A multi-media musical for children by Shirlee Shields
Music by C. Michael Perry
WITH AMBER ALERTS STILL HEADLINING THE NEWS NETWORKS AND NEWSPAPERS, THIS MUSICAL OFFERS A FUN AND CREATIVE WAY TO HELP YOUR CHILD TAKE CARE OF ONE THING THAT THEY CAN MANAGE: TELL SOMEONE WHERE YOU ARE GOING AND WITH WHOM.
Jack cannot find Jill to make their usual daily trip up the hill to fetch a pail of water. He seeks the help of his friends in Nursery Rhyme Land to search for her. The news of Jill’s disappearance is picked up by national TV and soon becomes the concern of the President of the United States and the United Nations. The United Nations unanimously votes to send Jack around the world to search for his missing Jill. Cow, however, has the clue, but doesn’t know what to do and sings her dilemma. Meanwhile, astronauts are being launched for a moon landing as part of the U.S. space program. When they arrive on the moon’s surface they find Jill. She has been up there visiting some moonbeams. How did she get there? Cow let her ride on her back when she jumped over the moon one day. Jill was getting a little bored around Nursery Rhyme Land just fetching water with Jack, so she convinced Cow to make a stop up there so she could visit some moonbeams, chat with the man in the moon and sample some green cheese. But alas, poor Cow could not get the weightless Jill on her back for the return trip. Back on earth, distraught Cow visits the TV news studio and tells her story on a national broadcast. The astronauts return Jill to earth, a large celebration is held in Washington D.C. and people from all over the world rejoice because everyone cares about the safety of a little girl. This play was written to encourage children that they must ALWAYS tell friends or family where they are going and NEVER go anywhere alone or with a stranger. A fun piece for CHILDREN and their families.
- 9M 8F + chorus (some roles can be played by either gender, some roles can be doubled)
- 6 simple setting
- Multi-media
- About an hour
PERUSAL SCRIPT (1/2 of Script only)
LIST OF SONGS:
- #1 — NURSERY RHYME STREET Company
- Scene One — A Hill with trees
- #2 — WHERE IS JILL? Jack, Mary, Simon, Peter and Wife and Company
- Scene Two — TV Studio
- Scene Three — On Location
- Scene Four — The Village at night
- #3 — WHERE IS JILL? (reprise) Jack and Company
- Scene Five — TV Studio
- Scene Six — Mother Goose’s House
- #4 — OH, WHAT TO DO?! Cow
- Scene Seven — TV Studio & Various Other Locations
- Scene Eight — TV Studio and International Locations
- Scene Nine — Washington DC
- #5 — FINALE Company
DEMO SONGS:
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