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Higher education performing arts scripts
Game: Murder at the Manor (mystery party activity)
If you like Game of Thrones, you'll enjoy Murder at The Manor
The Earl Henry is dead and without an heir on the eve of the annual tournament and feast. Who could have done such a dastardly deed at the castle? His 4th wife? The traveling minstrel? One of his sisters or a host of other relatives, servants and knights from the realm? Play a suspect and a detective as you investigate the crime set in Medieval Europe.
Mystery party games are an engaging alternative to hum drum usual fare and
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Game: The Will Murder Mystery activity/script & lesson plans
THE WILL MURDER MYSTERY ACTIVITY When rich old Mrs. Wetherington dies the family and staff are shocked, not at her death (after all she was old and many people wanted her dead) but at her will. The bulk of the estate would go to the person who fingered her murderer. Skeletons in closets, blackmail and underhanded dealings all abound at the family estate as everyone points fingers and declares their innocence. Mystery activities are an engaging alternative to hum drum get togethers, typical drama
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Funny Skits Teaching Stage Directions
Teach theatre students about stage directions with these fun comedy skits for drama and acting classrooms."Emotional Zones" is about two scientists trying to teach two androids how to feel emotions. For 4 actors (male or female)."Pirates Stage Right" follows a crazy crew of pirates who have to push around their Captain and a tiny ship. For 5 or more actors (male or female)."The Joke Olympics" presents the matholypmics where mathletes compete, solving funny math problems. For 8 actors (male or f
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Coyote Tales - Native American Reader's Theater
This package was intended for November which is Native American month but can be done at any time. My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reader's Theater does this. In this package I have plac
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Script: Poe's Cask of Amontillado
Edgar Allen Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado in an 8 page .PDF reader’s theater format plus 9 slide Power Point and .PDF with visual dictionary of vocabulary words, writing prompts, projects, lesson plan ideas and interactive game and quiz about Poe. Also included is a How to do reader’s theater .PDF.The script is set 50 years in the future when a body is found and Montresor is on trial for murder of Fortunato. Witnesses are called and parts of the story are reenacted. It is up to those watching
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Bundle: American Literature
Spanish Skits (7 total)
I've compiled all SEVEN of my favorite Spanish class skits into one file for you to purchase. You will get 26 PAGES of never-ending FUN and CREATIVITY for your students!!!! Buy this packet and receive: 1) Hansel and Gretel 2) Jack and the Beanstalk 3) Little Red Riding Hood4) The Three Bears 5) The Three Little Pigs6) Chicken Little 7) The Billy Goats Gruff8) One Rubric (which can be applied to all)You would pay individually for each of these, so I thought you'd like to save a few bucks by bu
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Top-Selling Spanish Products BUNDLE!
Holidays - Reader's Theatre Play
This is an 11 page HOLIDAY PLAY that can be used with a class or theatre group to put on a performance to both small and large audiences. It is based loosely on the story 'Scrooge.' It centers around a student that wants to quit the Holiday play out of selfishness. After visits from Spirits the main character learns the errors of his ways. The play teaches a moral about how others depend on us even though we don't realize it. For adventurous teachers, there are also some recommendations for s
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
The Tell-Tale Heart Reader's Theatre script
This file contains several Reader's Theatre adaptations of "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe.
There are versions for 12 voices, 6 voices, 4 voices, and 3 voices. They work really well not only as dramatic readings for beginning discussion of Poe's story, but also as performance pieces for beginning acting students who need to work on interpretation techniques, creating atmosphere/mood, and projection stamina. I have actually had more advanced acting students use this piece (3 voice) fo
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Don Quixote Project based learning (PBL) & readers theater script
Wondering how to engage 21st century learners with a 17th century text? Over the years scholars have debated on the sanity of the Don Quixote character. This project combines reading, writing, acting, analysis, group work, discussion and critical thinking to answer that question. Included are readers theater scripts (1 longer introductory script and 4 more shorter ones), discussion questions, 4 rubrics, a tie in lesson on censorship/banned books, internet resources and review games. Great int
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
No Fear a one act play - Script
CAST: 32 total. 14M / 8W / 10 any gender. (Can be played by 7 actors)
In a camp cabin several campers refuse to go to sleep. Wick, their counselor, tells them a tale that mashes several Grimm’s Fairy Tales together.
The story unfolds in their cabin as Wick tells the story of Abay, a young boy (or girl) whose one wish is to feel fear.
Abay is ostracized from the other kids in the village because he is different. But when another boy is taken by a Dwarf (from Snow White’s tale) Abay is the onl
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Storyboard for script writing
This is a storyboard I created for my students to use when writing their scripts. It helps for them to visualize what they are going to do and what they will need before they begin videotaping their projects.
This is a PDF file you can download and print to use in your classroom. If you have any questions, please email fliponthelite@gmail.com
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
Concert Etiquette Poem - Includes Student Reader Cards!
Concert Etiquette PoemDo your students and audience members need some reminders for your upcoming concert? Use this clever poem to help!Includes 10 cards to have student readers at your concert!
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K - 12th, Higher Education
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Script Analysis for Puffs: Seven Increasingly Eventful...One Act 90 min version
Directors, I am your personal assistant! Save yourself some time and use this document. Are you doing Puffs or considering doing it? This document will assist you and save you a lot of valuable time. You must still order the script and pay the royalties for the show through Samuel French. Using the One Act 90 minute version of Puffs: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic by Matt Cox, I have made notes of Time Period, Characters, Casting notes, Sound needs, Cost
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Purim - Reader's Theater - Writing Prompts - Craft
Need something fun to do? How about a historical & cultural Readers Theater? Just Print and Go!
