Favorite emotionally moving play?- Page 3

[OtherDaryl]

Posted: 12/13/04 at 2:43pm

I've seen execellent contest versions of the following:
I Never Sang for My Father
The Miracle Worker
The Elephant Man

I've also heard tell of legendary contest versions of The Crucible and Long Day's Journey into Night back in the 1960's in Illinois.

Some of the Wilder one-acts work well - A Happy Journey from Camden to Trenton comes to mind.

[lostwallflower]

Posted: 12/13/04 at 2:48pm

For the CT Drama Festival we did aLice'S wonDerland-- a preachy drug trip show. Another school did an edited Marat/Sade- Not reccomended.

Icarus went over well at the competition. As did an Anne Frank play, I can't remember the specific title.

Edit: Oh, and I forgot, we did Flowers for Algernon- if you have a good lead, it can be done well.

Updated On: 12/13/04 at 02:48 PM

[diva007]

Posted: 12/13/04 at 2:50pm

Standing on my Knees-deals with alchoholism. VERY MOVING!

[MeliMel]

Posted: 12/13/04 at 4:48pm

Agnes of God, Our Town, Dona Rosita the Spinster, Yerma, The Seagull

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 12/13/04 at 5:38pm

Now you're talkin, OtherDaryl! That's the kind of stuff I had in mind...Miracle Worker, Elephant Man, etc. Those are done quite often.

And the Shadow Box CAN be done in 40 minutes with all three houses...a school in my district did it two years ago and advanced with it. I like it, it's a good show even though I didn't like their performance of it.

Thanks for all the suggestions

[Broadway_freak]

Posted: 12/13/04 at 6:39pm

I Never Saw Another Butterfly...it's a vert touching play about the Holocaust. Don't know if it's one act or two though. Good Luck!!

[OtherDaryl]

Posted: 12/14/04 at 10:28am

I like I Never Saw Another Butterfly very much - there is also a song cycle based on the work that can be used for background music and transitions. I found it on a CD in combination with, I think, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. Just don't cover the backdrop in dayglow butterflys - saw that once and it just became distracting.