To Be Beautiful (Stop Motion Adaptation)
Hysteria for Sarah
Sarah is a nice, albeit misguided, teen girl. She used to love baby animals, and has replaced the posters of them on her wall with posters of celebrities she deems much more attractive than herself. Sarah is extremely insecure, and her one wish is to be beautiful.
Her best friend is Abby, who she has known since kindergarten. She has a lot of envy over the "Beautifuls" (made up of the popular girls, Lydia, Jillian, Tabitha, and Emma); and has a big crush on Mason Blair, a dreamy, blue-eyed, blonde-haired boy in her class. Her father left when she was young and her brother is away at college, leaving her with her mother, a social worker.
She does have lines that appear later on in the script that entail very mild vocal strain (i.e. screaming), so please be open to that if you audition for this role! A lot of those more scream-y lines will be edited, as Sarah undergoes quite the change at the end of the story.
[talking to your crush, who you have just spilled a salad on]
(extremely embarrassed, insecure)
Oh my God, I am SO sorry. Here, let me just wipe this off of you... that's better!
(nervous laugh)
I'll just... go back to my chair now.
[having just woken up, taking note of the changes that the animatronic Eleanor has made to your body]
(softly, wowed)
You were able to do all of this... overnight? Change up so much of me just like that? Thank you, it really does mean a lot.
[you're talking to your best friend since Kindergarten, she's worried about your new social circle being a bad influence]
(angrily, distraught)
Can't you see?! I have new friends now, Abby! You're stuck in grade school, but I've moved on! God, sometimes I wish you'd stop thinking about things like horses and rainbows.
