In the Limelight: Adapted Classics for Children

Have a large cast? Want everyone to shine? 

Love the classics but want something new and challenging as well?

Here are ten short plays for large casts in which everyone gets a spot 

IN THE LIMELIGHT ! 

Volume One in the Short Plays for Large Casts Series:

Aesop's Fabulous Fables (Cast of 21-23 — Running time ~8-10 minutes)

The Boy Who Cried Wolf on Old MacDonald's Farm (Cast of 21-24 — Running time ~15 minutes)

The Bremen Town Mashup (Cast of 24-31 — Running time ~15 minutes)

Jack and the Beanstalk of Banbury Cross (Cast of 24-26 — Running time ~ 20-25 minutes)

Princess Paradigm and the Pea  (Cast of 13-24 — Running time ~12-15 minutes)

She/herazade's 1001 Nights (Cast of 19-36 — Running time  ~20-25 minutes)

The Sky is Falling! (Cast of 20-22 — Running time ~10-12 minutes)

The Stonecutter (Cast of 13-23 — Running time ~10-12 minutes)

The Tale of the Name of the Tree (Cast of 20-25 — Running time ~12 minutes)

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Our Ears (Cast of 13+ — Running time ~5-8 minutes)

"Nora has compiled a treasure trove of amazing plays for children! Once this treasure is discovered, so many lives will be enriched! " --Morey Norkin, playwright

"You can tell that Nora thinks of writing for children by giving the play a large cast and a part for everyone! She truly has a gift for writing theatre that will delight and fascinate children." --Rachel Feeny-Williams, playwright

"Syran has created a treasure trove for those who work with elementary school actors (and many of the tales would work well in middle schools). As someone who taught theatre in Grades 1-5 for fifteen years, this anthology would have been my go-to book. The tales are witty, with strong characters that young people can wrap themselves around. Her clever use of mixing in nursery rhymes and various children's songs into the mix will delight those onstage and in the audience. If you do theatre with young people, you need this book." -- Claudia Haas, playwright