Crayfish Theater on Crayfish Day!
Did you know there was such a thing as Crayfish Day? Well, friends, there is, and it’s today, April 17! While some folks might celebrate by serving up a bowl o’ spicy crawfish (or crayfish as this Northerner calls them!), you have a theatrical alternative: a play featuring this little crustacean! [Click here to jump to the play, FUNERAL FOR A CRAYFISH] How often can you say you’ve done “Crayfish Theater?”
FUNERAL FOR A CRAYFISH is a short 2-hander play, about students in school studying classroom crayfish. But when one meets an untimely demise, Ari and Quinn need to figure out the crayfish's identity (was it Juliet's crayfish? Or Ari's crayfish?). The play features the noble crayfish, but it’s also about friendship, problem-solving, and working together. It’s a fun short piece (around 5-7 minutes long) great for a festival of shorts, classroom use, Reader’s Theater, Thespian Competitions (duo interpt) or just to enjoy on Crayfish Day!
ACTING OUT production of Funeral of a Crayfish
FUNERAL FOR A CRAYFISH is a comedy featuring any-gender characters, Quinn and Ari, which can be played by children or teens/adults playing children). You can read an excerpt from Funeral for a Crayfish here, or click below for the complete play, FUNERAL FOR A CRAYFISH.
When a classroom crayfish meets an untimely demise, Ari and Queen must figure out whose crayfish suffered this unexpected fate! It’s going to take some clever detective skills though, because unfortunately, Juliet used the same color permanent marker to dot her crayfish’s back as Ari did! Will the clues they uncover be enough to solve the mystery? This is a 5-minute comedy for children which explores friendship, problem solving and working together! It also includes a fun Question and Answer page all about crayfish!
This is a 2-person children’s play, suitable for child actors (or adults performing as children to young audiences). Any gender.