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Gooney Bird Greene and Her Fabulous Animal Parade

Gooney Bird Greene and Her Fabulous Animal Parade

Adapted by Kent R. Brown. Based on the book Gooney the Fabulous by Lois Lowry.

Product Code: G90000

  • Full-length Play
  • Comedy
  • Cast size: 4m., 7w., 2 either gender. May be expanded up to 8m., 12w., 36 either gender.

    No Livestream Rights Available

Rights and availability
This title can be licensed and sold throughout Canada, the United States.

* Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application.

$10.95 /script

Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

In stock

Synopsis

Mrs. Pidgeon has just begun a unit on Aesop's Fables when the classroom door opens and Gooney Bird Greene bursts into the room. The Watertower Animal Shelter is about to close due to lack of funds, she announces! What will happen to all the poor little dogs and cats? "I know!" says Gooney Bird with her wonderful sense of adventure. "Let's create our own fables right here in class, Mrs. Pidgeon, and then perform them as a fundraiser for the animal shelter. We can each create a story using an animal that matches our own initial." Mrs. Pidgeon agrees to the stories, but only if they have morals like Aesop's Fables do. And so Gooney Bird and her classmates set about creating their own flamboyant fables. Chelsea dramatizes what happens when a Chihuahua takes for granted the kindness of the lady who loves her; Beanie tells the thrilling tale of a frightened bear cub who courageously rescues her bigger brother caught in a trap; Keiko becomes a mama kangaroo in search of her lost baby who learns to never stray far from home; Barry shares the gripping drama of bison herds on the western prairies; Tyrone raps the "Tale of Tyrannosaurus Rex," a young dinosaur who learns how important it is to stay in school; and in "Two Gnus Are Better Than One," Gooney Bird and Nicholas launch into a series of high jinks on the grassy plains of Africa. And there's more! Felicia Ann hops throughout the classroom as a flamingo proud of its color, and Malcolm portrays a mandrill that learns to love his three newly born triplet siblings. Even Mrs. Pidgeon and the school principal contribute their distinctive talents. Other students join the fun portraying a deer, a stop sign, a wallaby, a giraffe, a lion, a swarm of buzzing bees, a koala bear, a moldy old vulture, a television crew and many, many more!

Notes

No livestream rights are available for this title.


Details

  • Status

    In stock

  • Type of Show Full-length Play
  • Product Code G90000
  • Cast Size 13
  • Min. Royalty Rate $90/perf
  • Cost $10.95
  • Approx. Run Time 80 min

Categories

  • Target Audience Young Audiences | Middle School | Family (all ages)
  • Performing Group Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Community Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
  • Genre Comedy
  • ISBN(13) 9781583426814
* Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application.

Customer Reviews

"The structure of this script is awesome for young actors. They were able to a lot of character development as well as blocking and structuring their own scenes because of the way it is written! Perfect for educational theater!"
Review by Mary Jenson, Treasure Valley Children's Theatre, Boise, Idaho