The Play Part 2(Transcript)

55 minutes after the intermission break, Jenny and Kandace went back on stage while everyone else is in their positions.

Jenny: Hello guys, how are you after your intermission break?

Kandace: Are you feeling good? Well we're back and we can continue this play after what we left off. Let's continue shall we?

The play started again. Moses touches Tzipporah, then kissing her.

Raphael: I love you.

Moses gets up, then walking away, then opening a curtain, looking at the sky by the sheep, then inhaling, then walking by the sheep, then petting the sheep, then the sheep runs away, then sighing, then walking up.

Raphael: It's too early for this.

He walks inside a cave by God, then looking at it, then getting down by God, then touching the fire, holding a stick, then the head touches a fire.

Yuto: Moses. Moses. Moses. Moses.

Raphael: Here I am.

Yuto: Take the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground.

The rocks roll away.

Raphael: Who are you?

Yuto: I am that I am.

Raphael: I don't understand.

Yuto: I am the God of your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Moses drops the staff.

Emily: You were born of my mother, Yocheved. You are our brother.

Raphael: What do you want from me?

Yuto: I have seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, and have heard their cry.

Raphael: Stop it! Leave that man alone!

Yuto: So I have come down to deliver them out of slavery, and bring them to a good land, a land flowing with milk and honey. And so, unto Pharaoh, I shall send you.

Raphael: Me? Wh-who am I to lead these people? They'll never believe me. They won't even listen.

Yuto: I shall teach you what to say.

Raphael(flashback): Let my people go!

Raphael: But I was their enemy. I was the prince of Egypt, the son of a man who slaughtered their children. You've... You've chosen the wrong messenger. H-how can I even speak to these people?

Yuto: Who made man's mouth? Who made the deaf, the mute, the seeing or the blind? Did not I? Now go!

Moses pants.

Gods: Oh, Moses, I shall be with you when you go to the king of Egypt. But Pharaoh will not listen. So I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders. Take the staff in your hand, Moses. With it, you shall do my wonders. I shall be with you, Moses. Moses. Moses.

Moses looks at a staff, then grabbing it and then standing up, by looking at the leaves falling down, then the sheep runs, then looking at a village, then running by Tzipporah, then dancing with Tzipproah with scenes with no dialogue, then hugging, then showing a feet, then grabbing a staff, then walking around, then back to dialogue.

Molly: But, Moses, you are just one man.

Raphael: Tzipporah, please. (sighing) Look at your family.

They all chatter.

Raphael: They are free. They have a future. They have hopes and dreams, and the promise of a life with dignity. That is what I want for my people. And that is why I must do the task that God has given me.

The people walk with the sheep, then they hug.

Molly: I'm coming with you.

They all wave with the camel walking by Moses and Tzipporah, by desert, buildings, then the men push, with the camel walking with Moses and Tzipporah, then laying on the ground, then grabbing the boy, then the men walk away, the guards walk inside, by the men, then they all lay down, then Rameses puts his hand up.

Raphael: Rameses.

Ankit: Moses? Is it really?

They both nod, then Rameses walks down the stairs by Moses and Tzipporah.

Ankit: Moses!

Raphael: Rameses!

Ankit: Where have you been? I thought you were dead.

They both laugh.

Ankit: Look at you!

Raphael: Pharaoh.

Ankit: Well, look at you. What on earth are you dressed as?

Raphael: Oh, Rameses, it's so good to see you.

Spencer: Excuse me, Your Majesty. We are compelled to remind you this man committed a serious crime against the gods.

Poe: We are loathe to bring it up, mind you.

Spencer: The law clearly states the punishment for such a crime...

Poe: Death!

Spencer: We hesitate to say it.

Ankit: Be still. Pharaoh speaks. I am the Morning and the Evening Star.

Raphael: Rameses.

Ankit: It shall be as I say. I pardon forever all crimes of which he stands accused, and will have it known that he is our brother Moses, the prince of Egypt.

Raphael: Rameses, in my heart, you are my brother, but things cannot be as they were.

Ankit: I see no reason why not.

