WHERE FREEDOM SPEAKS: Production Guide
This production guide contains "how to" information, samples and diagrams to help you produce and promote the pageant Where Freedom Speaks. In this guide you will find:
- script
- sample program
- list of props and costumes
- diagrams showing how to set the stage and arrange the performers for Acts I and II
- diagrams of intricate stage propsinformation on how to obtain copyright permission required for some of the play's musical pieces
- how to write to your Member of Congress and other elected officials about your performance of the play
- a news release template to help you promote the play in your community
- optional ideas to enhance production of the play and classroom instruction associated with the performance
Production activities are mostly targeted to students in Level 3 (grades 6-8). Other grade levels referred to in the production and lesson guides include Level 1 (grades 1-3) and Level 2 (grades 4-5).
Table of Contents
I. Production Elements
Production Elements for Acts I and II: An Overview
:: Props, backdrops
II. Props
Act I, Scene 1
:: Procession and Reenactment
:: How to create the cornerstone and tripod, props list
Act I, Scene 2
:: Capitol Model
Act II
III. Costumes
Act I, Scene 1
:: George Washington, Grand Master Pro Tempore, Masonic Dignitaries, Narrators, Trumpeter, Procession Participants, Townspeople
Act I, Scene 2
:: Two student narrators
Act II
:: Student participants, choir
IV. Preparing for the Play
:: Rehearsals, Music and copyright issues, Optional ideas, Community involvement, Program evaluation
V. Samples and Diagrams
:: Stage and prop diagrams
:: Enlarged pictures of the Capitol backdrops
:: Sample copyright permission letter
:: Program sheet music
:: Sample letter to a Member of Congress and other officials
:: Sample news release
Program Guide |
Production Guide |
Lesson Guide |
Answer Key |
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