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!