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Welcome to the Theater ������������������������������������������������������������������� ii About Madagascar KIDS ����������������������������������������������������������������� vii The Show �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1 It’s Showtime �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������1 Wild And Free ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������14 Grand Central ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������28 I Like To Move It �����������������������������������������������������������������������������37 Living In Paradise ���������������������������������������������������������������������������47 Foosa Hungry ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������56 The King Of Madagascar �����������������������������������������������������������������57 Together Forever �����������������������������������������������������������������������������61 Words To Know From Madagascar KIDS ������������������������������������������68 Glossary �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������69

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welcome to the

theater CONGRATULATIONS! You’ll be working with your creative team and fellow cast members to put on a musical. Before you begin rehearsals, there are some important things you should know.

This book is your script.ssWhether putting on a school production or rehearsing a professional show, every actor, director, and stage manager works from a script. Your script contains some additional information like this introduction and a glossary. You can look up any bold words in the glossary at the back of this book. Be sure to take good care of your script, and use a pencil when taking notes in it, since what you’ll be doing onstage can change during rehearsals.

One of the first things you’ll need to learn is what to call the various areas of the stage. Since most stages used to be raked, or tilted down toward the house, where the audience sits, we still use the term downstage to refer to the area closest to the audience and upstage to refer to the area farthest from the audience. Stage left and stage right are from the actor’s perspective when facing the audience. The diagram above shows how to use these terms to label nine different parts of the stage.

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rehearsals

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ou will be performing a musical, a type of play that tells a story through songs, dances, and dialogue.

Because there are so many parts of a musical, most shows have more than one author. The composer writes the music and usually works with a lyricist, who writes the lyrics, or words, to the songs. The book writer writes the dialogue (spoken words, or lines ) and the stage directions , which tell the actors what to do onstage and what music cues to listen for.

Your director will plan rehearsals so that the cast is ready to give its best performance on opening night! Remember to warm up before each rehearsal so that your mind, body, and voice are ready to go. Every rehearsal process is a little bit different, but here is an idea of what you can expect as you begin to work on your show.

music:

choreography:

After you’ve got the music down, you’ll begin working on the choreography – or dance – in the show. Your choreographer will create the dances and teach them to the cast. The music and the choreography help tell the story.

blocking & scene work:

Your director will block the show by telling the cast where to stand and how to move around the stage. You’ll use your theater terms (downstage left, upstage right, etc.) a lot during this portion of the rehearsal process. You will also practice speaking your lines and work on memorizing them.

Rehearsing your part from memory is called being off-book. Your director will help you understand the important action in each scene so you can make the best choices for your character’s objective, or what your character wants.

Since you’re performing a musical, it is important to learn the music early on in the rehearsal process.

Your music director will teach the cast all the songs in the show and tell you what to practice at home.

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what to expect during

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make the script

your own write your name legibly, either in the space provided on the 1 Always cover of your script or on the title page. Scripts have a way of getting lost or changing hands during rehearsals! your lines and lyrics with a bright-colored highlighter to make 2 Mark your part stand out on the page. This will allow you to look up from your script during rehearsals, since it will be easier to find your place when you look back down. important stage directions, lines, lyrics, and individual 3 Underline words. For example, if your line reads, “You’re going to love it!!!” and your director wants you to stress the words “love it” underline them in your script.

4 Save time and space by using the following standard abbreviations: ON: onstage US: upstage SL: stage left CS: center stage

OFF: offstage DS: downstage SR: stage right X: cross

You may use these abbreviations to modify other instructions (e.g., you could write “R hand up” to remind yourself to raise your right hand). You may also combine them in various ways (e.g., you could write “XDSR” to remind yourself to cross downstage right). diagrams to help clarify your blocking. For example, if you are 5 Draw instructed to walk in a circle around a table, you might draw a box to represent the table, then draw a circle around it with an arrow indicating the direction in which you are supposed to walk. stick figures to help you remember your choreography. Remember, 6 Draw the simpler the better.

7 Mark your music with large commas to remind yourself where to take breaths while singing.

8 Although you should feel free to mark up your script, be careful it

doesn’t become so cluttered with notes that you have a hard time finding your lines on the page!

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synopsis At the Central Park Zoo, ALEX the lion, MARTY the zebra, GLORIA the hippo, MELMAN the giraffe, and the other ANIMALS prepare for another day of visitors while the PENGUINS (including KOWALSKI, SKIPPER, PRIVATE, and RICO) plan

a surprise birthday party, but when he shares his wish to go to the wild, they burst his bubble by telling him he’s crazy. After the other animals leave, Alex sticks around to cheer up his buddy and talk him out of leaving. Despite the pep talk, Marty escapes from the zoo.

Alex, Gloria and Melman scour the city among the NEW YORKERS (including

The Penguins plot to make their escape.

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their escape. ZOOKEEPER ZOE, ZOOKEEPER ZEKE, ZOOKEEPER ZELDA, and the other ZOOKEEPERS rev up the ZOO GUESTS. (It’s Showtime).

