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Musical
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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, Script! A Delight to Stage
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Post-Corbett
Award for "literary
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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
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MD
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Buford
Elementary
Lennox,
CA
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Stevens
Brook Elem
Bridgton
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Carden
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Santa
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Signal
Mountain TN
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Balboa
Academy
Panama
Easy
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Winner
of a
National
Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Award.
School
Play, Musical for Teachers and Large Cast of Students!
Winner
of five Ohio
Arts Council Playwriting
Awards.
Children's
fairy tale made simple and easy for Kids to perform! Perfect for
Middle Schools and High Schools!
Ohio
Theatre
Alliance Award: "Outstanding
Contribution to 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, 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.
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
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Children's
Musical Play, Fairy Tale for Kids! 
Easy,
Large Cast Play for Children,
Teens, Middle Schools!
Everyone
Has a Role in The Little Mermaid!

"I
downloaded The Little Mermaid and fell in love with it! We
will be doing 4 performances! I love your approach to your
plays! Thanks so much!"
Scott
Nelson, Drama Teacher, O'Gorman High School, Sioux Falls
Everyone
Becomes a Star!

Hans
Christian
Andersen's Classic The Little Mermaid
Teachers,
ArtReach's School
Play, 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!

Running
Time: About 45 minutes.
Flexible
Cast of About 24-39, 10 Female, 7 Male, 23 F/M.
Easily
adapted for larger or smaller cast.
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As
the play begins... In the magical
Kingdom of the Underwater Deep, a beautiful
Mermaid Princess longs to become a human being. |
Bright
Comedy and Funny Characters!

Easy
Dialogue Allows Kids to Give Their Best Performance!
Musical
Play Performance, Buford
Elementary 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
Dogs and Underwater Sea Creatures!

Prince
and Sailors,
The Little Mermaid, Friends Finny and Aruba!
Take
A Bow Productions & St. Anthony School, Kailua, Hawaii
"We
did The Wizard of Oz, then Peter Pan, and
this year, The Little Mermaid.
Your scripts are so great,
simple to use and adapt, fun for the kids
and the audiences, and perfectly
geared to use with a young cast. The
audience loved our production!"
Greg
Tutt, Teacher, Buford Elementary School, Lennox,
CA
Affordable
Musical School Play Package!

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Musical
Fun for Middle Schools!

"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
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.
Neptune
Battles the Underwater Queen!

"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
Featuring
Lots of Audience Interaction!
Songs
for everyone to sing together!
A
Very Happy Ending! 
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Easy to Adapt to Your Needs! 

Add
as many roles and lines you like! Your School Play Package
includes
the rights to make a Video/DVD of the performance!
"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
Affordable
Musical School Play Package!

Lots
of Fun Characters for a Large Cast!

"Philippe
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
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! |
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Chef
Philippe, O'Gorman High School |
"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
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Boys Love Playing the Salty Sailors! 

Sailors
have fun dialogue and Sing Blow the Man Down!
Children's
Theatre Company, Goderich, Ontario
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!
Simplified
Script for Kids to Perform!

Wicked
Odessa
has exciting scenes with her Slithery Sirs!
The
Little Mermaid, Buford Elementary School, Lennox,
CA
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.

Young
Sailors, Solano Youth Theatre, Fairfield, CA
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Kids Blossom on Your Stage!  
Even
shy
kids shine in this easy, fun musical play!
Children's
Theatre Company, Goderich, Ontario
"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!

"What An Amazing Experience!" 

Sailors,
French Chef, Castle Servants, Neptune's Underwater Court
"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
"Thank you again and again!" 

Amazing
Costumes! Oyster,
Starfish, King Neptune, Merman
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"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 |
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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
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"You
offer a great product that is affordable for our school."
JoAnna
Pillsbury, Brewster Elementary, Rochester Hills MI
Recommended for Grades 1 and Up! 

Mermaid
and Prince, Aruba, Finny & Little Mermaid
Buford
Elementary School, Lennox,
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.
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Suggestions
on how to use simple percussion instruments (raid the music room!)
to excellent effect.
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Open
staging! Your gymnasium, cafeteria or any other large room is perfect.
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Costume
pieces and scenery can be made in the classroom.
Lots
of humor, fun and helpful tips!

Lindsey
Elementary School, Chesterland, OH
SCHOOL
PLAY PACKAGE (Everything) 
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)
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Everything ($109.85
value) - Only $99.95
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"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
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Fun Musical for Cast, Crew, Kids! 

The Little
Mermaid Musical, O'Gorman High School, Sioux Falls
"We've
done 2 of your scripts and
I can't tell you how much I
appreciate what you do. 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
Affordable
Musical School Play Package!

Great
Family Entertainment from ArtReach!

The
Little Mermaid, Children's Theatre Company, Goderich, Ontario
"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
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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. |
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About
45 minutes |
CD |
Cues,
sound effects, background music (traditional-classical) |
Royalty |
Royalty
& Performance License Required (Details)
SCHOOL
PLAY PACKAGE (Everything) - $99.95 |

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Links

Internet
Music Resources: Karaoke
CDs & Sheet
Music

Click
to search Internet for karaoke cds or sheet music

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