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Children's musical fairy tale made simple and easy for kids to perform! Ohio Theatre Alliance Award: "Outstanding Contribution to Theatre" Fun, Innovative,  Children's Musicals, Scripts! A Delight to Stage and Perform! Post-Corbett Award for "literary excellence in Playwriting." ArtReach Creative Children's Scripts, Musicals and Plays! Kathryn Schultz Miller's work has been Featured in Twenty Great Plays for Children, published by St. Martin's Press, Foreward Maurice Sendak Children's Musicals, Scripts and Plays Kids Love to Perform! "Thank you for such a wonderful script. Our performance was SPECTACULAR!  Thanks for your help in making it a magical evening for my kids." Molly Callender, Langley Christian School Large Cast Musical Plays and One Acts, Perfect for Middle Schools, High Schools,  Assemblies! "The children were fabulous! We had so much fun! Thank you! Thank you!" Rhonda Smith Bayside School Stevensville, MD ArtReach Plays.com, your source for the best in Children's Musical Theatre! Winner of a National Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Award. Musical School Play for Teachers and Large Cast of Students! Winner of five Ohio Arts Council Playwriting Awards. Children's musical fairy tale made simple and easy for kids to perform! Ohio Theatre Alliance Award: "Outstanding Contribution to Theatre" Fun, Innovative,  Children's Musicals, Script! A Delight to Stage and Perform! Post-Corbett Award for "literary excellence in Playwriting."   Winner of a National Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Award. Musical School Play for Teachers and Large Cast of Students! Winner of five Ohio Arts Council Playwriting Awards.		. The Little Mermaid Musical Play Script for Kids to Perform! Musicals, Plays and Scripts for Kids! School Plays, Large Casts! Children's Scripts for Students, Teenagers, Schools & Theatres! FULL DOWNLOAD - Entire School Play Package with Soundtrack Audio Files Under the Sea Musical!  Script for Kids! Stage Kids CA, Children's Community Theatre Program, San Jose "I downloaded The Little Mermaid and fell in love with it!  We will be doing 4 performances!  I love your approach to your plays!" Scott Nelson, Drama Teacher, O'Gorman High School, Sioux Falls Large Cast Play!  Perfect for Schools and Students! Everyone has a great role in The Little Mermaid! - Stage Kids CA, San Jose Teachers, Children's Musical Play, The Little Mermaid, is an affordable way to present this favorite fairy tale in your school!  The School Play Package includes the rights to adapt the play to your needs! Affordable Musical School Play Package!  READ SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES Fun Roles for Lots of Kids! Everyone Shines! Comic Roles Aruba Flamingo, Underwater Creatures! Stage Kids CA As the play begins...  In the magical Kingdom of the Underwater Deep, a beautiful Mermaid Princess longs to become a human being. Comedy, Funny Characters and Drama! Little Mermaid, Finny, Aruba, Neptune - Buford School, Lennox, CA During a frightful shipwreck a Prince is tossed in the sea and rescued by the Princess. When she sings him a haunting lullaby he falls in love with the girl with the beautiful, musical voice. "We love your easy to use scripts and short lines for kids to memorize!" Julie Echelmeier, Higginsville Theatre Company  Youth Theatre Academy Salty Sailors On the Sea!  Great Roles for Boys! The Duke, Prince, Salty Dog Sailors - Stage Kids CA, San Jose "The Middle School students at Saint Anthony School in Kailua, Hawaii just finished wowing our school, church, and family community with your play, The Little Mermaid.  This is the third play of yours we have produced!  Each play has been a treasure." Laree Ott, Drama Teacher, St. Anthony Middle School, Kailua, Hawaii Musical Fun for Middle Schools! Chef, Sailors - Stage Kids CA - St. Anthony Middle School, Kailua, HI Everyone Becomes a Star Under the Sea! St. Anthony Middle School, Kailua, Hawaii   The Little Mermaid defies her father the Sea King and makes a pact with Queen Odessa, trading her voice for humanhood.   Her friends, Aruba and Finny, are at her side through the adventure providing humor and fun to this children's musical play of the beloved Hans Christian Andersen story. Easy to Adapt to Your School's Needs! Underwater Creatures, French Chefs, Lindsey School, Chesterland, OH The School Play Package gives you the freedom to adapt the script to your needs.  