Marty, feeling down about being trapped in the zoo, daydreams about what life would be like on the outside (Wild And Free). The Zoosters and LIONESSES throw Marty

Gloria, Alex, Melman, and Marty.

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PASSERBY, NEWSPAPER MAN, and OLD LADY) in search of their friend.

CANDY HAMMERNOSE and CAMERAMAN film the chaos of the animals escaping the zoo. Once the Zoosters are

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reunited, everyone tries to remain calm despite the commotion of the city and the threat of capture by POLICE OFFICER #1, POLICE OFFICER #2, and ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS. Tranquilizer shots bring the adventure to an end (Grand Central), and the animals fall asleep. When they awaken, the Zoosters; MASON, a chimpanzee; and the Penguins are trapped in crates on a ship bound for Africa. The Penguins take control of the ship from the SHIP’S CAPTAIN and steer wildly, causing the other animals’ crates to fall overboard. Unaware, the

Gloria is a hip, hip hippo!

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Penguins set off for Antarctica.

The Zoosters reunite on land, suspecting that they have been moved to the San Diego

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Zoo. After saving the LEMURS (including LYNN, LEW, LEE, LARS, LEMUR SOLOISTS, and MAURICE) from the FOOSA LEADER and FOOSA, catlike carnivorous creatures, the gang is welcomed to Madagascar by the herd of Lemus and the illustrious KING JULIEN the 13th, who gets the party started (I Like To Move It).

As everyone gets acquainted, King Julien makes friends with the newcomers in hopes that the herd will continue to be protected from the Foosa.

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King Julien welcomes us to Madagascar!

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the seaweed.

Meanwhile, the Penguins reach Antarctica but promptly turn around when they realize it is not the paradise they expected. When Alex, Melman, Gloria and Marty wake the next day, it appears that Marty’s birthday wish has come true (Living In Paradise). However, things take a turn when Alex’s natural instincts begin to surface. Worried he might hurt his friends, Alex leaves.

The Penguins arrive with the ship, and Marty sneaks away

to find Alex in Foosa territory (Foosa Hungry). Alex warns Marty to go away, but Marty refuses. As the Foosa surround Marty, Alex hatches a plan and the others arrive just in time to help scare the Foosa away (The King Of Madagascar).

Everyone celebrates: the Lemurs are safe, the friends are reunited, and the Penguins have the ship to take everyone home (Together Forever). One last song and the journey to Madagascar is complete!

Alex the Lion is the king of the Central Park Zoo! Boothbay Region YMCA: YARTS!, New Works Showcase, JTF West 2025

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food the Lemurs have to offer their guests, but they provide the Zoosters a comfortable place to sleep. Everyone is content as they drift off to sleep except for Alex, whose appetite was not satisfied by

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(The ZOO GUESTS cheer and then move to watch either GLORIA or the LIONESSES. MARTY is left alone.)

MARTY Yep, show’s over, folks. Thanks for coming. I’ll be here all week! In fact, I’ll be here for my whole life. (#2 – PENGUIN UNDERSCORE 1 begins.)

Hey, you in the tux!

(MARTY)

SKIPPER Great Scott! We’ve been spotted!

(The PENGUINS freeze.)

MARTY What the heck are you guys doing?

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At ease.

(The PENGUINS unfreeze except for PRIVATE, who stays frozen.)

Can you keep a secret, my monochromatic friend? We’re going to Antarctica!

Ant-hootica?

MARTY

KOWALSKI Do you ever see any penguins running free around New York City?

RICO We don’t belong here. It’s just not natural.

SKIPPER This is all some kind of bizarre conspiracy. We’re going to the wide-open spaces of Antarctica. To the wild! Move!

(The PENGUINS begin to quickly move offstage.)

MARTY

The wild?

SKIPPER You never saw us here. ¿Comprende?

(SKIPPER starts to leave when he notices PRIVATE is still frozen.

SKIPPER crosses to PRIVATE and pushes him offstage.)

MARTY Yeah. Sure. I never saw anything but I sure would like to! (#3 – WILD AND FREE begins.)

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The ZOOKEEPERS and ZOO GUESTS have suddenly turned around and exited.)

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(ALEX pops over to surprise MARTY.)

Surprise!

ALEX

MARTY Aaaagh! Alex, don’t interrupt me when I’m daydreaming.

When the zebra’s in the zone, leave ’em alone.

ALEX C’mon, Marty! Can’t a guy drop by to see his best friend? His best buddy? Say hi? Maybe even say, oh I don’t know...

(GLORIA, MELMAN, and the LIONESSES cross to MARTY. MASON the chimpanzee enters with a cake.)

GLORIA, MELMAN, LIONESSES, MASON Happy birthday!!!

MARTY Aw, you guys... I can’t believe you remembered.

ALEX Ten years old! A decade! Double digits! The big One-O! GLORIA Let’s go! Make a wish, babycakes.

(MARTY closes his eyes and blows out the candles.)

What’d ya wish for?

ALEX

MARTY Nope! I can’t tell ya that. It’s bad luck.

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GLORIA

C’mon, tell.

ALL (ad-lib)

C’mon! Tell us!

