Bluejay
In short drama script Bluejay, Police Officer Martino finds young Tobey in a crawlspace beneath the barn, after going missing for days.
Featured Script – Bluejay
FADE IN.
EXT. BARNYARD – DAY
Tobey (9) has locked himself within a small crawlspace beneath a barn.
Police Sergeant Martino is on the scene after finding the boy.
MARTINO: Tobey…son, can you hear me?
TOBEY: I hear ya.
MARTINO: I’m a police officer, but my friends call me Martino.
TOBEY: I ain’t coming out there.
MARTINO: Are you hurt?
TOBEY: No.
MARTINO: Are you breathing okay?
TOBEY: Breathing fine.
MARTINO: You stuck?
TOBEY: No, I just don’t wanna come out.
MARTINO: How long you been in there?
TOBEY: I don’t know. I saw the sun come up two times.
MARTINO: Aren’t you hungry, thirsty?
TOBEY: I have my own food.
MARTINO: What about using the bathroom?
TOBEY: I have a can for that. I come prepared.
Martino chuckles to himself.
MARTINO: Your mother is worried, son.
TOBEY: I know.
MARTINO: Do you want—
Enter Jackson, wearing a white tang top and jeans.
JACKSON: I’m a kick your a** boy when you get out a there!!
Martino gently pulls Jackson to the side.
MARTINO (WHISPERING): Pipe down, Jack, you can’t go scaring the boy like that cause he ain’t ever coming out that way. Go back to the house and let me handle things.
JACKSON: Put my foot right in his a**! (to Tobey) Ya hear that?!
Jackson walks off.
MARTINO (TO TOBEY): Everybody’s upset and worried about you, Tobey.
TOBEY: My stepdad’s a total looney.
Martino laughs to himself quietly.
MARTINO: Is he now? You may be right about that one. Tell me, why you in that hole, son?
TOBEY: I want to live my own life.
MARTINO: How so?
TOBEY: I want to be independent and make my own money and have my own place.
MARTINO: You ain’t even in high school yet.
TOBEY: So? I can start early, can’t I?
MARTINO: Well, you can do and be anybody you want to be in this world, so long as you don’t hurt nobody along the way.
TOBEY: I ain’t hurting nobody.
MARTINO: Your mother’s over there crying in the house. Your dog, Bluejay is it?
TOBEY: Yeah.
MARTINO: Bluejay’s got the saddest eyes I ever seen on a border collie. (beat) You want to see your Mama and Bluejay sad for you?
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Script Summary
In short drama script Bluejay, young Tobey locked himself in a crawlspace beneath a barn in order to hide from his stepfather. Police Office Martino locates Tobey and becomes his friend to help him out of his situation.
- Genre: Drama
- Length: ~10 Minutes
- Script Characters: 2 men, 1 boy
- Age Range: Any
- Themes: family, friendship, hope
- Best For: drama scripts
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Script Source: Bluejay
Bluejay is a drama by Joseph Arnone, 2026.
