CARRIE Music by Michael Gore Lyrics by Dean Pitchford Book by Lawrence D. Cohen Based on the novel by Stephen King
Score © 1988 by Michael Gore & Dean Pitchford Book © 1988 by Lawrence D. Cohen
THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL DRAFT SCENE & MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I Overture Prologue: In Dear Lord
Miss Gardner and Girls Carrie White
Scene 1: The Locker Room Dream On Shower Room Scene
Girls and Carrie Miss Gardner and Sue
Scene 2: The Street Carrie
Carrie
Scene 3: The White Home Open Your Heart And Eve Was Weak Jesus Watches
Margaret and Carrie Margaret and Carrie Carrie (Off-Stage)
Scene 4: Drive-In Movie Theater Don’t Waste the Moon
Sue, Chris, Tommy, Billy The Teens
Scene 5: The White Home Evening Prayers
Carrie and Margaret
Scene 6: Gym Unsuspecting Hearts
Miss Gardner and Carrie
Scene 7: The Cavalier Do Me a Favor Scene 8: The White Home Act One Finale
Sue, Chris, Tommy, Billy The Teens Carrie and Margaret
ACT II Scene 1: Pig Farm Crackerjack, Out for Blood Scene 2: Gym Dream On – Reprise White Star* (*Alternate Song: It Hurts to Be Strong)
Chris, Billy and Boys Girls and Sue Sue
Scene 3: The White Home I’m Not Alone Carrie (reprise) When There’s No One
Carrie Margaret Margaret
Scene 4: The Prom Wotta Night Unsuspecting Hearts Heaven Alma Mater The Destruction
Students Miss Gardner and Carrie Tommy and Full Company Full Company Carrie
Epilogue: The White Home Finale: Carrie
Margaret
NOTE: Any lyrics in brackets [] and italicized are alternate lyrics that are up to you to decide.
ACT ONE: PROLOGUE: THE GYMNASIUM PERCUSSIVE RHYTHMS surround us, building into the OVERTURE. The MUSIC builds -with intensity. The black CURTAIN rises and the LIGHTS reveal the stage full of GIRLS in the middle of an arduous workout with MISS GARDNER: GIRLS UP! DOWN! GO TO TOWN! GIVE IT ALL YOU‟VE GOT! LEFT! RIGHT! KEEP IT TIGHT! KEEP THOSE MUSCLES HOT! ONE! TWO! SHAME ON YOU! OVERWEIGHT‟S A SIN! THREE! FOUR! MAKE IT SORE! KEEP THOSE BODIES THIN! GARDNER ALL RIGHT LADIES, I WANNA SEE SWEAT! I KEEP A‟ LOOKIN‟ BUT I AIN‟T SEEN IT YET! THE MORE YOU SUFFER THE TOUGHER YOU GET! SO C‟MON LADIES! WORK! WORK! WORK! WORK! GIRLS EVERY DAY, I JUST PRAY EVERY MOVE I MAKE IS RIGHT WHO I KNOW, WHERE I GO HOW I WEAR MY HAIR COME SATURDAY NIGHT AND I WORRY,
WHAT IF ALL MY ENDS SHOULD SPLIT I WORRY, WHAT CAN I POSSIBLY DO TO FIT IN! GIRLS (CONT.) SMACK! RIGHT ON TRACK WHAT COMES CLOSE TO THAT? UNTIL YOU‟VE BEEN IN YOU AIN‟T WHERE IT‟S AT CUZ WHEN YOU‟RE OUT IT‟S JUST THE PITS YOU CAN NEVER WIN THERE‟S NO DOUBT THAT LIFE JUST DOESN‟T BEGIN UNTIL YOU‟RE IN! OUT! SCREAM AND SHOUT! KEEP THOSE BUNS IN SHAPE! GRUNT! GROAN! PANT AND MOAN! THERE IS NO ESCAPE! GARDNER I‟M NOT SCREAMING TO HEAR MY OWN VOICE! DON‟T TRY TO FIGHT ME CUZ YOU AIN‟T GOTTA CHOICE! YOU EITHER BURN OFF OR YOU TURN OFF THE BOYS! SO C‟MON LADIES! BURN! BURN! BURN! BURN! GIRLS BOUGHT THE CLOTHES, DID MY NOSE GOD I‟VE FOLLOWED EVERY RULE I‟M ON TRIAL, ALL THE WHILE THERE‟S TOO MUCH AT STAKE TO THINK ABOUT SCHOOL I GO CRAZY! NOBODY CARES WHAT IT DOES TO ME! IT‟S CRAZY! I WOULD GO OUT OF MY MIND! TO FIT IN! (IN!) SMACK! (SMACK! )RIGHT ON TRACK
WHAT COMES CLOSE TO THAT? UNTIL YOU‟VE BEEN (BEEN) IN (IN) YOU AIN‟T WHERE IT‟S AT (YOU GOTTA KNOW WHERE IT‟S AT) CUZ WHEN YOU‟RE OUT (OUT) IT‟S (IT‟S) JUST THE PITS GIRLS (CONT.) YOU CAN NEVER WIN THERE‟S NO DOUBT (DOUBT) THAT (THAT) LIFE JUST DOESN‟T BEGIN (DOESN‟T BEGIN) UNTIL YOU‟RE IN! (Dance sequence – sport in musical form follows. Then): GARDNER I WANT YOU TO PULL IT ALL IN LADIES! DON‟T LEAVE ANYTHING OUT! KEEP IT TIGHT! KEEP IT TIGHT! KEEP IT TIGHT! KEEP THOSE MUSCLES HOT! SHAME ON YOU! SHAME ON YOU! OVERWEIGHT‟S A SIN! MAKE IT SORE! MAKE IT SORE! KEEP THOSE BODIES THIN!
GIRLS IN! OUT! GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT! LEFT! RIGHT!
KEEP KEEP KEEP KEEP KEEP KEEP
IN! IN! IN! IN! IN!
THOSE THOSE THOSE THOSE THOSE THOSE
BODIES! BODIES! BODIES THIN! BODIES! BODIES! BODIES THIN!
GIRLS
HOT! HOT! ONE! TWO! SIN! SIN! THREE FOUR! THIN! THIN! THIN!
SOMEDAY! IF I DON‟T STAND OUT ONE BIT! OH SOMEDAY! I MAY BE NORMAL ENOUGH! TO FIT IN!
GARDNER SOMEDAY, SOMEDAY! I‟M TRYING TO SHOW YOU THE WAY SOMEDAY, SOMEDAY! THIS IS IT! IN!
SMACK! (SMACK!) RIGHT ON TRACK WHAT COMES CLOSE TO THAT? UNTIL YOU‟VE BEEN (BEEN) IN (IN) YOU AIN‟T WHERE IT‟S AT CUZ WHEN YOU‟RE OUT IT‟S JUST THE PITS YOU CAN NEVER WIN
SMACK! ON TRACK! THERE AIN‟T NOTHING COMES CLOSE TO THAT UNTIL YOU‟VE BEEN! IN! YOU GOTTA KNOW WHERE IT‟S AT! OUT! IT‟S! JUST THE PITS! YOU ONLY WIN WHEN YOU‟RE THIN!
THERE‟S NO DOUBT THAT LIFE JUST DOESN‟T BEGIN
DOUBT! THAT! GARDNER
OH, LIFE DOESN‟T BEGIN! LIFE JUST DOESN‟T BEGIN! NO LIFE! NO! NO! IN! IN! IN!
GARDNER (cont.) (The GIRLS form a HUMAN PYRAMID FAST!) ALL
UNTIL YOU‟RE IN! (Then it COLLAPSES, scattering the GIRLS in slow-motion.): GIRLS (Screaming, overlapping, and echoing) Carrie! CARRIE!!! CARRIE!!! (CARRIE WHITE emerges from the rubble. As the LIGHTS CHANGE and the other GIRLS freeze, she sings): CARRIE FATHER ABOVE, HEAR MY PLEA DON‟T LET THIS HAPPEN, NOT TO ME TAKE ME AWAY FROM ALL OF THIS AGONY DEAR LORD, NOTHING I DO IS EVER DONE RIGHT THAT‟S ALL THAT I HEAR OH, DEAR LORD I‟D LIKE TO FADE INTO THE SUNLIGHT AND JUST DISAPPEAR [MOMMA, I’M LOST WHAT WENT WRONG? CAN’T YOU COME HOLD ME? MAKE ME STRONG? ISN’T THERE SOMEWHERE I CAN BELONG? MOMMA,
EVERYTHING’S BETTER WHEN YOU’RE NEAR ME YOU’RE BRAVE WHEN I’M NOT OH, MOMMA, IF I CRY OUT I HOPE YOU HEAR ME YOU’RE ALL THAT I’VE GOT] (From the mass of GIRLS, one voice rings out.): CHRIS HARGENSON Carrie White eats shit! (The class bell RINGS – an end to the period and a return to reality. As the GIRLS pick themselves up and move away, overlapping rhubarb): GIRLS Jesus, Carrie… What a loser! Thanks, Carrie… Wouldn‟t choose her! What a mess! How she‟s dressed! Shh, she‟ll hear -Such a clod! Look at that bod -What a freak! Stupid geek… Pain in the ass! Late for class! Everything she does is wrong! Just doesn‟t belong! Never has -And never will! (And so on -- tapering off, fading now as the GIRLS exit, heading for the Showers. After all the GIRLS have gone, CARRIE slowly follows the path of the GIRLS, making her way towards the showers as well.)
ACT ONE SCENE 1: SHOWERS, LOCKER ROOM The GIRLS undress and enter the showers. From behind the glass partitions, they sing of their hopes, aspirations, secret thoughts, dreams:
(MADDY)
GIRLS SILVER LACE WITH A BLUE GRAY BODICE BROKE HIS HEART AND I‟M GLAD I DID [CALL ME BACK BUT HE NEVER DID] ALMOST THREE IN THE MORNING
(SHELLY) (JAMIE) (CATH)
DON‟T YOU HATE WHEN YOU HATE YOUR BODY TREATING ME LIKE I‟M STILL A KID TOUCHING ME WITH OUT WARNING
(SUE) (CHRIS)
(MARY ANN)FIXING ME UP CUZ HE‟S GOT THIS FRIEND (ROSE) PROMISED ME, MAYBE HE‟S TAKING ME TO THE PROM (ALL)
DREAM DREAM DREAM DREAM
ON ON ON ON
(NORMA)
TOLD HIM „NO‟, BUT HE KEPT INSISTING I SAID „NO‟, BUT HE DOESN‟T HEAR (KELLY/FRIEDA) I DON‟T KNOW WHY HE TRIES (SUE) TOMMY TOLD ME HE LOVES ME (MICHELLE) YOU COULD DIE FROM HIS EYES (MARY ANN)I SAID „YES‟, BUT HE KEPT RESISTING SO I GO, „DO YOU WANNA BEER?‟ (MADDY) WITH YOUR PARENTS AT HOME? (SUE) TOMMY TOLD ME HE LOVES ME (CHRIS) DREAM ON (CATH)
I WAS HIS FIRST I‟VE GOT HIS RING
(ROSE) HE TOLD ME THAT TOO (ROSE) WELL, HE‟S TAKING ME TO THE PROM
(SHELLY)
BUT HE SAYS IF I STOP EATING I CAN LOSE 20 POUNDS BY JUNE
(ALL)
DREAM DREAM DREAM DREAM
ON ON ON ON (We highlight CARRIE in the shower.)
CARRIE IN MY DREAMS NO ONE EVER HATES ME IN MY DREAMS I HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS JUST ONE FRIEND WOULD BE LOVELY MOMMA‟S THERE AND HER SONG AWAITS ME MOMMA‟S THERE WHEN THE NIGHTMARE ENDS MOMMA SAYS THAT SHE LOVES ME SOMETIMES I DREAM THAT I COULD BE STRONG MAYBE I‟M WRONG BUT SOMETIMES I DREAM I BELONG [WHY’D THEY LAUGH, WHEN THEY KNOW I’M TRYING MOMMA SAYS ‘EVERYBODY SINS’ SAINTS AND ANGELS ABOVE ME I WOULD DIE IF THEY CAUGHT ME CRYING I WOULD LOVE IF I HAD A TWIN SOMEONE TELL ME THEY LOVE ME SOMETHING IN PINK WITH ORCHIDS TO WEAR SOMEONE TO CARE AND MAYBE I’D FINALLY BELONG] GIRLS DREAM ON (DREAM ON) DREAM ON (DREAM ON) (SUE)
SILVER LACE WITH A BLUE GRAY BODICE (CHRIS) SO I TOLD HIM HE DOESN‟T DESERVE ME (MADDY) BRACES SUCK, BUT I‟M ALMOST DONE (CATH) I‟VE GOT DRESSES TO BURN (3 GIRLS) WHY ME? (4 GIRLS) BILLY NOLAN IS SO HOT! (MICHELLE) HE‟S GOT SO MUCH TO LEARN! (SUE/CHRIS) SO WHAT? (KELLY) SIX FOOT THREE – (MARY ANN) AND HE‟S IN HIS FORTIES (JAMIE) HE CALLED ME – (NORMA) GET A JOB (FRIEDA) BUT IT‟S NEVER FUN (VARIOUS GIRLS) ... FUN! FUN! FUN! (SUE) TOMMY TOLD ME HE LOVES ME (3 GIRLS) LOVES ME!
