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Short Play, Drama  /  8w, 3m, 10any gender (adult)

Joann Rose Leonard

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

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    8w, 3m, 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 Nigeria. 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.
Keywords
Performing Groups
JENN
FENSKY
KATE
SMITTY
SHEPHERDESS
BIRD/MATADI
PRINCE TUNDE
KING/QUEEN
ROYAL ADVISOR
ROYAL PHYSICIAN
PRINCESS KEIKO
PRINCESS KATARINA
PRINCESS SHADE
PRINCESS OSHUPA
MONSTER
PRINCESS INORA
SNAKES 1& 2, LION, GIANT, SERVANTS TO PRINCESS OSHUPA
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes, Fantasy Costumes, Period Costumes

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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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