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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
ISBN: 978-1-60003-407-7
Type: One Act
Genres: Drama, Classics
Themes: Fairy Tale, Fear, Classic Adaptations
Duration: 30 minutes
Speaking Cast: 12 either (12 total cast)
Flexibility: doubling possible, gender flexible
SYNOPSIS: “Jack and the Beanstalk” is the familiar story of Jack, his mother, his cow Milky White and of course the beanstalk and the giant. Three narrators provide the framework and guide Jack through his adventures with the mysterious stranger, the magic beans, the beanstalk and of course the giant's castle at the top of the beanstalk. Jack finds the giant doesn't have a golden goose - he has a gaggle of golden geese! And the giant is actually the audience. That shouldn't be a problem, but a strike staged by the narrator's union might make it difficult to get through the story. Fortunately, Jack remembers what the first narrator tells him, that fairy tales always have a happy ending.
Black Mountain elementary Scottsdale, AZ Oakwood Primary School Luton, United Kingdom Beaver Civic Arts Beaver, UT Shadow Hills High School-Starry Knights Theatre Indio, CA Campus High School Haysville, KS Burlington High School Burlington, WI Riverdale Speech Team Port Byron, IL Mena High School Mena, AR Gary High School Gary, TX Godby High School Drama Tallahassee, FL East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN Clear Space Theatre Company Rehoboth Beach, DE Black Hills Lutheran School RAPID CITY, SD Sullivan Gardens K-8 Kingsport, TN Birch Grove Elementary School for the Arts South St. Paul, MN Lawrence Nelson High School Nelson, NE Derby U.S.D 260 Derby, KS Shell Knob School Shell Knob, MO Piqua Junior High School Piqua, OH Derby USD 260 Derby, KS Pine Grove Middle School Edson, AB, Canada ACTS Academy Runnells, IA Mena High School Mena, AR Mena High School Mena, AR Town of Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN Hudson Theatre Ensemble Hoboken, NJ Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran School Aurora, CO Ralston Intermediate Garden Grove, CA Silver City Elementary School Cumming, GA Chireno High School Chireno, TX East Bernard ISD East Bernard, TX River Valley High School Correctionville, IA Tall Cedars Academy Duvall, WA Narrogin Repertory Club NARROGIN, Australia NBC Public Schools North Bend, NE Jennings County Middle School North Vernon, IN Lawrence-Nelson High School Nelson, NE
I wrote this show when my wife and I ran a summer arts camp in Courtland, Kansas --we had about 40 kids from 4 to 12 years old and five days to put on a show. Jack and The Beanstalk worked perfectly. The older kids enjoyed playing the major characters, and the younger ones were delighted to be geese. The show went perfectly, and I recommend this play for anyone with a large cast and little time for rehearsing and set building.
Mena High School, Jack, his mother, and Milky White at the beginning of the show.
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