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Two Boards and a Passion
Eleven play scripts for teenage actors
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TWO BOARDS AND A PASSION
is a collection of original
plays for teenagers written and produced in schools by Creative Educational
Systems. Most of the plays have a playing time of 40-60 minutes
-- perfect
for a school assembly program or a children's theatre production.
And each one has been successfully performed by young people.
The plays are accompanied by brief essays which highlight the educational
value of the scripts, as well as curriculum suggestions in the areas of
language arts, social studies, mathematics, science, physical education,
art, music and dance. This provides the educator with an incredibly
useful template for connecting the material in each play to the
students' curriculum. Plus
we have included an essay about the "Authors'
Inspiration" with each play, which identifies
the creative impulse and inspiration which
generated the play and theme: we know it
will be helpful to your cast, and your direction
of the play.
Each play is also followed by production notes
on staging, style, costumes, sets and lighting, properties and sound and
music. Every idea you need to create a successful production is right here.
Audiences of young people watching a live play will, because
of its immediate, tangible spontaneous nature, look and listen and
psychologically assimilate:
- the curriculum or thematic content of the play,
- how other people may think and feel,
- what possibilities exist in the world beyond their own neighborhoods,
- the
results of actions made from good and evil intentions, and
- why people
behave the way they do.
Children will inevitably identify with one
character or another and vicariously experience the emotional progression
of that character until the end of the play -- and sometimes, long
after.
Young people participating in the production of a play will
experience all of the above, plus:
an in-depth understanding of the curriculum or
thematic content of the play,
the internal motivations of the
character they portray,
the self-discipline needed to perform successfully
in front of an audience,
the dynamics of interpersonal relationships
crucial to the opening of a show,
the process of going over the same thing
time and again in the pursuit of excellence, AND
instant feedback as to
how well they performed the tasks to which they committed
themselves.
The plays include:
(for a fuller description of an individual play, click the title)
The Dream Rehearsed:
Imagine William Shakespeare's first rehearsal of "A Midsummer
Night's Dream" interrupted by a girl masquerading as a boy playing a girl,
Elizabethan spies, an angry landlord and an outraged tavernkeeper, a
softhearted pickpocket and loads of laughs, mistaken identities and
surprises to everyone involved.
(Recommended for Grades
6-12) A $9 value.
The Snow Queen:
Hans Christian Andersen's beloved story about
a little girl who searches the world to find her lost friend.
Adventure, humor, mystery and the miracle of selfless love are presented
with grace and beauty in this unforgettable fairy tale.
(Recommended
for Grades 4-8) A $9 value.
Two Fathom Mark Twain:
During the 1860's, Mark
Twain and Bret Harte, two of America's foremost humorists, were roommates
in San Francisco. This tour-de-force for two young actors includes
hilarious excerpts from Twain's "Huckleberry Finn," "Jim Baker's Blue Jay
Yarn," "The Prince and the Pauper" and "The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer."
(Recommended for Grades 7-12) A $9 value.
The Odyssey: The Journey of a Soul:
Based on the writings on mythology of Joseph Campbell, "The Odyssey" is a powerful retelling of
Homer's epic. Performed by young people all over the world, this play is a
hallmark of fine drama for youth.
(Recommended for Grades 5-12) A $9 value.
Tom, Ben and George
History will come alive for you, your cast
and the audience in this retelling of America's story, starting
with life with the Native American Indians up until the time
of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. All the
familiar events, The Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre,
and Paul Revere's ride highlight the tensions leading up to
the American Revolutionary War.
(Recommended for Grades 5-12) A $9 value.
A New World for Columbus
You and your students will understand the
inevitable forces which resulted in Columbus's historic voyage
to discover the land now known as the Americas as they recreate
the historical time in their performance of this play. Full of
colorful characters from another era, this play is a
perfect integration of theatre and history.
(Recommended for Grades 4-12) A $9 value.
Madam C. J. Walker: America's First Black Woman Millionaire
Among the famous Black history American
role models who impacted the entire world, we must certainly
include an inspirational story of faith and perserverance against
all odds, the story of Madame C. J Walker, one of the most
famous black women inventors of all time. Students will
learn how an orphaned daughter of a poor black sharecropper,
newly freed after the Civil War, went from destitution to
becoming the first black woman millionaire in America.
A testament to the American ethic that it is possible for
anyone to succeed, regardless of the conditions in which
they start their life.
(Recommended for Grades 4-12) A $9 value.
Reminiscences of a Wyoming Cowboy
Can history, literacy and the arts
be integrated all at the same time? Imagine your students
presenting a readers theatre performance of this story of
a young cowboy's coming of age in the American Old West.
They will feel good about themselves, improve their reading
and speaking skills, and teach themselves and their audience
something of the realities of living in a different time
and culture.
(Recommended for Grades 5-12) A $5 value.
Oliver Twist
Students will love the excitement
of this classic Dickens tale from Victorian London, full
of mystery, intrigue, and murder which demonstrates how
all the evils of that society (alcoholism, child abuse,
gangs, thieving), were as insidious then as they are now.
A true tale of how moral purity and a good heart triumphs
in the end.
(Recommended for Grades 4-12) A $9 value.
Astronomers of the Renaissance
Should science be dry and technical?
See the lives of three of the world's most famous astronomers,
Nicholas Copernicus, Galileo Galilei and Sir Isaac Newton,
become real live drama. Your cast will enjoy performing
as each character battles the forces of ignorance and
prejudice as they present new ideas in science to a
skeptical world.
(Recommended for Grades 4-12) A $7 value.
The Myth of Demeter and Persephone
If you are working on Greek mythology,
studying ancient Greece or just in the mood for a rollicking
good time, this wonderful comic adaptation of the
Myth of Demeter and Persephone is a perfect play for your
students, who will come to understand Greek mythology
in an experiential way while thoroughly enjoying
themselves in performance.
(Recommended for Grades 4-12) A $7 value.
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