DIRECTOR
The director is the show’s leader. He/she knows
what the final production should look and sound like and instructs everyone to
get to that end.
STAGE MANAGER
The stage manager takes over when the
play is performed for an audience.
The stage manager makes sure that
everyone is doing what they are supposed to do during the performances.
COSTUMES
The clothes actors wear on stage. Costumes tell the audience a lot about
the character, time period, and location of the play.
MAKE-UP
Make-up on an actor’s face helps the audience see the actor’s features better. Make-up can also help an actor create age, a fantasy character, or an animal.
SOUND
Sound equipment helps
the audience hear the actors. Sound can also
mean music, that helps create a certain mood, or sound effects.
PUBLICITY
Publicity is how we let everyone know
we are doing a performance.
Newspaper articles, flyers, and “word of mouth” all help publicize the
show.
PRODUCTIONWhen all the parts of the play come
together, you have a
production that an
audience comes to see
and enjoy!
PARTS of a SCRIPT•The script gives the director and actors information about how to create the play. •Actors are given the lines to speak, instructions on how the character looks, sounds, and acts.
•The director is given suggestions for blocking and set design.
CHORUS: School. Billy dreaded school. Although there were some things he liked. The teachers were nice, more or less. And the other kids, were mostly okay. Except for one. And that one was there to meet him as he walked through the
gate.
(Bridget strides on to the stage from L. She has hair in long plaits that stick out from the sides of her head. She advances aggressively towards Billy C)
BRIDGET: Hello, Billy? What’s for lunch? Open your bag.
CHORUS: Her name was Bridget the Bruiser. The school bully. Billy quaked as she walked towards him. Everybody quaked when the burly Bridget approached.
(Bridget snatched Billy’s bag and roughly unzips it. She takes out his sandwiches and empties the rest of the bag onto the ground.)
BRIDGET: You should be more careful, Billy, one day you’ll lose something.
(Bridget next unwraps Billy’s sandwiches and throws the paper on the ground. She then peels the slices of bread away to look at the filling inside.)
(Mrs. Jennings, the teacher, enters from R; she crosses C to Bridget and Billy)
Summons, John. The Shadow Boy. Google Images. 2001. Web. 19 Feb. 2011. http://www.brightstarplayscripts.com/SBdialogue.html
CHORUS: School. Billy dreaded school. Although there were some things he liked. The teachers were nice, more or less. And the other kids, were mostly okay. Except for one. And that one was there to meet him as he walked through the
gate.
(Bridget strides on to the stage from L. She has hair in long plaits that stick out from the sides of her head. She advances aggressively towards Billy C)
BRIDGET: Hello, Billy? What’s for lunch? Open your bag.
CHORUS: Her name was Bridget the Bruiser. The school bully. Billy quaked as she walked towards him. Everybody quaked when the burly Bridget approached.
(Bridget snatched Billy’s bag and roughly unzips it. She takes out his sandwiches and empties the rest of the bag onto the ground.)
BRIDGET: You should be more careful, Billy, one day you’ll lose something.
(Bridget next unwraps Billy’s sandwiches and throws the paper on the ground. She then peels the slices of bread away to look at the filling inside.)
(Mrs. Jennings, the teacher, enters from R; she crosses C to Bridget and Billy)
Summons, John. The Shadow Boy. Google Images. 2001. Web. 19 Feb. 2011. http://www.brightstarplayscripts.com/SBdialogue.html
CHORUS: School. Billy dreaded school. Although there were some things he liked. The teachers were nice, more or less. And the other kids, were mostly okay. Except for one. And that one was there to meet him as he walked through the
gate.
(Bridget strides on to the stage from L. She has hair in long plaits that stick out from the sides of her head. She advances aggressively towards Billy C)
BRIDGET: Hello, Billy? What’s for lunch? Open your bag.
CHORUS: Her name was Bridget the Bruiser. The school bully. Billy quaked as she walked towards him. Everybody quaked when the burly Bridget approached.
(Bridget snatched Billy’s bag and roughly unzips it. She takes out his sandwiches and empties the rest of the bag onto the ground.)
BRIDGET: You should be more careful, Billy, one day you’ll lose something.
(Bridget next unwraps Billy’s sandwiches and throws the paper on the ground. She then peels the slices of bread away to look at the filling inside.)
(Mrs. Jennings, the teacher, enters from R; she crosses C to Bridget and Billy)
Summons, John. The Shadow Boy. Google Images. 2001. Web. 19 Feb. 2011. http://www.brightstarplayscripts.com/SBdialogue.html
CHORUS: School. Billy dreaded school. Although there were some things he liked. The teachers were nice, more or less. And the other kids, were mostly okay. Except for one. And that one was there to meet him as he walked through the
gate.
(Bridget strides on to the stage from L. She has hair in long plaits that stick out from the sides of her head. She advances aggressively towards Billy C)
BRIDGET: Hello, Billy? What’s for lunch? Open your bag.
CHORUS: Her name was Bridget the Bruiser. The school bully. Billy quaked as she walked towards him. Everybody quaked when the burly Bridget approached.
(Bridget snatched Billy’s bag and roughly unzips it. She takes out his sandwiches and empties the rest of the bag onto the ground.)
BRIDGET: You should be more careful, Billy, one day you’ll lose something.
(Bridget next unwraps Billy’s sandwiches and throws the paper on the ground. She then peels the slices of bread away to look at the filling inside.)
(Mrs. Jennings, the teacher, enters from R; she crosses C to Bridget and Billy)
Summons, John. The Shadow Boy. Google Images. 2001. Web. 19 Feb. 2011. http://www.brightstarplayscripts.com/SBdialogue.html
CHORUS: School. Billy dreaded school. Although there were some things he liked. The teachers were nice, more or less. And the other kids, were mostly okay. Except for one. And that one was there to meet him as he walked through the
gate.
(Bridget strides on to the stage from L. She has hair in long plaits that stick out from the sides of her head. She advances aggressively towards Billy C)
BRIDGET: Hello, Billy? What’s for lunch? Open your bag.
CHORUS: Her name was Bridget the Bruiser. The school bully. Billy quaked as she walked towards him. Everybody quaked when the burly Bridget approached.
(Bridget snatched Billy’s bag and roughly unzips it. She takes out his sandwiches and empties the rest of the bag onto the ground.)
BRIDGET: You should be more careful, Billy, one day you’ll lose something.
(Bridget next unwraps Billy’s sandwiches and throws the paper on the ground. She then peels the slices of bread away to look at the filling inside.)
(Mrs. Jennings, the teacher, enters from R; she crosses C to Bridget and Billy)
Summons, John. The Shadow Boy. Google Images. 2001. Web. 19 Feb. 2011. http://www.brightstarplayscripts.com/SBdialogue.html
Theater Vocabulary1. theater 10. sound2. stage 11. set3. proscenium 12. blocking4. actor 13. props5. director 14. costumes6. stage manager 15. make-up7. apron 16. publicity8. lights 17. production9. lines 18. script