Easy Plays for Young Actors
Hansel and Gretel and the Big Woods
by Jeannette Jaquish
Cast: 14 actors age 4 to 6 or older, and the Reader who should be an adult or old enough to know how to subtly take charge and ad lib.
Every actor has good lines.
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.
Little Orphan Annie, by James Whitcomb Riley
Calls for a mix of young actors and older. Need:
4 younger children who recite 4 lines of medium difficulty rhyme
2 younger who do physical acting with no lines
1 really skilled older girl who recites a medium length poem
3 to 5 adults or older kids to play adults with no lines.
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Kindergarten Scripts Webpage created January 13, 2006.
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