1. Cell Block 33
CELL BLOCK 33
Characters:
Top Don, Stabber - Carla
Accomplice - Nicole
Newbie - Yasmine ‘Yas’
Governor – Ms Stella Sullivan
Guard 1 – Mr. Mitchell Watson
Guard 2 – Mr. Rajan Chandra
Guard 3 – Mr. Joe
Guard 4 – Mr. Boris McKenzie
Carla’s Boyfriend – Zack
Victim – Kate
Therapist – Mr. Moorland
Possible Sets:
Prison common room
Individual cells
Therapist Room
Governor’s Office
Court Yard
Guard Mess room
Notes:
Subplots to be added to the story by the Director and Assistant when the
individual scenes are handed over.
Please feel free to add bits or take bits away from your scene but try not
to deviate from the main plot or create things that will alter story.
The ending is still to be written that will be completed by Thursday
Evening by the Director and Assistant.
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2. Cell Block 33
Scene 1 - New Arrival - Marie
3 newbies arrive at prison accompanied by Watson and Chandra.
They are left in the middle of the room and the Guards leave.
The Prisoners surround the newbie’s.
Carla steps forward toward the newbie’s and her gang stands around
them to prevent them from running away. Dialogue 1 is said which it
Carla and gang introducing them into the prison and basically saying they
rule and to do what they say. (Must show that Carla rules the prison and
that she really isn’t a nice person, may stay the same dialogue.)
Song: ‘Welcome to our fine institution’
Dialogue 2: (Please rewrite to show the 3 girls problems and show that
Yasmine is completely innocent, try to write so that the audience empathies
with her.)
Scene 2 - Governors Office - Logan
Governor’s Office, Dialogue 3: (Fresh Scene, Sullivan wants Boris to
perform a task which he isn’t comfortable with doing or just doesn’t want to
do it or it’s against the rules, you decide. Sullivan seduces him and he
decides to do the task. Please try and make it tense, funny and exiting. It
MUST show how she can manipulate people.)
Yasmine is brought in by Watson to meet the Governor to introduce the
rules of the prison and have a discussion about her case. Dialogue 4 (Try
and define that Carla is Top Don and how it is run, pointing out certain
Guards strictness.)
Must say that she needs to go to the therapy class first and then she will
be shown to her cell.
Scene 3 – Therapist - Sathma
A small amount of girls are in a therapy session.
Dialogue 5: Touch up on existing Therapy scene.
Must show Nicole as a horrible person who doesn’t listen and is rude to
the therapist. Other girl wary of her.
Also have a confrontation of some kind between Carla and Nicole to show
they don’t like each other.
Add some humor and add a therapist with a much bigger personality. Try
to get the prisoners sound like they haven’t got a hope in the world and
make it as heartfelt if possible.
Scene 4 – Yasmine becomes friends with Nicole - Navina
Dialoged 6: Yasmine is put into a cell, she is put in with Nicole and they
start to talk to one another.
This scene must show that Nicole is trying to be bad but shows her true
self to Yasmine. Up to you how.
Nicole and Yasmine talking. (Must find a similar hobby or interest that
pulls them together so that they become good friends and that they like one
another, this is very important.)
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3. Cell Block 33
Buzzer sounds and they go out for inspection. (Try to include rude line
about the Guards but point out that Chandra is a nice guard who the
prisoners listen to.)
Scene 5 – Prisoner drill and lead up to flash back - Nazish
Girls all gather round the centre of the stage for a drill.
Watson walks onto the stage followed by Chandra.
Watson leaves Chandra to do the drill whilst he goes off to talk to Sullivan.
Nicole takes Yasmine and they both sneak off to avoid the inspection.
Dialogue 7: This is between Chandra and the Prisoners. (You MUST make
sure that Chandra is put over as a very relaxed character. He must be a very
polite and caring person but always seems to have his head in the clouds. He
must inspect the prisoners. This could be a really funny moment.)
This must cross cut with Nicole and Yasmine talking somewhere, hiding
away from the Guards. Nicole has a pack of Beer that she got from the Joe.