MARTY (stops them)

Okay! I wished I could go to the wild!

The wild?!

ZOOSTERS, LIONESSES

ALEX Are you nuts? That is the worst idea I’ve ever heard.

MELMAN

It’s unsanitary.

MARTY C’mon. Just imagine going back to nature. Clean air, wide-open spaces...

GLORIA I hear they have wide-open spaces in Connecticut.

MARTY Connecticut? Doesn’t it bother you guys that you don’t know anything about life outside the zoo?

ZOOSTERS, LIONESSES (except MARTY)

Nuh-uh. No. Nope.

(LIONESSES and MASON exit.)

MARTY Well, thanks for the party, guys. It was really great. Really.

(MARTY walks away from the group.)

What’s eating him?

MELMAN GLORIA

(to ALEX)

Maybe you should talk to him, Alex. Cheer him up. (yells to MARTY)

’Night, Marty!

ALL Good night, Marty! Happy birthday. (etc.)

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(GLORIA and MELMAN exit.)

Marty! Buddy!

ALEX

MARTY Alex, look at me. I’m ten years old. My life is half over. I don’t even know if I’m black with white strips or white with black stripes.

ALEX So, you’re having a mid-life crisis. What are you gonna do? Just go running off to the wild by yourself?

No. Good.

You and me, let’s go!

What?

MARTY ALEX MARTY ALEX

MARTY The wild! We can be back by morning. No one will even know.

Whaddaya say?

ALEX No, no, no, no, no, no. You know what I say, Marty? You’re my friend. Nothing in the universe could come between us. But no more crazy “wild” talk?

Thanks a lot, Alex.

MARTY

ALEX No problem! G’night, Marty! And happy birthday.

(ALEX exits. MARTY watches him leave and then looks off toward the exit.)

MARTY Good night, Alex! Sorry, buddy ol’ pal... but I got me a train to catch!

(MARTY runs off to the train in the opposite direction as ALEX re-enters.)

ALEX Hey, Marty, I was just thinking... Marty? Oh no. Maarrrrtyyy!

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SCENE TWO: NEW YORK CITY STREET/SUBWAY STATION (#4 – NEWS UNDERSCORE begins. The streets of New York City come to life with NEW YORKERS as a CAMERAMAN is shooting a live report hosted by CANDY HAMMERNOSE.)

CANDY HAMMERNOSE This is The Evening Action News with Candy Hammernose... the nose for news. We take you live to Times Square where witnesses here say a zebra has been seen roaming the streets.

Now it’s time for an eyewitness interview. (to the PASSERBY)

Ma’am, what did the zebra look like?

PASSERBY Well, it had four legs, and it looked like it was...

(As the PASSERBY starts to speak, CANDY HAMMERNOSE stops her. Someone is speaking to her through her earpiece.)

CANDY HAMMERNOSE Wait a minute... this breaking news just in. We are now learning that three more animals have escaped from the Central Park Zoo. Officials say... (listens again)

… a hippo, giraffe, and a lion are currently on the loose. Is this the end of civilization as we know it? Are animals now in control of the New York City subway system? Tune in at eleven for more on this Subway Zoomageddon.

We’re clear.

CAMERAMAN

(The NEW YORKERS scream and exit, as do CANDY HAMMERNOSE and the CAMERAMAN, while GLORIA, ALEX, and MELMAN enter. ALEX is carrying a subway map.)

GLORIA I just mentioned Connecticut! I didn’t think he’d run away!

ALEX I can’t read this thing. Which one of these trains goes to Connecticut?

MELMAN You know, maybe we should go back to the zoo and let the people handle it.

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ALEX We gotta bring him back and stop him from making the biggest mistake of his life. I’m gonna ask for directions.

(ALEX approaches NEWSPAPER MAN.)

Roar.

Aaaagghhhh!

NEWSPAPER MAN

(The NEWSPAPER MAN screams and runs off.)

What did I say?

ALEX

GLORIA I guess they don’t speak the language.

Tourists.

I’ll speak slower.

MELMAN ALEX

(ALEX approaches the OLD LADY.)

Rooooo... aaaaaaarrrrr.

Take that!

OLD LADY

(The OLD LADY stomps on his foot and hits him in the rear with her purse. Just then the PENGUINS enter, sneaking across the stage.)

ALEX Ow! Ow! Lady, would you please, ow!

OLD LADY You’re a bad kitty! Bad kitty! (#5 – PENGUIN UNDERSCORE 2 begins.)

(GLORIA and MELMAN cross to protect ALEX.) (MARTY enters and runs into the PENGUINS, who MARTY mistakes for nuns.)

MARTY Excuse me, Sister. Where can I catch a train to Connecticut?

SKIPPER How should I know, horse-face? Now scram!

MARTY Hey, don’t I know you from somewhere?

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SKIPPER I’ve never seen you before in my life. Now beat it, Stripes!

GLORIA There’s Marty! Alex, come on!

(GLORIA runs to MARTY, followed by MELMAN and ALEX. The PENGUINS switch directions to escape. GLORIA grabs MARTY.)

