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Johnny Appleseed

"Johnny Appleseed plants ideals."

The Courier-Journal, Louisville

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy
  • 55 minutes

  • Time Period: 19th Century
  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Children (Age 6 - 10), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, High School/Secondary
Based on the life of John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed chronicles Johnny's adventures back in the early 1800s as he travels through Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana unselfishly planting apple trees to feed the pioneers settling America's wilderness.

In a series of related vignettes we see Johnny and friends as children in a one-room schoolhouse where lessons are sternly taught by school marm Proctor who makes her point in the song "That Old-Time Discipline." Learn about friendships with Native Americans and meet the Worth family, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, who remained Johnny's lifelong friends.  

An optional accompaniment CD is available for use with this show. 
REVIEWS:

"Above all, the play sends a positive message about pursuing dreams and making a difference in the live of others. Not only did Johnny's seed produce fruit, but the fruit produced new seeds that carried on his work after he was gone."

The Courier-Journal, Louisville

"Johnny Appleseed plants ideals."

The Courier-Journal, Louisville

Premiere Production: Johnny Appleseed was originally created for the Blue Apple Players, Kentucky's most popular professional theater for young people.

Characters

  • Casting: 5M or F
  • Casting Notes: Expandable to 25 or more by not doubling roles and adding school children to the school house scene.

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