Raphael: You know I am a Hebrew, and the God of the Hebrews came to me.

Ankit: What?

Raphael: He commands that you let his people go.

The crowd murmur.

Ankit: Commands?

Raphael: Behold, the power of God.

Moses puts his staff down, then transforming into a snake.

Ankit: Well, uh, impressive. Hmm. Very well, Moses. I'll play along. (chuckling) Hotep. Huy. Give this snake charmer our answer.

They chuckle, then they dance by closing the windows, shining at the mirror, by putting hands up and down.

Song: Playing With The Big Boys from Moses

Spencer and Poe: #By the power of Ra #Mut, Nut, Khnum, Ptah #Nephthys, Nekhbet, Sobek, Sekhmet #Sokar, Selket, Reshpu, Wadjet #Anubis, Anukis, Seshmu, Meshkent #Hemsut, Tefnut, Heket, Mafdet #Ra, Mut, Nut, Ptah #Hemsut, Tefnut, Sokar, Selket #Seshmu, Reshpu, Sobek, Wadjet #Heket, Mafdet, Nephthys, Nekhbet #Ra#

Spencer: #So you think you've got friends in high places #With the power to put us on the run?#

Poe: #Well, forgive us these smiles on our faces #You'll know what power is when we are done#

Both: #Son#

Poe: #You're playing with the big boys now #Playing with the big boys now#

Spencer: #Oh, that's pretty#

Poe: #Ev'ry spell and gesture #Tells you who's the best#

Both: #You're playing with the big boys now #You're playing with the big boys now #You're playing with the big boys now#

Spencer: #Stop this foolish mission#

Poe: #Watch a true magician!#

Both: #Give an exhibition, how#

Poe: #Pick up your silly twig, boy#

Both: #You're playing with the big boys now! #Ha ha ha ha!#

Choir: #By the power of Ra #Mut, Nut, Khnum, Ptah #Sobek, Sekhmet, Sokar, Selket #Anubis, Anukis #Hemsut, Tefnut, Meshkent, Mafdet...#

Spencer, Poe and Choir: #You're playing with the big boys now #You're playing with the big boys now#

Both: #By the might of Horus #You will kneel before us #Kneel to our splendorous power#

Spencer: #You put up a front#

Poe: #You put up a fight#

Spencer: #And just to show we feel no spite#

Poe: #You can be our acolyte#

Spencer: #But first, boy, it's time to bow (Kowtow!)#

Both: #Or it's your own grave you'll dig, boy #You're playing with the big boys #Playing with the big boys #Playing with the big boys #Playing with the big boys #Playing with the bigs boys now!#

The crowd cheers.

Poe: They love it.

They all shout and cheer, then grabbing a snake, transforming back into a stick, then they both walk out

Ankit: (chuckling) All right, Moses. I know you. What's this really about?

Raphael: Rameses, look. What do you see?

Ankit: A greater Egypt than that of my father.

Raphael: That is not what I see.

Ankit: Moses, I cannot change what you see. I have to maintain the ancient traditions. I bear the weight of my father's crown.

Raphael: Do you still not understand what Seti was?

Ankit: He was a great leader.

Raphael: His hands bore the blood of thousands of children.

Ankit: Hmph. Slaves.

Raphael: My people. And I can no longer hide in the desert while they suffer at your hands.

Ankit: So, you have returned, only to free them.

He takes the ring off, then putting on a chair.

Raphael: I'm sorry.

Ankit: Yes. I had hoped that... [kisses the ring, then getting out of a chair, then putting the hat back on] I do not know this God. Neither will I let your people go.

Raphael: Rameses, please, you must listen...

Ankit: I will not be the weak link!

Rameses walks away, then opening the doors.

Ankit: Tell your people as of today, their workload has been doubled, thanks to your God. Or is it thanks to you?

Rameses closed the doors, then picking mud off.

Man: It's Moses.

The man throws mud at Moses, then falling down.

Molly: Moses! Ohh.

Aidan: So, Moses, how does it feel when you get struck to the ground?

