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 Winner
of a
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Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Award.
Children's
Plays for Youth and Educational Outreach!
Winner
of five Ohio
Arts Council Playwriting
Awards.
Plays
and Scripts for Young
Audiences (TYA), Middle and One Act High School Play Audiences
Kathryn
Schultz Miller's work has been Featured in Twenty
Great Plays for Children,
published by St. Martin's Press, Foreword
Maurice Sendak
"(Playwright)
Miller has a keen sense of what appeals to children."
Grand
Rapids Press
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Arts Council Playwriting
Awards.
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Yearning
to Breathe
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Small
Cast Touring Play, ArtReach Scripts for Young Audiences
One
Act Play for Middle, High Schools, Children, Education Outreach |
One
Act Play, Drama, Script for Young Audiences
Winner,
Ohio Arts Council Playwriting Award!
Yearning to Breathe Free is
a great one act play for young audiences,
the
story of a young man who has grown up on a beautiful Caribbean island.
ArtReach,
Play for Children, Young Audiences, School Tours
Faced
with political turmoil at
home, Rafael sets sail for America where he meets a wonderful new
friend, Violet. Violet shares her adventures as a long-ago immigrant
from Europe and together they find similarities in their experiences.
From her Rafael gains
a deeper understanding of the
American dream.
Young
audience members will
learn of the history of Ellis Island while coming to understand the
issues of today's immigrants. The exotic character of Junkanoo
follows Rafael on his journey, symbolizing the spirit of his ancestors.
ArtReach
Touring Theatre, Children's
School Play Production
Rafael's
boat is a dramatic symbol
of the boy's grand wishes for the future: it is constructed on stage
before the audience's eyes. (Instructions on how to build the boat
are included with script.)
ArtReach,
Professional School Play Tour for Young People
The
play concludes with
Rafael's return to his island with understanding, resolve and
strength to help bring peace to his people.
"So
now you know the world is not so big. Alla we is one island for alla
we is gathered beneath the same bright sun..."
--
First Dawter
Great
Comedy and Drama for Middle Schools
High
Schools and Community Theatres!
The
script can be easily adapted for a large cast.
"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
Yearning
to Breathe Free is a companion
play to Island Son,
It may be performed alone or after a performance of Island Son to
give the stories length and depth. Together these plays create a nice
two-hour show with intermission.
"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
Yearning
to Breathe Free was
professionally developed
for school touring. The script has many creative suggestions
for set and costumes. Principals
and teachers love the tie-ins to immigration issues, American
immigration history and history discussions. This script was
performed literally hundreds of times in schools and theatres all
across the country.
Info
Audience |
intermediate,
upper, families |
Cast |
1m,
2f, flexible for larger casting |
Time |
about
50 to 55 minutes |
Royalty |
Royalty
& Performance License Required (Details) |
Links
3936
Millsbrae Avenue, Cincinnati Ohio 45209 513-351-9978 |
