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Short Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  15any gender (youth)

Freyda Nacque

A living newspaper about our country.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    15any gender (youth)
  • Duration
    Duration
    40 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Theatre for Young Audiences, Docudrama/Historic
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Children (Age 6 - 10), Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Details

Summary
From the preface - "Democracy needs to be more vital to our youth...This play was a humble attempt to meet this need in my own work with students. The enthusiasm with which it was received by both child and adult audiences, the new horizons which the play opened up resulted in many requests for the play from teachers around the country." The play is a wonderful tool for teaching student actors about the ways democracy works.

ANNOUNCER
LIBERTY
FIVE NARRATORS
COLUMBUS
CABOT
CARTIER
HUDSON
PILGRIMS, PURITANS, CATHOLICS, QUAKERS
FRENCH ARTIST
DUTCH SETTLER
SIX OR EIGHT SPANISH DANCERS
TWO IRISH SETTLERS
GERMAN IMMIGRANT
ABRAHAM LINCOLN

IMMIGRANTS 1890-1914:
ITALIANS
RUSSIANS
POLES
SCANDINAVIANS
GREEKS
CZECHS
SLAVS
HUNGARIANS

MODERN REFUGEES:
GERMAN REFUGEE
AUSTRIAN REFUGEE
SPANISH REFUGEE
CZECH REFUGEE
FRENCH REFUGEE
BELGIAN REFUGEE

Flexible casting for student actors.

  • Time Period Not Applicable
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Audience Participation/Interactive, Play w/ Music
  • Duration 40 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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