A Winter’s Tale
Singing Solo_flakes
What do we all liveth for in the winter when it’s forty below?
On mid-winter break, we ache for flakes, flakes and flakes of snow____
Actors_spoken
Actor 2: (still overacting) “The Snow Doth Falleth!”
Actor 5: Et tu Brutus?
Actor 2: Romeo! Oh Romeo?
S.D. Oh Brother!
All
_____ Nonny nonnySnow,
_____ Nonny nonnyhey,
_____ Nonny nonnyho,
No.How we love
All
_____ Nonny nonnySnow,
_____ Nonny nonnyhey,
_____ Nonny nonnyho,
No.How we love
Oh what a day.______
Snow.
Part 1
Oh what a sight! Wonderful worlds, all dressed in white.
All
How I love staying out, (Z) love playing out in the snow.
Part 2
Look here it comes, just watch it fall.
Part 1
We’ll have a white Christmas after all.
All
How I love going out, (Z) oh it’s blowing out in the snow.
(Z) We can ride a toboffan and ski down a hill. Go on a sleigh ride, oh boy, what a thrill!
Glide and slide on figure skates, hurry, don’t be late.________
All
_____ Nonny nonnySnow,
_____ Nonny nonnyhey,
_____ Nonny nonnyho,
No.How we love
All
_____ Nonny nonnySnow,
_____ Nonny nonnyhey,
_____ Nonny nonnyho,
No.How we love
Oh how I love
Snow.
each little flake. Snow is the
Part 1
Icing on the cake.
All
How we’ll be heading out, fun sledding out in the snow.
Repeat 6x’s
CHOIR:
_____ Nonny nonnySnow,
_____ Nonny nonnyhey, _____
_____ Nonny nonnyho,
No.How we love
ANNOUNCER: Attention students and teachers. Due to the blizzard-like condition outside, the superintendent has called from The Bahamas to tell us that we must all stay at school until this storm has passed. It could be an hour. It could be a day. It could be for the entire winter vacation!! …Have a nice day!
FREEZE
NO!______________
Part 1
How can this be? Oh no, it’s not! All of this snow isn’t so hot. What lousy luck! Look how we’re stuck in all this snow!
Part 2
Please make it quit.
Part 1
Please make it stop.
All
These aren’t just flakes, it’s a bumper crop! Please go away. Don’t make us stay. Look at all this snow!
All of my plans have been put on hold. Who can go out when it’s this freezing cold?
Snow can ruin ev’ry thing. Let’s just jump to spring!
Repeat 5x’s
CHOIR:
_____ Nonny nonnySnow,
_____ Nonny nonnyoh,
_____ Nonny nonnyno,
No.There’s too much
Actor 2: (desperately manic) Stuck at school? This can’t be! I have an audition for Midsummer Night’s Dream. (slight pause) What’s a little snow? Romeo can shovel! Actor 1: (shocked) What!?Actor 2: Put some boots on and get out there!Actor 1: (haughtily) I’m an actor!Actor 2: (crazed) You’re a 5th grader! Move it!
This is our tale,
Snow,
Part 1
Some tragedy. That old King Lear’s got nothing on me.
All
One fatal flaw, I’ll never thaw cause I’m stuck in snow!
All
_____ Nonny nonnySnow,
_____ Nonny nonnyoh,
_____ Nonny nonnyno,
No.There’s too much
All
_____ Nonny nonnySnow,
_____ Nonny nonnyho,
_____ Nonny nonnyplease,
No.I have to
All
_____ Nonny nonnygo,
_____ Nonny nonnyhey,
_____ Nonny nonnyho,
There’s too muchThere’s too much
Snow,Snow,
Snow,Snow,
Snow_______Snow_______
Scene 3
Ralph: (in front of stage) Well, what can you do? When life gives you snow…
Betty: Make snowmen!Ralph: Or at least make the best of it.Betty: Yeah!
(cell phone rings)
Mabell: Yes Gloria! I’m still at school. And it’s getting a little crazy around here. 50% off at Macy’s!!!!!? Argh! And I’m missing it!
Student 1: Hey Charlie! Why the long face? We’ll get out of here eventually.
Charlie: Eventually, sure. But my family all has tickets to go to Cabo San Lucas for the holidays!
Student 1: You mean as in Mexico!?
Charlie: Si
Student 2: You mean as in beaches?
Student 3: …and piñatas?
Student 4: Bull fights?
Student 5: …and Mariachis?
Charlie: Right. And now I’m stuck here at school without a tan line in sight
Student 1: (in a sing-song way as in “yoo-hoo”) Oh, Senor Charlie? Feliz Navidad!