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Short play scripts 5 minutes3/29/2024 ~AT RISE means at the rise of the curtain, or at the start of the show. ~SETTING is where the play takes place and how the stage might be set up. There is also off left and off right, meaning an actor is no longer on stage. ~From those main areas come the nine stage areas: down right, down center, down left center right, center, center left up right, up center, up left. ~RIGHT and LEFT are from the actor’s viewpoint, as he or she is facing the audience. ~DOWN is that part of the stage closest to the audience. Although the scripts may have stage directions, you can always choose to do it differently. STAGE AREAS: The stage is divided into areas to help performers know where to be on certain lines. When The Family Comes Over, A Thanksgiving Story (2) The Troubles Of Little Bo Peep And Little Miss Muffet (2) ![]() The Tortoise And The Hare A Fable By Aesop (2) (numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of characters needed for the play) Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to and purchase your own copy. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. (Grasshopper mimes pushing, pulling, carrying and digging with all the ants.This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. Storyteller 1: That summer the grasshopper kept his promise and worked hard to collect food for the next winter. Grasshopper: Oh thank you Ants, I promise. (Grasshopper gets down on his hands and knees.) ( All the ants face the grasshopper.)Īnt 1: You must promise that next year you will work hard in the summer. Storyteller 1: The ants thought about it and decided to give him some food. (The ants go into a huddle away from the grasshopper.) ( The ants move to the centre of the stage.) ![]() Storyteller 3: Then he thought of the ants. ( Grasshopper is shivering and rubbing his stomach.) Storyteller 2: The grasshopper was very cold and hungry. Grasshopper: Squirrels! Squirrels! Please feed me! ( They squirrels walk towards him.) ( The squirrels mime eating nuts stage right.) ![]() Storyteller 1: Then the grasshopper saw some squirrels. ( The bears go back to their place in the semicircle.) ( Bears are asleep so he wakes them up and they walk to the centre stage.)īears: ( The bears are very angry that they have been woken up.) Growl! Growl! Oh no, we will not feed you. ( Grasshopper walks towards the bears.) Bears! Bears! Please feed me. Grasshopper: Oh dear! I know, I will ask my friends the bears to feed me. ( They fly back to their place in the semicircle.) They stand around the grasshopper.) Twit Tuhooo! Oh no, we will not feed you. Owls: ( Owls fly around the grasshopper and stop centre stage. Grasshopper: I am cold and hungry perhaps my friends the owls will feed me. He looks at the owls that start to fly around the stage.) ( Grasshopper rubs his stomach and shivers. Storyteller 1: The grasshopper was cold and hungry. Storyteller 2: Winter started to come and the weather got colder and colder. (The Ants keep working and move stage right.) Storyteller 1: The grasshopper continued enjoying himself. ![]() You need to enjoy the sunshine.Īnt 2: We want to have food for the winter. Storyteller 3: … and laughing and enjoying the lovely weather. ( Grasshopper passes by, singing and dancing the ants stop work and look at him.) Storyteller 1: They saw a grasshopper listening to some music on his iPod. (All the ants are miming digging, pulling and pushing.) Storyteller 3: They were collecting food for the winter. Storyteller 2: … there were some ants working hard. (Stage Directions: the owls, squirrels and bears are in a large semicircle stage right storytellers are stage left and the ants are in the centre of the stage.) Ĭharacters: Three storytellers, three ants, grasshopper, owls, squirrels and bears. If you would like to sign up to our mailing list and receive a free copy of Aesop’s Fables on Stage, click here.
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