(3 GIRLS) HE ALWAYS SAYS THAT HE‟S MINE (3 OTHERS) YOU‟RE WASTING YOUR TIME (3 MORE) WELL HE SHOULD MAKE UP HIS MIND -(3 MORE) IF HE‟S TAKING ME TO THE PROM (3 GIRLS) HE TURNED ME DOWN BUT HE‟LL COME AROUND (ALL)
DREAM ON (DREAM ON) DREAM ON (DREAM ON) (CARRIE looks down at her hand: it‟s full of blood. She screams. The GIRLS come over to see what‟s wrong.) CHRIS
What‟s wrong? JAMIE Who is it? SUE It‟s Carrie! CARRIE Help me! Please help me! CATH What did she do now? FRIEDA She‟s hurt! SHELLY Jesus! ROSE Somebody help! CARRIE I‟m bleeding! KELLY Look! MADDY It‟s blood! MICHELLE
Oh, gawd… CARRIE Bleeding!!! SUE Carrie! It‟s just your period! For God‟s sake, Carrie! You‟ve got your period! (The laughter begins to swell in.) CHRIS Oh hey everybody! Carrie‟s got the curse! CARRIE (Confused) Curse? CHRIS (Taunting, a chant) Praying Carrie‟s got the Curse! Carrie‟s got the curse! GIRLS CARRIE‟S GOT THE CURSE! CARRIE‟S GOT THE CURSE! CARRIE I‟m dying! SUE Well clean yourself up! CHRIS The curse! Carrie‟s got the curse! (Led by CHRIS, the GIRLS crowd around CARRIE, encircling her, shrieking with laughter as the chanting becomes a jungle of echoes): GIRLS THE CURSE! THE CURSE! THE CURSE! (Seesawing through) PERIOD! PERIOD! PERIOD! (Against which) THE CURSE! THE CURSE! THE CURSE! (Moving into) PLUG IT UP! PLUG IT UP! PLUG IT UP!
(CARRIE runs from one to the other -her bloody hand outstretched for help. The GIRLS are a choreographed mob: treating it as a joke, forming a chain, pushing her back, chanting): GIRLS CARRIE! (Tossing her back) CARRIE! (One final lunge) CARRIE! (The chain breaks, revealing GARDNER. Hysterical, CARRIE reaches up and clutches her white shorts -- leaving a bloody handprint.) CARRIE Help me! GARDNER Damn it! (To calm her, GARDNER slaps CARRIE. At that same instant, there is a BRIGHT FLASH OVERHEAD as a NEO LIGHT sizzles and explodes like a FLASH OF LIGHTNING -- SPARKS FLYING DOWN from above. A long beat -- everyone freezes as it sizzles out. Then): GARDNER Carrie? NORMA Gawd… MARY ANN Didja see that?! MADDY What the hell? SHELLY Jesus! ROSE
Omigod… CARRIE I‟m bleeding. GARDNER Stand up and take care of yourself. CARRIE It … hurts. GARDNER C‟mon, now, Carrie, it‟s just your period. CARRIE My period? GARDNER Don‟t you know? (realizing she doesn‟t know) Oh, Carrie... CARRIE My period? GARDNER Yes. Yes. (a beat) You‟re okay. You‟re safe. KELLY What‟s the matter? SUE Didn‟t her mother tell her? JAMIE Not a clue. FRIEDA Looking so dumb NORMA Look at her CHRIS Just her period.
GARDNER Don‟t you all have a class? (The GIRLS start to move off -- just CHRIS and SUE remain.) CHRIS Do you believe that stupid bitch never knew?! GARDNER Okay! That‟s enough! Class dismissed! CHRIS She never knew! GARDNER Chris! SUE But Chris is right, Miss Gardner. GARDNER Sue, I‟m surprised at you. SUE Well, her mother should have told her. (MISS GARDNER, SUE, CHRIS and CARRIE remain: each in their separate world, lost in her private thoughts. Only occasionally do they address each other directly.) GARDNER I CAN‟T BELIEVE SHE NEVER LEARNED SHE‟S SO NAÏVE AND SO AFRAID CHRIS Do you believe her? Bleeding like that? Ha! What a joke! She got what she deserved. SUE HER MOTHER SHOULD HAVE TOLD HER CHRIS What that holy-roller mother of hers?
GARDNER SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE TOLD HER CHRIS Always ranting how everyone is going straight to hell. Except her and her previous little Carrie! SUE MY GOD WHAT HAVE WE DONE HERE? I‟D NEVER TRY TO HURT HER CHRIS Remember the time she got down on her knees? Praying in the cafeteria? On her goddam knees! GARDNER THE GIRLS WENT WILD I WAS SHOCKED THE WAY THEIR FACES BURNED CHRIS I‟D EXPECT BUT NEVER SUE CHRIS Goddam, prayin‟ Carrie. SUE SHE CRIED LIKE SHE WAS BROKEN CHRIS And that light bulb breaking – it was perfect! SUE & GARDNER SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE TOLD HER CHRIS (addressing Sue) Oh, she was squealing like a stuck pig! SUE Chris! CHRIS Well she was! She was! SUE You know, you‟re my best friend but sometimes I don‟t understand you! CHRIS What‟s to understand? She‟s a pig.
SUE C‟mon, think of Carrie. CHRIS Oh, my heart bleeds for her. GARDNER Carrie, go home for the rest of the day. SUE Why do we always pick on her? CHRIS Because she‟s different? I don‟t know! SUE Well maybe she needs help! CHRIS You can say that again! SUE Chris, you‟ve got Billy. I‟ve got Tommy. Carrie has no one. CHRIS Sure she does, she‟s got her mother. SUE Well maybe we could try helping her. (As SUE begins exiting, CHRIS calls out after her): CHRIS You know what Shelly calls her? SUE Chris, please. GARDNER It‟ll be alright, Carrie... CHRIS Shelly calls her Scary White! I just call her stupid bitch! SUE
(leaving) That‟s enough Chris! GARDNER You‟ll see, trust me... CHRIS Scary White! Do you love it! GARDNER (leaving too) I‟ll make it right, I promise. CHRIS Scary White! Scary White! (And now on tape, pure CACOPHONY surrounds CARRIE as a catalog of fears and nightmares, the Girls‟ chants and calls – and through them all, Chris‟s voice.) CHRIS Scary White! Scary White! Scary White! CARRIE That‟s not my name! That‟s not my name! (singing) THAT‟S NOT MY NAME! DOESN‟T ANYBODY EVER GET IT RIGHT? CARRIE! WHY DON‟T THEY REMEMBER I AM CARRIE WHITE? CARRIE! IS IT ANY HARDER TO SAY THEN GODDAM TOAD AND CRAZY AND WEIRDO AND DUMB BITCH AND DOESN‟T ANYBODY THINK THAT I CAN HEAR? I HEAR! ESPECIALLY WHEN I GOT THEM SCREAMING IN MY EAR I HEAR! WHEN DID EVERYBODY DECIDE I‟M THE ONE WHO‟S THE FLOP? IF I HAD A WISH, GOD I‟D WISH THEY‟D STOP! I WISH THEY‟D STOP. HOW I WISHED THEY‟D STOP.
(Light change now, taking us to:)
ACT ONE SCENE 2: THE STREET She continues: CARRIE I WILL NOT CRY, I‟M OKAY I TRY SO HARD TO PLAY IT THERE WAY WHY DO THEY FIND IT SO HARD TO SAY CARRIE WHY DO THEY ALWAYS TREAT ME SO BAD THEY ALL KNOW MY NAME IT‟S CARRIE I DON‟T KNOW WHY THEY ALL GET SO MAD IT‟S ALWAYS THE SAME WHAT‟S GOING ON DEEP IN ME THERE‟S SOMEONE NEW WHERE I USED TO BE ONE OF THESE DAYS, THEY‟RE GONNA SEE CARRIE! SOMETIMES THEIR HATRED IS OUT OF CONTROL GOD HOW THEY HURT ME MOMMA SAYS SUFFERING IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL BUT THEY HURT ME AND IF I COULD I‟D BRING THEM ALL DOWN TO THEIR KNEES I‟D MAKE THEM SORRY FOREVER FOR TEASING
CARRIE! CARRIE! CARRIE… I WISH I WAS BLESSED WITH SOMEONE WHO IS NOT LIKE THE REST I‟D CLOSE MY EYES AND SUDDENLY HE‟D BE THERE HANDSOME AND WISE AND PROBABLY A PRINCE WHO COULD DANCE ON AIR AND HE‟D ASK ME OUT EVERY NIGHT I‟D SAY ALL RIGHT AFTER A WHILE, HE‟D ASK ME TO WEAR HIS RING MOMMA WOULD SMILE AND GIVE US HER BLESSINGS FOR EVERYTHING AND THE WORLD WOULD SEE THIS IS LOVE AND THEN EVERYONE WOULD BE JEALOUS OF CARRIE! CARRIE (cont.) THEN ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO SCREAM NIGHT AND DAY „POOR PRAYING CARRIE‟ THEY‟D SEE ME WITH HIM AND THEY MIGHT EVEN SAY „LOOK IT‟S CARRIE‟ IT‟S CARRIE! AND FINALLY I‟D HEAR THAT WORD SOUNDING SO SWEET THOUSANDS FO VOICE FOREVER REPEATING CARRIE! CARRIE! CARRIE! I AM THE SOUND OF DISTANT THUNDER! THE COLOR OR FLAME! I‟M CARRIE! I AM A SONG OF ENDLESS WONDER THAT NO ONE WILL CLAIM BUT SOMEDAY, OH MY SOMEDAY SOMEONE WILL KNOW MY NAME!!! (TOMMY ROSS and the BOYS enter playing basketball, and discussing the plan for the night. CARRIE, caught in the middle, watches them.) GARY Hey, Tommy. You coming to the drive in, tonight? TOMMY Wouldn‟t miss it!
KEVIN Hey man, are you bringing Sue? TOMMY What do you think? KEVIN Hey! Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Ross! DAVID She‟s got you man! MATTHEW Hey, it‟s praying Carrie! ERIC Gee, I wonder who‟s taking her to the drive in? KENNY Billy Nolan! JOEY No! Her mother! (The BOYS laugh. CARRIE turns away in humiliation. TOMMY looks at her in guilt. He does not laugh at the remarks by his friends and so steps in.) TOMMY Okay, guys. That‟s enough. Leave her alone. MARK Come on guys, let‟s go. (The BOYS exit offstage. TOMMY lingers behind. He approaches CARRIE.) TOMMY You okay? All right. (TOMMY exits the way the others did. CARRIE watches him leave. She then continues on her way home. The MUSIC changes -- beautiful, hymn like now as we go to):
ACT ONE SCENE 3: THE WHITE BUNGALOW We reveal the White living room – dominated by a large CRUCIFIX of Jesus. And then we find MARGARET WHITE. She sings with the purity, ecstasy and reverie-like devotion of a true believer. MARGARET OPEN YOUR LET JESUS OPEN YOUR LET JESUS
HEART IN HEART IN
LORD, YOU HAVE FOUND ME A-WONDERING IN THE DARKNESS LIGHT MY WAY WITH YOUR TRUE FAITH AND I‟LL SING WITH JOY OF MY NEW FAITH LORD TAKE ME GENTLY AND LEAD ME TO YOUR PASTURES TO YOUR HANDS I SURRENDER IN THE HOPE OF LOVE EVER TENDER (CARRIE enters, watches MARGARET)
SHOW ME THE WAY I KNOW THE JOURNEY IS FRAUGHT WITH PAIN AND DANGER I SUSTAIN PERSECUTION IN THE HOPE OF YOUR ABSOLUTION JESUS POSSESS ME: SWEET SAVIOR BE MY SHEPARD BLESS EACH ENDEAVOR TILL I FINALLY JOIN YOU FOREVER CARRIE Hello, Momma. MARGARET Carietta, come pray with me. CARRIE (quietly) OPEN YOUR HEART MARGARET Lift up your voice, Carietta. LET JESUS IN CARRIE OPEN YOUR HEART BOTH (counterpart) LET JESUS IN LORD I WILL SEE CHOIRS OF SAINTS AND ANGELS SINGING FINALLY FREE FROM TEMPTATION AND THE FLAMES OF HELL‟S DEVASTATION THEN HE WILL TAKE ME AND WASH ME IN THE RIVER I WILL MAKE CELEBRATION IN THE JOY OF FINAL THE LIGHT OF FINAL THE FIRE OF FINAL SALVATION CARRIE I love you, Momma. MARGARET I love you, Carietta. CARRIE (slowly, tentatively) Something happened at school today, Momma. Something terrible.
