Finding The Seats (Transcript)

The discussion continues as the show is about to start soon. The Laus and Trias are right in front of the discussion.

Karen: You're just gonna have to ask them to move.

Simon: Ma'am, I can't.

Karen: I just payed £8 a piece, a piece. £15 to see this show. For a ticket, for a seat that I get to choose. So, I choose those seats.

Simon: There's 2 open seats next to the Trias and Laus.

Karen: I did not say 'Trias and Laus.' Funny surnames. I said those seats, those. Not the ones beside the, no, those seats. And as the lifesource of this theatre department I am an active donor and I fund this entire department. You wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for me. This is the second time I've had to say this to someone which is ridiculous.

Derrick: Yeah, ridiculous.

Simon: Okay?

Karen: I get to choose where I want to sit. It's 'first come first serve' or whatever I was told. So, you know, I'm here first, I was here first. So those seats, those seats, are gonna be where I'm going to sit.

Simon: Erm... if you were here first, they wouldn't have their seats already.

Karen: You do not speak to me that way. I was here first.

Derrick: We were first.

Karen: We just weren't able to buy a ticket first because my son had to go warm up.

Derrick: Yeah, I was warming up during my vocal exercises. #Long ago#

Karen: I don't understand why you're refusing to do your job right now, this is not a hard request.

Simon: I can't just ask people to move seats because you want to sit there. Erm... there are 2 open seats right next to them that are open and you guys can sit at but I can't just ask them to move just because you want them.

Karen: I am more important than them. So, you are going to ask them to please move seats so me and my son can sit there because if we can choose our seat, then those are the seats that I choose. And the amount of money that I donate to this department every single year, I don't think you all want to lose out on that so tell them to move.

Simon: That's great, erm... I'm not doing that. I'm still not going to ask them to move.

Karen: Okay, okay, okay. Ni hao.

Anna: Joseph and I aren't Chinese, we're Filipino. You're referring to Richard and Susan.

Karen: It's wonderful to meet you, you fine people. Erm... I'm gonna have to ask you all to erm... I'm so sorry, but if you all would just erm... please kindly get up and move seats.

Joseph: We're already sitting here, yeah? So these are, these are our seats, you can sit next to us.

Karen: Yes! But erm... I'm an active donor to this department so I get first priority.

Susan: Yeah we donate too lady, you aren't special.

Karen: I don't think you understand what I am saying to you right now and that's okay, we all take some time sometimes. Don't make me say it in Chinese or whatever.

Richard: Er-

Karen: Erm... you all need to move because me and my son are going to sit where you're sitting.

Anna: No, erm... listen, my daughter and Susan and Richard's son are directing this play and we want to make sure to congratulate them along with the actors and actresses they chose.

Karen: Oh, your daughter directed this musical.

Joseph: Yeah.

Karen: Interesting, wow. Erm... you see that?

Anna: They've worked really hard for this show you know, Zoe's been doing theatre since she was a kid. Same for Raphael-

Karen: Yeah, so was my son. My son also works hard. I'm sure yours does erm... but so does mine.

Joseph: Yeah, I mean, theatre takes a lot of hard work for sure. Coming from theatre veterans like us. Erm... you 2 wanna sit down?

Lisa: Sit with the child groomer and his mum? I don't think so.

Karen: Yeah, that's the thing, that's the thing. Why don't instead, all of you scoot down and me and my son will take those seats.

Amy: Oh, erm...

Naomi: Yeah, we're not gonna move, no.

Susan: Yeah, we don't really feel like it.

Karen: You don't feel like it?

Richard: Yeah, we don't really feel like it.

Karen: It's one seat down.

Susan: Which is why you and your son should have no problem there.

Anna: Yeah, those seats are empty just for you 2, perfect.

Karen: You are speaking to the person who funds this entire department-

Joseph: Oh, wow, a donator. (laughs) That's great, that is great.

Karen: Your daughter, and son for the lousy Laus, so hardworking and talented. Wouldn't even have a role right now in this show if it wasn't for me-

Richard: They are hardworking and talented, glad he's getting recognition.

Anna: We aren't scooting down. No, you can sit there.

Karen: Fine, I guess we will sit by you in those seats. Here that? We're gonna sit by them, the whole show. Alright, well, I hope that your kids break their leg out there.

Susan: Thank you.

Karen: I'm sure they'll do amazing.

Meanwhile, Tommy arrived 2 minutes late because of his health problems.

Wilbur: You're late.

Tommy: Okay, only like 2 minutes.

Freddie: Call time was at 5:30 and it's 5:33 already.

Tommy: I still have plenty of time-

Freddie: You sure about that?

Tommy: Well that's true, I guess I forgot about that, the amount of makeup help you're gonna need from the girls-

Bill: Okay, we do not-

Tommy: Just saying, just saying.

Then, Eryn came in.

