1. Script for Allegory of the Cave
Roles:
Mike: Typed Script, Script Ideas, Acting Characters Played: Mike, Jeff
Austin: Script Ideas, Prop making, Acting Character Played: Austin, Television
Mike: Austin, do you want to go on a spirit walk?!
Austin: No dude, I’m watching the new season of lost!
M: You’re living in a false reality imprisoned by the shackles of television.
A: You’ve living in a stupid reality haha!
M: Just come outside dude, please..
A: Okay… Fine.
Television: Don’t leave now! NEW EPISODE OF LOST COMING NEXT! SO GOOD
IT WILL EAT YOUR SOUL.
A: I can’t go outside, theres a new episode of lost!
(Austin looks out the window)
A: Sure looks nice outside, but there is a jungle in lost so I basically am outside!
M: Austin, You a fool!
A: Okay fine, I’ll come outside right after the commercial.
(Mike takes Austin outside and Austin starts to rub his eyes)
A: Ah! My eyes hurt so much! I can’t bare the sun!
M: Austin… it’s nighttime you’ve been watching TV in your dark room for seven hours.
A: Mike, you know what? Get out, go home!
2. M: Okay fine bit you can’t keep sitting here chained to your television. It’s not the only
thing in this very very very beautiful world.
(Mike goes home and falls asleep while Austin falls asleep eating a microwave TV dinner
and watching TV. Austin wakes up the next day and takes a peek out his window and
sees a beautiful sunny day and birds chirping)
A: It’s… It’s BEAUTIFUL!
(He opens up the door a little bit and starts to cringe at the sight of the sun and than takes
his first step outside, simultaneously Mike arrives at Austin’s house)
M: Isn’t it beautiful!
A: I guess I could learn to like it out here.
M: Yes! Now you’re finally learning to live a real life instead of being shackled to your
television.
A: Stop right there! I need to tell my friend about this.
(Austin goes inside and calls his friend Jeff)
Austin: Jeff! I’ve learned TV isn’t everything its so nice outside.. and shave your
moustache.
Jeff: No, You don’t understand TV is everything. I’m going to kill you.
Austin: I’m coming over
(Austin hangs up phone)
(Austin comes to Jeff’s house and Jeff opens the door and kills Austin with one swift
karate chop to the neck and drags him into the dark shadows of his house)
