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Musical plays make teaching
core curriculum subjects more effective . . .And Bad Wolf makes it easy, memorable and
fun.
We offer musical
plays as a way to bring music, theater and art into all classrooms. Dont worry... no
musical or theatrical experience is required.
These easy musical activities can be done as
complete plays, skits, read-aloud,or you can just sing the songs. No matter how you
teach it, it's guaranteed to enhance your curriculum!
Many high school teachers also enjoy having
their students work on plays aimed for a younger audience. The students can then
travel to local elementary schools to perform.
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LANGUAGE
ARTS
Macbeth,
The Musical Comedy
Grades 6-9 35 minutes
You've read the famous story of greed, guilt,
and gore in Scotland - but do you know the
catchy tunes? Our Macbeth, a tad confused, keeps spouting lines from Hamlet (much to
the
annoynance of the other characters), Lady Macbeth is obsessed with dry-cleaning the castle
drapes, and King Duncan boasts that he invented plaid.
More information here
Shakespeare Unshackled
(or everything you wanted to know about
Shakespeare but were afraid would
show up on the quiz)
Grades 5-9+ 35 minutes
Want a fun and funny musical introduction to
the background of Shakespeare's plays? This
show touches on many cool aspects of Elizabethan theater, and contains fractured scenes
from
Othello, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Topics
include:
Shakespeare's life, the nature of theatrical productions (actors, staging, audience,
especially
as regards to the Old Globe Theater), acting companies and patronage, Elizabethan and
Jacobean London, the language of the plays.
More
information here
CHARACTER
EDUCATION
Dude,
Where's My Lungs?
Grades 4-9 20 minutes
We're proud to present an
anti-smoking musical play that takes a Bad Wolfian approach
(you know---fun songs, silly dialogue, bad jokes) to a serious topic. The show is designed
to
raise questions for discussion that can help lead students to make wise choices.Dude,
Where's My Lungs? uses information from a variety of research and advocacy groups,
including the American Cancer Society and the University of California, Irvine,
Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center.
More information here
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