Dreamzzz…& Other One Act Plays for Schools & Theatre
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A string of eight plays is categorized for each age group comprising of 811, 1214, and 1517 years. This helps the theater person to put in minimum efforts for selection and presentation of the play with the appropriate age group of children. Hence plays for the first group focus on their curiosity and imagination (i.e., thinking skills) and being able to communicate. The most sensitive age group, 1214, interacts with the world around. They are given enough space to create and construct the script and also to innovate on the stage. With their collaborative skills, they confidently initiate smooth changes without disturbing the theme.
In the third group, the young adult Naturals to the core are allowed to own interactive ability. The young adult is ready to execute in an eloquent voice and commanding stage presence. They learn from each other while analyzing characters and story elements that focus on social causes, thereby creating and shaping relationships that are therapeutic.
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Dreamzzz…& Other One Act Plays for Schools & Theatre - Shobha Chanana
Copyright © 2014 by Shobha Chanana.
ISBN: Softcover 978-1-4828-1770-6
eBook 978-1-4828-1769-0
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CONTENTS
Preface
Foreword
All Roads Lead To Salvation
(One Act Play dedicated to the children of the Nation)
One Act Plays for Age Group 8 to11 yrs
1. Gurupdesh
2. A Visit To The Village
3. All Is Not Lost
4. Dreamzzz… .
5. Earth Born Again
6. It’s Fun To Be Away From Classes
7. Jiggle Jewel
8. Values Of Life
One Act Plays for Age Group 12 to14 yrs
9. Sujalaam Suphalaam Malayaja Shiitalaam
10. Monsoon Magic
11. Mera Bharat Mahan
12. Guess Who
13. Haha! Haha!
14. Clouds At Noon
15. 1St June 2005
16. Heritage India
One Act Plays for Age Group 15 to17 yrs
17. The Dumb Wife
18. Discover India Discover Yourself
19. Finishing School For Boyz
20. An Alliance For Humanity
21. Line Of Control
22. E_shakespeare.com
23. The Fibrous Currency
24. We Are The World
They Say… .
To my mother
PREFACE
I have always been a gentle observer, a fair witness of my inner life and of the world around me. I sit and observe my mind trips—I listen to my inner dialogues with sustained effort. I evolved a lifestyle that allowed different experiences happen to me. As an older member among equals
, I persuade the inhibited ones to take part in the plays-whether stage or radio. Theatre is a multipurpose task, which encourages children in developing interpersonal relationships and at the same time polishes their communicative skills. Every time I script and direct a play I spot a quasar. The dim lustre of the inhibited ones did not need to be polished but wail (act) like Singing Sands. These quasars(children) seemed to be a mystery but surprisingly rippled like stringed instruments, boomed like low organ notes, chimed like bells and thundered like drums. I try to elevate their characters, even if it is for a moment, with catchy dialogues. They feel important and I feel satisfied. (I convince them—I am writing another one you can judge the better one
).
SHOBHA CHANANA
March 2011
FOREWORD
M ark Twain said " Classic—a book which people praise and don’t read" . I don’t think this is a classic by Twain’s standard. It’s a classic of a different kind. Mrs Shobha Chanana’s classic of do-able plays
!! A giant leap straight from the heart of a teacher. Having seen her enthusiasm as an English teacher, it comes as no surprise to me-that she attempted this task of writing her theatrical experiments with truth. Single handedly trying to make students undergo a theatrical journey
—while handling regular teaching assignments is never an easy job—Mrs. Chanana has managed to achieve both these things beautifully. This book is just one mask which hides her other capabilities.
Plays done in an educational environment can appear preachy and teachy!! While I must warn the reader that this might not fulfill everyone’s urge of craftily written plays—it certainly fulfills the criteria of do-able plays, especially in an educational environment. Students and teacher who have not tried their hand at plays can safely attempt these socially relevant topics. For those interested in taking the road of theatre-in-education, this collection provides a good curtain raiser—to get into the creative hearts and minds of the emerging generation.
The eternal conflict of the theatre is whether the playwright or the director is more important. Mrs Chanana might not have this conflict because she continues to wear both hats—as the thank you
notes from children keeps encouraging her.
This book is poised to pose a fresh challenge to emerging playwrights, directors and performers—to bring do-able children’s theatre ALIVE—in an era where we tend to call every face a book and every act a performance.
Sibu B Vaz
Director
Script Peoples Theatre
www.scriptpeoplestheatre.com
March 2011
This Play is dedicated to the children of our Nation
ALL ROADS LEAD TO SALVATION
R espect for each other’s religion is a must that children should realize and accept. The characters in the play belong to different faiths, but the warmth in their interaction and understanding of each other’s problems is spontaneous. One could not ask for a better handling than the one presented here. People belonging to different sections of society are intuitively warm in their interaction. This is the kind of commitment our faith expects of us
. This is the commitment, the characters in the play have understood and realized that faith is essential for a person’s moral development more than anything else we all believe that faith protects one from hopelessness and loneliness.
(sparsely furnished stage, a small makeshift book cupboard on one side an easy chair, a table with papers inkbottles etc. An 11’’x 9’’ size picture of different religions—a small photo of Infant Jesus on the makeshift wall/ cupboard dividing the stage. Overhead clothesline running on one side of the stage with towels shirts being dried/ hanging, a small divan. Parvathama coming towards the table holding plates and tumblers keeps them on the floor clears the table arranges the plates—noise of scampering heard looks up to see the children in neat uniforms pushing each other coming towards her)