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Plays for Young Audiences E-News
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April 2007
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In this issue
-- The Lost Boys of Sudan
-- Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like
-- Summer Season Plays
-- Buy One Summer Season Play- Get One Free!! -- New Interviews
Greetings! Check out the exciting new additions to the Plays for Young Audiences script catalog including The Lost Boys of Sudan, Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like and great one- hour plays from Seattle Children's Theatre's Summer Session. We have also added wonderful versions of Rip Van Winkle and Treasure Island by playwright Frederick Gaines. |
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The Lost Boys of Sudan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Lost Boys" is simultaneously profoundly
disturbing
and joyously uplifting in its depiction of the power of
the human spirit. It's a valuable addition to our current
national conversation on refugees and will linger in
the minds of its audiences long after it's over. - Star
Tribune
A.I. Josh, T-Mac Sam and K-Gar Ollie all meet in the worst way: fleeing the horrors of war. And as they team up on a perilous journey to a refugee camp, they exchange heroic survival stories, song and even laughter. Thus begins an extraordinary passage that eventually takes three boys of the Dinka tribe to, of all places - Fargo, North Dakota. Where encountering drought, crocodiles and guerrillas is replaced with malls, video games, and Skittles. If you can't imagine being a continent, a culture, a language away from home, join three boys who couldn't either - at first. K-Gar Ollie (Namir Smallwood), A.I. Josh (André Samples) and T-Mac Sam (Samuel Roberson, Jr.) discover, for the first time, modern conveniences like refrigerators and Cheetos in their Fargo apartment. Photo by Rob Levine |
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Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This exciting new work poses the question,
"Would you know a dragon if you saw one?" In
Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like, we visit
the ancient Chinese city of Wu as the young
orphan boy, Han, longs for a different life - sweeping
the gates of the city was not what he desired.
When the marauding Wild Horsemen come to attack
the city, the bumbling Mandarin decrees that all
inhabitants should pray to the Great Cloud Dragon for
help. After a hermit is ridiculed for announcing
herself the dragon, Han shows generosity that
touches the hermit's heart and allows her to reveal her
true Dragon form.
Don Darryl Rivera and Khanh Doan as Han and Timothy Hyland as the Merchant. Photo by Chris Bennion |
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Summer Season Plays ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Each summer the Seattle Children's Theatre
produces work with student actors, young people
ranging in age from 9 to 21. The new one-hour
versions of As You Like It, Gulliver's Travels, A
Midsummer Night's Dream, The Odyssey, and The
Tempest developed in the Summer Season have
recently been added to the PYA script catalog. Check
them out today!
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Buy One Summer Season Play- Get One Free!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Buy one PDF or hard copy of a SCT Summer
Season perusal script, get one free. This offer is
limited to the following:
To receive your free script enter SSFS0407 in the Discount Code box on the online order form. One free script per customer from the above list with one purchased script from the above list. Offer not good on previous orders. Offer expires 5/15/07. |
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New Interviews ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We mentioned in our March E-Newsletter that there
are some great interviews with Greg Banks, playwright
of Antigone and Huck Finn, on the PYA website. The
interviews have finally been loaded into the website,
so check them out today!
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