MARGARET Terrible things are the Lord‟s way of testing us, Carrie. CARRIE I know. But the other girls -MARGARET You‟re not like the other girls. CARRIE But I am, Momma. I am! I never thought so, but -MARGARET No, you‟re not, Carrie. You are special. CARRIE You‟re not listening to me, Momma. MARGARET I‟ve heard all I want to hear. CARRIE Momma, in the showers, the other girls -MARGARET You are forbidden to shower with the other girls. CARRIE I know but, Momma -MARGARET (softly, implacable) Forbidden! CARRIE I started to bleed! MARGARET (A long beat, then) What...? CARRIE I started to bleed and the others girls laughed at me. And they called me names and they pushed me and I fell and – MARGARET
What else? CARRIE Miss Gardner, Miss Gardner came in and she slapped me. MARGARET What else? CARRIE And there was a flash and a bang and a light bulb broke. They got me dressed and then -(FULL STOP. Silence. Then): MARGARET God! Oh God! CARRIE Momma, what is it? (No answer) Why are you looking at me like that? (Still no reply) Momma, you‟re frightening me. MARGARET The Curse of Blood! The Curse of Power! CARRIE Momma? MARGARET Bow your head and pray. „And God made Eve from the rib of Adam. And Eve was weak and loosed the raven on the world.‟ CARRIE Momma, don‟t shut me out! MARGARET „And the raven was called Sin. And the first Sin was the Sin of Lust. The Lord visited Eve with a Curse, and the Curse, was the Curse of Blood.‟ (MARGARET begins to sing while CARRIE entreats her.) MARGARET AND GOD MADE EVE FROM ADAM‟S RIB AND EVE WAS WEAK
CARRIE Momma, how could I know?
AND EVE WAS WEAK AND EVE WAS WEAK
Why didn‟t you tell me?
AND THE THE THE
It‟s not a curse, Momma! It‟s something all girls go through. You should have told me!
GOD MADE CURSE OF CURSE OF CURSE OF
EVE TO BEAR THE CURSE BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD
(MARGARET‟s hand flashes down and strikes CARRIE; the MUSIC kicks in, the VAMP plays through, she instructs CARRIE.) MARGARET Get to the cellar and pray, woman! Pray to Heaven for your wicked soul! CARRIE Momma! I‟m changing! THE ITS ITS ITS
MARGARET RAVEN CAME TO PLAGUE THE WORLD NAME WAS SIN MARGARET (cont.) NAME WAS SIN NAME WAS SIN, BEGIN!
AND LUST WAS HOW THE SIN BEGAN THE SIN WAS MAN Well understand! THE SIN WAS MAN
CARRIE IT‟S NOT A SIN CARRIE (cont.) OH, MOMMA IT‟S NOT A SIN! I DON‟T UNDERSTAND NO! WHAT HAVE I DONE
GOD HAS SEEN YOUR SINNING! JUST BEGINNING! PRAY FOR YOUR SALVATION! FROM DAMNATION! PRAY OR HE WILL BURN YOU! HE WILL BURN YOU! THE SEED CONVEYS THE POWER AND IT‟S COME AGAIN IT‟S COME AGAIN IT‟S COME AGAIN! UNTIL THE SEED IS CRUSHED
MOMMA, WHAT IS THIS SEED? DON‟T YOU CARE THAT I STARTED TO BLEED
THE POWER NEVER ENDS IT NEVER ENDS IT NEVER ENDS MOMMA, I WAS SO SCARED AND THEY ALL STARED I THOUGHT I WAS DYING! I STARTED CRYING! MOMMA! YOU‟LL BECOME SATAN‟S BRIDE PRAY FOR MERCY, GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES YOU‟VE GOT JEZEBEL‟S PRIDE AND YOUR SOUL IS A WHOLE OF DISEASE
PLEASE DON‟T HURT ME!
I CAN SEE YOU INSIDE I CAN SEE HOW YOU LIED THAT‟S HOW LUCIFER FELL! AND YOU‟RE HEADED FOR HELL
DON‟T BELIEVE WITH YOUR EYES BUT I NEVER TOLD LIES! MOMMA HOW COULD I KNOW!
I WON‟T LET YOU GO!!!
MOMMA LET ME GO!!!
MARGARET HEAVEN HATES A SINNER! [SATAN LOVES A SINNER!] HATES [LOVES] SAVE YOUR SOUL FROM BURNING! GOD SHE‟S BURNING! PRAY OR HE WILL BURN YOU HE WILL BURN YOU
PLEASE DON‟T HURT ME!
(MARGARET opens the cellar door and drags CARRIE toward and down into the trap door.) CARRIE I‟M NOT A SINNER NOT A SINNER! MOMMA, STOP, THAT‟S BURNING! STOP IT‟S BURNING! MOMMA! NO! NO! PLEASE! MOMMA! NO! PLEASE! MOMMA! NO! (MARGARET manages to whirl CARRIE into the small cellar space below, locking the door on top of her. As she does so, the CRUCIFIX begins to bleed. Then):
AND AND AND AND
MARGARET GOD MADE EVE FROM ADAM‟S RIB EVE WAS WEAK EVE WAS WEAK I WAS WEAK
I PRAYED THIS DAY WOULD NEVER COME I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN NOW I‟M ALONE I‟M SO AFRAID OH, LORD I‟VE SEE THIS POWER BEFORE! THE FLESH IS WEAK AND I IMPLORE! FATHER DON‟T FORSAKE HER FATHER TAKE HER! CLEANSE AND PURIFY HER! WITH THE FIRE! AND THE POWER! AND THE GLORY! FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER! AMEN!!!!!!!! (Blackout. LIGHTS come up slowly to reveal SUE, waiting for TOMMY. While she waits, MISS GARDNER passes by.) SUE Miss Gardner. About what happened with Carrie. GARDNER Yes? SUE I just wanted you to know I didn‟t mean anything by it. GARDNER That doesn‟t make it right, Sue. Not with me and not with Carrie. Have you ever stop to think that maybe Carrie White has feelings? Have any of us ever stopped to think? (GARDNER exits, leaving SUE alone. In an eerie echo, we hear CARRIE offstage.) CARRIE (O.S.) JESUS WATCHES FROM THE WALL BUT HIS FACE IS COLD AS STONE IF HE LOVES ME WHY DO I FEEL SO ALL ALONE? (And then, TOMMY‟s voice.) TOMMY (O.S.)
C‟mon, Sue! We‟re gonna be late for the drive-in! SUE I‟m coming! (She runs off.)
ACT ONE SCENE 4: THE DRIVE-IN MOVIE The latest teen horror film is being projected to an audience of what at first appears to be empty cars – the KIDS in them, making out like crazy, in various stages of undress. Then, an angry BILLY NOLAN shoots into view. BILLY HEY, BABY, WHAT‟S THE DEAL? I‟M JUST TRYING TO SHOW YOU HOW I FEEL? WHY DID WE COME HERE IF YOU‟RE GONNA FIGHT? CHRIS ME FIGHT? BILLY
THAT‟S RIGHT, THAT‟S RIGHT! CHRIS SURE, SCREW ROMANCE! YOU‟RE JUST TRYING TO GET INTO MY PANTS HOW CAN YOU RUIN SUCH A PERFECT NIGHT? BILLY OH, RIGHT CHRIS YOU MIGHT BILLY NOT QUITE CHRIS SEE? BOYS LIKE YOU YOU DON‟T EVEN CARE FOR LOVE BILLY ME?! THAT‟S NOT TRUE I NEVER GET ENOUGH (TOMMY and SUE pop up into view in the next car): SUE TOMMY WON‟T YOU TAKE ME HOME I THINK THAT I WOULD RATHER BE ALONE I‟VE STILL GOT HOMEWORK AND IT‟S TEN O‟CLOCK TOMMY OH GREAT! SUE IT‟S LATE! TOMMY NOW WAIT! HEY, BABY DON‟T GET MAD I DON‟T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU FEEL BAD BUT YOU SHOULDN‟T TREAT ME LIKE I‟M JUST A JOCK! SUE LIKE WHEN?
TOMMY JUST THEN SUE OH MEN! SEE! BOYS LIKE YOU NEVER THINK OF SOMEONE ELSE TOMMY ME? THAT‟S NOT TRUE I‟M JUST TRYING TO HELP SO BABY DON‟T WASTE THE MOON NOW THAT THE NIGHT IS OURS OH DON‟T, BABY DON‟T WASTE THE MOON AND THE STARS TOMMY Is it something I did? SUE It‟s not you, it‟s Carrie. TOMMY Praying Carrie? SUE Don‟t call her that. TOMMY That thing in the shower, teasing Carrie White? SUE We were hurting her. TOMMY Oh, c‟mon it was a joke. SUE It wasn‟t and I was apart of it. TOMMY Well if you are gonna be sorry, why don‟t you show me how sorry you really are. SUE Tommy!
(CHRIS and BILLY reappear.) CHRIS That goddam Scary White! BILLY Who the hell is Scary White? CHRIS YOU DON‟T HEAR A WORD I SAY MAYBE CUZ YOUR BRAIN GETS IN THE WAY I THINK YOU‟RE THE VICTIM OF AN ACTIVE GLAND BILLY OH, YEAH? CHRIS OH YEAH! BILLY OH YEAH? YOU! WHAT A TWISTED MIND! DON‟T YOU KNOW THAT BOYS ARE GOING BLIND? CUZ THEY DON‟T HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN LEND A HAND CHRIS THAT‟S SMART! BILLY MY HEART CHRIS DON‟T START! SEE! BOYS LIKE YOU! WHAM AND BAM! AND THANK YOU MA‟AM BILLY ME? THAT‟S NOT TRUE WHO DO YOU THINK I AM? SO BABY DON‟T WASTE THE MOON NOW THAT THE NIGHT IS OURS! OH, DON‟T BABY DON‟T WASTE THE MOON AND THE STARS
CHRIS Oh, but she‟s such a pig! BILLY I think you are so hot! CHRIS Seventeen years old and not a clue! BILLY C‟mon, Chris, this Carrie stuff is driving me crazy! CHRIS Oh, Billy! What a scream! BILLY Oh baby, don‟t talk right now! CHRIS I‟m trying to talk about Scary White! BILLY Who the hell is Scary White? BOYS GEE, WHAT‟D I DO? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO MEAN? GIRLS SEE, BOYS LIKE YOU! WE SHOULD JUST WATCH THE SCREEN! ALL GIRLS DON‟T YOU TREAT ME LIKE SOME LITTLE TOY OR I‟M JUST GONNA TREAT YOU LIKE ONE OF THE BOYS ALL BOYS WELL YOU DON‟T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE A MAN GODDAM! I‟M DOING THE BEST THAT I CAN! (DANCE BREAK here; then we go back into): ALL DON‟T WASTE THE MOON! NOW THAT THE NIGHT IT OURS! OH, DON‟T BABY DON‟T WASTE THE MOON AND THE STARS!
GIRLS ALL WE EVER DO IS PARK THEN FOR HOURS YOU GROPE ME IN THE DARK WE WOULD GO BOWLING IF YOU REALLY CARED YOU DON‟T! BOYS I DO! GIRLS YOU DON‟T! BOYS „KAY! BE THAT WAY! GOOD GIRLS GO TO HEAVEN SO THEY SAY BUT BAD GIRLS, THEY GO EVERYWHERE GIRLS NO FAIR! BOYS SO THERE! GIRLS I SWEAR! SEE, BOYS LIKE YOU! YOU DON‟T EVEN CARE FOR LOVE! BOYS ME? THAT‟S NOT TRUE I NEVER GET ENOUGH! GIRLS SEE! BOYS LIKE YOU! YOU CAN BARK BUT YOU WON‟T BITE ME! I‟LL COME THROUGH IF YOU JUST TREAT ME RIGHT
BOYS DON‟T WASTE THE MOON NOW THAT THE NIGHT IS OURS OH, DON‟T, BABY DON‟T WASTE THE MOON AND HE STARS
ALL (A cappella) DON‟T WASTE THE MOON! NOW THAT THE NIGHT IS OURS! OH DON‟T, BABY DON‟T WASTE THE MOON AND THE STARS! (Music in) DON‟T WASTE THE MOON! NOW THAT THE NIGHT IS OURS!
