Pickles and Parks: A Readers' Theater Script and Guide
Readers Theater How to Put on a Production Pickles and Parks A Readers Theater Script and Guide Looking Glass Library An Imprint of Magic Wagon abdopublishing com By Nancy K Wallace Illustrated by Lucy Fleming
Celebrate with a Play Everyone loves holidays Some schools and libraries hold programs or assemblies to commemorate special occasions This series offers fun plays to help celebrate six different holidays at your school or library You can even sell tickets and use your play as a fund-raiser Readers theater can be done very simply The performers sit on stools or chairs onstage They don’t have to memorize their lines They just read them Adapted readers theater looks more like a regular play The stage includes scenery and props The performers wear makeup and costumes They move around to show the action But they still carry their scripts Readers theater scripts can also be used for puppet shows The performers stand behind a curtain move the puppets and read their scripts Find a place large enough to put on a play An auditorium with a stage is ideal A classroom will work too Choose a date and ask permission to use the space Advertise your play with posters and flyers Place them around your school and community Tell your friends and family Everyone enjoys watching a fun performance 4
Tickets and Playbills Tickets and playbills can be handwritten or designed on a computer Be sure tickets include the title of the play They should list the date time and location of the performance A playbill is a printed program The front of a playbill has the title of the play the date and the time The cast and crew are listed inside Be sure to have enough playbills for the audience and cast Pass them out at the door as the audience enters
