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46 pages text
Approx. run time: 50 min+
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By Max Bush.  Commissioned and premiered by the Emmy Gifford Children’s Theatre of Omaha.  Adapted from the Brothers Grimm’s written version of the oral tradition. Hansel and Gretel learn to face terror, recognize the truth and solve their problems away from the comforting company of adults.  The play is a beautifully crafted revelation of empowerment for youth.  One set with set pieces.  Medieval costumes.  CAST: 6 (4 F, 2 M)

Hansel and Gretel are playing Hide and Seek in their yard when they overhear their parents discussing leaving them in the woods to fend for themselves.  The impoverished parents can see no hope for feeding their children, and carry out their plan.  The first time in the woods, the children find their way safely home thanks to the trail of white stones Hansel cleverly drops.  Their father is overjoyed to see them, but soon acquiesces to the mother’s insistence that they return to the woods immediately.  This time, left for good, the children journey forward, following hope in the form of a white bird.  Their hope leads them to a witch who has all the food she needs, but wants to eat them as well.  The children prevail against the witch, thanks to Gretel’s quick thinking, courage and strength.  The white bird returns, leading their father, but not to save them – they have already saved themselves.  In the play’s final moment, Hansel and Gretel invite their father to join them on their journey.  They are free.

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45 pages text
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Dramatized by Lucille Miller. A fresh and delightful play of the Swiss Alps. Three sets. Swiss costumes. CAST: 13 ( 7 F, 3 M, 1 G, 2 B).

Heidi is one of the happiest characters in all literature to present before children. Miss Miller's play depicts her vividly as a winning and personable little girl who is full of fun and mischief, but whose influence is nevertheless wholesome and good. Her scenes with the Alm Uncle and with the Sesemann family are especially dramatic, and make an eloquent appeal to every heart. The play follows the book closely, retaining all the well-loved episodes that keep this story eternally alive in the hearts of children.

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35 pages text
Approx. run time: 40 min
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Adapted by Marilee Hebert Miller. A timeless celebration of rhythm and language in quick paced theatrical revue. This play provides educational opportunities for teaching rhythm, language and rhyme. Set and costumes variable. This play premiered at Actors Theatre of Louisville and toured the USA with the Everyman Players. Ensemble Version suitable for touring. Large Cast Version distributes roles to include a large number of performers, even as young as elementary school aged children. Ensemble Version 5-12 skilled actors, Large Cast Version 12 + with roles distributed and extras.

An orbiting celebration of action, songs and games, the actors assemble to entertain---much like commedia troupes of old---bringing to astonishing life the characters of childlike fantasy. Humpty Dumpty, Little Miss Muffet, The Grand Old Duke of York, and many others---evoking the joyful imagination of children of all ages. Can be performed with simple melodies (included in script) and primary musical instruments (kazoo, drum, rhythm sticks, etc.) or spoken, without music.

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33 pages text
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By Tom Behm. Music by Rose Marie Cooper. Seven all-time favorite stories are dramatized in a fast-paced musical comedy. A unit set. Simple costumes with masks and add-on pieces. Ideal for K-3 audiences. CAST: 6 + (3 F, 3 M) extras optional.

"Funny Isn't It? How Things Happen in Three?" sings the company in an opening number which traces the recurring "three" through nursery rhymes and poetry. "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" dispose of the ugly troll, and Goldilocks sings "I Want To Know" as curiosity leads her to the house of "The Three Bears." The song "Everyone Should have the Chance to Make Three Wishes" introduces the playing of three tales: "The Fisherman and his Wife"; "The Three Wishes"; and "The Evergreen Who Wishes for Leaves." There is high-spirited audience participation in "What Fun We Had At the Fair," interrupted by the arrival of the big bad wolf.

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32 pages text
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By Aurand Harris. Dramatization of selected scenes from Mark Twain's classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. No set, few props. Ideal for touring. Period, simple costumes. CAST: 10 (4 F, 4 M, 2 B) or 5 minimum (1 F, 4 M) with doubling.

Huck Finn's story -- the escape from his drunken father, his befriending a runaway slave -- is an adventure tale of excitement and suspense, delightfully sprinkled with homespun humor. In six action-filled scenes, alive with colorful characters and sparkling dialogue in rural dialect, the play reveals Huck, a clever, lovable boy, who is baffled by the greed, hypocrisy, and absurdity of society. His conscience troubles him about what is wrong, what is right, during his long journey down the Mississippi, a journey in which he "grows up." Keeping faithfully to the book, Harris, with his celebrated mastery of playwriting, has written for young audiences a great American play about the great American novel.

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59 pages text
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Dramatized by Frank Whiting. A skillful adaptation of Mark Twain's lovable story, held together through the intermissions by Huck's own narration. Four sets. Simple 19th century American mid-west costumes. CAST: 14 minumum (4F, 10 M) with doubling, or up to 20 (6 F, 12 M, 1 G, 1 B).

Commencing his tale in Mark Twain's own words, Huck leads the audience through his maze of colorful adventures, sawing his way out of the cabin where he has been imprisoned, escaping down the river on a raft with a runaway slave, falling into the clutches of two itinerant rascals, and rescuing two orphan girls from their schemes, conspiring with Tom Sawyer to steal the runaway slave out of captivity. Huck appears at each intermission to bridge the gaps in his story, carrying the first-person, Mark Twain flavour throughout.