POLLY’S PIRATE SCHOOL - The Wrath of Snowbeard (COMEDY)
SYNOPSIS: Polly dreams of being a pirate; the captain of her own ship - the Pollyanna! The life of sailing the high seas in search of treasure; which is far from the reality of being stuck in a boring history lesson at school. However Polly’s imagination won’t let her down, as she finds her way to Pirate School. As she learns the tricks to being a feisty buccaneer from a quirky bunch of characters, she soon finds herself in deep waters as her crew are drawn into the battle against the ominous Snowbeard.
DURATION: 45 mins
CAST (16):
POLLY: Quick witted, bubbly and eager.
JAKE: Polly’s best friend who looks out for her.
MISTER CUTTLE: Monotone school teacher who doesn’t move quickly but is very authoritarian.
BULLY 1&2: Just your average meanies STUDENTS: the students adopt the same personality as their pirate persona - e.g. Actors playing Snowbeard and Scrubbers are the bullies, actor playing Anchor is studious, Barnacles keeps talking a lot etc
Cutlass Crew
CAPTAIN CUTLASS (played by same actor as Mister Cuttle): Loves being the boss and tries a bit too hard to prove it.
XAVIER (played by same actor as Jake): Good heart but trying to be tough
MAGNUS: Hard of hearing weapons expert
BARNACLE: An astute history buff who loves a good story
FEATHERS: She’s off with the birds, dreamy, and trains all the parrots
ANCHOR: A strict rule maker, stickler for workplace safety
FINGERS: The resident pickpocket
Snowbeard Crew
CAPTAIN SNOWBEARD (played by same actor as Bully 1): Classic bad guy at the end of his tether; desperate to win
SCRUBBERS (played by same actor as Bully 2): Snowbeard’s first mate; trying to make a name for him (/her) self - who’s getting sick of being second to Snowbeard.
CLAW: Has 2 claws for hands.
PATCH: Wears an eye patch and potentially is the smallest one
BOOTLACE: Ropes expert.
BLADE: Great with a sword.
SPLINTERS: Has a lot of bandaids on the finger tips.
KEVIN: The new guy - on probation.
CONTENTS LIST
ARQUIN AND THE NEW STORY (COMEDY)
SYNOPSIS: Arquin, the kingdom’s greatest storyteller needs to write the best story he’s ever written for the King and Queen…but he has writer’s block! So he goes on an adventure to see if he can find some inspiration and is surprised by what unfolds.
DURATION: 15 mins
NB: Story structured so it’s easy to add or subtract characters that Arquin meets. Can also be delivered with as little as 5 actors who have several roles. Role of Arquin can be also be divided up.
CAST:
NARRATOR
ARQUIN
QUEEN
KING
FAIRY GODMOTHER
HONEYBEE
PIXIE
WOODCUTTER’S TREE
BEAR
ARQUIN’S STORY MIME
WITCH
WOODCUTTER
JESTER
CHIPPY THE ELF SAVES XMAS (COMEDY)
SYNOPSIS: Chippy the Elf has been assigned a new job as Chief Elf of the Toy Factory in the North Pole; she’s in charge of keeping everything on track for Christmas. She always dreamed of this job but it’s Christmas Eve – and everything goes wrong.
CAST & PRODUCTION NOTES: Elves can be interchangeable, add more, use less or get young actors to make up their own names for their characters. These names were made up by the students in my class. You could even adjust the amount of problems the elves bring to Chippy making the play longer or shorter.
DURATION: 10 mins
CAST:
CHIPPY - the Chief Elf
SANTA
ELVES (SPANNER, RIBBON, LINK, PIXIE, TROVERT, CLIPPERS, ARTHUR, IZZY, POPSY)
RUDOLPH
THE LONELY LITTLE SCARY (COMEDY)
SYNOPSIS: A lonely little ghost finds a friend.
DURATION: 10 mins
CAST:
LONELY LITTLE SCARY (LLS)
MOTHER SCARY
NARRATOR
BOY 1
MUM & DAD
GIRL 1
BRAYDEN
NB: All scenes/different rooms can be set up together.