You're Pregnant

Facing the prospect of an unplanned pregnancy, facing the choices of proceeding with the pregnancy or abortion, 3 teenage girls openly discuss options, and responsibilities.This script, originally written in French by former DramaShare member Chantal Bilodeau-Legendre, uses a “say it as it is” approach to an unplanned pregnancy, and is something that needs to be addressed in churches and youth groups.
The area of teen pregnancy, abortion, choices and abstinence does not receive the attention it deserves in the church.

Cast:    4

• Roxane 16 (pregnant)
• Marilou 16 (in favour of abortion)
• Alex 16 (against abortion)
• Hope (gives information)

Bible Reference: 

Set:

• blank, with a park bench

Lighting:        standard

Sound:     wireless mics if available

Song:     none

SFX: none

Costumes:      standard

Props:

• backpack, books, a pregnancy test

Special Instructions:

• Hope does not take part in the action: her role is to give information about pregnancy and abortion. Before she speaks, the three girls always freeze. Hope could move around the “frozen” girls, sit on the bench beside them, etc., or simply remain on the side. She should speak with compassion and warmth.
• During the drama Hope refers to a pregnancy counselling center in the province of Quebec, (Centre Conseils Grossesse). When using this script you will replace that reference with your state or province and with a local Christian Counselling service.

  Time: 15

Sample Script

As the scene opens, Hope is sitting on the bench.

HOPE:
Hi! . . . I would like to talk to you about . . . life . . . about real life. (Stands.) Let’s imagine three girls, friends, at school, at lunch hour . . .

(She moves to the side.)

Scene 1

(Roxane enters, sits on the bench, takes a pregnancy test out of her backpack, and starts examining it carefully. She is lost in her thoughts and looks depressed. Marilou enters and greets her happily.)

MARILOU:
Hi Roxane! (No reaction.) Hello!!! Anybody in there?

ROXANE:
(Emotionless.) Oh, hi, Marilou . . .

MARILOU:
Still dreaming about your wonderful Matthew, huh? (No reaction.) Hey! Are you lost somewhere on Jupiter or Mars? . . . Something’s wrong?

ROXANE:
Hmmm . . . Kind of . . . (Embarrassed, shows Marilou the test.) You know what that is?

MARILOU:
(Holding pregnancy test kit.) No. What is it?

ROXANE:
(Putting test kit away.) Ah well, it’s not important anyway.

MARILOU:
(Shrugging and switching subjects.) Tomorrow, at lunchtime, there’s a special meeting of the students’ paper crew. Will you be there?

ROXANE:
I don’t know. I don’t feel good these days.

MARILOU:
Really? How come?

(Alex enters, in a good mood.)

ALEX:
Hi Marilou! Hi Roxane! (No reaction.) Roxane? (To Marilou, who shrugs.) Are you okay? (Shakes Roxane’s shoulder gently.) I said HI! You don’t greet your friends anymore?

ROXANE:
Oh, sorry . . . Hi . . .

ALEX:
(Noticing the pregnancy test in Roxane’s hands, she picks it up.) A pregnancy test?

MARILOU:
You know what it is?

ALEX:
Of course I do! My aunt showed me the one she used when she thought she was expecting a baby.

MARILOU:
(Takes the test enthusiastically from Alex’s hands and looks at it carefully.) I’ve never seen one before! How does it work?

ALEX:
Simple. You put a drop or two of pee right here, and if it turns out pink, it is positive. That means you’re pregnant.

MARILOU:
Pink? Like this?

ALEX:
Good grief! Yes! Pink like this! It is a positive test. Whose test is it, by the way?

(Roxane lifts up her eyes and gives Alex a blank look.)

ALEX:
Not yours? (Roxane lowers her head.)

MARILOU:
What? What does that mean?

ROXANE:
That means that I’m pregnant, Marilou.

(Stunned, Marilou sits down beside her friend.)

THE GIRLS FREEZE.

HOPE:
In Quebec, every year, several hundred teenagers get pregnant. If you too have just gotten the news that you’re pregnant, then you need Centre Conseils Grossesse.

THE GIRLS UNFREEZE.

Scene 2

MARILOU:
Pregnant? How come?

ALEX:
Oh, Marilou, you’ve never heard about birds and bees? (To Roxane.) Does Matthew know?

ROXANE:
No.

MARILOU:
Have you told your parents?

ROXANE:
You are the first ones I’ve told. Girls, promise you won’t tell anyone, okay? . . . You swear?

ALEX:
I swear I’ll keep your secret.

(Lights fade.)

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