Eryn: Hey Tommy, are you feeling sick?

Tommy: What was it?

Eryn: I know you suffer from low blood pressure so just know I'm more than happy to fill in for you if you're not feeling the best.

Tommy: Ohh, actually, I don't know if I'm not feeling the best.

Eryn: Oh really?

Toby: Zoe always leaves out a blood pressure monitor before every show in case anyone has high or low blood pressure as we don't want anyone dizzy during the show.

Eryn: I mean it wouldn't break my heart, it would not break my heart if I had to go on as Frisk.

Tommy: (laughs) No sorry, not tonight, maybe I'll be nice and get sick another night.

Eryn: You are so generous.

Tommy: I am, I really am. No promises though, no promises.

Eryn: (laughs) I'm just messing around you know, you know me. Alright, I'm gonna go get into costume and figure this hair out so.

Karl: You er... you're really gonna let him have a night?

Tommy: I would but my family's already coming to every show night along with Tubbo, Zoe, Raphael and everyone else's families so.

Toby: Wait, our family? Coming every single night? No way.

Ranboo: They are coming every single night because Ben and Mat are working here.

Tommy: Yeah, yeah, that's true, you know them.

Eret: I'm glad that they're so supportive of you.

Tommy: Did any of you manage to convince any of your family to show up?

Charlie: They had to fly all the way to the UK to see me.

Tommy: (sighs) I know, but I have to ask, I mean, this is most of you lot's first show and I was wondering if any of them have the time to come here, especially since most of you guys are American.

Karl: It's fine, yeah. They never have and they never will. We got you guys' family and Zoe and Raphael's family, not only are they supporting us but they're also funding this theatre. I just hope my family could see this show, this is my second show after Miss Saigon just 2 years ago and my family didn't came because they missed their flight to London. I hope they would come this time. Like seriously, they haven't been in my London shows. But at least I got everyone else's family to support me, including the Trias and Laus.

Toby: Oh yeah, that's very true, you know they're always gonna be there for you.

Alex: I'm grateful at least someone in the family joins us tonight. My family didn't come when I portrayed Roger Davis from Rent in 2016. I moved to London back when I was in high school by myself after auditioning. It was scary but it was worth it. Everything's different in the UK than back in Mexico.

Zak: That must be cool.

Alex: Yeah.

Darryl: Wait a sec, Skeppy, where are you from?

Zak: Ohio, well my family came from Pakistan.

Ponk: Cool, another Asian. Well, Pakistanis are counted as Asians here in the UK.

Zak: Really? That's so cool, in America, we're always excluded.

Luke: Worst feeling ever.

Ant: Never exclude all people from Asia.

Nick: Karl, when did you come to the UK?

Karl: 2018, when I debuted as Chris from Miss Saigon with Tina as Kim and you as John.

Later, the female cast entered the male dressing room.

Tina: Hi guys.

Karl: Oh hey.

Nick: What brings you to the guys' dressing room?

Alex: Yeah, Karl was just talking about you, Tina.

Niki: Just wanna check on you guys. Tina wanted to talk about her experience in Miss Saigon.

Karl: Tina was my co-star.

Tina: Yeah. You probably knew that when we were in Nando's.

Xem: Glad I know.

Hannah: I was also with you guys in Miss Saigon as well, I was Ellen.

Tommy: Wow, that's so cool.

Beau: What about you? What musicals have you done?

Tommy: Matilda the Musical in 2013 as Tom and Les Miserables in 2018 as Javert. I was only 9 when I started acting.

Toby: That's cool, I was also in Les Miserables with you as Marius.

Charlie: Woah, you were Marius?

Tommy: Yeah, while I was Javert.

Ranboo: Can't believe that you were part of a huge production.

Toby: Well, it was just a school production so it's not that huge.

Tommy: Yeah. I'll tell you what, let's go get costumes on, get into makeup, all that kind of stuff. And then, whatever time we have left, we'll run lines in the hall in case we forget, okay?

Wilbur: Let's do this.

Tommy: We're all gonna do great.

Charlie: What about we peek out the auditorium curtains and see if we have an audience yet?

Toby: Cool.

Tommy: Let's do it. Maybe we should know if anyone interesting shows up.

The entire cast went up to the auditorium to see anyone interesting. Charlie was slightly peaking through the curtains before Mat stopped him.

Mat: If you can see the audience, the audience can see you-

Charlie: Really?

Mat: Step back.

Charlie: Oh c'mon, they can't see me or any of us, I mean, maybe sometimes but I know what I'm doing.

Mat: Listen-

Charlie: I'm on the very side, I'm just peeking.

Mat: Stop looking out the curtain, you don't want to ruin the illusion of the show.

Charlie: Come on, I am like a ghost, they're not even gonna notice me-

Mat: Yeah, a ghost with a white shirt, you're like a beacon.

