From Screen to Stage

Tomorrow afternoon we'll continue play reheasals for "The Princess & the Pickle Pie" and "A Spy in Mozambula." What!! Wait a minute!! Aren't those movie scripts, not play scripts?!

Yes, they are movie scripts, having been produced as movies countless times, with different casts (party guests) and locations (homes of the birthday girl or boy). But because I also teach drama classes, I am always in need of play scripts. Over the years, I have found too many play scripts with too many talking animals with too few lines.

So, since the movie scripts from Make-A-Movie Studios are written to make each role significant, I decided to rewrite these two scripts into stage scripts.

In our last class we casted the two plays, and did a read-through. So, tomorrow we'll actually get on stage and begin blocking the scenes. It will be quite a transformation bringing these scripts to life on stage verses on screen. But the 19 actors in my class (8 - 11 year olds), are filled with enthusiasm, energy and a desire to please their audience.

Will these two "plays" be flops or a blockbusters? I'll let you know...