Synopsis
Amazing Grace
Shay Youngblood from Mary Hoffman
Published by Dramatic Publishing
4 Male 7 Female
She also makes up her own stories, acting out the most exciting parts. When Grace is in her playworld everything to her is real
In her imagination, she becomes the characters: Anansi the Spider, Joan of Arc, Mowgli, Hiawatha
She's a pirate with a peg leg and a parrot, an explorer, and a theater director of a production of 'Cinderella' in which she casts a boy in the title role
Grace's mother is very practical and hopes that Grace will become a doctor, a lawyer or a professional person given the opportunities she herself didn't have
Her grandmother, Nana, believes that Grace can be whatever she wants to be. Grace is told by two of her classmates that she can't be Peter Pan in the school play because she is a girl and because she is black
In the end, Grace shows us that she can indeed do anything she sets her mind to
I selected the West African Anansi story and use traditional storytelling techniques such as songs, rhythm and repetition to teach Grace and her friends a bit of folk wisdom" ~ Shay Youngblood
Cast of 3 women, 4 girls and 4 boys is required