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 Scene 8 from Jack Upcoming Performances |
How to Use Storycard Theater® Storycard Theater dramas are easy to read and fun to watch. Each card has large, clear text on the back and colorful artwork on the front, which lets you read to an audience while showing it the pictures. (No more twisting your neck to read a picture book!) Here are four simple tips for performing Storycard Theater effectively.
Storycard Theater dramas are designed to be read to children ages 3–8, and to be performed by ages 8 and up. They are ideal for groups of up to 25. Performance Tips Like the traditional kamishibai storytellers, we begin our performances by clapping two sticks together, faster and faster. (Kids in the audience like to try this, too.) For their portability and clear sound, we use a pair of rosewood claves. Another popular sound effect comes from our Thunder Tube, which we whip out during the storm scene in Momotaro and grumbling-stomach scene in Jack & the Beanstalk. Audience members always come up afterwards asking to try it themselves. When we have a chance to read both stories, we read Momotaro first, because Jack has a more bombastic conclusion. We begin and end Momotaro by playing the Momotaro song on an alto recorder. During the scene where Momotaro meets the animals, we often sing the song in either English or Japanese.  Using the Presentation Frame frees our hands to make dramatic gestures. For example, in Momotaro, we hold the claves on our heads to simulate the ogre’s horns. In Jack, we lurch forward and pretend to grab the head of an audience member when the text says, “With a terrible roar, the giant stretched out his huge, hairy hand to grab the boy.” When Jack starts chopping down the beanstalk, we stand up and swing one clave like an ax to pantomime that. New! Download kamishibai performance and construction tips (369KB PDF). Have tips of your own? Please let us know. |
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