OH, DON‟T, BABY DON‟T WASTE THE MOON AND THE STARS! (The song comes to an end. As the scene shifts, the KIDS sing the final verse of “Don‟t Waste the Moon” as they dance offstage. Then):
ACT ONE SCENE 5: THE WHITE BUNGALOW Absolute stillness – just candles illuminating the crucifix of Jesus; CARRIE is in the small cellar space where MARGARET has locked her. CARRIE JESUS WATCHES FROM THE WALL BUT HIS FACE IS COLD AS STONE IF HE LOVES ME WHY DO I FEEL SO ALL
ALONE? BABY SAVIOR MEEK AND MILD WHAT DO YOU DO WITH MY PRAYERS? IF YOU HEAR ME WHY DO I FEEL THAT NO ONE CARES? THERE‟S A MOVEMENT IN MY HEAD CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE? SOMETHING‟S SHIFTING SOMETHING‟S LIFTING WHY DO I FEEL IT‟S SOMETHING STRANGE? (MARGARET stands in the doorway, opposite the figure of Christ.) MARGARET FATHER ALMIGHTY, SHE‟S ONLY A CHILD BUT THE WOMAN IS WAKING INSIDE HER SHE WILL BE LOST IF HER PASSION RUNS WILD SO I CAN‟T LET HER STUMBLE AND FALL AS YOU HELPED YOUR CHILD DIVINE GIVE ME THE STRENGTH THE TO HELP MINE CARRIE MOMMA SEES INSIDE MY SOUL BUT HER FACE IS COLD AS STONE IF SHE LOVES ME WHY DO I FEEL SO ALL ALONE? MARGARET You can go to bed now, Carietta. CARRIE Yes, Momma. MARGARET You must forget what happened today. CARRIE Yes, Momma. MARGARET The Lord will protect us. CARRIE
Yes, Momma. MARGARET God will forgive us. CARRIE Yes, Momma. MARGARET Say your prayers. (CARRIE moves over to MARGARET and kneels to pray.) CARRIE NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO KEEP IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE (She stands to leave, but MARGARET grabs her hand.) MARGARET I NEVER WANTED TO CAUSE YOU SUCH PAIN BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN MY LIFE IS SO FRIGHTENING MAYBE I DO THINGS THAT I CAN‟T EXPLAIN BUT MY FEELINGS FOR YOU NEVER CHANGE [I DO THE BEST I CAN UNDER THIS STRAIN BUT I’M LEARNING AS I GO ALONG] YOU ARE STILL MY PRECIOUS ONE CAN YOU FORGIVE WHAT I‟VE DONE? ===============================BOTH TOGETHER=============================== MARGARET I WAS WRONG AND, IT HURTS ME TO HAVE TO HURT YOU I‟D RATHER DIE THAN SEE YOU SUFFER ONE DAY YOU‟LL BLESS ME FOR LIGHTING THE WAY CAN YOU LOOK INSIDE YOUR HEART? THAT‟S WHERE FORGIVENESS MUST STAR AFTER ALL WE HAVE NO ONE EXCEPT EACH OTHER THE WORLD OUTSIDE CAN‟T UNDERSTAND YOU
WHEN THEY BETRAY YOU I‟LL ALWAYS BE HERE YOU‟RE THE REASON I‟M ALIVE YOU‟RE THE ONLY REASON I SURVIVE IN MY LIFE THERE‟S ONLY ONE THING TRUE I LOVE YOU CARRIE MOMMA YOU DON‟T NEED FORGIVENESS FROM ME OH I KNOW THAT YOU DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO I WANT TO DRY ALL THE TEARS SO YOU‟LL SEE THAT I‟M SORRY FOR LETTING YOU DOWN WON‟T YOU BLESS ME NOW CAN YOU LOOK INSIDE YOUR HEART? OH, MOMMA SHOW ME THE MERCY THAT YOU‟VE ALWAYS SHOWN I DEPEND ON YOUR GOODNESS TO GUIDE ME I‟M SO AFRAID THAT YOU‟LL LEAVE ME ALONE AND I‟D DIE IF YOU PUSHED ME AWAY PROMISE YOU‟LL BE HERE YOU‟RE THE REASON I‟M ALIVE YOU‟RE MY SURVIVAL IN MY LIFE THERE‟S ONLY ONE THING TRUE I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU ===============================END TOGETHER=============================== (They embrace and the enormity of their love is so overwhelming for CARRIE that her powers spill over: the flames of the candles literally rise, growing in height. Blackout. The LIGHTS come up to reveal the BOYS in discussion about the Prom. BILLY NOLAN tags, behind them, separate.) GARY You got a date for the prom? KEVIN Sure, I‟ve got Maddy. DAVID Cath said yes. MATTHEW Tommy‟s bringing Sue.
ERIC What else is new? KENNY What about Chris? JOEY She hasn‟t decided yet. MARK She can take her pick. CHRIS I heard she‟s taking Billy Nolan to the prom. SCOTT Her father must‟ve croaked. GARY Billy Nolan? KEVIN To the prom? DAVID Jesus. (The BOYS exit, BILLY follows behind them, hearing everything they said. Even he himself feels almost like an outcast among his peers. Then):
ACT ONE SCENE 6: THE GYMNASIUM Same as ACT I, Scene 1: GIRLS in their gym outfits, GARDNER striding in front of them. GARDNER You‟re going to tell Carrie White you‟re sorry.
GIRLS What?!?! GARDNER Each and every one of you is going to tell Carrie you‟re sorry for what you did. If you don‟t, you‟re out of the prom. CHRIS You‟re joking. GARDNER Try me. (She exits to get CARRIE.) CHRIS Oh, that goddam Carrie! SUE Let it go, Chris! CHRIS Like hell I will! SUE What did she do to you? CHRIS Hey, hey -- tell me if I‟m wrong, but who was that in there with the rest of us? SUE Me. Me. But I‟m sorry. CHRIS Oh, you‟re sorry. SUE Yeah. CHRIS Hey, everyone, Sue‟s sorry. (Chant.) SUSIE‟S SORRY! SUSIE‟S SORRY! SUSIE‟S SORRY!
GIRLS SUSIE‟S SORRY! SUSIE‟S SORRY! SUSIE‟S SORRY! (The GIRLS giggle, just as GARDNER reenters with CARRIE.) GARDNER Okay, class. You have something to say to Carrie? CARRIE Miss Gardner, please. GARDNER Who‟s going to be first? SUE Carrie…about the other day…I‟m sorry. GARDNER Next. FRIEDA (A glance at Sue) Sorry, Carrie. GARDNER (to Norma) Your turn. NORMA (a glance at Chris; mutters) Sorry. GARDNER (Addressing them all) Girls. (All the GIRLS -- minus CHRIS -- join together, echoing.) SHELLY Sorry, Carrie… MADDY Sorry, Carrie…
JAMIE Sorry, Carrie… CATH Carrie, sorry… MICHELLE Sorry, okay? MARY ANN Sorry. KELLY Sorry, Carrie. ROSE I‟m very sorry, Carrie. (Long beat. Then): GARDNER Chris. (Chris says nothing) CHRIS. CARRIE Please, it‟s okay. GARDNER We‟re waiting, Chris. (Chris mutters something unintelligible) What?! Speak up! CHRIS Carrie, I – CARRIE You don‟t have to. GARDNER We‟re still waiting. CHRIS Carrie White eats shits!
(The GIRLS, except SUE, react with giggles and nervous laughter. Over which): GARDNER That‟s it, Chris! You‟re out of the prom! CHRIS What the hell did you say? GARDNER You heard me. You are out of the prom. CHRIS You can‟t get away with this, you bitch! (GARDNER throws CHRIS to the floor, hard.) CHRIS I‟ll talk to my Daddy and he‟ll get you fired for this! GARDNER Class. Dismissed. Move it! CHRIS Hey! She can‟t get away with this! If we stick together -(They‟re all leaving) Norma...? Frieda...? Jamie? Sue? SUE Shut up, Chris. Just shut up. CHRIS You‟re going to be sorry. (Striding past Gardner; Past Carrie as well) They‟re gonna be sorry. (CHRIS runs off. Just GARDNER and CARRIE now.) GARDNER Shh...Carrie, shh, it‟s okay. CARRIE
They laughed at me. They‟ve always laughed at me. Why do they always laugh? GARDNER Carrie, I‟m sorry. I didn‟t think Chris would go this far. CARRIE Oh, Miss Gardner, you can‟t. You just can‟t! GARDNER Don‟t worry, Carrie, she won‟t hurt you. CARRIE No, you don‟t understand. You‟ve just got to let her go. You‟ve just got to. GARDNER What do you mean? CARRIE The prom. It‟s very important to Chris. GARDNER And what‟s right is important to me. CARRIE But the prom – the Prom is everything. (halting, then) It‟s the one night everyone gets all dressed up and they look beautiful...all starry and grown up...and they dance with each other...and, oh, it‟s like a dream. The most perfect dream of all! GARDNER Who are you going with? CARRIE Oh, me? I‟m not going. GARDNER Sure you are. You just said everyone‟s going to be there. CARRIE I‟m different. GARDNER Not that different.
CARRIE I am! GARDNER Everybody feels that way. CARRIE No they don‟t. They‟ve all got someone. GARDNER And so will you. You never know. CARRIE No. GARDNER Oh, come on! I‟ll tell you what. Let‟s pretend. CARRIE Oh, Miss Gardner. GARDNER (overriding) -- Pretend -- that a certain young Prince Charming comes up to you. CARRIE He wouldn‟t. GARDNER So there is someone. And this really cute guy. He‟s probably really shy, too. And he says „Carrie, will you be my date for the prom?‟ (A long pause; CARRIE almost caught up in the fantasy) Well what would you say? CARRIE No. GARDNER Carrie! Why not? CARRIE I‟m not pretty. GARDNER Yes you are. That‟s a pretty girl.
SO MANY YEARS YOU CRIED YOUR TEARS ALONE FRIGHTENED THAT LIFE MIGHT PASS YOU BY THEN HE APPEARS SOMEONE WHO CARES FOR YOU THIS IS NO TIME TO QUESTION WHY LOVE CAN FIND YOU WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT FUNNY HOW TWO LIVES CONNECT THAT‟S HOW IT STARTS TWO UNSUSPECTING HEARTS LET SOMEONE IN [LET YOURSELF GO] GIVE SOMEONE HALF A CHANCE MAYBE HE‟S WAITING JUST FOR YOU ONCE YOU BEGIN [YOU NEVER KNOW] IT CAN BE PARADISE MAYBE YOUR DREAMS JUST MIGHT COME TRUE BUT YOU‟LL NEVER KNOW HOW LOVE MIGHT GROW ONCE YOU‟VE SHARED YOUR FIRST HELLO THAT‟S HOW IT STARTS TWO UNSUSPECTING HEARTS CARRIE Oh, I don‟t think so, Miss Gardner. GARDNER But you‟ll never know if you don‟t take the chance. Listen to me. You have beautiful eyes. CARRIE Me? GARDNER Yes, you, silly, you! And your lips, with the right shade of lipstick… CARRIE Lipstick? But my mother… GARDNER Shh…if you fix your hair up and with the right dress, oh, Carrie, it could be wonderful! GARDNER (CONT.)
IN A WORLD WHERE NOTHING‟S SURE AND NOTHING‟S EVER GUARANTEED YOU SHOULD TRUST THE WAY YOU FEEL THAT‟S THE ONLY THING THAT‟S REAL IT‟S LIKE MAGIC HOW YOUR SPIRITS SOARS ONCE YOU FEEL HIS HAND IN YOURS THAT‟S HOW IT STARTS TWO UNSUSPECTING HEARTS! (DANCE BREAK -- as GARDNER moves CARRIE into the spell. Then back into): GARDNER IN A WORLD WHERE NOTHING‟S SURE AND NOTHING‟S EVER GUARANTEED YOU SHOULD TRUST THE WAY YOU FEEL THAT‟S THE ONLY THING THAT‟S REAL IT‟S LIKE MAGIC HOW YOUR SPIRITS SOARS ONCE YOU FEEL HIS HAND IN YOURS THAT‟S HOW IT STARTS TWO UNSUSPECTING HEARTS! CARRIE IT‟S LIKE MAGIC HOW YOUR SPIRITS SOARS BOTH ONCE YOU FEEL HIS HAND IN YOURS GARDNER THAT‟S HOW IT STARTS CARRIE THAT‟S HOW IT STARTS GARDNER & CARRIE TWO UNSUSPECTING HEARTS! (Blackout and the scene changes.)