I got him.

MELMAN She’s got him! She’s got him!

MARTY Yeah, yeah, you got me, you got me already! What are you guys doing here?!

GLORIA We were so worried about you!

ALEX You scared the heck out of us!

MARTY I’m fine. Look at me, I’m fine.

ALEX How could you do this to us, Marty?! I thought we were your friends!

MARTY What’s the big deal? I was coming back in the morning...

C’mon, chill out!

(The PENGUINS sneak across the back of the stage.)

(Two POLICE OFFICERS enter and stand on either side of the ANIMALS.)

Uh-oh.

MELMAN

POLICE OFFICER #1, POLICE OFFICER #2 Freeze, you animals!

SKIPPER We’ve been ratted out, boys! Cute and cuddly, everyone. Cute and cuddly.

ALEX (to the POLICE OFFICERS)

Hey, how ya doin’? Listen, everything’s cool.

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(The ANIMALS look around in fear. They are nervous.)

(ALEX) Okay, everybody. Just stay calm.

(As the ANIMALS are working to calm themselves, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS sneak up to them with oversized, comical syringes.)

MARTY (shouted)

Look out!

(MARTY notices them right before the ANIMALS are all given a shot.)

ALEX

Animal control!!!

(The ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS give the ZOOSTERS and PENGUINS the shot. They begin to fall asleep.)

Whoooooa. I feel really...

(#6 – GRAND CENTRAL begins.)

GrandCENTRAL Central GRAND (ALEX:) Weeeeeiiiiirrrrrd.

MELMAN: What's happening...?

GLORIA: Guys?

ALEX: Relax... Be cool...

(Everyone moves in slow motion as the ANIMALS fully begin to feel the effect of the tranquilizer that is putting them to sleep.)

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SCENE THREE: THE BOAT TO AFRICA (Lights up on the ZOOSTERS, PENGUINS, and MASON, each in separate crates. The SHIP’S CAPTAIN stands at the ship’s wheel.)

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ALEX Uhhh... Where am I? It’s so dark. What the...? I’m in a box.

Oh, no. No! No! Not the box! No! MARTY Alex?! Alex, are you there?

ALEX

Marty?!

Alex? Marty? Is that you?

GLORIA

MARTY, ALEX

Gloria!

MELMAN (talking in his sleep)

Zzzzzzzzz... Giraffe, giraffe.

GLORIA Melman! Wake up! Melman!

(MELMAN wakes up and yawns loudly.)

Huh? Where are we?

We’re all in crates!

Crates?!

MELMAN ALEX

MARTY, MELMAN, GLORIA

ALEX And why are we in crates, you may ask? Because we’re being transferred, that’s why! It’s a zoo transfer!

Zoo transfer?!

MARTY, MELMAN, GLORIA

(#7 – PENGUIN UNDERSCORE 3 begins.)

(Focus switches to the PENGUINS and MASON, also stuck in crates, who are on another part of the stage.)

Visuals! Report!

SKIPPER

KOWALSKI We’re in a crate on a ship in the ocean, Skipper.

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Interesting.

SKIPPER

(to MASON)

You! Higher mammal. Can you read?

MASON (reading the shipping label on their crate)

Your crate says, ‘SHIP TO KENYA WILDLIFE RESERVE, AFRICA.’ Congratulations.

SKIPPER Africa? That ain’t gonna fly! Rico! Break that lock.

Hie-ya!

RICO

(RICO karate chops the lock, which falls off. The PENGUINS open the front of the crate and jump out onto the deck of the ship.)

Hye! Hye! Hye! Hye!

PENGUINS

SKIPPER We’re taking control of this rust bucket. Let’s move to the bridge.

(The PENGUINS sneak up on the SHIP’S CAPTAIN.)

SHIP’S CAPTAIN Oh, boy, I love the ocean... I really love my boat...

(The PENGUINS form a small pyramid behind the SHIP’S CAPTAIN with RICO on the top. RICO karate chops the SHIP’S CAPTAIN on the neck.)

Hie-ya!

Ooff!

RICO SHIP’S CAPTAIN

(The SHIP’S CAPTAIN falls. The PENGUINS surround him and move him offstage. There is a bit of scuffling around.

The PENGUINS create another small pyramid, this time with SKIPPER on top, directly behind the ship’s wheel where the SHIP’S CAPTAIN was a moment ago. KOWALSKI opens a map and stands next to SKIPPER.)

Status!

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KOWALSKI Judging from this map, we’re either headed north or south. Or east. Or west.

SKIPPER All right. Let’s get this tin can turned around, boys! We’ll be eating cold sushi by morning! To Antarctica!

To the ice!

PENGUINS

(#8 – SOUTHWARD HO! begins.)

(SKIPPER spins the ship’s wheel. All of the ANIMALS, including the ZOOSTERS in their crates, slide to the right.)

(The PENGUINS are able to hold on, while the ZOOSTERS and MASON slide all the way offstage.)

ZOOSTERS, MASON Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggghhhh!!!

(There are sounds of crates crashing and falling into the ocean.

