Play Description:
National Education Standards: Casting: Flexible casting from 11-40 students. Read the Script: This is the first one-third of the script: CHARACTERS: Paul Bunyan (The CLASS faces audience and sings:) Song 1 CLASS: Maybe these stories are a bit far-fetched You’re gonna shout INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF CLASS (spoken): INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF CLASS (sung): ENTIRE CLASS: Now they’re so big (CLASS takes its place as STORYTELLERS come forward) STORYTELLER: Yep. For those of you who never heard of Paul
Bunyan, STORYTELLER: One day Paul woke up and found that his best
friend, Song 2 PAUL (stepping forward, ax in
hand): CHORUS: PAUL and CHORUS: STORYTELLER: Yep, Paul sure did miss that blue ox. So he
went to ask STORYTELLER: Bess lived with her brother on a farm in New
York. It (We see PAUL walk across stage towards BESS CALL, who
holds a hoe STORYTELLER: Bess was the biggest, toughest farmer on the
East Coast. STORYTELLER: Paul figured she’d know where to look for a missin’ ox. PAUL: Please, Bess, you gotta help me find Babe. BESS: I can’t. I’ve got too much to do. PAUL: Bess, I know you’re busy, but... BESS: FARM ANIMALS: BESS: FARM ANIMALS: (SHE lifts horse again) BESS and FARM ANIMALS: PAUL: Bess, you’re my only chance. BESS (speaks): I got so thirsty this July ANIMALS: BESS (speaks): I dug 2 miles down this afternoon FARM ANIMALS: BESS and FARM ANIMALS: (We see PAUL get an idea—he snaps his fingers) PAUL: Hey, I’ve got an idea. We can help each other out. BESS: How? PAUL (speaks): Every step my Babe will take CHORUS & FARM ANIMALS: BESS: It’s a deal, Paul. (PAUL and BESS shake hands.) STORYTELLER: Yep. Bess was ready to help. But how? STORYTELLER: Bess had only one idea, but it was a real
good one. STORYTELLER: Bess thought that Pecos Bill might have
caught Babe STORYTELLER: Yep. STORYTELLER: So Paul and Bess scooted across the country
to (WE see PAUL and BESS move across stage, where they meet
PECOS PECOS BILL: I’m shocked! Shocked, I tell you. You
think I, moi, Pecos BESS: You’ve always been sneaky, Bill, you know that. BILL: I’ve given up my rough ways, Bess. PAUL: But you’re the strongest, toughest cowboy in the country. BILL: Not any more. I’m a man of taste now. I’ve changed my ways. Song 4 COWTONES: BILL: COWTONES: PECOS BILL: COWTONES: Once in a drought we were as dry as bone PECOS BILL: COWTONES and CHORUS: PECOS BILL: BILL: Beethoven’s Ninth symphony is my favorite. COWTONES and CHORUS: BILL: I think Shakespeare’s Hamlet is deeply moving. COWTONES and CHORUS: (This concludes the first one- third of the script.) BUY NOW |
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"America’s Tallest Tales" (opening) 2. "Missing" 3. "I’ve Got So Much to Do" 4. "Ride On Pecos Bill" 5. "I’m Annie Christmas" 6. "Load a Hundred Boxcars" 7. "A Hammer in My Hand" 8. "Come Along" 9a. "I Need Pancakes" 9b. "Paul Needs Babe Back" 10. "America’s Tallest Tales" (ending) |
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