Cast: 5 to 8, or many more, either gender When New Kid arrives at school—or is it the circus?—Ringmaster and Clowns offer only three choices for getting into the act: be a Bully, a Bullied, or a Bystander. Bully seems the best choice. It's even fun—until the line is crossed from clowning around to cruelty. It soon becomes evident that there must be more than three choices, and, in spite of Ringmaster's protests, New Kid and the Clowns go off to discover them. Bare stage.