Musical Play: “Character Matters II”

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What is this?An easy, flexible, 30-minute musical play for grades 1-5. Comes with the script, audio recording (with both a vocal and instrumental version of each song), and a teacher's guide. No music or drama experience needed!
Story & ContentFunny script ✓ Catchy tunes ✓ Flexible casting ✓ Dumb jokes
The Fairy Tale Advice Council returns in all their silly glory to help their colleagues work through tricky dilemmas. Learn more!
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Synopsis

The Fairy Tale Advice Council is back...with more character education for the stars and villains of folk tales! Can Hansel and Gretel teach the witch to be a good neighbor (as opposed to, uh, eating them)? Why didn't Snow White ever thank the Seven Dwarves? This show has all the answers, as students learn through traditional tales and silly jokes.

No knowledge of or experience with the first Character Matters show is required to use this play.

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Key Concepts

  • The Golden Rule (treat others as you want them to treat you; put yourself in another's shoes)
  • Trying hard and not giving up
  • Difference and tolerance: don't judge a book by its cover
  • Being a good neighbor
  • Showing gratitude and forgiveness
  • Being polite
  • Dealing with bullying
  • Taking care of the environment

Character Matters II is a great, non-threatening way to get students thinking and talking about character issues. And, like all of our plays, this show can be used to improve reading, vocabulary, reading comprehension, performance and music skills, class camaraderie and teamwork, and numerous social skills (read about it!) -- all while enabling students to be part of a truly fun and creative experience they will never forget!

Aligned with national standards! View the standards and vocabulary. 

Publication Info

Author: Ron Fink (Composer) and John Heath (Book and Lyrics)

ISBN:
978-1-886588-43-1

© 2008
Bad Wolf Press, LLC

4 reviews for Musical Play: “Character Matters II”

  1. LTD4Kids (verified owner)

    We love Bad Wolf Press plays. This year we presented two shows on the same night, Character Matters 1 & 2. The children, grades 3 – 5, had a lot of fun working on the musicals. The music is fun. The songs and script are easy to learn. The children also learned a lot to in the process about how to act in different situations. The audience loved the presentation of both plays and gave the children a standing ovation. It was a wonderful evening for all.

  2. Katy Bridges (verified owner)

    Character Matters II is a wonderful musical with fun-loving humor and life-long lessons throughout the drama. The show is extremely adaptable and flexible to fit your needs. We had 51 speaking/singing solo/duet parts, 2 choirs singing the chorus, and a stage crew – making our cast 127 strong. It was an amazing experience for all of our 4th grade students.

  3. Ms. Tatarowicz (verified owner)

    The performance went very well! The program was for our summer Musical Theater Camp; 18 children participated, ages 7–13. Both the kids and the parents really enjoyed it. I know I thought it was great! The music and lines were very well written. Their performance took about 35 minutes from start to finish and then we had a Q & A with the audience. The kids made some very simple stage props and scenery and used simple costumes like hats and sashes. Thank you for offering such friendly scripts!

  4. Kelly Hendrickson (verified owner)

    This was the easiest and most fun play that we had ever done. Everybody absolutely loved it. It was humorous and very entertaining. The first grade students thoroughly enjoyed singing and performing for their parents and the school. Thank you for making it so manageable.

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The Show

We want you to know what you're getting, so the cast list and first third of the script are available here! Bad Wolf shows are written for flexibility and can be edited however you like to meet the needs of your actors, school, curriculum, parents, astrological chart, latest whim, etc. If you have questions about the portions of the script not shown, please contact us.

Casting

Flexible casting from 11-40 students. Use as many Rangers, Ducklings, Rates, etc. as desired. Actors can easily play several roles, or a single role can be divided between multiple actors. All parts can be played by any gender.

CHARACTERS:

Rapunzel
Cinderella
Humpty Dumpty
Snow White
Dwarves (2)
Billy Goats Gruff
Troll
Little Red Riding Hood
Princess (and the pea)
King
Queen
Miller's Daughter
Rumpelstiltskin
Messenger
Prince
Rangers
Witch
Hansel and Gretel
The Boy Who Cried "Duck!"
Ducklings
The Golden Rule Singers
Pied Piper
Rats
and a CHORUS comprised of all students who are not playing roles on stage at the time.

Script

This is the first one-third of the script.

(Entire CLASS faces the audience and sings:)

Song 1

Listen to a sample!

CLASS:
Math and science are important
Reading is good for you
But when it comes to good decisions
Character matters too.

Even folks who live in folktales
Struggle to think things through
Yes even in enchanted kingdoms
Character matters too.