Raphael: I didn't mean to cause you more pain. I'm just trying to do as God told me.

Aidan: God? When did you start caring about any of us? In fact, Moses, when did you start caring about slaves? Was it when you found out that you were one of us?

Molly: Don't listen to him.

Raphael: No, he's... he's right. I did not see because I did not wish to see.

Aidan: Oh, you didn't see because you didn't wish to see. Ah! Well, that makes everything fine then, doesn't it?

Emily: Aaron! You shame yourself.

Miriam walks down by Moses and Tzipporah.

Raphael: Miriam. I'm so sorry.

Moses puts his hand on the face.

Emily: Moses, hear what I say. I have been a slave all my life, and God has never answered my prayers until now. God saved you from the river, he saved you in all your wanderings, and even now he saves you from the wrath of Pharaoh. God will not abandon you, so don't you abandon us.

They all look at the men, then grabbing the staff, then walking down, then Miriam walks down.

Aidan: Miriam. Where are you going? M-Miriam.

They all walk down, then looking at a boat.

Spencer: The ball disappears. Where is it? In his hand.

They all laugh.

Raphael: Rameses! Let my people go!

Ankit: (laughing) Still gnawing away at that bone, are we? Carry on.

Poe: You cannot keep ignoring us.

Ankit: Enough! I will hear no more of this Hebrew nonsense. Bring him to me.

The guards take swords out, then they jump in the water.

Molly: Moses!

Aidan: No!

The guards continue walking in the water, then the wind blows at Moses.

Yuto: Take the staff in your hand, Moses.

He holds the staff, then walking in the water, then touching the water, putting the whole blood in the water, then they all run down, then the blood continues flowing at the guards, then touching the blood of water.

Rameses' Son: Father.

Molly: It's...

Guard: Blood! Blood! Oh, blood!

They all run to the boat, then holding on, putting blood around.

Ankit: Hotep! Huy! Explain this to me!

Spencer: Ah!

Poe: Rest assured, Your Majesty,

Spencer: Uh, yes, we were going to demonstrate the superior might of our gods. Uh...

Hotep puts the jug down, then putting blood in.

Spencer: By the power of Ra!

Rameses puts his hand in the blood, chuckling, then laughing.

Ankit: Abandon this futile mission, Moses. I've indulged you long enough. This must now be finished.

They all look at the boat.

Raphael: No, Rameses. It is only beginning.

Aidan: But, Moses, d-didn't you see what happened? The priests did the same thing. Pharaoh still has the power over our lives.

Raphael: Yes, Aaron, it's true. Pharaoh has the power. He can take away your food, your home, your freedom. He can take away your sons and daughters. With one word, Pharaoh can take away your very lives. But there is one thing he cannot take away from you: your faith. Believe, for we will see God's wonders.

Song: The Plagues from Prince of Egypt

Choir: #Since you refuse to free my people #All through the land of Egypt #I send a pestilence and plague #Into your house, into your bed #Into your streams, into your streets #Into your drink, into your bread #Upon your cattle, on your sheep #Upon your oxen in your field #Into your dreams, into your sleep #Until you break, until you yield #I send the swarm, I send the horde #Thus saith the Lord#

Raphael; #Once I called you brother #Once I thought the chance to make you laugh #Was all I ever wanted#

Choir: #I send the thunder from the sky #I send the fire raining down

Raphael: #And even now I wish that God had chose another #Serving as your foe on His behalf #Is the last thing that I wanted#

Choir: #I send a hail of burning ice #On ev'ry field, on ev'ry town#

Raphael: #This was my home #All this pain and devastation #How it tortures me inside #All the innocent who suffer #From your stubbornness and pride#

Choir: #I send the locusts on the wind #Such as the world has never seen #On ev'ry leaf, on ev'ry stalk #Until there's nothing left of green #I send my scourge, I send my sword #Thus saith the Lord

Raphael: #You who I called brother #Why must you call down another blow?#

Choir: #I send my scourge, I send my sword#

Raphael: #Let my people go#

Choir: #Thus saith the Lord#

Raphael and Choir: #Thus saith the Lord#

Ankit: #You who I called brother #How could you have come to hate me so? #Is this what you wanted?#

Choir: #I send the swarm, I send the horde#

Ankit: #Then let my heart be hardened #And never mind how high the cost may grow #This will still be so: #I will never let your people go#

Choir: #Thus saith the Lord#

Raphael: #Thus saith the Lord#

Ankit: #I will not...#

All: #...let your (my) people go!#

Raphael: Rameses? Rameses?

