Being The Mean Girl (Transcript)

It is already another day and Tommy is late for rehearsals. So Annika is singing his part in the song, Ruins. Terribly.

Annika: #Here our adventure now begins #Are these monsters my foes or friends#

Jack: What are you doing?

Annika: Well Tommy actually hasn't even shown up yet for rehearsal and we start in 5 minutes so I'm probably gonna be taking her part today like-

Jack: You are not the understudy for Frisk.

Annika: As the should be understudy for Frisk it's my responsibility to... you know... take her part.

Jack: Well if you were a should be understudy for Frisk... you would be an understudy... so...

Annika: That's why I said, 'should be.' As the lead of this show now, I'm just warming up-

Jack: Gonna take a lot more than warming up to fix that... and Tommy's gonna be here, rehearsal hasn't even started yet-

Annika: Erm... no offence but... I'm glad that you think you know what you're talking about, but you really really don't-

Jack: Oh I know what I'm talking about-

Annika: I am going to ask the directors and they're definitely gonna tell me that I can read for Bell today.

Jack: Yeah you go see the directors, see what happens.

Annika went up to Zoe and Raphael and asked them if she could be the understudy.

Annika: Guys, can I ask you something?

Zoe: Sure.

Raphael: How can we help you?

Annika: Rehearsal starts in five minutes and Tommy is not here yet, he's literally late. Imagine being a lead and being late. Can I read for Frisk today? Can I just read her part please... because he's obviously not gonna show up-

Zoe: no. You're reading your part. He reads his part-

Annika: But he's not here now so he's late so he shouldn't get to read his part.

Raphael: What?

Annika: If you're five minutes early you're already late. As the should be understudy for Frisk... I think I should read his part today.

Zoe: You're not the understudy for Frisk.

Annika: Well, I just want to read his part-

Raphael: Okay, no. No. Stop.

Annika: But it's not fair-

Zoe: But it is fair- I- okay no. No no no no not arguing with you. Not doing this.

Annika: I'm not arguing.

Raphael: No. No. You are reading your part. Tommy reads his. I don't need you to read for him. We already had this conversation once. I'm not gonna be having it with you again.

Just as the commotion was about to end, Tommy finally came into the theatre.

Tommy: Hey! Sorry I'm late, I'm here now.

Annika: (sighs) Okay... okay... okay. Sorry.

Zoe: Finally, you're here.

Tommy: I know. Is everything okay back there?

Raphael: Everything is just fine. Just go read your lines.

Tommy: Okay.

While the other actors were reading their lines, Annika delivers hers.

Annika: Behind you. Hang on- pause the scene. Pause the scene. Did you like the way I delivered that line?

Zoe: Erm... it was- I liked it... it was good-

Annika: Okay because it's just like- I don't know. I feel like I didn't deliver it with like... the inflection that it needed to have.

Raphael: If I didn't like it I would've stopped you-

Annika: It's just like, this line is the most important line in the entire show- it's kind of like the turning point of everything-

Zoe: What do you mean?

Annika: I'm mean... cuz like, you know... I know that you gave me this line for a reason like I volunteered for it but you definitely gave me the line for a reason. I really need to feel the moment. I need to feel it. You know? And I just wasn't feeling it so we need to restart the scene. We really do. We need to-

Raphael: We can't. We can't, we gotta keep running the scene-

Annika: Behind you. Behind you.

Zoe: Okay, yeah, okay.

Annika: Sorry I got carried away for a second. I was just like trying to feel it since you won't restart the scene. I just have to... get in my line... when I can. And it's so stressful being the only actress in this entire cast who genuinely cares about their lines like no one else cares but me-

Raphael: First of all, let not bring other actors and actresses down-

Annika: The leads aren't even memorised yet and I am-

Zoe: Stop, do you want to stay at this rehearsal? If you want to stay, cut it out.

After the commotion, Annika went up to someone who also didn't show up at the first rehearsals and was replaced by Imane. It was Alyssa, the girl who was originally going to play Muffet.

Raphael: How is Alyssa here?

Zoe: Don't worry, Alyssa came here yesterday and she realised that Imane had already replaced her. And she insisted on that role but luckily, I gave her one more chance as the monsters.

Raphael: Oh, okay. Who else didn't show up?

Zoe: Techno.

Raphael: Okay, so we finally managed to get Alyssa here. But Techno didn't come yet.

Zoe: I know.

Meanwhile, Alyssa and Annika were chatting about that.

Alyssa: It's just been really hard and stressful being like the only person in this show who actually cares about their lines.

Annika: No, yeah totally. I totally understand.

Alyssa: Like it's just so hard being the only person in the cast who genuinely cares.

Annika: Well, I care. I care too. It's not just you.

Alyssa: I got this one line and that's all I've been doing for the past... 30 minutes. I've just been practising it and practising it and thinking of the context behind it and my character behind it-

Annika: Yeah. Yeah. No. I get it. Like my line too I've been working so hard.

Alyssa: And the fact that... you know... I'm putting all that work and all that effort... and like, we have leads over there who... aren't even memorised yet... like not even off book. I'm completely off book. I just got my line 30 minutes ago and I'm already off book.

Annika: Honestly it's ridiculous. It's ridiculous... okay yeah I'm not- I'm not even gonna be quiet about it at this point. I'm not gonna be quiet about it. It's ridiculous that Frisk isn't memorised. It's ridiculous. If I would've gotten Frisk... if I would've gotten Frisk... I would've been completely memorised by now. Off book. I would've cared more. It's sad that this show is literally going to suck because of him.

Alyssa: Honestly yeah.

Halfway through rehearsals, Annika went to voice lessons. With the permission of Zoe and Raphael of course. She is currently had her voice lesson with her mum and the voice teacher.