Hansel and Gretel and the Creepy Woods <--Click for script
by Jeannette Jaquish
CAST: Three size Cast Versions: 15, 20 & 25: The Reader who should be an adult or old enough to know how to subtly take charge and ad lib.
EMAIL to ask for the FREE script. The one on this website is the shorter version, and is not the most updated, best version.
Every actor has good lines.
LENGTH: About 25 minutes.
FREE
This play is made easier for the young actors because the Reader telling the story prompts the actors where to go, what to do, and when to say their lines.
If a child forgets their line, the Reader should have the sense to continue on as if it is in the script, for example:
READER (ad libbing): The 1st Little Elf looked deep into the cubboard and said, 'There's spider legs..." (until the actor picks up the line and continues.)
I performed this with a class of private schooled kindergarteners, age 5 and 6, and it went very well.
There is a Christmas version of this at the Christmas link on the FunAntics home page.
The Way I Remember It. <--Click for script
by Jeannette Jaquish
The grandchild gets Grandpa and Grandma to tell how they met resulting in two hilariously different versions of the whole childhood story about misbehavior, teasing, dog tricks, and first love.
Grandma and Grandpa as adults can help prompt child actors who forget their lines, as they narrate their story.
Children's lines are simple, fun and follow a pattern.
CAST: 11 children age 6 and up, 2 adults (Grandpa and Grandma), 2 or 3 teen or adult helpers (one to play "Mom" who carries in a cake).
LENGTH: About 20 minutes.
FREE
Little Orphan Annie <-- Click for script
by James Whitcomb Riley
stage directions created by Jeannette Jaquish
-- This is not the Daddy Warbucks story! This is an original classic poem about the orphan girl who becomes a servant girl in the family who takes her in, and tells spooky stories to the other kids to scare them into behaving.
FREE
LENGTH: About 6 minutes.
CAST: a mix of young actors and older.
Need:
4 younger children who recite 4 lines of medium difficulty rhyme
2 younger children who do physical acting with no lines
1 really skilled older girl who recites a medium length poem (Annie)
3 to 5 adults or older kids to play adults with no lines but important acting.
OTHER GOOD CHILDREN'S PLAYS
that are not free but are very reasonably priced are:Snafu in Santa' s Workshop
Hansel & Gretel and the Falling Christmas Elves
The Frog Prince and the Princess Brats, Jr.
---See them at the FunAntics Home Page link.
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Kindergarten Scripts Webpage created January 13, 2006.