First argument

Heidi loved this contest

It made her value her own mind and also believe that people would listen to her when she spoke.

Which is maybe why I wanted to perform in this play. My name is Rachel, this is Colin

We are actors living and working in Manhattan. And we are going to do the rest of this play as ourselves.

And joining us is an actual teenage debater who has agreed to share some of their thoughts with us tonight.

For the past few weeks, (blank) and I have been debating some of the questions that have come up tonight, and like he/she said, we are going to have a real, live debate for you, right here, right now.

DEBATER: Should we abolish the US Con?

And there are some amazing folks passing out pocket Constitutions for you, so you can follow along, check our work.

POST DEBATE

Now it’s time to choose our judge. (Blank) will be choosing our judge.

Audience says their name

Since we don’t live in a real democracy, (blank) will be representing all of your interests.

…will be representing all of your interests.

(Blank) You have such an important decision to make: to keep or abolish the United States Constitution.

We would love for you to make your decision in silence and then open the corresponding envelope and read the official language out loud to “the people” that way it’s legal.

Okay, great. Since you voted to keep it, you can keep your pocket Constitutions, too. Take those home with you. We’re now at the end of our evening, but we always do one final thing after we debate.