Over the Moon

Zusatztext Begin with Cinderella! Pinocchio! Humpty Dumpty and myriad other fairy-tale and nursery-rhyme figures. Add an athletic princess pretending to be dainty! a moon hiding her light and dressed as a boy! a shy prince and a scary! lonely giant who all have crushes on the obviously wrong match. There’s also an evil queen and a “hairy godmother.” Place them in odd variations on typical fairy-tale plots and mix with music and a moral. Designed specifically to be performed by a large cast of middle- and high-school students! the authors (the novelist and her teenage son) pepper the script with snappy one-liners! local and pop-culture references! as well as social and political issues! some left of center (the narrator/hairy godmother is a cross-dressing male; there is a gay-marriage reference in a faux news report).... The play is fast paced and full of fun! with the overlying theme of staying true to oneself handled with a light touch. Sheet music for all the songs is provided. Applause! applause. Informationen zum Autor Jodi Picoult received an AB in creative writing from Princeton and a master's degree in education from Harvard. The recipient of the 2003 New England Book Award for her entire body of work, she is the author of twenty-seven novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers House Rules, Handle With Care, Change of Heart, and My Sister's Keeper, for which she received the American Library Association's Margaret Alexander Edwards Award. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. Visit her website at JodiPicoult.com. Klappentext Master storyteller and bestselling author Picoult teams up with van Leer and Wilber to bring readers an original musical. With 19 original songs! "Over the Moon" is ideal for any school looking to perform an energetic show that's fresh! funny! and timeless. ACT ONE SCENE 1 A cross-dressed HAIRY GODMOTHER enters, holding a book. HAIRY GODMOTHER (opening book) Once upon a time. . . (beat) What? What’s the matter? You’ve never seen a hairy godmother before? (beat) Maybe you were expecting someone -- a little different? Someone with a little less testosterone? Some sweet old grandma type with a blue cloak and a magic wand? A FAIRY godmother? (beat) Well, news flash: that was a TYPO! (beat) You can’t believe everything you read in fairy tales. Jack and the magic beanstalk? We’re talking genetically modified plants, here. And the three little pigs? They went on to become [Insert name of local development company]. (beat) I hear what you’re saying: the whole point of a fairy tale is that everyone knows the story. Sure as the moon’s in the sky every night, Cinderella’s always gonna lose her glass slipper and Rapunzel’s always gonna have a grooming problem, and me, well, I’m gonna wave the wand around and sing “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo.” (beat) But what if the moon WASN’T in the sky? Because THAT’S a story I bet you’ve never heard. . . He walks off, revealing: SCENE 2 LUNA, the moon, and her friends, STELLA and BELLA, are up in the sky, listening to the radio. JOHNNY NOVA Howdy folks, welcome back to the number one satellite radio show in the galaxy. I’m Johnny Nova, comin’at you so bright you better keep your shades on! STELLA Guys, guys! It’s on again!!! JOHNNY NOVA Now, let’s get back to some of those hit Nep-Tunes. . . STELLA Hey, Bella, does this dress make my asteroid look fat? BELLA Honestly, Stella, you KNOW you’re a heavenly body. LUNA People down there just don’t get it! STELLA Don’t tell me you’re spying again. BELLA Oh, stop being su...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jake van Leer, Jodi Picoult, Jodi/ Van Leer Picoult, Jake van Leer, Ellen Wilber
• Editore: Simon & Schuster USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 12 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.01.2011
• EAN: 9781442421325
• ISBN: 978-1-4424-2132-5
• Pagine: 192
• Serie: Simon Pulse
• Categoria: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi