ALL FOR AN APPLE!

A Short Play by Team B, 8.1 MYP

CHARACTERS

PLAYED BY

Muslim Girl
Muslim Boy
Hindu Girl
Hindu Boy
Sikh Girl
Sikh Girl 2
Christian Girl
Christian Girl 2
Christian Boy
Servant

Esha
Shreyas
Ritika
Aadarsh
Akhila
Akshara
Nikita
Dhikshita
Hriday
Akash

LEADERSHIP ROLES

HELD BY

Team Leader /Script Writer (1)

Script Writer (2)
Script Writer (3)
Progress Evaluator
Props Manager
Set Manager (1)
Set Manager (2)
Set Helper (1)
Set Helper (2)
Set Helper (3)

Ritika
Nikita
Shreyas
Akhila
Esha
Akshara
Dhikshita
Akash
Aadarsh
Hriday

The Sikhs, Muslims and Christians walk enter the stage, each walking in along with the
other members of their religions. They are welcomed in and greeted by the Hindus.
Sikh Girl 2 (Akshara): Satsrikal!
Sikh Girl (Akhila): Your house is quite nice
Muslims: Salaam Alekum!
Muslim Girl (Esha): Thank you for the invitation!
Christian Boy (Hriday): Hello!
Christian Girl 2 (Dhikshita): Nice to meet you!
Christian Girl (Nikita): Your new house is very welcoming!
Hindus: Namaste!
Hindu Boy (Aadarsh): Thanks for coming. Its very nice to meet you all!

Hindu Girl (Ritika): I am Ritika, and this is my brother (or other relation) Aadarsh. We
are going to be your new neighbors.
Hindu Boy (Aadarsh): Our house is actually custom-built according to Vastu.
Hindu Girl (Ritika): Yeah, our house was designed by a Hindu architect who is adept in
Vastu. (gestures towards door) As you see here, the main entrance is east-facing so that
Lord Surya will bless our home every morning.
Christian Girl (Nikita): Wow you sure did put a lot of planning into this...
Hindu Boy (Aadarsh): Let,s go get some food that we can share.
The Hindus return holding an apple.
Hindu Girl (Ritika): Oh, wow! The apple has a swastika on it! Its truly blessed!
The Hindus begin to pray.
Christian Girl (Nikita): Uh... I dont think thats swastika, it looks more like cross to
me
Christian Girl 2 (Dhikshita): Yes! I agree.
Christian Boy (Hriday): Let us pray!
The Christians begin to pray.
Muslim Girl (Esha): Why are all of you praying to the apple?
Muslim Boy (Shreyas): Yeah, we must pray to the Lord himself, not his mere creations!
Muslim Girl (Esha): Exactly! What are you doing??
Sikh Girl (Akhila): I agree with both of you! This is not what we are supposed to do!
All of the others are angered by these statements.
Hindu Girl (Ritika): That is NOT TRUE! WE ARE PRAYING BECAUSE THIS IS NOT
JUST ANY APPLE, BUT ONE THAT IS MARKED BY OUR GODS!!
Christian Girl (Nikita): YOUR Gods??? ITS MARKED BY JESUS, YOU FOOLS!!!
Hindu Boy (Aadarsh): What, NO! It is ours!
Muslim Girl (Esha): STOP IT! ALL OF YOU ARE CRAZY!!!!!
Hindu Girl (Ritika): Praying to Hindu Gods is crazy?? YOU CALL GOD CRAZY????
YOU HAVE SINNED, AND WILL BE PUNISHED BY THE LORD IN YOUR NEXT
LIFE!!!
Sikh Girl (Akhila): Reincarnation doesnt exist anyway, you dimwits!
Christian Boy (Hriday): Thats true!

The Hindu boy grabs the Christian boy by the shoulders and threatens him not to insult
their beliefs. Meanwhile, the servant hears the heated arguments and sneaks into the
Pooja room. He sees everyone fighting over the apple.
Servant (Akash): Look at those fools! They are praying to an apple! You know what? Im
hungry. Ill eat the apple!
The servant grabs the Apple, taking a huge bite into it, as the people of all religions look
at him in horror. Everyone gets up and begin arguing.
Hindu Boy (Aadarsh): Hey! Did he just eat the holy apple??
Christian Girl (Nikita): How dare he!
Muslim Girl (Esha): Lets kill him!
This turns into a mass stampede and everyone gets into a circle formation and crouches
down.
(Akhila stands up): For years and years together, so called religious people have been
the root cause that has driven people apart!
(Ritika stands up): Countless deaths! Countless problems! Countless Clashes! All for
what?
(Esha stands up): We all grow up eating from the same soil and breathing in the same
oxygen!
(Dhikshita stands up): Yet we let something so trivial take over us!
(Shreyas stands up): All religions speak of peace! But people have brought nothing but
war!
(Nikita stands up): All religious scriptures speak of loving your neighbor!
(Akshara stands up): Stop! And think for a second!
(Akash stands up): God should bring us together!
(Hriday stands up): Not pull us apart!
(Aadarsh stands up): Lets work towards a globally minded society!
All of us stand up: We are all one! Thank you!