The
School Play Package gives you the rights to adapt the script - add as
many lines, characters, scenes and songs as you like. You also
have the right to make a Video/DVD of your special performance!
"It was so easy to work with the script and adapt it to my
students needs."
Sherri Alejandro, Carden El
Encanto School, Santa Cruz CA
ALICE
IN CHRISTMAS LAND
WHY
IS THIS PLAY BEST FOR YOUR SCHOOL?
Written
especially for young people to perform.
While you may find large cast
plays from other publishers, most of those were originally written
for adults or
professional actors to
perform. They often contain difficult dialogue, unfamiliar or
complex language, and speeches too long for young children to
memorize. They may even contain jokes, innuendos and subject matter
that may not be appropriate for children.
Easy to
understand and memorize.
Dialogue is simple, fresh, quick
and humorous, keeping the action flowing without stops and starts
between scenes. This keeps young people and young audiences engaged
throughout the performance - no awkward pauses, no dead-time, no wiggles!
Everyone participates!
All children are involved
throughout the performance. This builds confidence, promotes team
spirit and eliminates rehearsal rowdiness. The audience is often
asked to join in the fun, and action often spills into the aisles!
All of our SCHOOL PLAYS give suggestions on how to divide up large
parts (such as Alice or Cinderella) among several performers so that
no one child is the "star".
Familiar
stories with upbeat endings.
The story line stays as close as
possible to the familiar story the kids already know. While
some authors feel the need to "improve" the story, our
SCHOOL PLAYS stay as close to the familiar narrative as possible,
making it easier for children - and your audience - to understand.
Feel free
to edit! Go ahead and tape it!
Most publishers insist that no
changes may be made to their scripts. We know that your
goal is to engage every child in the most meaningful way and that
your needs are unique. Cut, eliminate, re-assign lines, or add
as much as you like! Also, there are no restrictions on video
tapes. Parents want a tape or DVD to remember their child's big
moment. Go ahead and tape away!
ALICE #4: A tea party! Oh, I would
like to have some tea!
MAD HATTER: This is not a tea party.
ALICE #4: But the table is all set
for tea.
MAD HATTER: It is a Christmas tree
decorating party.
ALICE #4: But I don't see any tree.
MAD HATTER: Just because you can't
see it doesn't mean it's not there.
ALICE #4: But that's exactly what it means!
MAD HATTER: It is not very civil of you.
MARCH HARE: Not very civil at all.
ALICE #4: But I can't see what is not there.
MAD HATTER: (To ALICE #4.) Put
this teacup at the top of the tree.
ALICE #4: But a star goes at the top,
not a teacup!
(MAD HATTER and DORMOUSE gasp!)
MAD HATTER: Now, now, little
miss! Whose tree is it anyway?
ALICE #4: It's nobody's tree if it
isn't there!
MAD HATTER: Ah ha! (Picking
something up star from tea tray, eyeing ALICE #4 with accusation.)
Well, well, well. What have we here?
(MAD HATTER holds up an ornament, a star.)
ALICE #4: It's a star! Why is
it on the tea tray?
MARCH HARE: (Suspiciously.)
I'm sure she don't know.
MAD HATTER: There's no use denying
it! You put the star here, did you not?
ALICE #4: How could I put the star on
the tea tray? I only just got here.
MAD HATTER: Which was very
impolite of you!
MARCH HARE: Very impolite, indeed.
MAD HATTER: Now be a goose, Dormouse,
and put this star at the bottom of the tree.
ALICE #4: But the star goes at the
top of the tree.
(MAD HATTER and DORMOUSE gasp!)
MAD HATTER: Then just where do you
propose to put the teacup, if I may ask?
ALICE #4: Why on the table of course!
MAD HATTER: Dormouse here is so upset
at your behavior that he feels it necessary to sing a song.
ALICE #4: Well I hope it is a
Christmas song at least.
MAD HATTER: Of, course it is.
Dormouse, begin.