Oh
Pied Piper
Don't get mad like that
Oh
Pied Piper
I think I smell a rat!

Rumpelstiltskin's not behaving
What can an ogre do?
And even for poor Sleeping Beauty
Character matters too.

Snow White's been dissing the Seven Dwarves
Things are not as rosy as they seem
Life has been tough for Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Ugly Duckling needs some self-esteem.

Math and science are important
Reading is good for you
But when it comes to good decisions
Character
Character
Character matters too.

(STUDENTS sit in a large semi-circle around stage, facing the audience. RAPUNZEL, CINDERELLA, and HUMPTY DUMPTY walk to front of stage and address the audience.)

RAPUNZEL: Hello. I'm Rapunzel. From the fairy tale.

CINDERELLA: And I'm Cinderella.

HUMPTY DUMPTY: And I'm Humpty Dumpty. We're delighted you're here for our meeting of the Fairy Tale Advice Council.

RAPUNZEL: Today's meeting is special because this is the very first time Cinderella and Humpty have been on the Council.

HUMPTY: It's so exciting. We get to give advice to fairy tale characters who find themselves in a bind.

RAPUNZEL: Even us fairy tale folk don't always know what's best to say or do in tough situations.

CINDERELLA: Like when it was midnight at the ball and my carriage turned back into a yam.

HUMPTY: A yam? I thought it was a pumpkin.

CINDERELLA: No, it was a yam. I should know, I was sitting on it. It took those mice FOREVER to drag me home.

RAPUNZEL: But it all had a happy ending, which is what we like to see. Humpty, what's our first case today?

HUMPTY (looking at a list): Ooh, looks like trouble between old friends. It's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

(SNOW WHITE and TWO DWARVES appear)

RAPUNZEL: Welcome.

CINDERELLA: Hey, I only see two dwarves. Aren't you short a few dwarves?

DWARF #1: Is that some sort of comment?

CINDERELLA: Oh no, I'm sorry. I just thought there were seven of you.

DWARF #2: It's the recession---we've been downsized.

(CINDERELLA starts to say something, but RAPUNZEL cuts her off)

RAPUNZEL (to CINDERELLA): Don't even go there.
(TO the newcomers)
Now, what seems to be the problem?

SNOW WHITE: My friends are very upset with me, and it's so, well, upsetting.

DWARF #1: Of course we're upset! After all we did for you.

DWARF #2 (to Council): And she never even stopped to thank us. Just rode off into the sunset with her prince without a word of gratitude.

Song 2

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DWARVES:
We never faltered
We never shirked
We even whistled
While we worked.

But did she thank us
As she now claims?
She never never ever really knew our names.

SNOW WHITE:
That's not true
One was Lumpy
Maybe not
Was it Stumpy?
Was it Bob or Billy...oh poor me!

DWARVES:
See?!

CHORUS:
Gratitude
Gratitude
It's the proper attitude
Take time and don't be rude
It's the proper attitude
Be thankful, show some gratitude.

DWARF #1(spoken): And what about when she ate the poisoned apple!

DWARVES:
We did the Heimlich
And CPR
And when she woke up
SHE's the star!

She got Prince Charming
She got the fame
She never never ever really knew our names.

SNOW WHITE:
That's not true
One was Lumpy
Maybe not
Was it Stumpy?
Was it Bob or Billy...oh poor me!

DWARVES:
See?!

DWARVES and CHORUS:
Gratitude
Gratitude
It's the proper attitude
Take time and don't be rude
Its the proper attitude
Be thankful, show some gratitude.
Be thankful, show some gratitude.

RAPUNZEL: Snow White...do you have something you'd like to say to your friends?

SNOW WHITE (to DWARVES): I'm terribly sorry. You were so kind and helpful. I just got caught up in that fairy-tale ending and forgot. Thank you. Thank all of you very much.

DWARF #1: Oh, that's okay.

DWARF #2: And our names ARE kind of hard to remember.

(THEY hug)

HUMPTY: That's so nice to see. It's always good to be thankful. You know, I can never remember the names of all seven dwarves myself. What are they?

DWARF #1: Sorry, we can't say them aloud.

DWARF #2: They're copyrighted. Every time we call each other we owe Disney 10 bucks.

(DWARFS and SNOW WHITE EXIT)

RAPUNZEL: Well, that worked out nicely. Humpty, who's next?

HUMPTY (looking at list): Our next appointment is with...

(HUMPTY is interrupted by the loud entrance of THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF and TROLL)

BILLY GOAT GRUFF #1: This has GOT to stop. I can't take it anymore.

TROLL: But I've changed my ways.

BILLY GOAT GRUFF #2: Oh sure. The last time you told me that you tried to EAT me.

