Kids love to play! These short plays and scenes are great for students to use to put on a show. Playmaking is a craft. A play is something you build with your friends! Ask yourself: Who'll direct it? Where do we get the costumes, & props? How will we create the sound effects? Who'll turn on/off the lights? Play scripts are fantastic tools for teaching Group interaction; Creativity & Expression; Technical skills; Language, including ESL And so much more! Includes: ""Djinn Rummage"" in which self-centered Doreen finds a genie at a rummage sale. ""All that Glitters"" in which the bumbling Behr Brothers thought they had struck gold when they kidnapped the heiress to the Golden Throne port-a-pottie empire. ""Candy is Dandy,"" a macabre modern take on the classic ""Hansel & Gretal."" Select scenes from ""Cindy Claus Versus the Easter Bunny"" (the sequel to ""Cindy Claus Saves Christmas""). ""Birdbrains,"" sitcom-style mini-episodes about best friends Sydney (""the Brain"") and fun-loving, goofy Bird & their friends!

So, this leprechaun walks into a bar... Saturday night is booming in the city--except at Kelly's Irish Rose. Moira Kelly is frazzled by the lack of business, a string of bad luck and the presence of her ex-beau, Colm. Still in love with her, Colm wants to help save the saloon... and when he discovers that the strange guy at the end of the bar could be a leprechaun, Colm thinks he's found the answer to their prayers! Unfortunately, not all leprechauns are lucky... Getting Lucky is a romantic fantasy with magic, humor and.... murder? Full length play: 4 men, 2 women Running time: 90 minutes.

Things are heating up this winter! In the prequel to Cindy Claus Saves Christmas, Mary Kringle, the sweetest girl at Holiday High, just found out that she's in the running to be crowned Queen of the WinterFest Ball! Well, Glacia the Ice Princess is having none of that! She intends that crown to be on her own frosty, royal head, and she'll stop at nothing to do it. Teaming up with the hapless Foreign Exchange Student from the Hinterland and the richest kid in school who has too much time on his hands, Glacia schemes to destroy Mary Kringle's reputation... as well as anyone else who gets in her way! Roles: 8 male, 7 female. Running time: 45 minutes. It's wacky! It's multicultural! It's super-fun!

An accessible edition of a classic guide to film and theater directing offers insight into the craft's unique challenges from managing personalities and anticipating problems to working with a script and the key elements of staging, in a primer that also features life lessons gleaned by the co-authors throughout their careers. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

"David Farmer has hit gold with 'Playful Plays: Volume One', and if volumes two to ten were available I would be ordering them immediately... The selling point of the book is its simplicity. It offers teachers an off-the-shelf, ready-to-go, high-quality rehearsal process ideal for primary-aged students... The book is very well laid out and user-friendly, and is the perfect go-to for short presentation pieces that pack a punch." - Teaching Drama Magazine. This lively collection of eight short plays for children and young people is supported by inspirational drama games designed to bring creativity and fun to the rehearsal room. The stories are based on traditional folk-tales from countries including China, Ghana, Greece, Japan, Turkey and Scandinavia. The book is written in such a way that young people can easily pick it up and use it themselves. The plays can be performed by groups of children on their own, or under the direction of an adult. They feature performance techniques such as mime, mask, freeze frames, audience participation, live music and song. The author draws on his experience in the professional theatre world to provide helpful advice for the young director and actor including warm-ups, tips on line-learning and ideas for character development, as well as games to develop acting skills such as concentration, focus and working as an ensemble.