Add characters, lines, songs, dances.  You also have the rights to make a DVD/Video of your special performance!  "It was so easy to work with the script  and adapt it to my students' needs!" Sherri Alejandro, Teacher, Carden El Encanto School, Santa Cruz, CA Affordable Musical School Play Package!  READ SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES Easy for Kids to Learn, Perform and Enjoy! Wicked Odessa has exciting scenes with her Slithery Sirs! Finny & Aruba! Buford Elementary School, Lennox, CA - Children's Theatre Company, ON "The children loved The Little Mermaid and so did the audiences!  I cast 26 children in the roles and they loved it and we had full houses!  We had so much fun with it and what makes it extra special is the CD with sound effects and songs!" Jennifer Black, Director, Children's Theatre Company, Goderich, Ontario "We Had So Much Fun!" Sailors have fun dialogue and Sing Blow the Man Down! Children's Theatre Company, Goderich, Ontario "The French Chef Brought Down the House!" Stage Kids CA, San Jose - O'Gorman High School, Sioux Falls This children's musical play includes the antics of Philippe the French Chef, salty dog Sailors, sidekicks Slithery Sirs and comical Castle Servants.  Fun and easy lyrics are set to familiar tunes such as Blow the Man Down, Brahms Lullaby and Alouette.  The CD of background music and sound effects gives it a professional touch! "Philippe (the French chef) brought down the house!  The sailors were loved.  And Aruba and Finny stole the show.  The Reverend Gumbo made our own priest laugh!" Keith Wagner, Saint Paul School, Leesburg, FL Exciting Drama on Land and Sea! The Queen of Humans threatens the Underwater Kingdom! Stage Kids CA "We cast 1st through 5th grade kids, in an inner-city school, all second language learners, and they loved it! Your scripts are well-paced, clear, and fun for all!"  Greg Tutt, Teacher, Buford Elementary, Lennox, CA A Very Happy Ending! Stage Kids CA, Children's Community Theatre Program, San Jose Affordable Musical School Play Package!  READ SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES Teachers, this musical children's play The Little Mermaid is written just for you and your students. It is a faithful telling of the story you know so well, simplified for young performers. Best of all, it's lots of fun for everyone! Audience Interaction!  Easy Dialogue & Songs!   Stage Stormers Summer Camps, Spring City, PA Just for Kids: Easy dialogue.  Speeches and vocabulary are appropriate for child performers ages 6 - 14. A Flexible Cast of 24-39 Students: Easily adapted for a smaller or larger cast. Every role has at least three spoken lines!  Add as many roles as you like! The Little Mermaid can be played by up to 6 girls to ensure that no one child is the "star".  Multiple roles are also suggested for several other roles. About 45 minutes long: Long enough to be a substantial project and short enough to accommodate your teaching schedule. Easy costumes and scenery: Many suggestions on how to create or find what you need to make a great looking production without breaking your budget! A beautiful musical soundtrack, backing track CD with familiar tunes.  Songs are easy for children to learn and perform. Everyone Has a Role in The Little Mermaid! "There are so many things I love about ArtReach's plays.  The scripts are funny and so easy to memorize that even my students who struggle in English class can be stars in front of adoring crowds, and the expanded casts allow my shy students to blossom without fear of failure.  The scripts also suggest simple sets, props, and costumes that allow us to produce joyous, life-filled plays on a budget that excludes no one." Laree Ott, St. Anthony Middle School, Kailua, Hawaii  Affordable Musical School Play Package!  READ SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES "Kathryn Schultz Miller is arguably America's leading playwright  for children, with a career spanning more than 30 years."    David Jacobson, Life Newspapers, Sacramento, CA Kathryn Schultz Miller is the author of over 50 plays for young audiences. Her plays have received countless awards and have been produced by amateur and professional theatre companies around the world. Having served as Artistic Director of the professional ArtReach Touring Theatre for over 20 years, Ms. Miller is one of the nation's most produced playwrights for young people. "You offer a great product that is affordable for our school."  