Charlie: Listen, no one's gonna see me, I literally knew how to prevent getting caught. I'm elusive.

Mat: Still, you don't need to be peeking out the curtains, you'll see the audience when you get on stage.

Charlie: I knew how to be sneaky so just-

Mat: (sighs) Fine, 2 seconds, don't let the directors I let you-

Charlie: Thank you.

Meanwhile, Derrick and his mum were waiting for the show.

Derrick: I am so bored.

Karen: Hey, go ahead and take off your jacket, it's awfully warm in here.

Derrick: Yeah true, it is pretty warm.

Karen: I just love that sweater.

Derrick: Me too, me too, definitely fits Frisk's character way better than the sweater that they picked out for the show.

Karen: It does look better than that ugly 'Frisk' sweater.

Derrick: Yeah, the directors just don't have a good creative vision because, I mean, my idea for making Frisk more 2020, like a 2020 interpretation of him was like genius. Absolutely genius. I mean, it was my idea-

Karen: But you're my son so, you know, couldn't expect anything less than the best.

Derrick: The directors just can't see what talented people individuals are. Someday, whenever I write a Tony Award winning Broadway or West End show, I don't wanna see any of the cast members come crying back to me.

That's when Charlie realised that Derrick and his mum were in the audience.

Charlie: No way, no way. Why is he here?

Mat: Hey, stop yelling.

Charlie: Both of them have literally no reason to be here.

Mat: We're backstage, the audience can here you.

Charlie: I'm not yelling.

Mat: Oh, you're not?

Charlie: Okay, sorry, but seriously. He's literally out there right now with his ugly sweater with that mum.

Mat: Yeah, I'm aware. Yeah, we all know.

Charlie: We just let them in? We just let them in like that?

Mat: I dunno, I guess she just threatened to sue or something if we didn't let her buy a ticket.

Charlie: I don't think that's even something he can sue for.

Mat: I don't know-

Charlie: Why?

Mat: Not my choice. I don't even know why they're allowed in this theatre.

Meanwhile, Karen is taking pictures in the theatre.

Karen: Here, smile.

Derrick: What are you doing?

Karen: (sighs) I'm just taking a selfie for Facebook. So whenever I leave a bad review on this, show, I can show everyone who the better Frisk would've been.

Derrick: Oh, well, but there are many people talking about me as a pedophile. Even the ladies hated me.

Karen: Those are just rumours those directors and the actresses made up so that you could look bad. I mean, there's not even proof. Here, does that look good of me? See?

Derrick: Yeah, it looks good-

Karen: I thought so too, I mean, come on, you know where you get your looks from.

Back backstage, Charlie is having a discussion with Mat.

Charlie: If he does anything during the show, I swear.

Mat: I get you, you and me both. You gotta go get your leotard on, come on, 20 until show time. Go.

Charlie: Yeah, I'm going.

After Charlie talked to Mat, it seems like his costars went back to the dressing room so he went back there.

Charlie: Guys, guess who's literally out there right now.'

Tommy: Our family?

Charlie: Well, yeah, I mean, they're always like the first ones here, but guess who's out there. Front row seats and everything.

Toby: Who?

Tommy: No.

Charlie: Yup, yup.

Aimee: Are you sure it's him?

Charlie: Oh he's not hard to miss, not at all, he's wearing his sweater.

Tommy: The ugly blue one?

Charlie: The ugly blue one, yeah.

Eryn: Not the ugly blue one.

Charlie: His mum's right there with him so I thought he was banned. I don't understand why we would even let them buy a ticket to this show-

Niki: I mean, well, maybe he's just trying to support us-

Charlie: But he hates this show. He literally hates it. All he ever did was complain. All he ever tried to do is ruin it. Why would he buy a ticket for a show that he hates?

Ranboo: Oh you guys are talking about that pedophile with ugly Wilbur hair who's always mad that he's not Frisk and he always wanted all the girls to go out with him. You don't think he's here to see them, right?

Hannah: Nuh uh.

Toby: I mean, I guess it's possible-

Charlie: (sighs) I just, it's so frustrating. Why can he just leave us alone? Why can't he just leave this whole show alone? He's so annoying-

Tommy: You don't think he's gonna try to do anything, do you?

Charlie: He better not. I don;t know if I hear a single voice from that audience at any point anyone in the ensemble will come out from backstage during the show.

Bill: I'm bisexual-

Charlie: I'm not kidding. Any of us will. I'm not gonna let him mess this up for any of us, actually.

Tommy: Okay, okay, I don't think that you lot-

Charlie: I'm not dealing with it. If he does-

Tommy: Maybe I will. Maybe I'll jump out and stop him.

Freddie: I hope he doesn't do anything.

Charlie: Alright, the ensemble and I will get our leotards on, alright.

Tommy: Well, I mean, hopefully he's just here to watch and enjoy the show.