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"We
are doing Sleeping Beauty! The parents and staff have always
commented how wonderfully appropriate your plays are for the
children. I am priviledged and honored to present them to our
community. You have a fan in me!"
Jay
Spoerl, Rosholt School Dist, WI
"We
had two fantastic performances of Sleeping Beauty with Standing Room
Only audiences!"
Jennifer
Black, Children's Theatre Company, Goderich ON
"Thank you for providing such an excellent script for Sleeping
Beauty! It was so easy even for two people with zero experience!"
DeWayne
Durr, Teacher, Piner Elementary, Morning View, KY
"Sleeping Beauty played to sold out crowds and the audiences
absolutely LOVED the show!"
Mary Norwood,
Elkhart Civic Theatre, Summer Theatre Camp
Teachers, this musical children's
play Sleeping
Beauty
is written just for you and your students. It is a faithful telling
of the story you know so well,
simplified for young performers!
Sleeping
Beauty is recommended for Grades 1 and up!
"The scripts are funny and so easy to memorize! My
students can be stars in front of adoring crowds, and they allow my
shy students to blossom!"
Laree
Ott, St. Anthony School, Kailua, Hawaii
Sleeping
Beauty requires no professional experience in theatre. It is written
in simple terms with lots of practical suggestions.
The School Play Package allows you to adapt the script and make a
Video/DVD of your special performance!
Storytellers
keep the story moving and also take part in the action!
"We've done two ArtReach plays and LOVE them!"
Eva
Allen, Homeschool Group BACH, Bloomington, IN
Open
staging! Your gymnasium, cafeteria or any other large room is
perfect for a staging of Sleeping Beauty.
"I
LOVE your scripts - and the kids do too. It makes life so much
easier especially for our small school where I have huge turnouts for
drama. Your scripts can make stars out of kids!"
Keith
Wagner, St. Paul School, Leesburg, FL
"I love using your company for school plays!"
Alice
Renales, Holy Cross School, NJ
Palace Theatre in Manchester (NH) performs ArtReach plays every
summer for families. Sleeping beauty's shorter length gaves
them time to meet and greet the audience after the show. Kids
love to meet their favorite characters!
Not just for girls! Boys will love the fun characters such as
Gruesome Ghouls, comic Kings and Dukes, Bad Fairies and Forest Animals.
"We had so much fun and what makes it extra special is the CD
with sound effects and songs!"
Jennifer
Black, Children's Theatre Company, Goderich, ON
Songs
are easy for children to learn and perform.
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Sleeping Beauty
Musical
School Play Script for Kids to Perform! |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Cast
List
CD
Soundtrack Cues
Script
Sample
SLEEPING
BEAUTY
Every
Child Has A Fun Part to Play!
"Hear
Ye! Hear Ye! Princess Aurora has been born!"
Solano Youth Theatre, CA -
Children's Theatre Company, ON
CAST LIST
Running Time: About 45 minutes
Flexible Cast of About 40
(40 roles listed below - 10
Female, 8 Male, 22 F/M
STORYTELLERS/GEMS:
GOLD
(18 lines, m/f)
SILVER
(18 lines, m/f)
SAPPHIRE
(17 lines, m/f)
DIAMOND
(18 lines, m/f)
RUBY
(18 lines, m/f)
EMERALD
(17 lines, m/f)
*LILAC (Head
Good Fairy) (Total 46 lines, f)
LILAC #1 (19 lines)
LILAC #2 (27
lines, enter page 39)
GOOD FAIRIES:
DAISY
(27 lines, f)
IRIS
(28 lines, f)
GARDENIA
(26 lines, f)
*MORGANA (Bad
Fairy) (Total 77 lines, m/f)
MORGANA #1
(9 lines)
MORGANA #2
(9 lines, enter page 16)
MORGANA #3
(12 lines, enter page 21)
MORGANA #4
(18 lines, enter page 32)
MORGANA #5
(29 lines, enter page 39)
SQUIRE
(13 lines, m/f)
DUCHESS OF
DILLYDALLY (10 lines, f)
BARONESS VON
VERYSNOOT (7 lines, f)
DUKE OF
BLUSTERVILLE (8 lines, m)
MARQUIS
LOUIS (9 lines, m)
*KING
ALFRED (Total 38 lines, m)
KING ALFRED
#1 (20 lines)
KING ALFRED
#2 (19 lines, song, enter page 29)
QUEEN
BEATRICE (18 lines, f)
KING
EDWARD (14 lines, m)
YOUNG
FERDINAND (3 lines, m)
GRUESOME
GHOULS:
GARISH
(28 lines, m/f)
GRUMBLE
(28 lines, m/f)
GUNTER
(28 lines, m/f)
GUS
(25 lines, m/f)
*AURORA
(Princess) (Total 49 lines, f)
AURORA #1
(31 lines, song)
AURORA #2
(18 lines, enter page 33)
FOREST ANIMALS:
BIPPITY
(Rabbit) (16 lines, m/f)
OZZY
(Owl) (10 lines, m/f)
PASQUALE
(Squirrel) (9 lines, m/f)
CHICKADEE
(Bird) (10 lines, m/f)
ROBIN
(Bird) (8 lines, m/f)
DANDY
(Deer) (10 lines, m/f)
*PRINCE
FERDINAND (Total 34 lines, m)
PRINCE
FERDINAND #1 (16 lines)
PRINCE
FERDINAND #2 (18 lines, enter page 37)
*AURORA is broken into 2 parts
because you will probably have more than one girl who'd like to be
the Princess. These parts may be combined for a smaller cast.