JoAnna Pillsbury, Brewster Elementary, Rochester Hills MI "Kathryn Schultz Miller is an expert at taking children’s stories and adapting them for schools, theatres and drama groups. The story Little Mermaid is no exception. All the characters you know and love from the beloved movie and story have been adapted to come to life with a different twist." The Gaffney Ledger, SC Recommended for Grades 1 and Up! Young Sailors, Solano Youth Theatre, Fairfield, CA This School-Play, Children's Musical Play, The Little Mermaid requires no professional experience in theatre. It is written in simple terms with lots of practical suggestions. Suggestions on how to use simple percussion instruments (raid the music room!) to excellent effect. Open staging! Your gymnasium, cafeteria or any other large room is perfect. Costume pieces and scenery can be made in the classroom. Dramatic Scenes for Schools and Theatres Stage Kids CA, Children's Community Theatre Program, San Jose "What an amazing experience for the cast, crew, and audience!  My students ran with it on stage and behind the scenes.  I was so spoiled with the creativity of my student costumers. The script was so much fun and easy to perform." Scott Nelson, O'Gorman High School, Sioux Falls  "What An Amazing Experience!" Sailors, French Chef, Castle Servants, Neptune's Underwater Court - O'Gorman "We just finished performing The Little Mermaid, and I must say that was another amazing play you have written!" Mary Ellen Herder, Take A Bow Productions, Chatham, Ontario Affordable Musical School Play Package!  One payment for everything you need to perform the play at your school or organization. No need to purchase multiple scripts, no royalty quote, no separate royalty payment. Order the School Play Package and you're done -- start rehearsals immediately! The SCHOOL PLAY PACKAGE Includes: 1. Master Script ($9.95) 2. Teachers Guide ($9.95) 3. CD Soundtrack ($29.95) 4. Performance License ($60.00) (License: Rights to copy script, Royalty for one performance) Get Everything ($109.85 value) - Only $99.95 ( SAVE MORE $$$ WITH FULL DOWNLOAD - NO SHIPPING COSTS! ) Internet Music Resources: Karaoke CDs & Sheet Music Click to search Internet for karaoke cds or sheet music "Thank you for providing outstanding children's plays, adaptations, scripts, staging notes, background music and study guides.  Our school had 24 cast members and additional 20 kids involved in crew.  It is such a great way to engage so many children together."  Sarah Lambrecht, Teacher, Lincoln Elem, Wauwatosa WI Affordable Musical School Play Package!  READ SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES Fun Musical for Cast, Crew, Kids! The Little Mermaid Musical, O'Gorman High School, Sioux Falls "Thank you so much for providing such an excellent children's script for us! It was so easy even for two people with zero experience.  We had a cast of 90 children, grades K-5th, we had over 700 people attend! We had so much fun and the kids had fans, signed autographs, and simply had a great time. We never have experienced something so enjoyable. The whole community came together to make this production possible." DeWayne Durr, Teacher, Piner Elementary, Morning View, KY Everyone On Stage for Curtain Call! Sailors, Underwater Creatures, Odessa and Slithery Sirs! O'Gorman High School, Sioux Falls Affordable Musical School Play Package!  READ SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES Info READ SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES Audience Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Parents, Teachers, Families, Community Cast Flexible cast of 24-39: 6 male, 10 female, all others m/f, easily adapted for smaller/larger casts, grades 1-6.  Time About 45 minutes CD Cues, sound effects, background music (traditional-classical) Royalty Royalty & Performance License Required (Details) SCHOOL PLAY PACKAGE (Everything) - $99.95 READ SCRIPT SAMPLE, CAST LIST, HEAR SOUND CUES   TEACHERS! Looking for large cast plays & musicals for your students to perform? We have scripts written just for you! Click on any title below... 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