ACT ONE SCENE 7: THE CAVALIER A nightspot where the KIDS hang out; TOMMY comes upon a pensive SUE. SUE TOMMY LATELY, I‟VE JUST NOT BEEN FEELING RIGHT I‟M SO ASHAMED AT HOW WE‟VE ALL BE TREATING CARRIE WHITE AM I CRAZY; AM I GETTING TOO UPSET? I NEVER DREAMED OF ASKING BUT YOU NEVER FAILED ME YET DO ME A FAVOR… (CHRIS zeroes in on BILLY.) CHRIS Oh Billy… BILLY What now, Chris? CHRIS I‟ve got something I want you to do for me. BILLY Why don‟t you go ask your Daddy? MY DADDY CAN BUY ALL MY DADDY SUPPLIES ME THERE‟S NOTHING THAT THERE‟S JUST ONE WAY
CHRIS THE THINGS THAT YOU WON‟T WITH THE THINGS THAT YOU DON‟T DADDY EVERY DENIES ME THAT DADDY DOESN‟T SATISFY ME
ONLY YOU CAN DO IT ONLY YOU CAN REALLY GET DOWN TO IT THIS GIRL IS DESPERATE C‟MON AND SAVE HER BABY, BABY, BABY, BABY DO DO DO DO
ME ME ME ME
A A A A
FAVOR, FAVOR, FAVOR, FAVOR,
OH BABY SAY MAYBE OBEY ME UH-HUH
TOMMY C‟MON! NOTHING‟S TOO GOOD FOR MY GIRL SUE WHAT‟S WRONG? ASK ME FOR ANYTHING I‟LL DO MY BEST! I‟VE BEEN SO WORRIED CUZ YOU‟RE TOO DEPRESSED I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU SUE DO ME A FAVOR DO ME A FAVOR DO ME A FAVOR DO ME A FAVOR
DO DO DO DO
ME ME ME ME
A A A A
GIRLS FAVOR, OH BABY FAVOR, SAY MAYBE FAVOR, OBEY ME FAVOR, UH-HUH
TOMMY YOU KNOW, I ONLY WANT YOU TO FEEL FREE LET GO, I CAN ASSURE YOU IT‟LL BE NO SWEAT ANYTHING YOU CAN WANT FROM ME YOU‟LL GET YOU SAY THE WORD AND I‟LL AGREE BOYS WHAT NOW? WHAT‟S ON YOUR MIND? SO NOW YOU NEED ME? ... UH-HUH
CHRIS THERE‟S SOMETHING THAT CARRIE WHITE WILL JUST HAVE TO LEARN IF SHE PLAYS WITH FIRE THEN SHE‟S GONNA GET BURNED I WANT HER TO PAY UP FOR ALL THAT SHE‟S COST ME AND MAKE HER GOOD AND SORRY THAT SHE EVERY CROSSED ME YOU‟VE GOT TO HELP ME!! SUE IF YOU HELP ME I COULD EVEN UP THIS DEBT AND WE CAN ALL GIVE CARRIE WHITE A NIGHT SHE WON‟T FORGET BILLY YOU ALWAYS AMAZE ME WITH THE WAY THAT YOU THINK IF I WAS YOUR DADDY I WOULD BUY YOU A SHRINK BUT OKAY, I‟LL DO IT YOU‟RE MY INSPIRATION JUST MAKE SURE YOU SHOW ME YOUR APPRECIATION CHRIS & SUE ONLY YOU CAN DO IT ONLY YOU CAN REALLY GET DOWN TO IT
BILLY & TOMMY YOU KNOW I CAN DO IT LET‟S GET DOWN TO IT
THIS GIRL IS DESPERATE YEAH… C‟MON AND SAVE HER YEAH… CHRIS & SUE (cont.) BILLY & TOMMY BABY, BABY, BABY, BABY, BABY, BABY, DO ME A FAVOR BABY, BABY, SUE I‟VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT HAPPY SHE WOULD BE IF ONLY YOU‟D TAKE CARRIE TO THE PROM INSTEAD ON ME TOMMY DO WHAT? WHO DO YOU WANT TO INVITE? I THOUGHT YOU‟D BE WITH ME ON FRIDAY NIGHT BUT WHOA, I KNOW YOU‟RE TRYING TO DO WHAT‟S RIGHT BUT NO, I WON‟T BE TAKING CARRIE WHITE, NO GO! SUE THINK OF CARRIE CARRIE‟S REALLY HAD IT ROUGH I TOLD HER I WAS SORRY BUT THAT‟S JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH
TOMMY I KNOW I MAY OKAY! OKAY! OKAY!
KIDS DO ME A FAVOR! DO ME A FAVOR!
===============================ALL TOGETHER=============================== SUE IF YOU HELP ME, I CAN EVEN UP THIS DEBT AND WE CAN ALL GIVE CARRIE WHITE A NIGHT SHE WON‟T FORGET TOMMY YOU KNOW, I ONLY WANT YOU TO FEEL FREE LET GO, I CAN ASSURE YOU IT‟LL BE NO SWEAT ANYTHING YOU CAN WANT FROM ME YOU‟LL GET YOU SAY THE WORD AND I‟LL AGREE CHRIS THERE‟S SOMETHING THAT CARRIE WHITE WILL JUST HAVE TO LEARN IF SHE PLAYS WITH FIRE THEN SHE‟S GONNA GET BURNED I WANT HER TO PAY UP FOR ALL THAT SHE‟S COST ME AND MAKE HER GOOD AND SORRY THAT SHE EVERY CROSSED ME YOU‟VE GOT TO HELP ME!! BILLY ONLY I CAN DO IT! ONLY I CAN REALLY GET DOWN TO IT I‟LL BE YOUR WHITE KNIGHT
I‟LL BE YOUR SAVIOR BABY, BABY, BABY, BABY I‟LL DO YOU YOUR FAVOR KIDS DO ME A FAVOR! DO ME A FAVOR! DO ME A FAVOR! ===============================END TOGETHER=============================== CHRIS If Carrie is going to the prom and I‟m not, you know what I want, Billy? BILLY What, Chris? What? CHRIS Pig‟s blood for a pig, Billy! Pig‟s blood for a pig! BILLY Pig‟s blood? CHRIS Yeah! Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood! ALL FAVORS ARE PROMISES YOU DON‟T WANT TO BREAK! DON‟T TURN YOUR BACK WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH AT STAKE! [DON’T GET DISCOURAGED WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH WHO CAN YOU TURN TO WHEN YOU CAN’T GET ENOUGH] I‟M BEGGING! I‟M PLEADING! I‟M DOWN ON MY KNEES! IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME WELL, THEN BABY! BABY! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! ------(Suspending, holding as we envelope into the next scene, going right into the Invitation. TOMMY addresses CARRIE.) TOMMY ...I know this is last notice but if you don‟t have a date for the Prom, would you like to go with me? CARRIE (astonished)
What? What? TOMMY To the prom? It‟s next Friday and -KIDS (softly) DO ME A FAVOR... CARRIE (softly) Why me? I don‟t like to be tricked. I know who you go around with. (TOMMY looks over to SUE, shrugs: see?) SUE Just try... TOMMY Look, Carrie, I‟m asking you. KIDS DO ME A FAVOR... CARRIE Why are you doing this? SUE Do it for me... KIDS DO ME A FAVOR… TOMMY I don‟t know. Just say yes. SUE Make her say yes... CHRIS Do me a favor... TOMMY Say yes. MARGARET Carrie? TOMMY Say yes. Do it for me.
SUE Do it for me... CHRIS Do me a favor... MARGARET Carietta? KIDS (whispered) DO ME A FAVOR! CARRIE (she decides) Yes. (LIGHTNING and THUNDERCLAP) SUE Thank you. CHRIS Thank you. CARRIE Thank you.
ACT ONE SCENE 8: THE WHITE BUNGALOW CARRIE joins MARGARET. Outside, the storm worsens – LIGHTNING, claps of THUNDER. CARRIE Momma? MARGARET Yes? CARRIE MOMMA DON‟T YOU THINK IT‟S TIME I SHOULD TRY TO GET ALONG MARGARET Whatever are you going on about Carrie? Now quiet down and let us just sit here in peace. CARRIE I DON‟T HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS I WISH I COULD FIT RIGHT IN MARGARET Being different is the Lord‟s blessing, Carrie. It is written „He who hears my voice alone shall be saved.‟ CARRIE MOMMA CAN‟T WE STOP AND TALK THERE‟S THIS BOY NAMED TOMMY ROSS MARGARET CARIETTA! CARRIE I‟VE BEEN INVITED TO THE PROM MARGARET
PROM? CARRIE HE ASKED ME TWICE I STILL CAN‟T BELIEVE I SAID YES GOSH, HE‟S SO NICE BUT MOMMA I STILL HAVE TO MAKE MY DRESS CARRIE (Cont.) NOW I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK SOMETHING IN PINK? MOMMA I‟M SCARED I NEVER LEARNED HOW TO DANCE I‟M SO UNPREPARED BUT WHAT SHOULD I DO WHEN HE TAKES MY HAND? THIS IS ALL I DREAMED IT COULD BE MOMMA, WHAT IF HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH ME? (MARGARET leaves CARRIE – turns her back on her.) CARRIE His name is Tommy Ross and he‟s a very nice boy... He‟s promised to stop in before and meet you... And he‟ll have me home by midnight. It‟s next Friday. I‟ve said yes, Momma. Momma, I‟ve said yes. MARGARET (quietly, as if entering a trance) I REMEMBER HOW THOSE BOYS COULD DANCE, PRESSING CLOSE ON FRIDAY NIGHTS. THEY COULD SWEEP ME AWAY. CARRIE Momma? MARGARET OH, HOW THOSE BOYS WERE DEMONS OF ROMANCE, IN THEIR CARS WE'D CHASE THE LIGHTS. I KNOW JUST HOW BOYS WILL BEHAVE. CARRIE You‟ll like this boy Momma. He‟s not like the others. He‟s so sweet and polite. He‟s nice, Momma. You‟ll like him, really you will. (silence from Margaret) Everyone isn‟t bad, Momma. Everything‟s not a sin. MARGARET
OH, HOW YOUR FATHER WHISPERED IN MY EAR. FIRST THE KISS AND THEN THE TOUCH, MIXING LIES WITH THE TRUTH. HE WOULD SIGH AND TRY TO DRAW ME NEAR. OH, HE'D SWEAR HE CARED SO MUCH, THAT'S WHAT THE BOYS DO. MARGARET (CONT.) THEY'LL MAKE PROMISES. THEY WILL BREAK YOUR HEART. THEN THEY'LL LAUGH AT YOU, WATCHING YOU FALL APART. DON'T YOU THINK THAT I KNOW, DON'T YOU THINK THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE? IT'S THE SMELL OF THE BLOOD THAT WILL DRIVE THEM MAD, CHASING YOU LIKE A WHORE! CARRIE
MARGARET
NO!
YES!
BUT I DID NOTHING WRONG I‟VE BEEN GOOD FOR SO LONG IT‟S THE VERY FIRST TIME MOMMA IT‟S NOT A CRIME TOMMY ASKED ME TO GO IT‟S TOO LATE TO SAY NO ONCE YOU MEET HIM YOU‟LL FIND HE‟S SO GENTLE AND KIND
I‟M AFRAID FOR YOUR SOUL YOU‟LL BE OUT OF CONTROL YOU WILL TURN THAT BOY DOWN OR WE‟LL MOVE FROM THIS TOWN YOU‟RE A MOTH TO HIS FLAME MEN ARE ALL THE SAME!
MARGARET DON‟T YOU KNOW THEIR GAME HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND CAN‟T YOU SEE SATAN‟S PASSION HAS MADE YOU BLIND AND THIS BOY‟S LIKE THE REST AND THEY‟RE ALL THE SERPENTS WHO CRAWL YOU CAN BEG ALL YOU WANT TO BUT I RECALL HOW YOUR FATHER CAME TO ME THAT NIGHT WITH THE SMELL OF SMOKE AND GIN WITH THE LUST IN HIS EYES AND HE TOOK ME AND TOUCHED ME I TRIED TO FIGHT!
CARRIE YOU DON‟T KNOW HOW GOOD HE MAKES
YOU DON‟T EVEN UNDERSTAND
THAT DOESN‟T MEAN THAT THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN TO ME GIVE ME A CHANCE AND YOU‟LL SEE GOD, MOMMA HAVE YOU HEARD EVEN ONE WORD THAT I SAID
SATAN MADE YOU FATHER SIN!
SOMETIMES I WISH YOU WERE DEAD! CARRIE
I said yes, Momma! I said yes! MARGARET You‟ll say no! Come and pray! CARRIE Momma, please stop! MARGARET You‟re not going. CARRIE I‟ve already said yes, Momma! MARGARET Then say no! Say no or you‟ll never go back to that school again! CARRIE Don‟t say that, Momma! MARGARET The subject is closed! CARRIE Please talk to me, Momma! MARGARET Go to your closet! CARRIE No, Momma. MARGARET Go to your closet and pray! (She opens the cellar door – only for CARRIE to flex: it slams shut.) CARRIE No more praying, Momma! No more! MARGARET (coming toward her threateningly)
Spawn of the devil! Satan‟s Child! NO! NO! NO! NO!