*LILAC, MORGANA, KING ALFRED,
PRINCE FERDINAND are fairly large roles that can be divided into two
parts, as suggested, if necessary. However, if you want to
retain larger roles for particularly advanced players you may choose
to have these played by just one actor.
Easy
to Adapt to Your Kids' Needs!
Greenbrier Valley Youth Theatre, WV
"Your
scripts are so great, simple to use and adapt, fun for the kids and
the audiences, and perfectly geared to use with a young cast. The
audience loved our production!"
Greg Tutt, Buford Elementary
School, Lennox,
CA
The
School Play Package gives you rights to adapt the script, add characters,
lines, scenes and songs! You also have the rights to make a
DVD/Video of your special performance!
SLEEPING
BEAUTY
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 Dorothy in Wizard of Oz) 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!
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Kathryn Schultz Miller
is one the most prolific and most produced playwrights for
children. Her script, A THOUSAND CRANES, won the National
Endowment for the Arts Playwright Award (and countless others) at a
time when plays for children were not considered serious works. Now,
many of her published scripts are considered classics for young
audiences. When teachers voiced their need for great plays that
kids can perform Ms. Miller responded with ArtReachs School
Plays: I never dreamed Id write for anyone other
than professionals. But writing for child performers has been
the most profound and rewarding experience of my life. |
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SLEEPING
BEAUTY
A NOTE
FROM THE PLAYWRIGHT
In the
past few years we've seen a
tremendous increase of confidence in the teachers we hear from.
Most are finding it easier to let the process flow and worry less
about the final product. I firmly believe that the experience
will be best for all when you keep a few things in mind:
Free
yourself from worry about whether
or not it's "good". No one is paying big ticket
prices; no one expects a Broadway success. The key to making
this project meaningful is to put the emphasis on process; realize
that rehearsal and practice are as much a part of the experience as
the actual performance. Encourage fun and you will free the
children from embarrassment and stress. If the kids can't learn
the lines let them carry a script or use their own words to convey
the character's message. If they seem to wander the stage, let
them explore where they want to go - they might surprise you with a
wonderful idea. In every aspect of the process give them the
wings to create and think. Give them a comfortable, supportive
place to go and their confidence and self-expression will soar!
Above
all else, make sure you are
having fun. If you've never directed a play before, don't
worry. It's all just pretend -- you can't do it wrong!
The quality of your experience is every bit as important as that of
the children. You need the joy of self-expression too, that
doesn't go away when we grow up. So give yourself a break.
And when all else fails, laugh!
Thank you
so much for choosing Sleeping
Beauty.
I hope you and your young friends have as much fun performing this
play as I did writing it.
- KSM
SLEEPING
BEAUTY
CD
SOUNDTRACK CUES
Cues, sound effects, background
music (traditional-classical)
The CD Soundtrack contains
special sound effects and background music (from Tchaikovsky's
Sleeping Beauty ballet) that may be used to greatly enhance the
performance. It also contains simple Tchaikovsky melodies to
accompany the performers as they sing (song
cues shown below in red). It does not contain songs from the
popular animated film or Broadway musical. Cues have 10 seconds of
silence at the end - times shown below include silence.
[ Click on [sample]
to hear a short sample of the indicated cues ]
1. OPENING,
MORGANA'S THEME (1:26) [sample]
2. GREAT BREEZE (0:39)
3. INTRO MUSIC, STORM
(0:48)
4. FANFARE (0:31) [sample]
5. THIS
SPECIAL DAY [short] (0:31) [sample]
6. FANFARE (0:31)
7. FANFARE, BABY
CRYING (0:50)
8. THIS
SPECIAL DAY [long] (1:19) [sample]
9. GOOD FAIRIES
ENTRANCE (0:56) [sample]
10. MORGANA'S THEME (0:33)
11. MAGICAL SOUND, PAUSE,
MAGICAL SOUND (0:29)
12. TIME PASSES, MORGANA'S
THEME (0:42) [sample]
13. SPINNING MUSIC,
THUNDER (1:03)
14. IN
MY DREAMS (0:55) [sample]
15. SAD TRAVELING
MUSIC (0:45)
16. I'M
A KING AND YOU'RE A KING (0:56) [sample]
17. WINGS, GHOULS,
MORGANA'S THEME (0:44)
18. MORGANA'S THEME (0:33)
19. POIGNANT MUSIC
(0:39) [sample]
20. MORNING SOUNDS
(0:47) [sample]
21. MORGANA'S BATTLE [long
thundering] (6:57)
22. MORGANA'S DEMISE
(0:52) [sample]
23. THE MAGICAL KISS
(0:56) [sample]
24. FANFARE (0:31)
25. THIS
SPECIAL DAY (0:47) [sample]
26. GOOD FAIRIES EXIT
(0:42)
27. CURTAIN CALL [In My
Dreams] (3:38) [sample]
Note: Some
teachers choose familiar songs, obtain sheet music and insert these
songs into the play. We recognize that each school has a wide
variety of educational needs to fulfill and we invite you to be
creative in your use of our scripts; including changes or additions
that are appropriate for your students. As author/publisher of our
own creative works, we do ask that you obtain proper copyright
permission for any additions you might make - that responsibility is
up to you.
