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Theatre
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Pinocchio
New! Small
Cast Play, Great for Touring! |
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ArtReach
Children's Theatre Play Script, Small Cast, One Act Play
For
Children, Young Audiences, Educational Outreach, School Tours! |
Small Cast Play for Professional Actors!
High
Schools, Middle Schools, Drama Students
Family
Programs and Mainstage Productions!
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 NEW!
Producers, here is a
great new play for touring to local schools!
Creative staging, simple,
innovative ideas,
minimal set and costumes
make this adaptation easy
to stage and stunningly
unique. Best of all - it
books like a dream! |
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Pinocchio,
Ohio Valley Summer Theatre, Athens, OH
"Pinocchio
was wonderfully well received by both
our
school children's audiences and our general public
family
audiences!"
Mary
Lee Powell for the OVST Board
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 This
new One Act Version of Carlo Collodi's famous tale was commissioned
by Elly Award Winner Allen Schmeltz for Garbaeu's Acorn and Oak
Children's Theater. Currently slated for 2009, Stage Nine's
Family Series, Allen Schmeltz Productions, Sacramento, CA and Ohio
Valley Summer Theatre, Athens, OH. |
Audience
Participation!
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One
lonely night the Blue Fairy
grants Geppetto's wish
and brings his little
wooden puppet to life. So
begins Pinocchio's journey
as he tangles with the tricksters, Fox
and Cat,
and meets up with Lampwick and
his no-good buddies in the Land
of Toys. Will he save Geppetto
from the belly
of
the whale? Will he ever
prove to the Lucky Stars that he is good enough to
become a Real Boy? |
This
innovative script offers great opportunities
for the use of puppets and pantomime. The script has lots of
comedy and audience interaction while staying true to the Collodi
story that is so familiar to you and your audiences! |
Touring
Play
Version:
A
Cast of 6: 3m, 2f, 1m/f
Running
Time: About 45 minutes.
Written
for a versatile cast of adults or young people with
touches
of comedy and drama that showcase your talented performers! |
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"I
am really taken with your wonderfully
theatrical and hugely
imaginative version of Pinocchio and
our Espanola Little
Theatre Young Company would like to do it!
Sharon
Sproule, Ontario, Canada
Great
for Professional Tours: Cast
size, simple
tech
and performance
length make it easy to pack this show in your touring van and
perform in two schools in one day.
Classic
Title, Books Easily: Fill
your calendar in a snap! Teachers and principals love a well-known
classic title for school assemblies.
Educational
Value: Tie-ins to theatre
history, puppetry crafts and Italian culture give you lots of material
for a great looking Study Guide.
Creative
Staging: ArtReach
is famous for innovative use of theatrical techniques
that "wow" an audience and save you money.
Great
for High School, Middle School Drama Clubs: Though
the play has been professionally developed it is fun and challenging
for High School and Middle School Drama Clubs and Community Theatres
who want to perform something special for children, young audiences
and families!
"Pinocchio Nose Best!"
OVST
takes a bit of the
Italian Renaissance, adds a touch of Ringling
Brothers, and stirs
them both into 21st century southeast
Ohio to create “Pinocchio,”
a fun and physical show suitable for
all ages.
The
Ohio Valley Summer Theater’s “Pinocchio”
leaves Disney far behind, yet the familiar
characters are still there: Geppetto,
the Blue Fairy, a certain cricket, and
the wooden puppet
who wants to be a real boy. They
all come to life in this retelling of Carlo
Collodi’s classic tale written by award-winning
Ohio playwright, Kathryn Schultz Miller.
The
Athens News, Ohio,
December
11, 2008
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"Kathryn
Schultz Miller is arguably America's leading playwright
for
children, with a career spanning more than 30 years."
David
Jacobson, Life Newspapers, Sacramento, CA |
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Kathryn
Schultz Miller
is the author of over 50
plays for
young audiences. Her children's plays
have received countless awards and have been produced by amateur
and professional theatre companies around the world. Having served as
Artistic Director of the professional ArtReach Touring Theatre for
over 20 years, Ms. Miller is one of the nation's most produced
playwrights for young
people. |
"Kathryn
Schultz Miller's work really transcends
the form of plays
for young audiences. The body
of her work speaks to the human
spirit. Her ability to find theatrical
forms that hold the precious stuff of ideas
together is quite remarkable."
Steven
Anderson, Artistic Director, Phoenix
Theatre of
Columbus, OH
Looking
for the Large
Cast Version of Pinocchio? Click here.
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Cast of Six Performs All These Roles:
Pinocchio, Hickory Cricket, Lorenzo the Magnificent, Geppetto,
Lampwick, Blue Fairy, Lefty the Cat, Fibber the Fox, Lucky Star,
Girls and Boys in the Land of Toys! Scenes flow easily
throughout with no breaks or pauses, which speeds the action toward
its stunning climax: Pinocchio's encounter with the Terrible Whale!
Audience
Participation:
Children become toys and clocks in Geppetto's shop, sing a lullaby
to Pinocchio, help Hickory Cricket save Pinocchio and make the sounds
and jaws of the Great and Terrible Whale!
"I
would never be able to express to you
the delight
your children's plays have brought
to so many of our
students and
their parents."
Pamela
Nation, Woodward Academy,
College Park GA
Looking
for the Large
Cast Version of Pinocchio? Click here.
Info 
Audience |
Elementary
Schools, Middle Schools, Parents, Teachers, Families, Community |
Cast |
Flexible
cast of 6: 3 male,
2 female, 1 m/f, easily adapted for smaller/larger casts. |
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About
45 minutes |
CD |
Cues,
sound effects, background music (traditional-classical)
(Not
music from the animated film) |
Royalty |
Royalty
& Performance License Required (Details)
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Links
3936
Millsbrae Avenue, Cincinnati Ohio 45209 513-351-9978 |
