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What is Reader's Theater?
Actors perform with script in hand. They may, but usually
do not have, blocking, costumes, props or sets. Several readings are done before performance because so much depends
on the right inflection, volume and delivery of the lines.
Reader's Theater is frequently used in education to
boost reading fluency and comprehension and as a means to improve oral language skills. Performance gives an authentic
reason to read and reread aloud. Beginning drama students can concentrate on delivery and often have less anxiety with
script in hand.
Click the Parable link below to go to the Parable Reader's Theater page.
Esther – A somewhat
melodramatic reader’s theater version of the book of Esther is broken into 9 scenes. It has 21 roles with doubling possible. Run time 17 minutes.
A two page vocabulary/text
talk/ comprehension guide is included so discussion after each scene can help students incorporate new vocabulary into every
day usage. The six page Bible study packet will foster discussion and study about
Esther and related passages in the Bible. It provides prompts for personal
journaling and prayer. Psalm 146
Psalm 146 Reader’s Theater takes
a look at the 10 verses in this Psalm by having Bible characters join the readers to describe events in their lives that show
God to be worthy of out praise. Casting is flexible with 16 defined roles. Run time is 20 minutes but can be divided into multiple readings. Two interactive computer game links are included at the end of the script.
Missing Treasure
Reader's Theater
Ten students
work together to solve a mystery that could lead to a treasure. The play is broken
down into 5 scenes with discussion question following each scene. Research prompts
and culminating activities are included at the end.
Run time
is approximately 50 minutes excluding discussion. Play is meant to be read and reread to develop reading fluency, voice inflection
and comprehension.
Donkey Interviews
Four skits are suitable
for puppets. Vontrice Veterinarian interviews different donkeys from the Bible
on her TV show - Animal World. Includes information on how God created donkeys to survive and serve, Noah's ark, Abraham sacrificing
Isaac, Joseph in Egypt, Balaam's talking donkey and the New Testament accounts of Jesus flight into Egypt and his triumphant
entry. The fifth skit is a reader's theater version of Balaam's donkey with parts
for up to 21 readers. Two songs and a link to an online game are included.
Run time for reader's theater
in approximately 15 minutes, doubling ad tripling of the 21 roles possible.
Interview with Camels
Two scripts covering Isaac and Rebekah
and the Queen of Sheba. Vontrice the Vet interviews the camels who celebrate the uniqueness with which God created camels.
Run time 15 or 6 minutes, 14 or 24 roles with doubling and tripling possible.
Click for Esther - a somewhat melodramatic reader's theater and teacher's packet
Click for Psalm 146 Reader's Theater
Click for Missing Treasure Reader's Theater
Click for Donkey Interviews
Click for Interviews with Camels
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