CARRIE (Flexes – grabs Margaret) (Forces her into a chair) (Fire spurs from the stage) (Everything freezes) (With another whoosh of power, she levitates MARGARET in the chair into the air – high over the apron of the stage.) MARGARET (hissing)
Witch! (louder, a blood-curdling shriek) WITCH!!! (Flames burst from CARRIE‟s hands. Then): CARRIE I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU AT ALL I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE I HAVE POWER I CAN USE NOTHING YOU CAN SAY OR DO WILL EVER STOP ME AGAIN! CURTAIN
ACT TWO SCENE 1: HENTY‟S PIG FARM Later that same night. The STORM rages – RAIN, THUNDER, LIGHTING. BILLY‟S GOON SQUAD tumbles out of the darkness, followed by BILLY and finally CHRIS. CHRIS I BELIEVE IN GETTING EVEN THAT‟S WHAT I BELIEVE BUT I JUST DON‟T FORGIVE AND FORGET I DON‟T TAKE NO ATTITUDE WHEN I KNOW I‟VE BEEN SCREWED CARRIE WHITE‟S GOT A LOT TO REGRET BILLY Shit! Look at all these pigs! GOONS Heey, piggies! -Yo, porkers! Piggie-wiggie! -Soo-ee! Soo-ee! Soo-ee!!! CHRIS SWEET REVENGE REQUIRES PLANNING I‟VE DONE ALL I CAN NOW IT‟S YOUR CHANCE TO PROVE YOU‟RE A STUD! [BUT NOW I NEED A MAN WITH YOUR SKILL] IT‟S A SIMPLE LITTLE GIG! YOU HELP ME KILL A PIG! AND THEN I‟VE GOT SOME PLANS FOR THE BLOOD! [YOU’VE GOT ALL THE BASICS DOWN
SO NOW WE CAN GO TO TOWN AND LET’S START MOVING IN FOR THE KILL] GO! GO! GO! OH, BABY SHOW ME HOW I WANT WHAT I WANT NOW! BILLY Keep your tits on, baby. CHRIS C‟mon, Billy, do it! BILLY Do what? CHRIS What I want! BILLY WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU WANT? WAY DOWN DEEP INSIDE THAT ROCK YOU CALL A HEART DO YOU REALLY WANT TO FINISH WHAT YOU‟RE ASKING ME TO START? CUZ THIS IS REAL SICK! SOME TRICK! YOU‟VE GOT YOUR PLAN PERFECTED BUT WHAT ABOUT THE UNEXPECTED? YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR NICKEL BUYS TILL YOU GRAB A BOX OF CRACKERJACKS AND OPEN UP THE PRIZE IS IT WHAT YOU THOUGHT? I BET NOT! REMEMBER GO TOO FAR AND THERE‟S NO TURNING BACK REMEMBER CRACKERJACK CRACKERJACK GOONS KILL THE PIG, BILLY! KILL THE PIG NOW! KILL THE PIG, BILLY! KILL THE PIG NOW! CHRIS Please, Billy, now. Do it now!
BILLY Says who? CHRIS Says me!! Says me! THERE‟S A STORM INSIDE MY BRAIN A RAGING HURRICANE BUT I BET YOU CAN HANDLE THE FLOOD! YOU KNOW ME THERE‟S HELL TO PAY IF I DON‟T GET MY WAY CHRIS (cont.) AND I‟M NOT OUT FOR KICKS I‟M OUT FOR BLOOD! GOONS CHOP! KILL THE PIG! PIG, PIG! KILL, KILL! KILL, KILL! WE'LL MAKE 'EM BLEED. HERE'S HIS BLOOD! BLOOD, BLOOD! OOOH! BLOOD! KILL THE PIG! MAKE HIM BLEED! LET'S GET THE BLOOD, THAT'S ALL WE NEED! CRACKERJACK! OOH, WE GOTTA KILL THE PIG, MAKE HIM BLEED! LET'S GET THE BLOOD, THAT'S ALL WE NEED! CRACKERJACK, OUT FOR BLOOD! BILLY WHAT DO I, WHAT DO I, WHAT DO I GET? TOO DAMN LONG I LET YOU PUSH ME TO THE WALL IF YOU WANT WHAT I CAN OFFER NOW, YOU‟RE GONNA HAVE TO CRAWL WE‟LL DO THIS MY WAY, WHEN I SAY YOU‟VE GOT YOUR PLAN PERFECTED! BUT WHAT ABOUT THE UNEXPECTED? BILLY & GOONS YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU‟RE GONNA FIND WHEN YOU LOOK INTO THE DARK AND DIRTY CORNERS OF YOUR MIND YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? NOT ME! THE WAY YOU‟RE HEADED NOW IS EASY TO TELL! YOU‟RE GOING STRAIGHT TO HELL! STRAIGHT TO HELL! CHRIS Please, Billy. I‟ll do anything. Anything. Do it now!
BILLY OH, YOU WANT IT NOW, YOU WANT IT SO BAD SO DAMN BAD THAT YOU‟LL GO STABBING IN THE DARK BUT THE SMELL OF BLOOD‟LL DRIVE YOU CRAZY HUNGRY LIKE A SHARK YOU WANT A REAL SCARE? A NIGHTMARE? WELL YOU CAN‟T STOP THAT BITCHIN‟ YOU‟LL GET WHAT YOU‟VE BEEN WISHIN‟ YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE DREAMIN‟ BUT WAIT UNTIL YOU WAKE UP SCREAMIN‟! ALL WE'VE GOT TO STRIKE WHILE THE IRON'S HOT NOW YOU'VE FINALLY GOT HER BEGGIN', BILLY, GIVE HER ALL YOU'VE GOT. SHE WANTS TO PLAY ROUGH? HUH! SO GET TOUGH! WE'VE GOT TO MAKE HER THINK SHE'S HAVIN' HER WAY, AND THEN YOU'LL MAKE HER PAY. MAKE HER PAY! (DANCE BREAK into): BILLY & GOONS YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR NICKEL BUYS TILL YOU GRAB A BOX OF CRACKERJACKS AND OPEN UP THE PRIZE IS IT WHAT YOU THOUGHT? I BET NOT! REMEMBER GO TOO FAR AND THERE‟S NO TURNING BACK REMEMBER CRACKERJACK CRACKERJACK REMEMBER GO TOO FAR AND THERE‟S NO TURNING BACK REMEMBER CRACKERJACK CRACKERJACK GOONS BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD! NOW!
CHRIS GO! GO! GO! OH, BABY SHOW ME HOW
I WANT HAT I WANT NOW! CHRIS Now, Billy – now!!!
CHRIS & BILLY NOW!!
(BILLY raises the sledgehammer over his head – the sound of the pigs squealing below. One more giant FLASH OF LIGHTNING as the whole sky turns bloodpurple, highlighting them in a hellish silhouette as he brings the hammer down on the BLACKOUT.)
ACT TWO SCENE 2: GYMNASIUM Out of the darkness that was the storm, comes a giant star carried by members of the Prom Decoration Committee. As it‟s hoisted up to become part of “Heaven,” we find SUE at the center of gossip among the GIRLS. GIRLS (KELLY) DID YOU HEAR? ALL THE RUMORS FLYING? (FRIEDA) COULD YOU DIE? (JAMIE) TOMMY AND WHO? (MADDY) SUE‟S IN TEARS (ROSE) TOMMY SAID „SO LONG!‟ (SHELLY) MADE HER CRY (MICHELLE) WHAT WILL CARRIE WEAR? [FINALLY WASHING HER HAIR] (NORMA) I HEARD CHRIS MIGHT SURPRISE US! (MARY ANN) YOU THINK SHE‟LL BE THERE? (FRIEDA) GARDNER‟S MAD CUZ SHE THINKS SUE‟S LYING (MADDY) THREW A FIT (ROSE) WAS THERE A FIGHT? (KELLY)
SUE MIGHT SMILE BUT THERE‟S SOMETHING WRONG (MARY ANN) WHAT A TWIT! OTHERS: WRONG WRONG OTHERS: SOMETHING‟S GOT TO BE WRONG
(NORMA) CHRIS IS GREAT AT DISGUISES (SHELLY) NO SHIT! SUE TOMMY STILL LOVES ME...WHAT CAN I SAY?
I ONLY PRAY THAT CARRIE HAS FUN AT THE PROM GIRLS THE THE THE THE
PROM PROM PROM PROM
SUE SURE, I KNOW, EVERYBODY‟S TALKING I DON‟T CARE; LOOK IT‟S JUST ONE NIGHT THIS MIGHT MAKE CARRIE FEEL GOOD AFTER ALL WHAT WE DID WAS SHOCKING MAYBE NOW I CAN SET THINGS RIGHT GIRLS YOU? SUE ME? I‟M REAL GOOD GIRLS THIS IS ONE NIGHT I‟LL NEVER FORGET WE‟VE NEVER SEEN A SCANDAL AS GOOD AS THIS I WANNA SEE IF TOMMY AND CARRIE KISS I‟LL BE THERE EARLY, OH I DON‟T WANNA MISS ONE SINGLE MOMENT OF BLISS THE PROM!! NORMA Just a second, Sue. FRIEDA Hold it right there. JAMIE We want to talk to you. MADDY How do you plead, Sue? SHELLY Guilty or innocent? What‟s it to be? SUE What are you talking about? I‟m not on trial.
MICHELLE Sure you are. You owe us an apology. SUE Forget it! I have nothing to be sorry for. CATH You‟re ruining the prom! ROSE You‟re spoiling it for the rest of us. KELLY You were supposed to come with Tommy. MARY ANN He was your date. KELLY Now he‟s bringing her. SUE That‟s between Tommy and me. NORMA But she doesn‟t fit in, Sue. MADDY She doesn‟t belong. JAMIE She never has and she never will. ROSE Everything she does is wrong. SUE Leave Carrie alone! FRIEDA Just what are you trying to prove Sue? Why did you do it? SUE I just thought this would set things right. JAMIE And where does that leave the rest of us?
SUE I don‟t know! MICHELLE You‟re not one of us anymore, Sue. CATH You don‟t fit in. MARY ANN You don‟t belong. NORMA What you are doing is wrong. (The GIRLS exit, MISS GARDNER walks on, going past SUE.) GARDNER You‟ve done the right thing, Sue. A really nice thing. (She exits offstage. Then, CHRIS and BILLY enter chuckling.) CHRIS What‟s the matter, Sue? Trouble in paradise? (They exit offstage laughing. Then, TOMMY enters.) TOMMY You sure you want to go through with this? SUE Yes. Yes. TOMMY I‟ll make it up to you, I promise. SUE It‟s no big deal. TOMMY I‟ll miss you. SUE
It‟s what I want. TOMMY Yeah, sure. SUE Tommy! TOMMY But, Sue, Senior Prom – of all nights! SUE ONE NIGHT, JUST FOR ONE NIGHT IT‟S A SACRIFICE I FEEL I OUGHT TO MAKE I‟M OKAY, I‟LL BE FINE AND I SWEAR IT‟S NOT LIKE MY HEART‟S GONNA BREAK I‟M FINE LONG AS YOU‟RE STILL MINE (She kisses him on the lips; then gives him a gentle shove, and he exits. Alone now): SUE WHITE STAR WHY AREN‟T YOU SHINING YOU HANG ALL ALONE LIKE A TEAR IN THE SKY NIGHT SKY COULD YOU BE PINING FOR SOME OTHER STAR YOU COULD DANCE WITH ON HIGH? HEAVEN THERE‟S HEARTACHE IN HEAVEN I GUESS HEAVEN KNOWS THAT MY LOVE IS SO FAR AWAY BRIGHT STAR MY SILVER LINING I WISH YOU COULD BRING HIM BACK TO STAY HOPES AND DREAMS CAN VANISH WITH THE DAWN YOU BLINK AND THEY‟RE GONE IT‟S THE CHANCE LOVES TAKE BABY, BABY, WE HAD IT ALL BUT ANGELS CAN FALL AND HEARTS CAN BREAK HEAVEN
YOU PROMISED ME HEAVEN HOW CAN MY LOVE FIND ME HERE WITH THE MOON SO DIM BRIGHT STAR PLEASE KEEP ON SHINING AND SHINE „TIL I‟M FINALLY BACK WITH HIM (Blackout.)
