THE PAJAMA GAME - Act 1 : Page 01
CUES SCRIPT
9 GIRLS AT TABLES
ON MAIN STAGE WITH
MATERIAL OFFICE
FLAT OPEN
HINES APPEARS
BETWEEN CURTAINS
HINES: This is a very serious drama. It’s kind of a problem
play. It’s about Capital and Labour. I wouldn’t bother to
make such a point of all this except later on if you
happen to see a lot of naked women being chased
through the woods, I don’t want you to get the wrong
impression. This play is full of symbolism. I work in
the Sleep Tite Pajama Factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The Pajama Game Is the game I’m in. And I’m proud to be
CHECK WHEN 3 In The Pajama Game I love it. I can hardly wait to wake And get to
HELPERS ENTER AND work at eight Nothing’s quite the same as the Pajama Game.
EXIT WITH BOXES
I’m an executive. I’m a Time Study man) I can tell you
per second exactly how many stitches go into a pair of
pajamas. I can ... time anything. You’ll see when we
get down to the factory. All right. Let her go!
UP CURTAIN
HINES: All right, girls. Hurry up! I’ve got my stop watch on you
PREZ ENTER SR
Now watch for the symbolism.Look out. Here comes
the President of the Union. Boy, he’s sharp. He knows
what’s going on around here.
PREZ: Hey, I lost my lunch bucket. Anybody see my lunch
bucket?
JOE ENTER SR HINES: I told you he was sharp.
PREZ: Her is the cutest one.
HINES: He’s relaxing, but there’s another side to his character.
JOE: How about it Prez?
PREZ: If we don’t get a seven-and-a-half cent raise by the
first of the month, we strike!