TROLL: It was just a nibble.

BILLY GOAT GRUFF #3: All that was sticking out of your mouth was a foot.

TROLL: Okay, it was a BIG nibble. But I don't DO that kind of thing anymore.

HUMPTY: Wait a minute, wait a minute. Who ARE you?

BILLY GOATS GRUFF: We're the Billy Goats Gruff.

BILLY GOAT GRUFF #1: And this is a Troll.

HUMPTY: I'm sorry, but you're not on the list. You'll have to wait.

BILLY GOAT GRUFF #2: But we CAN'T wait! He's gonna EAT us!

CINDERELLA: Is that true?

TROLL: NO! I want to be their friend.

BILLY GOAT GRUFF #3: Every time we get to his bridge, he tries to swallow us.

TROLL: That was before! I USED to be a big bully. I thought it was cool eating people on the bridge. But it WASN¹T cool. I know that now. Being a bully is never cool.

Song 3

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TROLL:
Yeah I'm a troll it's true
I guard a bridge or two
I eat folks like you if you attempt to pass

I'm tired of this work
'Cause all I do is lurk
When tales need a jerk that's how I am cast.

TROLL and CHORUS:
But I don't want to be a bully anymore
I don't wanna be the villain I have been before
I will be an ogre folks adore
I don't want to be a bully anymore.

TROLL:
Yeah when it's said and done
We bullies have no fun
Always on the run, nobody cares for me

I wanna walk the street
With friends that I don't eat
Billy goats I meet I'll invite to tea.

TROLL, GOATS, and CHORUS (TROLL and GOATS put arms around each other):

But I don't want to be a bully anymore
I don't wanna be the villain I have been before
I will be an ogre folks adore
I don't want to be a bully anymore.
I don't want to be a bully anymore.

(ALL exit. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD enters holding an envelope.)

LITTLE RED:

Hi there. I'm Little Red Riding Hood, and this is the part of the meeting where I introduce this month's winner of the Good Manners award. You may remember what a polite child I am. When I saw the wolf in my grandmother's bed, I said things like "Grandmother, what big eyes you have." And, "Grandmother, what big teeth you have." But I was just being polite. What I was thinking was, "Grandmother, what happened to you? Were you in some horrible accident?" My politeness paid off, though, giving the Hunter time to save all of us. And now, this month's Good Manners award goes to...
(SHE opens envelope)
The Princess from The Princess and the Pea.

(CHORUS applauds. PRINCESS, KING, and QUEEN enter. LITTLE RED exits.)

PRINCESS: Thank you, thank you. I'm so honored. I'd like to thank my agent for getting me the gig, and especially the King and Queen here for deciding to test me.

KING: It was our pleasure.
(to audience)
We had to make sure she was a very polite princess if she was to marry our son.

QUEEN: So we came up with a whole slew of tests to see how she would respond. The pea under the mattress was just one small part of the evening's examination.

(This concludes the first one-third of the script.)

The Songs

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Standards

Common Core and Other National Standards

Character Education

Language Arts

  • Common Core Reading Standards for Literature: K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
  • Common Core Reading Standards: Foundational Skills:
    • K and 1st: Phonological Awareness, Phonics and Word Recognition
    • 2nd: Phonics and Word Recognition
    • 3rd, 4th, 5th: Phonics and Word Recognition, Fluency
  • Common Core Speaking and Listening Standards: Comprehension and Collaboration - K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
  • Common Core Language Standards: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use - K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
  • Common Core Standard 10: Range, Quality & Complexity: Range of Text Types for K-5th

History/Social Studies

National Core Arts Standards

Vocabulary

enchanted
ogre
carriage
recession
downsize
falter
shirk
Heimlich
CPR
copyrighted
nibble
troll
lurk
(to be) cast
adore
first-born
gig
examination
slew
contract
vegetation
SUV
ecologically sound
Hummer
mass transit
oath
resuscitation
deforestation
old growth
environment
endangered species
lass
greenhouse gasses
sustainable harvesting
biodiversity
ecosystem
biosphere
snag
intervention
vacancy
recognition
typo
plump
finger food
crude
soy sauce
marinade
dill
guilty conscience
swan dive
waddle
scowl
foul
revenge
mock
rodent
rhythm
luring
vermin
yodel
jigs
waltzes
polkas
"smell a rat"
"in a bind"
"diss"
"said and done"
"ride off into the sunset"
"get caught up in something"
"on the run"
"air tight"
"second wind"
"caught red-handed"
"cramp my style"
"go bad"
"Thick and thin"
"an offer she couldn't refuse"
"make them pay"

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