The PENGUINS don’t even notice. A large splashing noise is heard, and water (blue fabric) is thrown onto the deck of the ship.)

SCENE FOUR: THE BEACH OF MADAGASCAR (Lights up on ALEX, alone on the beach in what appears to be a beautiful paradise.)

I’m alive. Alive! I made it!

ALEX

(ALEX looks around. MELMAN enters covered in seaweed.)

MELMAN Aaaagh! Get this seaweed off of me! Somebody help me!

Wooaah!

Melman! You survived!

Gloria!

ALEX MELMAN

ALEX Uh... no, I’m Alex. Oh, boy. Head injury.

No, over there!

MELMAN

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Gloria!

ALEX

(GLORIA enters from the other side.)

You’re alive!

MELMAN

GLORIA And we’re here together safe and sound!

What about Marty?

ALEX

MELMAN If we all made it, he’s got to be around here somewhere.

GLORIA And, um... Where exactly is here?

(They look around.)

MELMAN White sandy beaches. Open enclosures. Cleverly simulated natural environment. It’s gotta be that zoo in San Diego!

This is a zoo?

GLORIA

(MARTY enters.)

MARTY Cowabunga! Surf’s up, dudes!!!! There’s a gnarly point break that is off the chi-zang! I could hang here! Oh, I could hang here!

ALEX Oh, Marty! I’m so happy you’re alive!

MARTY I’m happy you’re alive too, pal!

ALEX And now I’m gonna kill you.

MARTY Whoa! Take it easy! Calm down! Do you really think I intentionally made all this happen?

ALEX You abused the power of the birthday wish and brought this bad luck on all of us!

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LEMURS (offstage)

Aaaaaaah!!!!

LYNN (offstage)

The Foosa! The Foosa!

(LYNN, LEW, LEE, LARS, and other LEMURS run onstage.)

LEW The Foosa! The Foosa are coming!

LEMURS

Aaaaaagh!

(The FOOSA crawl out of the jungle.)

ALL FOOSA Foosa hungry. Foosa eat!

LYNN (to the other LEMURS)

Save yourselves! Run for your life!

(LYNN, LEW, LARS, and LEE run offstage. The ZOOSTERS watch, confused.)

GLORIA What the heck is going on?

(The FOOSA fully enter.)

Foosa hungry.

Foosa eat!

FOOSA LEADER ALL FOOSA

MELMAN I’m not sure what we’re watching. Is this performance art?

They must be neighbors.

MARTY

ALEX Great, let’s find out who’s in charge around here.

(ALEX approaches the FOOSA.)

Hi! Hey, how ya doin’? Listen, we just got in from New York.

Are there any zoo officials anywhere? I’m Alex. You know, Alex the Lion? Perhaps you’ve heard of me? King of New York City?

(ALEX does his final pose from the opening number.)

Roar!!!

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(The FOOSA run away scared.)

What happened?

Maybe they’re not fans.

You did it! You did it!

You saved us! Saved us!

(ALEX) MARTY LEW LEMURS

(The four LEMURS come out from hiding and rejoice around ALEX.)

You must come with us!

Meet the king!

LYNN LEE

ALEX Hey, that sounds really awesome, but you know what? We’re kinda on our way to...

(MAURICE enters. A group of additional LEMURS enter with him.)

LEMURS Maurice! It’s Maurice!! (etc.)

LEE (to the ZOOSTERS)

That’s Maurice. He’s King Julien’s advisor and right-hand... lemur!

MAURICE Welcome to Madagascar!!

Madagascar?

Madagascar!!!

GLORIA LEMURS

MAURICE Ahem. Presenting his Royal Highness, the illustrious King Julien the 13th... self-proclaimed Lord of the Lemurs, etcetera, etcetera, hooray everybody.

(KING JULIEN appears, and the LEMURS cheer.)

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KING JULIEN Here I am. The King, the head of your honcho. Hello everyone and welcome to me. I am the feature attraction here, the big cheese, you know, the main event. And can you guess what I like to do? (to MELMAN)

You want to take a guess, you super-duper tall thing? You’re going to love it!!!

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We like to... Move it!

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LARS:

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(Everyone points to GLORIA, who is now dancing.)

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(Everyone points to MARTY, who is now dancing.)

(ALEX and MELMAN now join in the dance.)

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KING JULIEN: Everybody all over the world...

Original King Julien on ya case, man!

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KING JULIEN Welcome, you cavalcade of weirdos! Please feel free to bask in my glow.

Uh. Okay.

MARTY

KING JULIEN We thank you with enormous gratitude for chasing away the Foosa.

(The LEMURS react in fear.)

You must tell me... who the heck are you?

ALEX I’m Alex. The Alex. And this is Marty, Melman, Gloria.

MAURICE And just where did you giants come from?

We’re from New York.

ALEX

KING JULIEN All hail the New York giants!

(The LEMURS cheer and gather around the ZOOSTERS while KING JULIEN pulls MAURICE aside.)

Maurice! I have a plan!

A plan?

MAURICE

KING JULIEN We must make friends with the New York giants. Then, Mr. Alex will protect us, and we will be safe and never have to worry about the dreaded Foosa ever again! I thought of that.

