Domestic Violence Play

Krystel Coloma and Rod Antalan
Domestic Violence Play
IP 362


BOARD ONE – Introduction
Kumustakayo amin apo! Dakami dagiti estudiante ni Dr. Aurelio Agcaoili iti IP 362 Philippine Drama: Art, History and
Literature idiay Universidad ti Hawaii idiay Manoa. Siak ni Maria Krystel Coloma ken siak ni Rodolf Antalan. Itatta nga aldaw
ket ipabuyami ti maysa nga play maipanggep iti domestic violence. Ti kayat mi nga ububraen ket to promote awareness para
iti domestic violence ken to show that victims of sexual abuse can get help.


BOARD TWO – Scene one
Setting: house, they are fighting.

Wife: (screams and falls) Why are you doing this to me?
Husband: (drunk and slurring) Why? You make me like this! This is all your fault!
Wife: (crying) I didn’t do anything. Please stop. You’re hurting me.
Husband: (swears) Saanka nga agtagtagari. Isardengmo ti agibibit. (swears, can hear him hitting her).
Wife: (crying, screaming, falling/hitting stuff)


BOARD THREE – Scene two
Setting: house, it is the morning after the fight.

Husband: call wife a really endearing name, I’m sorry for what happened last night. (He caresses her face)
Wife: aw….(softly) please don’t touch my face it hurts.
Husband: Im sorry for hitting you (he starts crying)
Wife: it’s okay.
Husband: I will never do it again. I promise.
Wife: It’s okay. Stop crying. It will be alright. I’ll put ice and make up on it.
Husband: Here, I’ll go get ice for you and I’ll make breakfast too. You just stay in bed.
Wife: No…no…it’s okay. You’ll be late for work.
Husband: No…I want to. Just stay in bed.
Wife: feels queasy…reaches over to the trash can and throws up.

BOARD FOUR – Scene three
Setting: house, afternoon.

Wife: (picks up phone, dials, calls mom) Nang, he did it again. what should I do. He’s so nice and good when he’s not drunk.
I just wish that he isn’t so stressed out at work so that he doesn’t come home angry. I told him to find another job but he says
he cant. He just gets mad everytime I try to help him or bring up the subject.
Pause
I cant tell his parents. They think he’s so good. I don’t want them knowing this side of their son. They are such good people
and they do so much for me and husbands name.
Pause
I cant leave him nang. No matter how much I try I can’t. He needs me. I love him. And I know he loves me. He just has a
lot on his mind that’s all. And besides if I leave him I would have to come back home to the Philippines because th papers
haven’t gone through yet so that I can be single and live in the US. and I can’t help you if im there. I need to stay here. I
neeed to work so that we have money.
Pause
Wait nang. Throws up again.
Pause
No he’snot making me sick. I think I just ate something bad.
Pause
No nang, it wont be alright if I come back home.
Pause
No nang, who’s going to send ___, ___, ___ and ____ money to go to school. And whose going to help pay for your
medications.
Pause
(door creeks) husband calls out her name.
Nang, I have to go. He’s home. I hope he had a good day at work. Bye. Throws up again. Husband calling out wifes name
sweetly. Husband sees.
Husband: are you ok.
Wife: Yeah im fine.
Husband: (holds roses out)
Wife: semi-smiles. their beautiful but what are they for?
Husband: Para kenka. Hmmm. Smells good (trying to butter her up and touching her trying).
Wife: Thank you. I’ll put them in water. Let’s eat dinner is ready.
They go over to the dining table and eat.
Husband: says his stress at work. What happens to him. Shows why he puts his anger on wife.

BOARD FIVE – Scene four
Setting: house, dinner time.

Husband: sitting on a chair at the dining table waiting in the dark with a beer in his hand. (make noises, drinking) Where is
that lady. Why isn’t she home. She probably with another guy.
Wife: rushes in the house Oh my im late. I have to start dinner before he comes home or he will be angry. (doesn’t know
he’s at home already…cant see it’s dark.)
Husband: Swears. Where were you. What were you doing. Wife walks backward cause husband is coming after her.
Wife: (pleads) no….
Husband: I come home tired and hungry and you are not here. Where’s my food.
Wife: I got stuck at work. There was traffic coming home. Im sorry.
Husband: hits her. Wife is throwing up in between. Where does the money I give you for food go. You’re probably spending it
on another man.
Wife: cyring no im not. I don’t have anyone else
Husband: bullshit. Why do you smell like someone elses cologne.
Wife: No I don’t.
They are just fighting and there are sounds of hitting. after a while husband gets his things, car keys and wife is crying.
Husband: Im going out to find some food since you are incapable of doing anything right. You lazy old lady. And Put ice and
make up on that. You look ugly. You should take better care of yourself. You have wrinkles and your hair…you haven’t been
combing it have you?
Wife: cries….i cant go to work like this tomorrow.

BOARD SIX – Scene five
Setting: house, just woke up.

Wife: waking up sounds. calls her husband’s name. You’re ready for work already. Why are you leaving so early. Wait I’ll
make breakfast for you.
Husband: Bay-ammon, I’ll just go buy food. She hears husband leaving for work. (wife feels his neglect)
Wife: Throws up. Why am I always throwing up. Oh no….no…no..no…I cant be. Wheres that test. Hear wife shuffling around in
cabinet. Hear her pee.
Wife: huryy up huury up you slow test. Oh no…..

BOARD SEVEN – Commercial
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BOARD EIGHT – Scene six
Wife: Calls work because cant go – gives typical excuse of battered woman
Calls mom – talk about how she isn’t lucky because everyone in her family has solid relationshipsand she and her husband is
the first in both the families to have troubles and abuse and fighting this bad.

- make her catholic – how she can’t leave him (can feel beads on rosary for the actual performance). Re-iterate her
promise to god that they will be happy and stay married. Besides no one in her famly has ever been divorced and she isn’t
going to start it.
- reflects on staying in marriage now that she is pregnant.
- Bittersweet feeling – cant be happy because sad.
- Reflects on how the baby needs a good stable father and economic support so re-iterate to her mm that can’t leave him.

BOARD NINE – Scene seven


BOARD TEN – Scene eight
Breaks down and explains to husband of how sick she of beign treated the way she is and asks him why does she deserve it. Is this how you wanna bring your child into this world.
Husband: gets quiet and realizes he's going to be a father. You're pregnant?

BOARD ELEVEN – Scene nine – the end.
Husband gets help. They work things out.


BOARD TWELVE – Conclusion
We hope that you enjoyed our program. We hope that we have encouraged and inspired the women and also men out there
who are being physically, mentally and emotionally abused. Please tell someone and get help. Talk to a family member, a
friend, call a hotline, talk to someone who has gone experienced what you are going through or maybe even a therapist.
Someone can help.