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Everything you need to stage your own 15-minute musical about mental health or neurodivergance! Our digital script packages include:

  • The script
  • Sheet music written for singers
  • Rehearsal audio tracks with professional singers
  • Performance audio tracks by professional musicians
  • Suggestions for simple costumes and props
  • A Production Handbook
  • An Educator’s Guide with fact sheets, discussion guide and classroom activities
  • Videos of theatre games and concepts that can be used with the cast

Available Scripts

The Three Little Pigs

Topic: Anxiety
Duration: 15 minutes
Straw Hogg, Twig E Pig and Brick de Boar each have big worries that swirl around them like a pack of hungry wolves. When they support each other, they learn new ways to manage their anxiety.

Cast
Written for: 6 or 7 actors
Minimum cast size: 5
Options to support a cast of 8 or more

Music
Number of songs: 4
Difficulty level (0 – 10): 7
Number of featured singers: 3 (each pig has solo singing)
Note: A music director is strongly recommended. There are some complex melodies and rhythms.

Rehearsal Audio Track Samples

Excerpt from the “Anxiety Wolves Song”
Excerpt from “Piggy’s Lament”
Excerpt from “The Coping Song”
Excerpt from “I Gotta Do It”
Download The Three Little Pigs Script Package

Little Red Riding Hood

Topic: ADHD
Duration: 15 minutes
Little Hood gets distracted in the forest, but her ability to simultaneously pay attention to multiple things comes in handy when it’s time to save her granny from the wolf. Watch our online puppet show of the story.

Cast
Written for: 8 – 10 actors
Minimum size: 8 actors
Options to support a cast of 11 or more

Music
Number of songs: 4
Difficulty level (0 – 10): 3
Number of featured singers: Wolf and Crow have a Duet, Little Hood and Squirrel have a duet, Several opportunities for singers to have a solo line in the finale song
Notes: With a songs like “Let’s Eat a Granny Today,” how can you go wrong?

Rehearsal Audio Track Sample

“Let’s Eat a Granny Today”
“Sit Still”
“You Get Me”
“Little Hood, You Done Good”
Download Little Red Riding Hood Script Package

Sleeping Handsome

Topic: Depression
Duration: 10 minutes
Wanting to escape his constant pain and sadness, Prince Handsome pricks his finger on a spinning wheel and falls into an enchanted sleep. The Good Fairy arrives to help his family understand that he needs help.

Cast
Written for: 8 actors
Minimum: 6 actors
Options to support a cast of 9 or more

Music
Number of songs: 2
Difficulty level (0 – 10): 2
Number of featured singers: 1 solo song, 2 singers who sing a solo phrase. One song has optional harmony.

Rehearsal Audio Track Samples

Excerpt from “The Way I Feel Today”
“Queen’s Song” with optional harmony
Download Sleeping Handsome Script Package

The Prince and the Pea

Topic: Autism
Duration: 15 minutes
Prince Frank is autistic and travels from kingdom to kingdom learning everything he can about horses. The Queen of Neurotypicalia puts a pea under 20 mattress to test whether he is a true prince, but Frank is hypersensitive and immediately feels the pea.

Cast
Written for: 8 – 10 actors
Minimum: 8 actors
Options to support a cast of 11 or more

Music
Number of songs: 4
Difficulty level (0 – 10): 3
Number of featured singers: Prince Earnest sings “One Friend” with backup from the Castle Servants. PCA sings “Same Way” with backup from the Castle Servants. Prince Frank sings “The Horse Patter Song” as a solo. 

“One Friend”
“Same Way”
Excerpt from “Horse Patter Song”
Excerpt from “Ouch! Ouch!”
Download The Prince and the Pea Script Package

“The Three Little Pigs was easy to follow and implement with first-time youth actors.Youth stepped out of their comfort zones, enjoyed the experience, and grew throughout the process. We definitely will build more productions into our existing programming.”
—Anne M. Parish, REACH Program for Youth Adult Partnerships