ACT ONE, Scene One
Delta Nus Sorority House Interior, UCLA
ÒOMGYGÓ
01 Scene One BBB Continuing É Old Valley Mall É Upscale
Boutique
ÒDonÕt take the freeway!Ó Transition.
02 Scene Two Outdoor
Restaurant LA
ÒSeriousÓ
03 Scene 3 ElleÕs Door Way
ÒDaughters of Delta NuÓ
04 Scene 4 É Same
ÒWhat You Want (Part 1)Ó
05 Transition to Golf Course
Door Unit goes offstage as golf cart comes onstage with Mom and Dad
ÒWhat You Want (Part 1)Ó continues
As golf cart exits, long rolling table with books enters.
06 Scene Five Harvard Boom 2
Admissions office
07 Boom opens p. 23 to HARVARD YARD, as marching band
Drum Breakdown and Dance Break.
For Dance, Yard will be open. Harvard Gates USC. Buildings on SR and SL sides.
08 Close Boom 2. P. 29 to Classroom.
Boom will have doors for CallahanÕs entrance. One practical the other painted.
ÒBlood in the WaterÓ
09 Scene Six É Boom 2 Hallway
Greek chorus enters through doors.
ÒPositiveÓ
p. 41 close Boom 1
10 Scene Seven É Boom 1 É
Hair Affair Salon
ÒIrelandÓ
11 Scene Eight Harvard
Law Party É In Harvard Yard set
One of the side buildings in the yard É opens up to a party scene. ÒSerious
12 Transition É p. 52. As Enid chases Vivenne the party dissolves, perhaps jack
knives back into the Harvard building SR.
Elle sits on bench in the Yard.
ÒChip on My ShoulderÓ (Part One)
13 Scene moves to ELLEÕS
APARTMENT p.54
14 Transition É p. 61, Boom 2
É CallahanÕs Classroom w/benches
Chorus may need to come through the boom doors.
15 Scene Nine É Dumpy Trailer É US of Boom 2
ÒRun Rufus Run!Ó
16 Transition É Close Boom 2
p. 67 back to Hallway
CallahanÕs list for
posting. Needs to attach it to the
bulletin board on the boom.
ÒSo Much the BetterÓ
17 Transition for finale Act
One. Maybe we go back to Harvard
Yard and fantasy.
Need to have the sorority girls spell out ELLE WOODS. Need to discuss this further.
20 INTERMISSION BOOM 2
21 ACT TWO,
Scene One Brook Wyndham
Workout Video Shoot
Palm Tree Unit with a new sign É ÒWorkout with Brook Wyndham.Ó
ÒWhipped Into ShapeÓ
22 Transition É p. 73 É SR half of Boom 2 closes with
Conference Table (Conference Room)
Video Crew, etc., all SL split scene as we freeze the video. May need a workout level for Wyndham to
dance on.
23 Transition É p. 75. SR half of Boom 2 opens to reveal BOSTON WOMENÕS
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
Some sort of bars or jail environment surround.
ÒDelta Nu Nu NuÓ
24 Scene Two. Department Store.
We have to strike the jail and go to the department store. Rolling in a bunch of screens to make this happen on an empty stage is going to look bleak. MenÕs Store. Fancy. Suits and Displays. Tie table. Changing unit. Upscale. GQ
sleek.
ÒTake It Like a ManÓ
25 Scene Three. Boom 1. Hair Affair.
ÒBend and SnapÓ
26 Scene Four. Courtroom Set
Judge and Witness Stand SR diagonal. Lawyer tables SL diagonal. DS is defense with 3 chairs, US prosecution with 2 chairs. Railing divides legal teams from courtroom audience. 2 benches on either side of a center aisle. Up Center is the entrance to the courtroom. Judge and witness stands turn around to become the bathroom. Judge sits on the toilet.
Exterior DS R or L.
Isolated on side stage. Phone call from Paulene on cell.
ÒGay or European?Ó
27 Scene Five. Conference Room Boom 2. Roll on Table.
ÒLegally BlondeÓ
28 Scene Six. Boom 1. Hair Affair.
ÒLegally Blonde RemixÓ
29 Transition É March to Courtroom. Perhaps the march can be in front of
Boom 1. The Hair Affair will not
take up the entire boom. Side
areas can be street.
More discussion.
30 Scene Seven. Back in Court.
31 Transition.
On p 123, the courtroom pulls away and the judgeÕs stand flips around to
become the toilet. Judge sits on
the throne. Witness sits on the
same chair but is now turned around.
Shower unit with curtain.
Transition.
P 126. ÒTake her into
custodyÓ Close Boom 2 to set up
Harvard Yard and Graduation.
ÒFind My WayÓ
32 Transition. P 128. Open Boom to Harvard Yard and Graduation.
Banner hangs across gate. ÒCONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2009.Ó Side buildings are rigged with Large Elle Banners in drop boxes. Maybe 4.