HUMAN TRAFFICKING(brainstorm)

GOAL: a realistic game about a group of captives (for 15+ y.o.)

PURPOSE: to explore interaction among different people in a crisis

CHARACTERSpregnant woman

drug addict

military man

teenager

old man/woman/couple

spy/betrayer (implanted by gangs)

very rich person

mother + child

representatives of different religions

representatives of sexual minorities

Ann, 30-35

• Came from Slovakia;• pregnant;• Sent to vacation by her husband,

who didn’t check carefully the tour and its organizers;

• A housewife

Eric/Erica, 27

• Came from Finland;• Drug addict;• Came for cheap drugs;• A postman; was in debt and threatened

to be put to human trafficking; managed to pay off the money and promised himself to never use drugs again; failed to do so

Marta and Tomas, an old German couple

• Pensioners (retired clerks)• Marta is short-signed

Leo/Leona, 40

• Came from Austria;• Chief manager of OeN-Bank;• Sex tourist

Dolores, 45 and Nik/Nika, 12(mother and her child)

• Came from Spain;• Dolores is a human rights activist;• Her child is fond of vampires;• Came on a Dracula-tour

Padre Pablo, 37

• Came from Spain;• Visiting a catholic comminity

meeting;• Attracted to boys

Michael and Jan/ Michele and Jane, 30-35a gay couple

• came from Germany• Newly weds;• Atheists;• Went on a honeymoon

Glen, 45

• A spy;• His family (a wife and two children)

is kept hostage;• He has to inform the kidnappers,

otherwise they promised to kill his family

RELATIONS sympathy, support, understanding, eager to helpAnn---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Eric/Erica

liking, sometimes annoyed, paying not much attentionEric/Erica--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ann

respect, praise, try to be close on his(her) tail, have their own interestMarta&Thomas------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Leo/Leona

irritated, looks down on them, always emphasizes her high position Leo/Leona----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Marta&Thomas

love from first sight, affection, sexual attraction, longing for staying tête-à-têteLeo/Leona--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Glenn

licks her (his) boots, afraids, fawns on her to be in favour and to round up her supportGlenn---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Leo/Leona

respect, feel under protection, believe and trustDolores&Nik/Nika------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pablo

trying to gain her favour, advises how to live sinless life, makes accents on upbringing boys

Pablo--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dolores

likes very much, cherishes, jokes, wants to stay one-on-onePablo------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nik/Nika

defiance and strong contempt, trying to unmask him, always bullying himMichael/Michelle&Jean/Jain---------------------------------------------------------------------------Pablo

patient, moralizing, sometimes offensive, afraids of being unmaskedPablo---------------------------------------------------------------------------Michael/Michelle&Jean/Jain

nervous breakdownransomblackmailhealth problemfailed escapenegotiationssacrificedeathgirls’ selectionorgans tradelabeling people

SCENES AND EVENTS

MOODSinsecurityangersuicidalhopelessnesssurpriselovesurvival instinctintolerancestratification

GAME MASTERS

criminals/kidnappersthe police grouphelping hints: phone call, rumours, radio message, fresh media, etc.

STYLE

physicaluncomfortable“far-stretched” behaviour

PROPS & SETTINGS

dark roomlittle furniturehard materials (metal, stone, etc.)weapons (threatening, not using)special props, identifying characters

OFF GAMEkidnapping sceneflashback scenestrying out characters beforehand (thoroughly prepared workshops)serious debriefing of a special kind and form