Yes! Me! I did!

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MAURICE I don’t know... Something about Mr. Alex gives me the heebeejeebees! All those teeth, sharp claws...

KING JULIEN Maurice, why are you pooping on my party? (#10 – ALEX STOMACH GROWL begins. ALEX’s stomach growls.)

MAURICE What was that?! What was that?!

ALEX It was just my empty stomach.

KING JULIEN Oh! Maurice! Please help some food into their fat mouths.

Finally! Food!

GLORIA

ALEX Ahhh. I could go for a nice, thick, juicy— (MAURICE presents them with a tray of seaweed-on-a-stick appetizers.)

MAURICE Seaweed-on-a-stick! That’s all we got.

(Everyone takes one and loves it. They ad-lib how good it is, except ALEX.)

ALEX I’m gonna pass, thanks. Can we leave now?

MARTY Alex, if the boat comes back, we’ll hear it. Meanwhile, can’t you just try to enjoy this place for what it is?

ALEX Oh sure, easy for you to say! You can eat the stuff they serve around here! I am tired, I am starving, and I just want to go home, okay?

KING JULIEN Tonight you will sleep here with us! (to the LEMURS)

Take Mr. Alex to the comfiest patch of dirt we own! Nighty night, angel. You other freaks can slumber here too.

MARTY, MELMAN, GLORIA Yeah, good night. Okay, then... See you in the morning... (etc.)

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(The LEMURS exit. MARTY, MELMAN, and GLORIA curl up on the ground and go to sleep. ALEX reluctantly does the same.)

MARTY Well, sweet dreams, Madagascar. I sure do love your style.

(MARTY closes his eyes as the ZOOSTERS fall asleep.)

KING JULIEN Maurice! Keep your eyeball on these freaks! They must not escape!

But—

MAURICE

KING JULIEN Don’t give me any of your “but”! If they escape, then my genius plan will fail.

(KING JULIEN leaves, and MAURICE stands guard. ALEX begins to twitch and talk in his sleep.)

ALEX A delicious rib eye... Mmm... So tender and juicy... If only I could have one bite... There’s only one thing I really want...

One thing I really need...

(As the dream ends, ALEX is licking his lips and looking at MARTY, who stares at him in disbelief. MELMAN and GLORIA are sleeping nearby.)

So sweet, (slurp)

so tender, (slurp)

so juicy... (slurp)

with a little fat around the edges.

(ALEX wakes and realizes what he’s doing. He quickly retracts his tongue and acts like he’s counting stripes on MARTY’s leg.)

... 27, 28, 29, 30. Hm. 30 black and only 29 white. Looks like you’re black with white stripes after all. Good night!

(ALEX lies down and pretends to snore. MARTY looks at him, dumbfounded.)

MARTY What the heck was that all about?!

(MARTY goes back to sleep as the lights fade.)

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SCENE FIVE: THE BOAT TO ANTARCTICA (#11 – WE’RE OUTTA HERE begins. Lights up. A ship’s horn blows. The PENGUINS are gathered around the ship’s wheel, wearing winter scarves and hats.)

Antarctica!

SKIPPER

(A huge burst of wind blows a large amount of snow onto the PENGUINS.)

PENGUINS (except SKIPPER; pleading)

Skipper!!

(Another burst of wind blows a large amount of snow onto the PENGUINS.)

We’re outta here!!

SKIPPER

(SKIPPER turns the wheel sharply to the left. The PENGUINS cheer through chattering teeth. Lights out on PENGUINS.)

SCENE SIX: BEAUTIFUL WATERING HOLE (Lights up back in Madagascar at a beautiful watering hole. The ZOOSTERS are still asleep. KING JULIEN enters.)

KING JULIEN Waking, waking! Rise and shining! Wake up, Mr. Alex! Wake up!

Oh, is it morning already?

ALEX

KING JULIEN While you were asleep, we simply took you to our little corner of heaven.

ALEX Listen, we don’t need your corner of anything, we just want to be rescued!

KING JULIEN Trust me, my big-bottomed guests. You don’t need rescuing when you’re already home. Behold! Paradise! (#12 – LIVING IN PARADISE begins.)

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12

Living In Paradise

LIVING IN PARADISE (The ZOOSTERS look around and Þnd themselves at a beautiful watering hole overlooking an incredible vista.)

MARTY: Whoa... this is it, man! The wild! It's my dream come true. Look, Alex... come on, let's go! It's paradise, man!

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MARTY: Man, you are starting to bungle my jungle. You're taking the bongo out of my congo. There's no Havana left in my savanna!

You're my best friend, man! I can't enjoy this without you. I know what you need. You need to get in touch with your "inner lion."

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MARTY Yaaaaaaaaaghhh! Excuse me. You’re biting!

ALEX

No I didn’t! Did I?

MARTY What the heck is wrong with you? Why’d you bite me?!

MAURICE Because you are his dinner.

GLORIA, MELMAN (overlapping each other)

What?! Excuse me?

