Drugs Invade Mother Goose Land
(By Caroline S. Mackay)
This program is in rhyme so that it is easy to memorize. It introduces the audience to different nursery rhyme characters and has their reaction to drugs.
VITAL STATISTICS
Participants--------------------------------13 speakers and as many actors as wanted
Ages-----------------------------------------10-14
Performance Time------------------------45 - 60 min
Costuming, Props and Scenery--------minimal
SAMPLE
(A narrator comes onto stage and says part after Mother Goose takes her place in a rocking chair on the side of the stage.)
NARRATOR: Old Mother Goose
When she wanted to wander
Rode through the air
On a very fine gander.
But today…..
Mother Goose is in
A great big horrible fret
Drugs have invaded her land
And they’re easy to get.
MOTHER GOOSE: I’m scared for my children
What they will do and say
If asked to take or use drugs
Have I taught them the right way?
To refuse, avoid, escape
Or just what would they do
Let’s take a peek and see
How they handle it, too.
(Narrator steps to the mike.)
NARRATOR 1: Jack B. Nimble, Jack be quick
The one that jumped over the candlestick.
(Jack B Nimble starts walking across the stage and the student with the cigarette starts from the opposite side and they meet in the middle by time the narrator finishes this next stanza.)
Well, Jack B. Nimble, Jack be quick
Jack was offered a cigarette stick
He jumped so high he reached the sky
And yelled…..
(Jack needs to start his line right after the narrator. There should be no time between them.)
JACK B. NIMBLE: You’ve got to be a real crazy guy
CigarettesI do not ever try.
You get diseases that hurt the lungs in your chest
You can’t run or play and need a lot of rest.
When you get old and gray you need a machine to
breathe
Your lungs are dirty, polluted and not nicotine free
Don’t you know they ruin your life?
Smelly breath ruins the kiss with my wife.
So if you like to be active and play with your
friends next door
Take that cigarette and crush it on the floor
(Jack takes the cigarette and stomps on it.)
