PRODUCTION KIT FIELD TEST DETAILS & PICTURES

• As classroom exercises to teach acting, voice and performance skills.

• To stage an audio theatre production for an audience.

• To record a production and broadcast it over the school public address system.

• To Promote collaborative skills.

• To develop technical skills.
  

• Motivate and develop oral reading skills.

• Develop vocabulary and comprehension.

• Teach listening, speaking, and thinking skills.

• Develop group process skills.

• Motivate reluctant learners.
  

• "High Moon" by Jerry Stearns

  • Cast:  4 m, 1 f, 2 either.

  • A satirical science fiction fantasy. "High Moon" is an imaginative view of the classic film High Noon set in a fantasy future. Great fun for students!
  • Brief Summary: Marvin the Magician is challenged to a duel.  He agrees to meet his challenger at high moon on a hill outside town.
  • Minimum Equipment required: 2 CD boom-boxes.
  • Technicians required (for minimum production): 2 CD operators.
  • Length: 15 minutes (approximate).

• "Toltec's Tomb" by Roger Rittner

  • Cast: 4 m, 1 f, 2 either. 

  • Brief Summary:  A group of archeologists are excavating an ancient Toltec ruin deep in the jungles of Mexico.  There is a myth that states: "He who seeks the treasure of the Toltecs, has death at his shoulder."

  • Minimum Equipment required: Level I & Level II -- 2 CD boom-boxes. Level III -- 3 CD boom-boxes.
  • Technicians required (for minimum production): 2 CD operators.
  • Length: 21 minutes (approximate).

• "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant

  • Cast: 1 m, 2 f, 2 either. 

  • Brief Summary: A young woman borrows a diamond necklace for an important party.  She loses the necklace and sets in motion events that alter the rest of her life.

  • Minimum Equipment required: 2 CD boom-boxes.
  • Technicians required (for minimum production): 2 CD operators.
  • Length: 17 minutes (approximate).

• "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs

  • Cast: 3 male, 1 female, 2 either.

  • Brief Summary: The story of a mummified, monkey's paw that can bring three people three wishes each.  The paw carries a curse, causing the wishes to always be answered with disastrous results.

  • Minimum Equipment required: 2 CD boom-boxes.

  • Technicians required (for minimum production): 2 CD operators.

  • Length: 18 minutes (approximate).

• "The Perfect Touch" by Eli Glass

  • Cast: 2 m, 1 f, 1 either.

  • Brief Summary: David and Rob are out driving in the hills when they discover a "haunted" house and explore it.  On the way home, Rob reveals a plan to take his girlfriend up to the house.  The ending has an unexpected twist.

  • Minimum Equipment required: 2 CD boom-boxes.
  • Technicians required (for minimum production): 2 CD operators
  • Length: 16 minutes (approximate).

• "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry

  • Cast: 1 m, 2 f, 2 either.

  • Brief Summary: O. Henry's famous story of love and self-sacrifice.  Johnsy, a young woman living in New York's Greenwich Village during the late 1800's becomes ill with pneumonia and convinces herself that she will die when the last leaf falls off an ancient ivy vine outside her window.

  • Minimum Equipment required: 2 CD boom-boxes 
  • Technicians required (for minimum production): 2 CD operators
  • Length: 15 minutes (approximate)

• "Cyber Bob and the Silicon Kid" by Brian Price and Jerry Stearns

  • Cast:11 characters: 

  • 7 male, 1 female, 3 either (by changing male names).

  • Brief Summary: A 12 year old boy suspects he may be an android. He hires a computer hacker to find out.

  • Minimum Equipment required: 2 CD boom-boxes.
  • Technicians required (for minimum production): 2 CD operators.
  • Length: 18 minutes (approximate).

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT FIELD TEST

"High Moon"

"Toltec's Tomb"

"Last Leaf"

"Monkey's Paw"

"The Necklace"

"The Perfect Touch"

"Cyber Bob & Silicon Kid"

 

"Toltec's Tomb" CD Contents
TRACK	TRACK LENGTH	SOUND EFFECT
1	1:17	theme music
2	10:00	jungle birds
3	5:23	digging
4	2:50	single footsteps, earth, walk
5	4:43	double footsteps, earth, walk
6	:05	single footsteps, earth, run
7	1:01	multiple footsteps, earth, walk
8	9:39	crickets & jungle noises
9	5:05	crickets
10	:07	double footsteps, earth, leave
11	:20	transition music
12	2:02	footsteps, stone
13	:08	dangerous music
14	:05	musical sting
15	3:38	transition music, double footsteps, stone
16	:06	stone door
17	1:45	multiple footsteps on stone, running
18	1:19	Hernandez falls, footsteps
19	3:27	double footsteps, stone, running
20	:02	musical sting
21	3:11	double footsteps, stone, walk
22	:44	single footsteps, stone, walk
23	:05	stone door
24	1:22	multiple footsteps on stone, walking

 

"The Last Leaf" CD Contents
TRACK	TRACK LENGTH	SOUND EFFECT
1	8:29	music
2	7:04	restaurant ambience
3	15:51	wind
4	11:16	rain w/sleet
5	3:54	more music
6	:07	footsteps, woman, tiled floor
7	:07	door opens, footsteps, wood, man/woman, door closes
8	:07	footsteps, woman, wood floor, approaching
9	:08	footsteps, woman, wood floor, leaving
10	:14	footsteps, woman, wood, pulls shade, more footsteps
11	:11	footsteps, woman, wood, raises shade
12	:09	footsteps, woman, wood
13	:08	door opens, footsteps, wood, man/woman, door closes
14	:06	footsteps, woman, wood
15	:02	shade pulled
16	:05	shade raised
17	:08	footsteps, wood, man/woman, door opens, door closes