Music
& Sound Resources Available on the Internet
( Sheet
Music, Song Books, CDs, DVDs, Sing-along,
Karaoke, Sound
Effects )
Internet
Music Resources: Karaoke
CDs & Sheet
Music
Click to
search Internet for karaoke cds or sheet music
Every
Child Has a Special Moment!
Greenbrier Valley, WV - Forest
Animals, Magnolia Arts, AR
SLEEPING
BEAUTY
SCRIPT SAMPLE
The Bad Fairy
Morgana casts her evil spell on Princess Aurora.
(Script
pages 16-19) |
QUEEN BEATRICE:
Morgana, what are you doing here?
MORGANA:
Didnt expect to see me here, did you, Queenie?
QUEEN BEATRICE:
Why no, I... I didnt...
MORGANA:
Didnt invite me!
QUEEN BEATRICE:
Why, it was a mistake, Im sure...
IRIS: You know
why you werent invited, Morgana.
MORGANA: But I
have a gift! Dont you want my gift, Queenie? Hmm?
QUEEN BEATRICE:
I... I suppose...
GOOD FAIRIES: No,
your ladyship!
QUEEN BEATRICE:
But if its a gift I cant refuse.
MORGANA: That
dear child you have shall grow into a lovely woman just as the good
Fairies have foretold. Aurora shall be beautiful, courageous
and she shall sing like a bird!
(ALL
breathe sigh of relief.)
But on her sixteenth birthday
she shall prick her finger upon a spindle...
ALL: No!
MORGANA: And die!
(ALL gasp in horror!)
IRIS: Morgana,
this is too awful, even for you!
MORGANA:
(Gesturing to the GHOULS.) But my friends seem to like it.
(GHOULS
snicker happily.)
GRUESOME GHOULS:
Long live Morgana!
MORGANA: In my
kingdom this is just the kind of thing that makes everyone happy.
GRUESOME GHOULS:
Hip, hip, hooray! Hip, hip...
KING ALFRED: Enough!
Out of here! Now! You and your gruesome ghouls, leave my sight!
And never show your faces here again!
MORGANA: Oh, now
youve hurt my feelings. (Suddenly cheerful.) Oh,
well, Ill get over it. Toot-a-loo, Lilac. Farewell,
all you good people! Enjoy your... goodness! Ha! Ha! Ha!
(GRUESOME GHOULS close in
around MORGANA and spirit her away as she laughs.)
GRUESOME GHOULS:
Long live Morgana! Long live Morgana!
(MORGANA
and GHOULS exit.)
QUEEN BEATRICE:
Oh dear, whatever shall we do?
KING ALFRED: Lilac!
Can you undo this evil?
LILAC: Sadly,
King, I cannot. Although she is a bad fairy, Morgana has
tremendous powers. But...
KING ALFRED: But?
LILAC: I have one
gift yet to give. Yet it is a difficult task. I shall
need the help of everyone here. If you love Aurora look deep
within your hearts... (She touches a fist to her heart.)
Find the beauty and strength there... (She circles the fist around
her chest.) Gather it into your hand and blow it toward our
dear girl. Like this.
(LILAC opens hand and
blows toward the baby. QUEEN BEATRICE lifts
child up a little.)
(To
audience.) Now you try.
(Audience blows. SOUND
CUE #11: Magical sound, pause, magical sound. QUEEN
BEATRICE lifts baby more.)
Once again. (During
pause in sound cue.)
(Audience blows again.
QUEEN BEATRICE lifts baby high and twirls her around. SOUND
CUE ENDS.)
Very good, thank you.
QUEEN BEATRICE: (To
audience.) Thank you, my loyal subjects.
(Loyal subjects and
audience applaud. QUEEN BEATRICE brings the baby to the front
rows for all to see her face.)
LILAC: You see it
is only goodness and that can battle the forces of evil. Now,
my good King and Queen. I grant this wish. If
Aurora pricks her finger, she will not die.
QUEEN BEATRICE:
Oh, thank heavens!
LILAC: But only
sleep as if in a dream.
QUEEN BEATRICE:
For how long?
LILAC: Until she
is awakened by true loves kiss.
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