Everything you need to have your own Reader's Theater presentation for the historical Medio—Persian event that Jews today celebrate as Purim!
You will find a kid friendly, color coded reading script, writing prompts, audience props, a craftivity, an introduction to Purim, and puppet pictures.
This is a two page readers theater geared towards children in 2nd Grade -High School. The
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Writing and Performing One-Minute Monologues for Acting or Drama Classes
DISTANCE LEARNING FRIENDLY. REVISED AUGUST 3RD 2019! This three-week writing and performance high school level acting, drama, or theater classes asks students to write, rehearse, and perform original one-minute monologues. This unit breaks down the techniques of performing monologues and teaches students how to write effective pieces for themselves. Learning how to perform monologues effectively is one of the most valuable tools students can learn from an acting teacher. Unfortunately, it isn't
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Easter Play | All-in-One Complete Skit Kit for Children and Teens | Good Friday
Uncover the greatest secret to why Jesus had to die on a cross this Easter with our All-in-One Easter Play Kit for Children and Teens. This complete package is inspired by the a Little Bird who was in search of a King who would rescue God's people from their greatest enemy... the Romans! Even though the bird found kings who were skilled with the sword and kings who had immense riches, God ended up choosing a king who would be hanging on a cross. This king's name was Jesus and he came to conquer
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Mystery In The Library 4 play versions for 10 to 30 for use by different classes
The characters come out of their books at night to frolic. His Majesty King Henry VIII – has disappeared. Who rid the library of Henry?
Reading level: 6
This comes with teacher's notes. Each version has a different person who did it.
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The other night in the library, when many characters were out of their books enjoying a sojourn in the night air, a crime was committed, grim and grave, right in our own library. As a result his Majesty Henry VIII – that famous monarch from the English
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Hamlet - A play retold for young Children - understand Shakespeare! Play Script
Hamlet - Shakespeare's classic tragedy retold for children. A reading of this play will become instrumental in demystifying Shakespeare for many children. This is a version of Hamlet for children, and there is no question that the play has been abridged and the language simplified to great effect.
There is a lot in the story of Hamlet to appeal to children of all ages - murder, sword fights, poison, pirates and madness.
Cast notes: For a reduced version of the play, this still has a larg
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3rd - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Trouble at Bill Hunter Lake Park
Trouble at Bill Hunter Lake Park can be for grades 8 through 12. Evaluating whether a deer population exists. How many deer is too many and how many should we have? Consider and advocate for varying opinions on how an over abundant deer population should be managed during a simulated local Ministry Board of Directors meeting with locals and then vote. Town citizens are getting very frustrated and going to use their own methods of control if something is done about it. The local Ministry Board of
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
THE ROUNDABOUT INN, a 2-Act Play for high-school, college, or adult production
"THE ROUNDABOUT INN"a play in two actsbyMICHAEL RULIN BLEVINSACTING EDITIONPlay: Full-lengthCast: 7 male, 4 female: 11 total [Includes one 10 yr old boy & two teenagers 15 yrs & 19 yrs]Playing Time: approx. 1 hr & 45 mins.Setting: As simple or elaborate as desiredCostumes: Everyday modern dressLighting: As simple or elaborate as desiredThe Roundabout Inn, by Broadway, Film, Television veteran, and performing arts educator Michael Blevins, is excellent for high-school, college, and/o
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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GUTTERSNIPE: Shakespearean Stage Play with Translation
GUTTERSNIPE: Shakespearean Stage Play with Translation showcases 21st century issues with 1600s flare. Topics include gentrification through county land use plans, rerouting highways away from small towns relying on tourism, supporting impoverished communities, nepotism, parental verbal abuse, and protecting endangered species. This drama has a dance scene in act two, scene four. This stage play, encompassing fifty-three pages, doth present a literary adaptation drawn from the works of Shakesp
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Fairy Tale Scripts - Robin Hood, Jack and the Three Bears
This fun and humorous script is adapted from three classic fairy tales 'Robin Hood', 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears', and 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. The stories are interwoven to make a complete show with recurring characters and themes of fairness, caring and imagination. The parts are written so that a small troupe of 6 actors can play every role or up to 17 different speaking roles can be assigned separately. Suggestions are also available for adding non-speaking roles which could further inc
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Fossil Soup Reader's Theater for the Classroom
This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. We did it as our spring play and, of course being teachers, we merged the Language Arts goals of reading with our Science goal of learning about fossils. My name is Melanie Whitesides and my class has had a lot of fun with this Reader's Theater. It is a take off from Stone Soup and was adjusted to fit the 4th grade science Core objective.Fossil Soup Reader's Theater by Melanie Whitesides is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
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3rd - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Technical Theatre Design Stagecraft Bundle Back to School Curriculum
Elevate your theatre curriculum with our all-inclusive Technical Theatre Design Project Bundle! Tailored for high school theatre educators, this comprehensive package is designed to engage students in hands-on learning experiences covering costume, set, and prop design projects. Packed with enriching activities, this bundle equips teachers with everything needed to inspire creativity and foster technical skills in their students.Unlock the potential of your classroom with a diverse range of proj
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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