RT Scripts: Three Children's Plays for Reader's Theater

by Aaron Shepard

"RT Scripts" is a sampler of three children's plays from acclaimed reader's theater master Aaron Shepard. With each script taken from one or more of his major books, this selection provides a quick and enjoyable introduction to Aaron's offerings.
 
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Aaron Shepard is the award-winning author of numerous children's books and magazine stories, as well as three books on reader's theater, "Stories on Stage," "Folktales on Stage," and "Readers on Stage." He spent five years as a professional actor in reader's theater, performing in schools and conducting workshops for teachers, librarians, and students. He now hosts Aaron Shepard's RT Page, the Web's most popular reader's theater destination, with visits by thousands of teachers and librarians each week.
 
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CONTENTS
 
Getting Started
 
The Legend of Lightning Larry
 
Peddler Polly and the Story Stealer
 
The Baker's Dozen
 
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SAMPLE
 
CITIZEN 1: Well, you've heard about gunfighting good guys like Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp.
 
CITIZEN 8: But we'll tell you a name that strikes even greater fear into the hearts of bad men everywhere.
 
ALL (except LARRY): Lightning Larry!
 
CITIZEN 2: We'll never forget the day Larry rode into our little town of Brimstone and walked into the Cottonmouth Saloon. He strode up to the bar and smiled straight at the bartender.
 
LIGHTNING (with a huge smile) Lemonade, please!
 
CITIZEN 7: Every head in the place turned to look.
 

39 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 3, 2014

About the author

Aaron Shepard is the author of many books, stories, and scripts for young people, as well as professional books and resources for writers and educators. He has also worked professionally in both storytelling and reader's theater, as a performer, director, and teacher trainer. Aaron's lively and meticulous retellings of folktales and other traditional literature have found homes with more than a dozen children's book publishers, large and small, and with the world's top children's literary magazines, winning him honors from the American Library Association, the New York Public Library, the Bank Street College of Education, the National Council for the Social Studies, and the American Folklore Society. His extensive Web site, visited by thousands of teachers and librarians each week, is known internationally as a prime resource for folktales, storytelling, and reader's theater, while his stories and scripts have been featured in textbooks from publishers worldwide, including Scholastic, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, SRA, The College Board, Pearson Education, National Geographic, Oxford University Press, Barron's, Hodder Education, and McGraw-Hill.