Ankit: Oh. Let me guess. You want me to let your people go.

Raphael: I hoped I would find you here.

Rameses throws a cup on the ground.

Ankit: Get out!

Raphael: Rameses, we must bring this to an end. Rameses, please, talk to me. We could always talk here. (sighs) This place. So many memories. I remember the time you switched the heads of the gods of the Temple of Ra. (sighs)

Ankit: If I recall correctly, you were there switching heads right along with me.

Raphael: No, it was you. I didn't do that.

Ankit: Oh, yes, you did. You put the hippo on the crocodile, and the crocodile...

Raphael: On the falcon.

Ankit: Yes! The priest thought it was a horrible omen and fasted for two months. Father was furious. You were getting me into trouble.

He walks away, then Moses walks up to Rameses.

Ankit: But then... (chuckling) You were always there to get me out of trouble again. Hmmph. Why can't things be the way they were before?

Rameses' Son: Father. It's so dark. I'm frightened. Why is he here? Isn't that the man who did all this?

Ankit: Yes. But one must wonder why.

Raphael: Because no kingdom should be made on the backs of slaves. Rameses, your stubbornness is bringing this misery upon Egypt. It would cease if only you would let the Hebrews go.

Ankit: I will not be dictated to. I will not be threatened. I am The Morning and The Evening star. I am Pharaoh.

Raphael: Something else is coming. Something much worse than anything before. Please, let go of your contempt for life before it destroys everything you hold dear. Think of your son!

Ankit: I do. You Hebrews have been nothing but trouble. My Father had the right idea about how to deal with your people.

Raphael: Rameses...

Ankit: And I think it's time I finished the job.

Raphael: Rameses!

Ankit: And there shall be a great cry in all of Egypt, such as never has been or ever will be again!

Camera zooms to Pharaoh pointing at a baby, babies in the water, and Rameses' Son, then looking around.

Raphael: Rameses, you bring this upon yourself.

Camera zooms out of the building.

Raphael: God has come to me again, saying, "Take a lamb, and with its blood, mark the lintel and posts of every door, for tonight, I shall pass through the land of Egypt, and smite all the firstborn. But when I see the blood upon your door, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not enter."

Moses closed the window, then the wind appears, flowing down at the buildings, then rattling, then hugging the people, then flowing at the door, sleeping, escaping the breath, then flowing inside, escaping the breath, then blowing the fire out, then opening a window, looking at a wind, then closing the window, then walking upstairs, with the wind flowing, then the pottery breaks, then the wind continues flowing at the men, running away, with the shadow flowing on the head, then the breaths escape, then the wind disappears, then Rameses walks up, holding Rameses' Son, then Moses walks up, then putting a blanket around him.

Ankit: You and your people, have my permission to go.

Moses touches Rameses.

Ankit: Leave me!

He looks at Rameses' Son, covered in blanket, then walking away, then hugging Rameses' Son, then hearing a baby wailing, then putting a stick down, then laying on a wall, sobbing, then sitting down, then walking away, then Tzipporah appears by Moses, then hugging him, then Miriam walks up to Tzipporah and Moses.