*Alternate Song Choice: “It Hurts to Be Strong” SUE I USED TO THINK I KNEW THAT WE WERE AS CLOSE AS PEOPLE COULD BE WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THEM? BETTER YET, WHAT‟S HAPPENED TO ME? DID I CROSS SOME LINE BY SPEAKING MY MIND? IN MY HEART, I KNOW I‟M NOT WRONG I JUST NEVER KNEW IT HURTS TO BE STRONG I I I I
HAD A PERFECT CHILDHOOD ALWAYS FELT AT HOME IN A CROWD DID THE THINGS A CHILD WOULD SANG ALONG BUT NEVER TOO LOUD
THEN I MADE A CHOICE BY RAISING MY VOICE NOW I‟M ALL ALONE IN MY SONG YOU KNOW HOW THAT FEELS? IT HURTS TO BE STRONG I KNOW TWO PLUS TWO I KNOW FALSE FROM TRUE I JUST DON‟T KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN BRIDGES BURN I GUESS YOU‟VE GOTTA LEARN SO I‟LL LEARN
MAYBE I‟VE DONE SOME STRANGE THINGS SOONER OR LATER, EVERYONE DOES I WASN‟T TRYING TO CHANGE THINGS I LIKED MY LIFE THE WAY THAT IT WAS BUT I CAN‟T CONCEAL THE WAY THAT I FEEL SO I WIND UP PLAYING THE FOOL THAT‟S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DON‟T LEARN IN SCHOOL IF I STAND APART AND FOLLOW MY HEART WILL I EVER TRULY BELONG? IT‟S HARD TO BE SURE IT HURTS TO BE STRONG
ACT TWO SCENE 3: CARRIE‟S BEDROOM Prom Night. A nervous CARRIE stands in her slip, staring at herself in the mirror, trying to work up her courage. CARRIE I‟LL CLOSE MY EYES AND SUDDENLY HE‟LL BE THERE HANDSOME AND WISE AND PROBABLY A PRINCE WHO COULD... (She breaks off) Oh, God, I‟m so scared … so scared. (MUSIC resumes.) WHAT COULD GO WRONG? I SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST BUT WHAT IF I‟M STRONG? MY LOVELY BALLOON DOESN‟T HAVE TO BURST IF I CONCENTRATE I MIGHT FIND THAT THE ONLY DEMONS ARE ALL IN MY MIND (PULSING TEMPO now as she fantasizes): WAS IT HIS VOICE? WAS IT HIS SMILE? I HAVEN‟T FELT SO WONDERFUL IN QUITE A WHILE ALL OF THIS TIME THERE WAS JUST ME MAYBE HE‟S A PREVIEW OF HOW GOOD MY LIFE COULD BE
I‟M NOT ALONE SOMEBODY‟S FREED ME FROM THIS LONELY TOWER SOMEBODY‟S BY MY SIDE AS I FACE THE UNKNOWN I‟M NOT ALONE SPEAKING HIS NAME, I NEVER FELT SUCH POWER BEFORE I‟M NOT ALONE ANYMORE (As she continues, she begins to use her powers playfully. She flexes and her hairbrush come to life. Then her shoes, her lipstick.) CARRIE WHERE THERE WAS ONE NOW THERE ARE TWO THAT‟S THE KIND OF MAGIC ONLY LOVE CAN DO CARRIE (CONT.) THINKING OF HIM THRILLS ME SO MUCH I COULD MOVE A MOUNTAIN NOW WITH JUST A SINGLE TOUCH I‟M NOT ALONE SOMEBODY‟S FREED ME FROM THIS LONELY TOWER SOMEBODY‟S BY MY SIDE AS I FACE THE UNKNOWN I‟M NOT ALONE SPEAKING HIS NAME, I NEVER FELT SUCH POWER BEFORE I‟M NOT ALONE ANYMORE (Finally as the fantasy reaches its peak, she makes her PROM DRESS rise and float in the air. She dances with it.) I KEEP FLOATING TWO FEET OFF THE GROUND I FORGET MY FEARS WHEN HE‟S AROUND HEARTACHES, HEARTBREAKS THEY DON‟T BOTHER ME AS LONG AS THERE‟S SOMEONE WHO CARES THEN I‟LL NEVER BE
ALONE NO MORE LONELY TOWER SOMEBODY‟S BY MY SIDE AS I FACE THE UNKNOWN I‟M NOT ALONE SPEAKING HIS NAME, I NEVER FELT SUCH POWER BEFORE I‟M NOT ALONE ANYMORE (MARGARET enters. The dress falls to the floor.) MARGARET Give me the dress. CARRIE No. MARGARET Give me the dress. We‟ll burn it together. CARRIE No, Momma. MARGARET I won‟t let you go! CARRIE Leave me alone! MARGARET He‟s not coming. CARRIE He is coming, Momma. MARGARET He‟s not. CARRIE He is! MARGARET He mustn‟t come! Don‟t you understand? CARRIE I don‟t want to fight with you, Momma.
MARGARET My mother... she had the power... CARRIE Go away, Momma. MARGARET This is Satan‟s power. CARRIE It‟s not Satan. It‟s me. MARGARET It is evil. CARRIE It‟s not evil. I don‟t want to hear it, Momma. MARGARET Sin... CARRIE It‟s not sin, Momma. It‟s fun. Look – (She flexes levitates the hand mirror and whirls it in a pattern.) MARGARET God forgive her! The Lord will not be mocked, Carietta! CARRIE It‟s fun, Momma. MARGARET It‟s danger, sin. There will be judgment! This power will destroy you! CARRIE NO! (CARRIE flexes and pushes her mother into the wall.) MARGARET You are stronger than I am. CARRIE
Yes, Momma. MARGARET Why are you punishing me? CARRIE Because you make me. MARGARET So will they! Will you punish them like you punished me? Will you hurt them like you hurt me? CARRIE No. MARGARET Will you? CARRIE No. MARGARET Will you? CARRIE No. MARGARET Will you?! CARRIE NO! (CARRIE flexes again and MARGARET is pushed to the floor.) MARGARET You are a witch. CARRIE I‟m not a witch. I‟m not. I‟m Carrie. Momma, I thought of all people, you would understand. Don‟t you see who I am? MARGARET You‟re my child. CARRIE I have to get ready.
MARGARET STAY HERE INSTEAD JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU‟D LIKE TO DO WE‟LL TALK AND WE‟LL LAUGH AND I‟LL SING TO YOU AND I PROMISE YOU WE WON‟T FIGHT DON‟T LEAVE TONIGHT CARRIE MOMMA, I‟M LATE MARGARET THE BOY DOESN‟T CARE NOT AT ALL! CARRIE HE‟LL BE HERE AT EIGHT MARGARET HE‟LL BUILD YOU UP ONLY TO WATCH YOU FALL CARRIE, YOU DON‟T KNOW THESE PEOPLE THEY‟RE NOT YOUR FRIENDS MARGARET (cont.) CARRIE THEY‟RE ONLY WAITING TO TEAR YOU IN TWO CARRIE WHAT IF THEY LIKE ME? MARGARET JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER, THEY‟LL LEAVE WHEN THEY‟RE THROUGH CARRIE THEY MIGHT LIKE ME THEY‟LL LIKE ME MARGARET YOU‟RE SUCH A FOOL! AREN‟T YOU AWARE HOW PEOPLE DECEIVE THEY‟LL TAKE AND THEY‟LL BREAK YOU AND THEN THEY WILL LEAVE YOU CARRIE … CARRIE CARRIE YOU WERE THE LOVED I WAS BETRAYED FOR
MY PRIDE AND MY SHAME CARRIE CARRIE, WE‟RE ONE AND THE SAME OH, CARRIE CARRIE MOMMA I LOVE YOU MARGARET CARRIE CARRIE MOMMA I NEED YOU MARGARET DON‟T GO! TOMMY (O.S.) Carrie! MARGARET DON‟T GO. TOMMY (O.S.) Carrie! MARGARET It‟s not too late. You can stay here with me. CARRIE I don‟t want to sat here. I want to go to the Prom. MARGARET I‟ll say you‟re sick. I‟ll say you‟ve changed your mind. (CARRIE flexes MARGARET, pinning her against the wall.) CARRIE You‟ll say nothing, Momma. MARGARET I should never have had you. CARRIE Why did you, Momma.
MARGARET I should never have let you live. CARRIE Why did you, Momma? TOMMY (O.S.) Carrie? (CARRIE releases MARGARET; then): CARRIE (Shouting offstage.) I‟m coming! (to Margaret) I love you, Momma (CARRIE exits with the dress, leaving MARGARET alone.) MARGARET WHEN THERE‟S NO ONE THERE IS DARKNESS WHEN THE LIGHT THAT USED TO SHINE THAT ONCE WAS MINE NO LONGER GLOWS MARGARET (CONT.) AND THERE IS NO SUN WHEN THERE‟S NO ONE WHEN THE SONG DIES THERE IS SILENCE WHEN THE TUNE THAT FILLED MY DAYS NO LONGER PLAYS THE ROOM IS STILL AND THERE ARE LONG SIGHS WHEN THE SONG DIES WAS I SO FOOLISH TO THINK I COULD PRAY WHEN THERE‟S ONLY ONE CHANCE I COULD SAVE YOU I GAVE YOU LIFE, I CAN TAKE IT AWAY LET THE SHADOWS DESCEND LIKE A KNIFE BUT WHEN I AM ALL ALONE WILL I CRY, CARRIE? OH, MY CARRIE WHO WILL HOLD ME
WHEN THERE‟S NO ONE WHEN THE SMILES I USED TO SEE ARE NOT FOR ME WHAT WILL I DO? NOBODY‟S TOLD ME WHO WILL HOLD ME THERE IS NO SUN WHEN THERE‟S NO ONE (FADE OUT on MARGARET; we go to):
ACT TWO SCENE 4: THE GYMNASIUM – PROM Transformed now in “Heaven”, we come in on a spectacular DANCE NUMBER (Instrumental), which leads into the KIDS performing WOTTA NIGHT: ALL ALL RIGHT! WOTTA NIGHT! DON‟T YOU FEEL THE SKY TURNING! OH, CHILD! DRIVE ME WILD! DON‟T YOU SEE THE STARS BURNING! ALL RIGHT! WOTTA NIGHT!
CAN‟T YOU HEAR MY HEART TICKING? OH, LA YO MA MA I‟M ALIVE AND I‟M KICKING TONIGHT! (The MOTTO resumes -- then back into the VERSES and handclapping CHORUS which builds to a reprise of the lyrics.) ALL (Cont.) ALL RIGHT! WOTTA NIGHT! DON‟T YOU FEEL THE SKY TURNING! OH, CHILD! DRIVE ME WILD! DON‟T YOU SEE THE STARS BURNING! ALL RIGHT! WOTTA NIGHT! CAN‟T YOU HEAR MY HEART TICKING? OH, LA YO MA MA I‟M ALIVE AND I‟M KICKING TONIGHT! (Everyone freezes as CARRIE – a breathtaking vision in her prom dress – and TOMMY enter.) CARRIE Am I all right? TOMMY You‟re beautiful. (And the number culminates): ALL WOTTA NIGHT! (The GIRLS converge around CARRIE, the BOYS around TOMMY, separating them. CRISS-CROSS their buzzing -- TOMMY and CARRIE so taken with each other that they hear none of it.):
NORMA Carrie??? GARY Hey, Tommy! FRIEDA God, Carrie! DAVID Is that Carrie? JAMIE You look great! JOEY Looking good! MADDY Love your dress, Carrie! KEVIN Who‟d have thought…? SHELLY Where‟d you buy it? ERIC How‟d you get so lucky? MARY ANN Made it? MATTHEW Just look at her! MICHELLE It‟s really -MARK She‟s really -TOMMY -- Beautiful. (He pins on the corsage that he bought her. MUSIC of “Unsuspecting Hearts” begins, and
as the KIDS move off to dance, they‟re alone again.) CARRIE I feel so strange. Everyone‟s so nice. TOMMY I told you they‟d like you. CARRIE I still can‟t believe I‟m here. TOMMY Believe it. You belong here. CARRIE Do I really belong? TOMMY You saw the way they treated you. They all think so and so do I. CARRIE Tommy, why am I here? Why did you ask me? TOMMY Because I wanted to. Will you dance? CARRIE Please, not yet. TOMMY At least you didn‟t say no. (He goes off. CARRIE, very much in awe, looks around, taking it all in. Behind her, GARDNER appears, a gentle reminder in her ear): GARDNER SO MANY YEARS YOU CRIED YOUR TEARS ALONE FRIGHTENED THAT LIFE MIGHT PASS YOU BY NOW HE APPEARS SOMEONE WHO CARES FOR YOU THIS IS NO TIME TO QUESTION WHY
LOVE CAN FIND YOU WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT FUNNY HOW TWO LIVES CONNECT THAT‟S HOW IT STARTS TWO UNSUSPECTING HEARTS CARRIE Oh, Miss Gardner, you look so pretty. GARDNER You, too, Carrie. You look beautiful. CARRIE I don‟t... not really... but thank you, anyway. GARDNER It‟s true. (a beat) So, is it everything you dreamed? CARRIE EVERY TIME THAT TOMMY SPEAKS TO ME I HAVE TO CATCH MY BREATH NOW THERE‟S FIREWORKS IN MY HEAD IT‟S ALL HAPPENING LIKE YOU SAID GARDNER & CARRIE IT‟S LIKE MAGIC HOW YOUR SPIRITS SOARS ONCE YOU FEEL HIS HAND IN YOURS THAT‟S HOW IT STARTS TWO UNSUSPECTING HEARTS! (MUSICAL FANFARE; then): ANNOUNCER Ladies and gentlemen – ladies and gentlemen – it‟s time to vote for the King and Queen. Everyone please – we‟d like you all to cast your votes. (“Heaven” now as TOMMY returns, back to her side.) TOMMY Hi, Miss Gardner. (to Carrie) C‟mon, we‟re going to dance. CARRIE
I can‟t. I‟d feel out of place. TOMMY Not with me, you won‟t. One dance. CARRIE I‟ve never -TOMMY I‟ll show you. It‟s easy. CARRIE I can‟t – (but he‟s already got her out there) Tommy, I can‟t – TOMMY TWO HANDS JOINING IN ONE DANCE WE WON‟T FEEL THE FLOOR CUZ WE FLOAT LIKE A STAR TWO FEET MOVING TO ONE BEAT WE DON‟T TRAVEL FAR AND YET LOOK WHERE WE ARE HEAVEN, IT‟S ALMOST LIKE HEAVEN I‟M HERE WITH THE MOON AND THE NIGHT AND I‟M HERE WITH YOU TWO HEARTS, THAT‟S HOW TRUE LOVE STARTS IT STARTS WHEN YOU FEEL THE WAY I DO TOMMY (CONT.) SOMETIMES FEELINGS CATCH US UNAWARE YOU BLINK AND THEY‟RE THERE AT LEAST THAT‟S HOW IT FEELS YOU‟VE BEWITCHED ME, I DON‟T KNOW HOW BUT RIGHT HERE AND NOW I‟M HEAD OVER HEELS IN HEAVEN, IT‟S ALMOST LIKE HEAVEN I NEVER DREAMED I COULD FEEL WHAT I FEEL FOR YOU
TWO HEARTS, THAT‟S HOW TRUE LOVE STARTS IT STARTS WHEN YOU FEEL THE WAY I DO (The MUSIC continues as the ANNOUNCER approaches.) ANNOUNCER Ladies and gentlemen – ladies and gentlemen! For the first time in the history of the prom, we‟ve got a tie! Between Dave Majors and Laurie Tyler. Tommy Ross and Carrie White! (Silence – shocked, then buzzing; and then applause – as we see CHRIS and BILLY, then;) CARRIE They‟re not applauding for us. It can‟t be for us. TOMMY It isn‟t. It‟s for you. ANNOUNCER We‟re going to have a run-off ballot. Please vote for your favorite couple for King and Queen. (Then SUE appears.) SUE TWO HANDS JOINING IN ONE DANCE I HOPE SHE ENJOYS ALL HIS SMILES AND HIS CHARMS TWO FEET MOVING TO ONE BEAT I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE LOST IN HIS ARMS SUE (alternate verse) [WHITE STAR, WHY AREN’T YOU SHINING? YOU HANG ALL ALONE LIKE A TEAR IN THE SKY NIGHT SKY COULD YOU BE PINING FOR SOME OTHER STAR YOU COULD DANCE WITH ON HIGH] (And now, MARGARET appears.) MARGARET CARRIE, YOU WERE ALL I HAD
AND ALL I EVER LOVED TOMMY HEAVEN, IT‟S ALMOST LIKE HEAVEN I‟M HERE WITH THE MOON AND THE NIGHT AND I‟M HERE WITH YOU GARDNER TWO HEARTS, THAT‟S HOW TRUE LOVE STARTS IT STARTS WHEN HE FEELS THE WAY YOU DO (As the ballot is handed to TOMMY): CARRIE Don‟t. TOMMY What? CARRIE Don‟t vote for us. TOMMY Why not? CARRIE Just don‟t. TOMMY WE SHOULD VOTE FOR OURSELVES WE SHOULD BUT CARRIE, YOU‟RE SO PRETTY TOO IT‟S TRUE! TOMMY (cont.) YES! WELL WHAT SHOULD WE DO? I SAY WHAT THE HELL? C‟MON WHAT THE HELL?
