Everyone knows characters need to explain their motivations aloud to whoever is nearby.

Chris and I read my 6th grade play, complete with a banished villain named Orgoth who “loves revenge,” a king who hires a mercenary to stop him, and a twist ending 11-year-old me was very proud of. Plus: if the show’s big enough a year from now, we’re performing this live on stage.

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0:00 The supervillain mustache

1:30 Silent Kingdom, written in 6th grade

4:00 Acting out the sound effects

5:30 Act 1: Orgoth is banished

8:00 Everyone announces their own name

9:30 Act 2: The king hires a mercenary

13:00 Mrs. Shanks’s edits & the hammer prop

14:30 A Russian prince plots

16:30 Characters get names when they say them

18:30 Act 3: Orgoth punches the king

24:00 Sword fight sound effects (no fight)

25:00 Screaming after you’ve been chainsawed

27:30 Getting shot into the sun

30:00 Stab him in the back, not the stomach

32:00 The prince stabs the jester

34:30 Shadow announces who hired him

35:00 Act 4: The prince’s betrayal

36:30 Act 5: The king’s very long rest

38:30 The twist

40:00 Final verdict

43:00 The first live show?