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A FAIRLY TALL ADVENTURE – ADVENTURE PLAYS FOR KIDS

Children’s Comedy/Fantasy. Cindy and Jack Reiley spend an evening at home with their step-sitter (a substitute baby sitter). Jack makes a board game for them to play and, as they play, they notice strange things happening; fairy tale characters appear, spells are cast, and it seems the only way to set things right and get rid of the unwanted house guests is to finish the game before their parents come home. An adorable cast of unusual characters make this an exciting comedy the whole family will love.

Read about playwright Richard Van Den Akker.

Production History:

Actors of Tomorrow, North Carolina, USA – 2016
Fairy Tales Theater, MS, USA – 2019

Author:Richard Van Den Akker

Genre: Plays for kids, adventure play script

Type: Full length play

Length: One and a half hours

Number of actors: 9-13. Up to 10 girls, up to 5 boys

Ages of the actors: All can be played by children.

Suitable for: All ages, aimed at children

Set: The play is set in the living room/den of a middle income family. There is a couch, a few chairs and a low coffee table down center. There is also a door to outside, a door to the bedrooms, and a door to the kitchen. There is a sewing machine and a phone off to one side.

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 – a nice play aimed at older primary school children or younger middle school children.

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Copyright March 2014 Richard Van den Akker and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? More plays for children!

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THE ADVENTURES OF MOE JOE AND SNOWY IN LOCHLOOSA – A CHILDREN’S PLAY

In this children’s play, the teacher, Miss Ann, reads to her class out of a book, ” The Adventures of Moe Joe and Snowy in Lochloosa.” As she reads, the imagination of the children transports them into the book to a house on a lake where their teacher, Miss Ann and the principal of the school, Mr Timothy are married. They live with a cat and a dog in the little house. There is also a fierce alligator living in the lake that wants to eat them, but they are protected by ‘Eagle Eyes’ who sees the alligator and keeps them safe from harm. The children from the school class also play the animal creatures in the book.

Authors: Michael Holtzhauer and Shirley Gambrell

Genre: Children’s Play

Type: Short one act play

Length: Twenty- twenty five minutes with scene changes. 20-25 min long play

Number of Actors: Seven, play for 7 actors

Ages of the actors : Two adult, rest children or early teens

Level of Difficulty: 6/10 – easy script for the kids with lots of fun. There is a spider puppet

Set: Two simple sets – one a classroom with a board and desks and chairs, the other is a lakeside cabin.

Read about authors Michael Holtzhauer and Shirley Gambrell