CARRIE WE SHOULDN‟T BUT THEY‟RE ALL SO PRETTY DON‟T SAY THAT NO! CARRIE (cont.)
SUE WHAT‟S HE SAYING? DOES HE LIKE HER? I MISS HIM MORE THAN I KNEW TOMMY WHAT HAVE I DONE? I‟M THE ONE WHO SHOULD DANCE WITH YOU
TOMMY? WHAT THE HELL?
(TOMMY and CARRIE dance together, until they share one passionate kiss on the lips. Out of the dark, CHRIS and BILLY also appear.) CHRIS IS THE BLOOD IN ITS PLACE? OH, THIS IS GREAT I HATE THAT SHE‟S SMILING I HATE THAT SHE‟S HAPPY AT ALL LET THE BLOOD FALL!
BILLY IT‟LL FALL WHERE YOU SHOWED ME WHY CAN‟T WE WAIT? WAIT! YOU ONLY THINK OF YOU!
MARGARET CARRIE, I MUST HEED MY LORD I MUST WIELD HIS SWORD CHRIS I‟M READY TO VOTE! I‟LL GET MY KICKS! I‟M SICK AND I‟M TIRED I‟M READY TO RIP LIKE A FLOOD I‟M OUT FOR BLOOD!
BILLY DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU‟RE DOING? THIS IS SO SICK! SICK! YOU‟LL GET WHAT YOU DESERVE
GARDNER (with Chris & Billy) TWO HEARTS THAT‟S HOW TRUE LOVE STARTS IT STARTS WHEN HE FEELS THE WAY YOU DO GARDNER ENSEMBLE WATCH THEM DANCING HOW HE HOLDS HER EVERY I CAN‟T BELIEVE WHAT I SEE HEARTBEAT CARRIE DON‟T YOU FORGET LIFTS US EVERYTHING YOU LEARNED FROM ME HIGHER SUE (overlapping with Gardner) WATCH THEM DANCING HOW HE HOLDS HER I CAN‟T BELIEVE WHAT I SEE TOMMY DID YOU FORGET EVERYTHING YOU PROMISED ME? CARRIE (overlapping) HOPES AND DREAMS CAN VANISH OVER NIGHT
I‟M SCARED THAT THEY MIGHT TOMMY (overlapping) NO I‟M GONNA STAY CARRIE (overlapping) TOMMY HOLD ME TELL ME IT‟S SO BOTH (overlapping) I WON‟T LET YOU GO CUZ WE‟RE ON OUR WAY TO-===============================ALL TOGETHER=============================== TOMMY/CARRIE HEAVEN! FINALLY HEAVEN! I NEVER DREAMED I COULD FEEL WHAT I FEEL FOR YOU TWO HEARTS THAT‟S HOW TRUE LOVE STARTS! IT STARTS WHEN YOU FEEL THE WAY ... CHRIS/BILLY GIVE HER HELL! WATCH ME GIVE HER HELL! I‟LL MAKE HER PAY THEY‟LL GET A REAL SCARE A NIGHTMARE, I‟LL BE THERE ON CUE THIS QUEEN WILL BE BLOODY NOBODY DOES THE WAY ... SUE YOU TOLD ME YOU LOVE ME WHAT ABOUT FOREVER? WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE PLANS WE MADE WHAT HAPPENS TO ME? WILL YOU BE RETURNING? AND WILL THERE BE A DAY WHERE WE FINALLY SAY ...
MARGARET CARRIE, YOU WERE ALL I HAD AND ALL I EVER LOVED CARRIE I DO LOVE YOU ... GARDNER HEAVEN! HEAVEN! OH WOTTA NIGHT! TWO HEARTS LOVE STARTS I FEEL IT TOO NOBODY EVER FELT THE MAGIC ... ENSEMBLE HEAVEN! HEAVEN! OH WOTTA NIGHT! WHO‟S THE KING? WHO COULD BE THE QUEEN? WISH I KNEW LOOK AROUND! THIS IS WONDERLAND COMING TRUE NOBODY EVER FELT THE MAGIC ... ===============================END TOGETHER=============================== ENTIRE COMPANY ..I DO! HEAVEN! HEAVEN! OH WOTTA NIGHT! (MARGARET exits as The ANNOUNCER approaches.) ANNOUNCER Ladies and Gentlemen: I give you the King and Queen of this year‟s senior prom: Tommy Ross and Carrie White! (A beat of silence. Then the KIDS and GARDNER break into the school song as
TOMMY and CARRIE are escorted through their ranks.) ENSEMBLE HAIL TO THE FUTURE [HAIL ALMA MATER] WE PRAISE AND WE SALUTE YOU [OH, MOTHER WE SALUTE YOU] WE PROCLAIM OUR DEVOTION AS WE SET OUR DREAMS IN TO MOTION WE ARE THE FUTURE THE CHILDREN OF YOUR TEACHING CHERISH EACH SON AND DAUGHTER AS WE PLEDGE TO DO ALL OUR BEST FOR YOU OUR HEARTS BE TRUE ALMA MATER! CHRIS Now, Billy! Now! (CHRIS and BILLY run onto the stage. CHRIS rips the crown away from CARRIE as BILLY pours the bucket of pig‟s blood on her. In the crowd, NORMA points at CARRIE and doubles over with laughter. Someone else starts to laugh too, leading into almost everyone, except TOMMY and GARDNER.) CARRIE Oh my God! IT‟S BLOOD! (she sings) WHY‟D THEY LAUGH WHEN THEY KNOW I‟M CRYING? MOMMA SAYS “EVERYBODY SINS” CHRIS There‟s the curse! Carrie‟s got the the curse! GIRLS (chanting) The Curse! The Curse! Carrie‟s got the Curse! Carrie‟s got the Curse! Plug it up! Plug it up!
Plug it up! CARRIE AND GOD MADE EVE FROM ADAM‟S RIB AND EVE WAS WEAK “His name‟s Tommy Ross, he‟s a very nice boy.” HOPES AND DREAMS CAN VANISH WITH THE DAWN AND GOD MADE EVE TO BEAR THE CURSE, THE CURSE OF BLOOD! “He‟s not like the other boys!” THE CURSE OF BLOOD! GIRLS Prayin‟ Carrie! Prayin‟ Carrie! . . . Carrie!!! (BILLY grabs CARRIE from behind and spins her around, throwing her to the floor.) THEY‟LL MAKE THEN THEY‟LL THEN THEY‟LL WATCHING YOU
CARRIE FUN OF YOU BREAK YOUR HEART LAUGH AT YOU FALL APART (BILLY grabs CARRIE again and brings her to Center Stage. A BRIGHT FLASH and CARRIE begins to rise on the hydraulic lift. Smoke rises over the stage.)
CARRIE DOESN‟T ANYBODY EVER GET IT RIGHT? DOESN‟T ANYBODY THINK THAT I HEAR? GOD HAS SEEN YOUR SINNING, JUST BEGINNING! PRAY FOR YOUR SALVATION FROM DAMNATION PRAY OR HE WILL BURN YOU! HE WILL BURN YOU! (She opens her eyes wide and they‟re glowing, literally glowing in the darkness. And extending her arms out, she flexes and LASERS fly out, letting us know that she is using all her strength to give her revenge. A glass partition drops on the stage trapping
the students. SUE SNELL is on the opposite side, near us, giving the illusion hat she is witnessing this from outside.) (In the ORCHESTRAL SECTION that follows, the dream becomes a nightmare as CARRIE unleashes her full arsenal of supernatural powers. Utter pandemonium ensues. In a blaze of special effects, music, lighting and dance, she enacts her terrible revenge against classmate and teacher, friend and enemy alike. CHRIS, BILLY, NORMA, the GOONS, the GIRLS, BOYS and finally TOMMY and GARDNER are destroyed. At the height of this spectacular holocaust, the ROOF COLLAPSES as we then go to):
ACT TWO: EPILOGUE: THE WHITE HOME An enormous white staircase. SUE at the bottom, watching the action as it
happens. MARGARET at the top. She descends toward CARRIE, at first singing a cappella: MARGARET BABY, DON‟T CRY NOW NO MORE TEARS MOMMA WILL SAVE YOU FROM ALL YOUR FEARS LOO LULLABY NOW MOMMA IS HERE
(MUSIC joining)
CARRIE, ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT I LOVE YOU MY LOVE IS SO DEEP MY CARRIE, SMILE AT THE ANGELS UP ABOVE YOU AND SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP TENDER AND WARM NOW SWEET AND MILD NOTHING‟S SO PERFECT AS MOMMA‟S CHILD SAFE FROM THE STORM NOW DREAM AWHILE CARRIE, ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT I LOVE YOU MY LOVE IS SO DEEP MY CARRIE, SMILE AT THE ANGELS UP ABOVE YOU AND SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP CARRIE I love you, Momma. MARGARET I love you, Carrie. BABY, DON‟T CRY NOW... LOO LULLABY NOW BABY, DON‟T CRY...
(stabbing her) (quieter) (just a whisper) CARRIE (Gently)
I‟m sorry, Momma. (She reaches up and touches MARGARET. Flexes one last time -- and in a combination of love and destruction, kills her. An indelible, incandescent image.
Dying, CARRIE crawls her way toward us down the stairs. She reaches SUE who gathers her up in her lap, trying to comfort and soothe her as best she can. And on this final image, as CARRIE reaches out toward us with her hand --CURTAIN