(SOUND CUE #9: "Joy to the
World" tune [short intro].) [sample]
DORMOUSE: (Singing.)
Joy to the chickens
For eggs are good
We like them best with ham!
Let every duck -- and partridge hear
We love our eggs and ham
We love our eggs and ham
We love -- and love -- our eggs with ham!
(SOUND: About 5 secs of
silence [4 bars in tempo] for the following lines then music resumes
for rest of song.)
MAD HATTER: Excellent!
DORMOUSE: (To MAD HATTER and MARCH HARE.)
Join me, please.
MAD HATTER & MARCH HARE: Delighted!
DORMOUSE, MAD HATTER, MARCH HARE: (Singing.)
We take our tea
With lots of milk
And then we dance a jig! (All three dance.)
Let every cow -- and barnyard sow
Oh, dance a joyful jig
Oh, dance a joyful jig
Let every cow -- join in our jig.
(SOUND CUE ENDS.)
ALICE #4: But that's not a proper
Christmas carol!
MAD HATTER: Of course it is! It
speaks very well of dairy products!
ALICE #4: But that's not what
Christmas is all about.
MARCH HARE: It is.
ALICE #4: No one here knows anything
about Christmas at all!
MAD HATTER: Off with her head!
ALICE #4: I beg your pardon?
MAD HATTER: That's exactly what the
Queen says to little girls like you.
MARCH HARE: Suppose we change the subject.
ALICE #4: This is the stupidest
Christmas party I was ever at in all my life.
DORMOUSE: How rude.
(MAD HATTER tidies picks up tea things.)
MAD HATTER: The very idea. Come along
March Hare, Dormouse. We can do without her very nicely, I am sure.
(MAD HATTER, MARCH HARE & DORMOUSE march
off in a snit, exiting.)
SNOW: Just as the Mad Hatter disappeared...
CANDY: Alice noticed a tree that had
a door leading right into it.
ALICE #4: (Looks up to screen,
sees "door".) That's very curious! But
everything's curious today. I may as well go in.
(She opens "door" and STORYTELLERS
make "creek" sound. She steps behind screen.
OPTIONAL TRANSITION: ALICE #4
exits behind screen as ALICE #5 enters from the opposite side.)
JINGLE: At last, Alice found herself
in the beautiful garden.
(SOUND CUE #10:
Magical sound: harp, chimes, flute, etc.; fades during following scene. [sample]
STORYTELLERS make magical sound such as chimes.
ANGEL sets the scene as he speaks, putting a stool in place and
becoming the "Christmas tree", holding an ornament up in
each hand. Other STORYTELLERS will stand beside him passing him
more ornaments as needed during the following scene.)
ANGEL: A large Christmas tree stood
near the entrance of the garden.
ALICE #5: (Looking at ornaments
ANGEL is holding.) What pretty ornaments!
(DECORATORS RALPH, MARTHA and CALVIN enter with
small ladders or they may place benches near "Christmas
tree" and climb them, indicating ladders.)
HOLLY: The decorations were beautiful but...
SNOW: There were several decorators
busily taking them down.
(DECORATORS climb ladders and take ANGEL's
ornaments and throw them on the ground. SOUND CUE ENDS.)
ALICE #5: Oh, no! (Picking
up ornaments.) You dropped something, sir!
RALPH: (Taking ornament.)
Thankee, miss! (Throws it back on the ground.)
ALICE #5: But you dropped it again!
(She hands it back to RALPH who throws it back
down again. MARTHA takes off an ornament and throws it down.)
You should be more careful! You're breaking them!
MARTHA: That's the whole idea, miss!
RALPH: We puts 'em up and each day we
come back next day and tears 'em down!
(RALPH throws another on the ground.)
ALICE #5: But that's wasteful.
You're supposed to put them up once and leave them up until Christmas
is over!
CALVIN: That won't do for this Queen,
young lady.
RALPH: This Queen likes 'em good and
smashed every single day!
MARTHA: Nothing but new ornaments
every day for this Queen!
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