real Richard Goranski. And the dudes. Oh my god, I’m totally bi!
JEREMY
Your squip’s gone? But how?
RICH
Ask your buddy. Anti-social headphones kid? He’s been by like, a ton, by the way. What is he,
your boyfriend? No judgement. Just curious. Totally bi now.
MICHAEL
I’m sure some special someone will be lucky to have you, Rich.
RICH
You think?
JEREMY
What happened? All I remember is that noise, and...
MR. HEERE
YOU GOTTA BUY HER A ROSE
COMPLIMENT HER ON HER CLOTHES
MICHAEL
SAY YOU APPRECIATE THAT SHE’S SMART
RICH
NO, MAN, YOU TELL HER THAT SHE
EXCITES YOU SEXUALLY
ALL THREE
AND THAT’S THE WAY YOU GET TO HER HEART
TRUST ME, I KNOW
HOW IT’S GONNA GO
LISTEN AND, OH -
JEREMY
AND THERE ARE VOICES IN MY EAR
I GUESS THEY’LL NEVER DISAPPEAR
CHRISTINE
I THINK THAT ALL OF US WANT TO GO OUT WITH YOU
JEREMY
Woohoo!
EVERYONE
AND THERE ARE VOICES IN MY HEAD
SO MANY VOICES IN MY HEAD
AND THEY CAN YELL
AND HURT LIKE HELL
BUT I KNOW I’LL BE FINE
JEREMY EVERYONE
MIGHT STILL HAVE VOICES IN MY HEAD VOICES IN MY HEAD
THERE ARE VOICES IN MY HEAD VOICES IN MY HEAD
BUT OF THE VOICES IN MY HEAD
THE LOUDEST ONE IS MINE
SQUIP
Jeeereeeeemmmmmyyyyyy…
EVERYONE
NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
CHRISTINE
Ready?
JEREMY
LET’S GO
CHRISTINE
C-C-C-C’MON
C-C-C-C’MON
LET’S GO
JEREMY
C-C-C-C’MON
C-C-C-C’MON
LET’S GO
EVERYONE
C-C-C-C’MON
C-C-C-C’MON
LET’S GO
C-C-C-C’MON
C-C-C-C’MON
LET’S GO
C-C-C-C’MON
C-C-C-C’MON
LET’S
GO!
END OF SHOW