Beanstalk! The Musical!
- Full Length Musical, Comedy
- 6M, 6F, 20M or F
- ISBN: 9780874402995
Beanstalk! The Musical! is exactly like nothing you've ever seen before, not even in a book! This fun family show follows the adventures of Jack, a young boy with his head in the clouds and his nose in a book of fairytales. Filled with hilarious characters, toe-tapping tunes and more twists than a climbing vine, Beanstalk! The Musical! is one show that's guaranteed to grow and grow and grow right into your heart.
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Description
- Full Length Musical
- Comedy
- 60 minutes
- Target Audience: Young Children (Age 2 - 5), Adult, Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Children (Age 6 - 10), Appropriate for all audiences
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: No Special Cautions
- Performance Group:
- Large Stage, Elementary School / Primary, Community Theatre, Jr High/Primary, High School/Secondary, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Beanstalk! The Musical! is exactly like nothing you've ever seen before, not even in a book!
This fun family show follows the adventures of Jack, a young boy with his head in the clouds and his nose in a book of fairytales. When the magic beans Jack trades for the family cow grows into a gigantic beanstalk, Jack finally gets the chance to have a fairytale adventure of his very own. Now if he can only find the treasure, save his family and get the cow back, today might just really be his magical fairytale day.
Filled with hilarious characters, toe-tapping tunes and more twists than a climbing vine, Beanstalk! The Musical! is one show that's guaranteed to grow and grow and grow right into your heart.
Also available, Beanstalk! The Play!
This fun family show follows the adventures of Jack, a young boy with his head in the clouds and his nose in a book of fairytales. When the magic beans Jack trades for the family cow grows into a gigantic beanstalk, Jack finally gets the chance to have a fairytale adventure of his very own. Now if he can only find the treasure, save his family and get the cow back, today might just really be his magical fairytale day.
Filled with hilarious characters, toe-tapping tunes and more twists than a climbing vine, Beanstalk! The Musical! is one show that's guaranteed to grow and grow and grow right into your heart.
Also available, Beanstalk! The Play!
Premiere Production:
First presented at Island Theater Workshop's Children's Theater in Oak Bluffs, MA in July 2005.
Characters
- Casting: 6M, 6F, 20M or F
- Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Ensemble cast, Flexible casting, Room for Extras, Features Teens, Cross gender casting, Expandable casting, Features Children, Roles for Children
- Chorus Size: Medium
JACK - a kind-hearted boy who believes in fairytales
JACK 2 - Jack in disguise
JACK 3 - Jack in another disguise
MOTHER - Jack's mother; a grumpy old woman who used to be rich and happy
COW - Jack's best friend
ALEX THE SKUNK MERCHANT - a skunk merchant named Alex
CHRIS THE CHEESE MERCHANT - a cheese merchant named Chris
SUE THE POTPOURRI MERCHANT - a potpourri merchant named Sue
BEANSELLER - a mysterious bean merchant with a secret past
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY - a fugitive in the magical land above the clouds
THE GIANT - a big man with a big appetite for little people
GIANT'S WIFE - a big woman with a big heart
HEN - an enchanted and exhausted hen that lays golden eggs
HARP - a magical singing harp who acts like an opera star/diva