Song: When You Believe from The Prince of Egypt

Emily: #Many nights we've prayed #With no proof anyone could hear #In our hearts a hopeful song we barely understood #Now we are not afraid #Although we know there's much to fear #We were moving mountains long before we knew we could #There can be miracles when you believe #Though hope is frail it's hard to kill #Who knows what miracles you can achieve #When you believe, somehow you will #You will when you believe#

Molly: #In this time of fear when prayer so often proved in vain #Hope seemed like the summer birds #Too swiftly flown away #Yet now I'm standing here#

Emily: #Now I'm standing here#

Molly: #With heart so full I can't explain#

Both: #Seeking faith and speaking words I never thought I'd say #There can be miracles when you believe #Though hope is frail it's hard to kill#Who knows what miracles you can achieve #When you believe, somehow you will #You will when you believe#

Zoe: #Ashira l'adonai; ki gaoj ga-ah #Ashira l'adonai; ki gaoj ga-ah #Mi chamocha baelim adonai#

Zoe and George: #Mi kamocha nedar ba kodesh #Nachita v'chas-d'cha am zu ga-alta #Nachita v'chas-d'cha am zu ga-alta #Ashira, ashira, ashira#

Freshmen: #Ashira l'adonai; ki gaoj ga-ah #Ashira l'adonai; ki gaoj ga-ah#

Choir: #Mi chamocha baelim adonai #Mi kamocha nedar ba kodesh #Nachita v'chas-d'cha am zu ga-alta #Nachita v'chas-d'cha am zu ga-alta #Ashira, ashira, ashira!#

All: #There can be miracles when you believe #Though hope is frail it's hard to kill #Who knows what miracles you can achieve #When you believe, somehow you will #Now you will #You will when you believe #When you believe #You will when you believe#

They all walk to a water, putting the jugs down, putting the baby down, taking the shoes off, drinking water, then pouring water in the bowl, then drinking, then blowing a horn, then Rameses appears, then the guards appear, then they all run away, then grabbing a baby, then they all look at a clouds forming the night sky, hearing thunder, then the sea goes up in the sky, then the fire shoots the ground, then they all run away, by tracing the fire, then looking around, then looking at a stick, then walking away, in a water, then raising the staff.

Yuto: With this staff, you shall do my wonders!

Moses drops the staff, the the water flows up, by rocks, causing the wind, then Aaron walks by Moses, then walking away, then they all walk in, by the wind and thunder, then putting the sheep down, then breaking a wheel.

Raphael: Leave it!

They continue walking, then lighting the torches, by a whale, then gasping, then they continue walking, then the camel lays on Aaron.

Aidan: Yeah, me too.

He puts down the woman, then the tornarado hits the ground, then the tornado disappears, then taking a sword out, the the horses run, and the guards run by horses by charging the people, then the chariot breaks, then the horses continue running, then getting up.

Ankit: Don't just stand there! Kill them!

The guards run at the people.

Rameses: Kill them all!

Raphael: The soldiers! They're coming!

The people run away.

Aaron: Moses! Moses! Hurry! Hurry! I got you.

Man: Look! The shore!

The red sea opens, then the men continue running away, then hearing a thunderclap, then the water falls down, then the water attacks the guards.

Ankit: No!

The water puts Rameses on a rock. He runs away by a wave by wind, then the water transforms back into the sea, long pause, then hugging Aaron, then they all murmur and chatter, then hugging the child, then touching the sand, then hugging the woman, and Tzipporah, then Aaron hugs Moses, then Miriam hugs Tzipporah, then walking to Miriam and Tzipporah, then Miriam hugs Moses.

Raphael: Thank you.

She walks away, then Moses walks away, by looking at clouds and sea, then cut to Rameses.

Ankit: Moses! Moses!

Raphael: Good-bye, brother.

Choir: #Ashira l'adonai; ki gaoj ga-ah #Ashira l'adonai; ki gaoj ga-ah#Mi chamocha baelim adonai #Mi kamocha nedar ba kodesh #Nachita v'chas-d'cha am zu ga-alta #Nachita v'chas-d'cha am zu ga-alta #Ashira, ashira, ashira#

Molly: Look. Look at your people, Moses.

They both look at the people.

Molly: They are free.

Moses walks by holding a stone, by walking down the hill, by looking at the village.

Sheryl: #Deliever us#

The play finally ended as everyone bowed down for the audience. Then Kandace and Jenny came.

Kandace: Thank you all for watching this musical.

Jenny: We will see you all next time.

Everyone: Bye!