KING JULIEN Come, come, Maurice. What is a simple bite among friends?

Here. Give me a nibble.

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MAURICE The party is over, Julien. Your brilliant plan has failed.

MARTY What are you talking about?

MAURICE I’m talking about the laws of nature! Your friend Alex here is hungry. And you look like a tasty treat. There’s no use tryin’ to change it. It’s nature’s plan.

(ALEX lunges toward MARTY. MARTY, GLORIA, MELMAN, and the LEMURS jump back in fear. ALEX realizes what he has done and hangs his head.)

KING JULIEN Okee dokee, Maurice. I admit it. The plan failed and all is lost.

The Foosas will come back and gobble us with their mouths because we are all steak.

MAURICE Mr. Alex can’t stay here. He belongs with his own kind... on the Foosa side of the island.

KING JULIEN By the power invested in me by the Law of the Jungle, blah blah blah... Be gone!

MARTY What? C’mon. This is ridiculous. (to ALEX)

Do I look like steak to you?!

Yeah.

ALEX

MARTY See, I told you I don’t look like— Wait, wait. What’d you say?

Alex? It’s me!

Roar!!

Don’t you know me?

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(ALEX roars again. KING JULIEN and MAURICE run off.)

ALEX Rooar!! Aaaahh. What am I doing? What is wrong with me? It’s true. I’m a monster. I’ve got to get away from here. Goodbye, everybody.

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(ALEX runs off, yelling back at MARTY.)

Marty, I’m so sorry...

(ALEX)

GLORIA He’s headed off toward the Foosa territory.

MARTY What have I done? This is all my fault. Now, because of me, we’ve lost Alex. Forever. (#13 – SHIP’S HORN begins. A ship’s horn blast is heard. The ZOOSTERS look in the direction of the horn.)

(MARTY) The boat’s come back for us!!

GLORIA, MARTY, MELMAN (overlapping each other)

Over here! Help!! Heeeeeelllp!!

GLORIA Woohoo! It’s coming to shore!

MARTY You guys go meet the boat, and I’ll go get Alex!

GLORIA Whoa, hold on there. You can’t go into that side of the island by yourself. No. You are coming with us. (#14 – PENGUIN UNDERSCORE 4 begins.)

(GLORIA and MELMAN head off. MARTY trails behind for a bit, then goes off in the other direction.)

(SKIPPER enters.)

SKIPPER Penguin Travel Diary. I’ve just come ashore on a strange and intoxicatingly exotic island.

(PRIVATE enters.)

Over here, Skipper!

PRIVATE

SKIPPER Signal Kowalski and Rico and tell them to drop the anchor.

Aye-aye, Skipper!

PRIVATE

(PRIVATE begins to signal the ship with semaphore flags.)

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GLORIA Wait a minute. You guys were driving the boat? Where are the people?!

SKIPPER We killed them and ate their livers.

(SKIPPER and PRIVATE laugh.)

Just kidding, doll; the people are fine. They’re on a slow lifeboat to China. Hey! I know you two. Where’s that psychotic lion and our monochromatic friend?

(MELMAN and GLORIA turn to find MARTY gone.)

MELMAN Marty? Where’d he go? He was right behind us.

GLORIA Oh no. He went back for Alex! He’s gonna get himself killed!

What are we gonna do?

MELMAN I’ll tell you what we’re gonna do! We are going after him!

GLORIA What?! But what about the Foosa?

MELMAN Foosa, shmoosa! We’re New Yorkers, aren’t we?

Forgedaboudit!

Yeah!

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GLORIA, MELMAN, SKIPPER, PRIVATE

(They start to exit. SKIPPER turns back to PRIVATE.)

SKIPPER You hear that? Looks like we have got a date with danger!

Aye-aye, Skipper!

PRIVATE

SKIPPER You... probably won’t survive.

SCENE SEVEN: SCARY FOOSA TERRITORY (MELMAN, GLORIA, and PENGUINS exit. #15 – FOOSA HUNGRY begins.)

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MARTY Alex?! Come out, Alex! Alex, the boat’s here. We can go home!

(ALEX crawls out from behind a rock, where he has been hiding.)

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MARTY Alex! There you are! We can get out of here!

ALEX Marty, go away. I don’t want to hurt you. Nature doesn’t want us to be friends. Marty, get out of here.

(ALEX retreats. We can still see him, however, as he wrestles with his instincts. MARTY starts to leave, then turns back, determined.)

Alex. I ain’t leavin’ you.

MARTY

(#16 – THUNDER begins.)

(MARTY) I’m there for ya. Unconditional. I know you know you’re my buddy. And you’re my bestest...

(MARTY notices the FOOSA, growling.)

Uh... Alex? Could you come out here for a minute? Alex? Little help! (#17 – THE KING OF MADAGASCAR begins.)

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MARTY Now, uh, how the heck are we gonna find our way out of this place?

MELMAN Don’t worry. We came with a special escort. (#18 – PENGUIN UNDERSCORE 5 begins.)

(The PENGUINS enter.)

SKIPPER Mother Nest, this is Flightless Bird. Location cleared. Put out the welcome mat, boys. We’re heading home.

