Creative Educational Systems

Description of this Script:Duration: 50-60 minutes Genre: comedy with optional music. Cast Size: 1 male lead, 2 any gender, many supporting roles, expandable animal choruses. Grade level: 1st-5th gr. (or m.s., h.s. or adult, esp. when playing for a children's audience; also can be intergenerational). Production ideas: included at the back. Thematic curriculum ideas: included at the back. Songs: optional, suggested Synopsis of the Story:A group of people loses the baby of one of their womenfolk w

Is there a better way to get an experiential understanding of Native American folklore than by performing one of its tales? And one of the most colorful characters, bound to bring laughter to the performers and audience alike, is the Native American trickster Coyote. This story explains the origin of the blue bonnet flowers and will delight and instruct both audience and cast with a good moral. Synopsis:Coyote and the Blue Flowers is a variation on the legend of how the blue bonnet flowers were