By Julian Wiles.
Product Code: B19000
Full-length Play
Drama
Cast size: 1m., 1w., 1 boy, 1 girl, 1 dragon.
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"It steals the audience and steals hearts," wrote a critic when this warm and moving play opened at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. A young boy discovers his grandfather is dying. The old man's behavior is different; he's short-tempered and no longer tells his wonderful stories. The boy enlists the grandfather's aid in helping him with a school project—counting the stars. Their togetherness seems to renew the old man's interest and he begins telling stories, one of them about the dragon in the sky. The dragon, he explains, is there to guard the stars. An old legend says that should the stars be returned to earth; it would mean a new paradise with no unhappiness, no death. Hearing this, the boy goes off to slay the dragon and return the stars to earth, seeking a means of keeping his grandfather from dying. At play's end, the youngster comes to understand how important he is to his grandfather. "I don't need to live forever," says the old man. "I need you. I need you to care about me."
This show was awesome! I would highly suggest this play for OAP!
We're having a wonderful experience with this beautiful play. The students are thoroughly enjoying the characters' emotional connections and the technical and artistic possibilities.
This was a fun show to direct! The dragon was very exquisite and the children loved the show! We worked a lot on the characters and had heat constellation light effects. This is a fun show to direct, act in, and see!
We created a front porch scene with the UIL unit set pieces and then added a few details to make the porch homey. The judge loved the set. He suggested that we place it at an angle. Great suggestion! The biggest issue was the tech details. It required a fierce storm timed perfectly with a dragon fight and the illusion of being lost in the woods and taking stars from the sky. We added summer sound effects to the play and we had to record off-stage voices. All of this had to be practiced to make it work well.
Location | City | State | Opens | Closes |
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Gladewater High School | Gladewater | TX | 03/06/2025 | 05/17/2025 |
Clarendon High School | Clarendon | TX | 03/04/2025 | 05/21/2025 |
Dave Olmsted, HACC Theatre, Harrisburg, Pa.