playS and MuSicalS - Contemporary Drama Service
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Fairy Tale Plays <strong>and</strong> Comedy Sketches<br />
Rappin’ Beat Fairy Tales<br />
by JAN HOOP <strong>and</strong> students<br />
Five fairy tale “rap” sketches<br />
Cast: 5 or more players per skit, mixed<br />
Age level: Middle School to High School<br />
Playing time: About 5 to 7 minutes each<br />
Complete playkit with 10 scripts <strong>and</strong><br />
rights to reproduce copies: $20.95<br />
Order #R-P1563<br />
Five of the most popular fairy tales are re-staged <strong>and</strong><br />
rewritten to silly rap beats. A narrator-rapper interacts<br />
with a performing group of actor rappers to stage the<br />
tales as they’ve never been staged before. This<br />
collection of five favorites includes: Goldilocks <strong>and</strong><br />
the Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs, The<br />
Tortoise <strong>and</strong> the Hare, Little Red Riding Hood <strong>and</strong><br />
Jack <strong>and</strong> the Beanstalk. The sketches can be staged<br />
with simple props. Costumes are optional. The rappin’<br />
words may be backed up with a drummer, but this, too,<br />
is optional. Lots of fun to do while learning how to<br />
control rhythmic speech patterns.<br />
A Mixed-Up Fairy Tale<br />
by SUSANNA HARGREAVES<br />
All the Grimm Brothers’ fairy<br />
tale characters in one play<br />
Cast: 11F, 15M, 10 optional (doubling possible)<br />
Age level: Middle School to High School<br />
Playing time: 20 minutes<br />
Complete playkit with 10 scripts <strong>and</strong><br />
rights to reproduce copies: $20.95<br />
Order #R-P1713<br />
Lightning! A terrible gust of wind flings open the door. All<br />
of the story pages that Wilhelm <strong>and</strong> Jacob Grimm were<br />
writing fly apart. When reassembled, the classic fairy tale<br />
characters become part of one mixed-up fairy tale.<br />
Cinderella’s prince asks Rapunzel to let down her hair.<br />
The seven dwarfs don’t know if they’re working for the<br />
three bears, the three pigs, or Hansel <strong>and</strong> Gretel. Imagine<br />
the Fairy Godmother going to the ball with two witches.<br />
This play has as many roles as you could possibly need<br />
with room for lots of doubling. Everyone has a ball<br />
dancing at the Ball. The biggest fun of the play is to see<br />
if the audience can sort it all out while they’re laughing.<br />
Fractured Fairy Tales<br />
by DARON SCOTT McFARLAND<br />
Three comedy /parody plays<br />
Cast: 5 to 8 per skit, mixed<br />
Age level: Middle School to High School<br />
Playing time: 7 to 10 minutes each<br />
Complete playkit with 9 scripts <strong>and</strong><br />
rights to reproduce copies: $20.95<br />
Order #R-P1423<br />
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These medium-length comedies are perfect for<br />
classroom <strong>and</strong> contest performance. Fairy tale<br />
personages are taken out of character <strong>and</strong> context with<br />
hilarious results. Includes: 1. The Pretender Hen — A<br />
clever hen avoids being sold by mooing, barking,<br />
neighing <strong>and</strong> oinking to various “characters” until the<br />
wolf calls her bluff. 2. The Wolf in Gr<strong>and</strong>ma’s House<br />
— Granny’s in Vegas <strong>and</strong> the wolf has the run of the<br />
place. But Red never shows up, only a motley crew of<br />
fairy tale characters. 3. The Case of the Missing<br />
Porridge — Inspector Joe Pig has goofy questions for<br />
the three (or is it four?) bears, but Goldie gets off scot<br />
free. You’ll roar with laughter at these uniquely silly plays.<br />
Minimum costumes <strong>and</strong>/or props required. Excellent for<br />
variety shows.<br />
Chaos in Fairy Tale Forest<br />
by GEFF MOYER Royalty play<br />
A mixed-up fairy-tale parody<br />
Cast: 7F, 5M, 3F or M<br />
Playing time: 40 minutes, 1 act<br />
Order #R-R342 Script: $5.75<br />
Order #R-RP84 Royalty: $40/performance<br />
When Red Riding Hood trips over a root in the forest,<br />
she awakens to Hansel <strong>and</strong> Gretel raiding her food<br />
basket. They have finished off the gingerbread house<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Witch is after them. Robin Hood chases Bambi<br />
while he runs from Goldilocks because he killed one of<br />
her three bears. Snow White, the vain diva, says OMG!<br />
to everything until the Tin Man finds the Headless<br />
Horseman who sends her off screaming. Dumb Sheriff<br />
Ogre tries to club the “legend” characters because they<br />
don’t belong in “Fairy Tale Forest.” The characters<br />
fight <strong>and</strong> insult each other. Then comes the White<br />
Rabbit, Alice, Rapunzel <strong>and</strong> the Prince in a crescendo<br />
of chaos until Red screams <strong>and</strong> all goes black. She<br />
reawakens. It was all just a dream – or was it? Lots of<br />
fun, easy-to-make costumes <strong>and</strong> props. A delightfully<br />
funny show for all ages.