Contents Preface 7 The Fire Station 11 I Have to Go 22 Something Good 31 David’s Father 43
Jonathan Cleaned Up Then He Heard a Sound 55 Show and Tell 70 From Far Away 84 Pigs 96
Preface H ow many ways are there to tell a story How many ways can you dramatize Robert Munsch’s well-loved tales Like the first volume of Munsch at Play this second volume offers a starting point for you and your cast’s creativity The ideas in Act 2 are suggestions for you to build on and not intended to be cast in stone As one reader wrote My children just love the idea of dramatizing the enjoyment is not diminished by lack of spectators But I assume that for most groups the plays will be shared with an audience in class or elsewhere There are no restrictions on where the plays can be presented in the classroom the library or gymnasium or any suitable space both indoors or outdoors Groups have performed in community and senior centers for other schools at day camps in public libraries and at festivals The audience may surround the actors completely or sit in a horseshoe U shape observing the action from three sides or in a long hallway watching from both sides of an alley Spectators will I hope become participants too Actors may be in full sight of their audience at all times chang ing character and costume without leaving the stage Their exits and entrances can consist of a simple turn upstage or getting up 7
