"A Gathering of Nuts"



DO NOT announce this skit by title! (it's the punch line...)



Call up your volunteers: 2 Curtains, Sun, Moon, Wolf, Large Rock, Babbling

Brook, Trees, Rabbits, Squirrels, Deer, Orchestra (drums, horns, flutes,

etc.), Breeze/Wind, plus whatever else you can think of / need to use in

filling the stage... (very flexible skit!) To open, the Curtains stand side by

side center stage, the Moon is standing up, the Sun is sitting down, and other

parts are arranged to taste (Babbling Brook usually lays flat on the back next

to a sitting Rock, etc.) Rehearse each part in their expected actions as they

come to the stage: Brook repeats "Babble, babble", Trees sway their arms in

the air, Breeze/Wind says "Whooosh!", Orchestra instruments go "Toot" "Thump"

"Clang" or whistle as appropriate, and so forth... The rock can be a great

deal of fun -- I like to have him/her recite a list of geology terms and

mineral names, but it can be very effective if the rock just repeats "I am a

rock: I am an island" <gryn>



approximate narration: As the Curtains part (Curtains walk away from each

other), the Orchestra plays and we look upon a lovely woodland setting. Trees

sway in the breeze, under the lovely Moon, while a Wolf howls in the

background.  The Moon sets, the Sun rises, the rabbits, squirrels, and deer

gambol and play, shaking their bushy tails. The babbling brook flows by the

ancient rock.  (adjust according to parts active on "stage".)



[question to audience] And, although this little play has no title, have you

ever seen such a gathering of nuts?