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ABC December
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Sherrill S. Cannon & Kerry E. Gallagher |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. Chorus. There are no specific characters. The lines are intended to be recited by one or more children. The lines could be spoken by individuals or an ensemble. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for ten songs to accompany the piece. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Performance piece for a nursery school / kindergarten class. |
| Synopsis | A rhyming review of December festivals (with a North American bias - it covers Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and other American celebrations, with a nod to their antecedents in other countries). |
| Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
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Aesop's Fables - The Musical
by
Gerald P. Murphy |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Characters include mice, a cat, a wolf, a lion and four foxes. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music (piano and vocal) for five songs and two instrumentals is provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Simple one-act musical for kids - a prologue and four of Aesop's fables.
(A version of this collection of tales is available without the songs as Aesop's Fables II.) |
| Synopsis | A group of mice are delighted by their plan for constraining the local cat - until it comes to executing the plan.
Meanwhile, a lion falls in love, a boy ruins his chance of promotion in the shepherding business, and a fox tries to make the most of a fashion disaster.
(They all make a song and dance of it!) |
| Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
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Brian the Christmas Tree
by
Sarah Cowan |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 24. No chorus. The number of characters is very flexible. It would be easy, for example, to add a number of dancing Christmas trees! |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Musical suggestions made in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Non-religious Christmas play for young(ish) children. Simple sets, simple props. |
| Synopsis | It's Christmas and the trees are waiting to be sold. All except grumpy Brian, who doesn't want to be a Christmas Tree - he wants to grow up to be a telegraph pole. |
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The Bullies at Sam's Café
by
Stuart Ardern |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. There are three distinct chorus groups with flexible number - the piece was designed to be performed by a whole class. All roles are gender-neutral. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for two original songs is included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Short one-act play for primary school children, with two songs. Nominally two sets, but no specific scenery, and only simple props. |
| Synopsis | A bully with a gang disturbs the staff and customers at Sam's café, but when the bullies get into trouble, should Sam and his friends help them? |
| Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Midi files of songs from the show
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Caught By Christmas
by
Sharlee Glenn with songs by Erica Glenn |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Whilst the children are named as boys and girls, this is flexible! Both classes can be expanded by the chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music (for three original songs) is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Short one-act (secular) Christmas musical for kids. School set (two classrooms) but minimal set requirements and simple props. |
| Synopsis | Mr Grump teaches class 4b and is ignoring the approach of Christmas, as usual. Miss Jingle and the jollier kids of 4a are celebrating, and they decide to take their party next door, with interesting consequences. |
| Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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A Christmas Box
by
Sharon Jenman |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for 10 songs and 2 instrumentals is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Short one-act musical play for (young) children. |
| Synopsis | A school child gets his wish to see the Romanian child open the present he is sending. A Christmas play for infant schools. |
| Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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Christmas Spirit - The Conversion of Mrs Scrooge
by
Sue Russell |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Very flexible cast, including non-speaking reindeer. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for six songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Light Christmas play for (up to a class of) kids, conflating various stories! Opportunities for up to six songs. |
| Synopsis | The Spirit of Christmas Past, Present and Future (the other two are sick, so he's doing all three) tries to get the grim Mrs Scrooge into the spirit of Christmas, but it takes a lot of jokes and a visit from Santa and his wife to bring her round. |
| Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
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The Easter Egg Hunt
by
Sue Russell |
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. Characters include nine fowl and an Easter bunny (offering plenty of opportunity for mask- or costume-making!) Beyond that, the cast is very flexible (basically written for a class-sized group). |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] (Assuming the suggested songs are used) |
| Music | Suggestions for critter-themed songs are made in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Comedy play for young children, with corny jokes and opportunities for songs and dances. |
| Synopsis | The Easter Bunny (or Funny Bunny) tries to help out poor Clumsy Chicken who has smashed all her eggs in a nasty fall and is facing the chop... well, the roasting dish. Other feathered friends flock around to help or hinder the effort with a few jokes and songs. |
| Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
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The Fisherman and His Wife
by
Gerald P. Murphy |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music is provided with the Producer's Copy of the script for three songs, three reprises and an instrumental. |
| Style | Short one-act musical play for kids (or for adults to play to kids). No set requirements, minimal props. |
| Synopsis | A humble fisherman reels in a talking flounder, who claims to be an enchanted princess. When he lets it go, the fisherman's wife insists he asks the flounder to repay its debt with a series of increasingly lavish rewards. Her ambition turns to greed and eventually the flounder princess returns to take her gifts back. |
| Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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Gruff - The Musical
by
Gerald P. Murphy |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. The troll is nominally male. One male goat and two female goats. The narrators are elves. (The elves could be played by two choruses - the mode of narration is song!) |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for two songs (one reprised three times) are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Very short musical play for kids. Single set - a troll bridge. |
| Synopsis | Overweight goats meet greedy troll. The troll's dinner menu changes when Billy Goat butts in. |
| Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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