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Johnny Appleseed in Cyberspace

Short Play, Drama  /  5w, 1m, 10any gender (adult)

Joann Rose Leonard

A folktale from the United States
for ages 8-18, with flex-gendered roles and cultural insights into the
timeless and universal lessons of international storytelling.

Johnny Appleseed in Cyberspace

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 1m, 10any gender (adult)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Fantasy, Adventure, Fables/Folktales
  • Suggested Use
    • Scene work
    • Competition or audition material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
A folktale from the United States. One of six globe-trotting one-acts for ages 8-18, with flex-gendered roles and cultural insights into the timeless and universal lessons of international storytelling. Includes cultural/historical production notes and a glossary or foreign words. Published in All the World’s a Stage, Volume 3.
History
All of the multicultural plays in each of the three volumes of All the World’s a Stage were first performed by MetaStages, a youth theatre outreach program at Penn State University. The plays were developed from folktales by MetaStages founder and director, Joann Rose Leonard.
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Performing Groups
CARLA/KURT
MAYA/MAX
MATT/ALLIE
JENN/JAKE
STACEY/SAM
LISA/LEE
UNCLE NATE/AUNT NELLIE
AUNT FLORRY
JOHNNY APPLESEED
AUNT MATTIE
ABBY/ABE
SARAH
CLARA
TILDY
PA/MA
UNCLE EDGAR/AUNT EDITH

Some roles named to be played as either male or female - e.g. CARLA/KURT.

  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes, Fantasy Costumes, Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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Authors

Joann Rose Leonard

Joann Rose Leonard
Wisconsin born Joann Rose Leonard was Texas-raised and has chigger bite scars to prove it. Theatre-trained and frostbitten at Northwestern University, she worked as an actress in New York and in regional theatres across the U.S. She studied mime in Paris with Marcel Marceau ...
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