Let's start a dare thread!
(Screenplay's got one, and we should too!)

Basically you pick up a dare that someone's put down, and then suggest one of your own.
At the very least this should help to prompt some fun ideas...

MY DARE:
I propose that each scene has at least two false endings before finally actually ending / transitioning into the next scene. These endings should be obvious enough that the audience expects the transition that then doesn't come.

Dare:
-There is a reference to pelican soup.
-BP if at least one character has no idea what pelican soup really is, and thinks it's made from pelicans.
-DBP if the characters eat some.
-TBP if it becomes a running gag.
-QBP if the character asks for the recipe.
-5BP if you work Soylent Green in.
-6BP if they still don't get it.

Do you... Screnzy?

Screnzy 07- Smoke Rings- WIN!
Screnzy 08- Working Title- 0 pgs

Theatrical Dares:
- Onstage nudity
- Extensive references to the audience. Could be interesting if only one character realizes that the audience is there, or if the audience being there becomes an integral part of the story. This is an abstract one, so be creative.
- In the end, it's all a play. Go home. No ending.

"The art of Illusion is the art of Love, and the art of Love is the blood-red heart of the World."
- Tony Kushner, The Illusion

Changing Pridament wrote: Onstage nudity

It's a possibility, although there is set in only one room and people are always walking in and out. Then again, if my characters get enough privacy to plan a murder then they could get enough time to get down and dirty on stage.

It will be like Equus, I'll take it!

The dares that I will throw on the table:
-Have a character reference a serial killer in every other line he/she has
-Have a character who talks like a pirate but is actually a maid for a high class family. Double points if she sings a sea shanty and triple points if the character always has a parrot on her shoulder.
-Have a character who freely discusses his/her sex life in mixed company.

Quintuple points if you use all of these for the same character.

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Screnzy 2007 ~ Nate and Dick ~ 1,251 Words ~ Miserable Failure
NaNoWriMo 2007 ~ Communion ~ 25,194 Words ~ Beat my personal goal
Screnzy 2008 ~ Nate And Dick ~ TBA

I take Royaroo's dare!
I loves false endings!

My dare:
-Put a giant animal into your script somewhere random
-have someone suddenly come onto the stage for no apparent reason relating to the plot/story and kill one of the main characters (if there is only one, you better not do this one)
-Have a character who loves to make Shakespeare play references
-Make a character after yourself (E.G. Personality, appearance, name, etc.)

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Be proud of what you are.
Be proud of what you want to be.
Be proud of what you do.
But never be proud of what you left behind.

My dares:
***If you are writing a musical--compose a new rendition of "My Favorite Things" (Same tune, rhythm, different words)
***Have a mute character. Added fun.
***Extremely sarcastic character who says things that are TOTALLY unbelievable (and are actually false) and have one (or all) believe him at least 75% of the time.
***Add your best friend into the play. Read the play to them and comment on how retarded *Sam* (or whatever you've named them) is. See if they recognize theirself, and see how mad they get. If they are completely clueless, mention how stupid the character is again, and how much that your friend reminds you of *Sam*. ROFL.

I know these are probably stupid dares, but remember, I am a beginner and rather stupid normally, so imagine how crazy I am now!! :D

~~~Love from the laughing girl~~~

Dare: Have at least one scene at the beginning of the play which has characters who never show up again and no relevance whatsoever to the play.
BP if they show up again in the middle and do THE EXACT SAME SCENE again.

I'll visit this thread some more later, but first to leave a few dares..

- Have a scene in which, for some reason, the entire cast comes on stage dancing in a conga line.
--BP If the crew comes out to join them!

- Have one of your characters lead a double life behind the backs of everyone else.
--BP if the other characters start suspecting something
---DBP if what they suspect turns out to be nothing like what's actually going on
----TBP if it has something to do with chickens

- Have a character that speaks in cliches all the time

- Incorporate a scene where pirates and ninjas fight
--BP if it forwards the plot in any way
---DBP if someone is stabbed with a trident

....more to come if i get bored!

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Ater siri en eshi regimi,
Sit en eshi rusimi,
Cad re acade,
Dan te r'twen l'aven'karilris geir esh.
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"Have a mute character. Added fun."

I can so do this and the mute will be imporant to the plot. The cell guard can be a mute named Peter Grimes!

DARES
Have a character that is reading War and Peace through out your script.
BP if they finish it
DBP if they finish because it is important to the plot
TBP if they make references to the book all the time and everyone is clueless

Have a character that carries a dictionary with them at all times
BP If its unabridged (my very out of date one 6 inches thick for those who need to know)

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I was in the park, wondering why frisbees get bigger and bigger as they get closer. Then it hit me.

- Have a scene in which, for some reason, the entire cast comes on stage dancing in a conga line.
--BP If the crew comes out to join them!

I know exactly the scene. I can use it at the start of my second act, even though it might be completely random. I think I'll interrupt it with the three main characters in the play at the end breaking off and saying something like, "Wait, didn't she say she did the bunny hop?" "Oh, yeah, she did..." "Well, so much for a conga line, then." And everybody walks off.

Anyway, some dares:
- Incorporate a scene where the only lighting is flashlights.
+ BP: Have two scenes like this.
+ TBP: Make an entire act with this concept
+ 6BP: Light the entire show with only lighting which the actors themselves bring on stage

- Have music in a non-musical, either a random song that one of the characters sings or just background music a la a silent film.
+ BP: If you have background music at least once per act.
+ BP2: If the music actually fits the plot
+ TBP: If you have background music at least once per scene.

- Have a character that says "quack" in every set of lines he or she has.
+ BP is you NEVER refer to ducks.
+ DBP if every time the character says it, it's relevant to the plot.

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"You're insane."
"Has it really taken you this long to figure that out?"
- Batman: The Long Halloween

"Incorporate a scene where the only lighting is flashlights"

Yus! I will totally do this!

DARE: Have one of your characters act out a sea monkey...expecting everyone to get it.
BP: One person does get it.
DBP: If it's mentioned in another scene.