KING JULIEN I did it! The plan worked! No more Foosa! Eat your silly words, Maurice! Eat them! Chew them! Swallow them! Digest them!

MAURICE Yeah, you were right, Your Majesty.

SKIPPER Well compadres, this was one humdinger of a mission. I think we’ve all earned ourselves a little R&R. Now that we’re all together, my recommendation would be that a beach party commence... immediately.

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words to know from Madagascar KIDS

Cavalcade – a formal procession of people walking, riding on horseback, or riding in vehicles from one place to another.

Compadres – a way, in Spanish, to refer to friends or companions. ¿Comprende? – “Do you understand?” in Spanish.

Conspiracy – a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.

Cowabunga – generally thought of to be a surfer’s term used to express delight or satisfaction.

Foosa – a pronunciation of Fossa, which is a large nocturnal reddishbrown catlike mammal found in the rainforests of Madagascar.

Humdinger – a remarkable or outstanding person or thing.

Illustrious – well known, respected, and admired for past achievements.

Kenya – a country in East Africa, on the Indian Ocean.

Madagascar – an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of Africa, that contains many plants and animals unique to the island.

Monochromatic – containing or using only one color.

Psychotic – a person suffering from a severe mental disorder, in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.

R&R – rest and relaxation.

Savanna – a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions with few trees.

Scott – Captain Robert Falcon Scott, an English explorer. During 1910–12, he and four companions made a journey to the South Pole by sled, arriving there in January 1912 to discover that Roald Amundsen had beaten them by a month. Scott and his companions died on the journey back to base.

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glossary actor: A person who performs as a character in a play or musical. author: A writer of a play or musical, also known as a playwright. A musical’s authors include the book writer, a composer, and a lyricist. blocking: The actors’ movement in a play or musical, not including the choreography. The director usually assigns blocking during rehearsals. book writer: One of the authors of a musical. The book writer writes the lines (dialogue) and the stage directions. Also called the librettist. cast: The performers in a show. cheating out: Turning oneself slightly toward the house when performing so the audience may better see one’s face and hear one’s lines. choreographer: A person who creates and teaches the dance numbers in a musical. composer: A person who writes music for a musical. creative team: The author(s), director, choreographer, music director and designers for a play or musical. cross: When an actor onstage moves toward or away from another actor or object. dialogue: A conversation between two or more characters. director: A person who provides the artistic vision, coordinates the creative elements, and stages the play. downstage: The portion of the stage closest to the audience. The opposite of upstage. house: The area of the theater where the audience sits to watch the show. house left: The left side of the theater from the audience’s perspective. If something is located “house left,” it is to the left side of the audience as they are seated in the theater. house right: The right side of the theater from the audience’s perspective. If something is located “house right,” it is to the right side of the audience as they are seated in the theater. lines: The dialogue spoken by the actors. lyricist: A person who writes the lyrics of a musical. The lyricist works with a composer to create songs. lyrics: The words of a song.

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monologue: A dramatic speech by one actor. music director: A person who is in charge of teaching the songs to the cast and orchestra and maintaining the quality of the performed score. musical: A play with songs that are used to tell a story. objective: A goal or purpose to be achieved. off-book: The actor’s ability to perform his or her memorized lines without holding the script. offstage: Any area out of view of the audience. Also called backstage. onstage: Anything on the stage and within view of the audience is said to be onstage. opening night: The first official performance of a production, after which the show is frozen, meaning no further changes are made, and reviews may be published. play: A type of dramatic writing meant to be performed live on a stage.

A musical is one kind of play. protagonist: The main character in a musical. The action centers around this character. raked stage: A stage which is raised slightly upstage so that it slants towards the audience. rehearsal: A meeting during which the cast learns and practices the show. script: 1) The written words that make up a show, including spoken words, stage directions, and lyrics. 2) The book that contains those words. speed-through: To speak through the dialogue of a scene as quickly as possible. A speed-through rehearsal helps actors memorize their lines, and it infuses energy into the pacing of a scene. stage directions: Words in the script that describe the actions of the characters. stage left: The left side of the stage, from the actor’s perspective. The same side of the theater as house right. stage manager: A person who is responsible for keeping all rehearsals and performances on schedule. stage right: The right side of the stage, from the actor’s perspective.

The same side of the theater as house left. upstage: The part of the stage farthest from the audience. The opposite of downstage. warm-ups: Exercises at the beginning of a rehearsal or before a performance that prepare actors’ voices and bodies.

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Madagascar – A Musical Adventure KIDS

Actor’s Script Credits Contributing Editor Rebecca Marlowe Design & Layout iTheatrics Kevin M. Johnson Music Layout Daniel Mertzlufft Rob Rokicki Music Supervisor Lindsay Lupi Associate Editor Marianne Phelps Publications Editor Laura Jo Schuster Senior Managing Editor Susan Fuller The Broadway Junior® Concept and Format Created by Music Theatre International (MTI) Adaptation and support materials developed for MTI by iTheatrics under the supervision of Timothy Allen McDonald.

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