A play about family reunion
Family meeting
Characters:
Lolo
Lola
Mommy – Girl’s Mommy
Dad – Dad of a girl
Tita Doctor – Mami de Ate Engineer
Tito Abogado – married to Tita Abogado’s wife (no children)
Wife of Tita Abogado – married to Tito Abogado (no children)
Tita OldMaid – Spinster aunt, living with Lolo and Lola
Tita Bulakbol – Young Boy Bading’s mother, did not finish school
Ate Ingeniero – daughter of Tita Doctora
Girl – daughter of mommy and daddy
Young Boy Bading – son of Tita Bulakbol
Location: at Lolo and Lola’s manor house during a Family Reunion
Lolo: Honey, are all our children present?
Lola: I’m not sure Honey, I haven’t seen Bulakbol and his son Bading.
Spinster Aunt: Hay! Mom, dad, don’t waste your time waiting for those two undirected people. Maybe they hung out with their pimps last night!
Aunt Doctor: Old spinster! Don’t talk like that to mom and dad, especially when you mean our little sister, Bulakbol. Yes, she made a wrong decision by not concentrating on her studies, but that is in the past.
Aunt Oldmaid: That was in the past, but his current life is affected and he has an effeminate son! What a big mistake and she will always suffer from that consequence.
Lawyer Tito: Single, yes, it was a shame for our family that the only young man of our next generation is a queer, but according to the Law, every man has his rights to live and be properly respected as a human being. Don’t treat our nephew like that.
Daddy: Hey, sisters and brother, let’s stop this discussion, there’s nothing to discuss. We are all here to be together and make this day happy for our parents.
Young Girl: Daddy, Daddy, why are we having this family reunion?
Dad: Young lady, we have this family reunion to get together with our extended family, be with your grandparents, share each other’s blessings and life stories.
Mami: We are also here to bond with the whole family and feel the sensation of being with them.
Wife of Tita Lawyer: We are also here so that you have the opportunity to meet your cousins. Here is your Ate Engineer, although he is years older than you, he still likes to play with his Barbie collection. She is also willing to share her collection with you, Young Lady.
Ate Engineer: Come on, young lady, let’s play with my latest Barbie dolls. Here the Kiddie Barbie and Angel Barbie.
Young lady: Come on, Ate Engineer.
Young Boy Bading: Good morning everyone! Hello Engineer Ate! Hello young lady! Where are you going? Are you going to play with those dolls?
Girl: Yes, Ate Engineer invited me to play with his Barbie dolls.
Young Boy Bading: Well, I also brought my own Barbie dolls, can I join you?
Engineer Ate (not so convinced): Ok, you can.
Tita Bulakbol: Hello sisters! Hello brother! Hello mom and dad! We are late?
Tita OldMaid: As always, as before at school.
Lolo: Oldmaid, Oldmaid… can you dedicate this day to me?
Auntie OldMaid: Ok, I’ll keep my mouth shut.
Tita Bulakbol: So, how is everyone? My son, hmmmm…daughter…whatever you call him, he is very good at designing dresses. At his young age, he had already designed these dresses and now he is earning money. That’s why we’re late today. We tried to finish some of the orders last night.
Tita Lawyer’s Wife: Really? That’s great! Your young child can be of great help to you.
Lawyer Tito: But don’t forget to teach him the importance of finishing a degree, hey!
Tita Bulakbol: Yes, I have learned my lessons, if only they give me the opportunity to go back to school, I will.
Lola: Why not, Bulakbol? You can have your inheritance sooner so you can have money to send to school.
Tita Bulakbol: For now, I would like to focus more on guiding Young Boy. As you can see, she had chosen to act like a girl. I’m still hoping that a miracle will happen and turn him into a real boy.
Mommy: Why don’t you divert his attentions and interests to things that can help him develop his abilities as a child? Like, instead of letting him play with dolls, play with him using a ball or let him join the companies of boys instead of girls. Instead of designing dresses, he might also be interested in designing houses. What do you think?
Tita Bulakbol: Great! That is a very good suggestion!
Young Bading: Mommy! Mummy! Look! Ate Engineer showed me these beautiful houses! I want to make wonderful house designs like these!
Tito Lawyer: Oh yeah, Boy Bading, that race would be great! And that will make me proud of you!
Papi: You will even get more income in that career, keep it up son. You are going to be great in the future!
Young Boy Bading: Thank you for your support. I promise I will try to change my preference. I will do my best to become a pride of this family. All the time I thought that mom and I had only brought misfortune to this family. Now, I have proven that we are also important.
THE END.