Dialogue 8: Nicole and Yasmine get slightly drunk and Nicole starts to tell
Yasmine of how she came to the prison.
Scene 6 – Flash Back - Michael
Nicole has a flash back about her and her friend Carla who is also in jail.
Dialogue 9: This scene must show Nicole and Carla as friends. Carla
decided to beat up Kate for cheating on Carla’s boyfriend.
Nicole only beat her up and wasn’t the one who stabbed her and didn’t
even know about it.
Nicole reacts badly to what Cara has done, ‘took it too far’.
One of Nicole’s friends let it slip that Cara planned the whole thing and
didn’t panic then stab him. She loses all trust in Carla and they become
enemies rather then friends.
It must show Nicole become a rival Don in the prison over time.
All the time this goes on, the present Nicole must narrate all or some of
the flash back.
It must come back from the flash back to the present day and the girls
must say something like, “Come on let’s get back to the dogs!”
Scene 7 – Guards Lecture - Parnyan
This scene is the comedy and romantic scene.
Dialogue 10: Watson is lecturing the other Guards about best practice and
that they all should be more aggressive.
All the way through this, Boris must be making notes and trying to ask
intelligent questions.
This scene must try to show that the guards aren’t really very good
guards and they all just do what Watson tells them.
Dialogue 11: Then Sullivan comes in and Watson dismisses the guards to
have a private talk with Sullivan. (This moment is entirely up to you what
happens but it must be romantic and show they date or something like
that!)
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4. Cell Block 33
Scene 8 – Dinner – Sara
The bell will ring for dinner. Prisoners will get there food with the
marching sequence.
They will sit down and when eating, Yas will, accidently, nock her drink
over Carla.
Dialogue 12: Carla will start to have a go at Yas but Nicole steps in to stop
them. Carla MUST go on about how she’s Top Don. This must be a very
heartfelt scene.
Carla needs to go for Yasmine but the guards stop it fairly quickly and
take Yas, Nicole and Carla into a separate cell that are right next to one
another so that they can hear each other.
A song needs to be written for this scene between the three girls to show
Stacey and Nicole their friendship and the chances they still have.
Scene 9 – Something dramatic - Zahra
Dialogue 13: Up Roar among inmates. Carla and Nicole must relies the
need each other and slowly start to become friends.
Scene 10 – Therapist reprise - Rajan
The therapist is away so Chandra has to take the session.
This scene must include humor, romance and a bit of tragedy.
Dialogue 14: He talks to the girls about work and then goes on to
relationships and includes the talk about, ‘Why not to murder your
boyfriend!’ (You can work on that line).
The girls somehow manage to turn the discussion round and on to him.
They must try to get it so that Chandra find out he loves the Governor.
They give him advice and write some things to say on his hand.
He leaves the Therapy session early to go and express his love to Sullivan.
Dialogue 15: He enters her office and says he loves her and reads from his
hand. When he looks up he sees that she is with Watson.
He gives a sad look and exits. Try to make the Audience feel sorry for him.
Scene 11 – Nicole tries to get an education - George
Dialogue 16: Nichole needs to talk to Joe about doing a course to try and
get some A-level results or some kind of education.
Carla over sees her talk with Joe and starts to soften Carla don’t think she
could make fresh start.
Joe does get her on to a course and this starts her on the right track back.
Show scene of her on the course. 1 year left in prison
Talk with Yasmine and Nichole in their cell.
Scene 12 – Become friend again - Sara & Zahra
Dialogue 17: Prisoners have a free time session when they are playing
games.
Nicole and Carla must have a big emotional scene in which they express
how much they miss each other.
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5. Cell Block 33
Scene 13 – Parnyan
Dialogue 18: Nichole says good bye to Carla and promises she will get
Yasmine’s case reviewed.
Scene 14 – Chat show - Sathma & Logan
Dialogue 19: Nichole is on a chat show talking about her new book and
that she’s trying to get a new case for Yasmine.
Brief talk about experience in jail.
Scene 15 – End Scene - George
Dialogue 20: Court room, showing Yasmine has been found innocent and
the real killer caught.
Shows her thanks to Nichole and news that Carla will get early release for
turning her life around.
Written By George Streather