Fairy Tale Readers Theatre Elementary Comedy Drama Script With Tasks

The War of the Vegetables is a gentle comedy stage script about racism, bullying and living in harmony with others - set in a vegetable patch!

Suitable for students aged 8+

Cast size: 18 characters

Can increase cast size to 22 characters by adding extra Narrators, or including extra Peas and Tomatoes in non-speaking roles

Can reduce cast size to 16 characters by giving 2 students 2 roles to perform

Running time: 30 minutes

The War of the Vegetables is a short fairy tale style play script for young performers. It's a gentle comedy about racism, bullying and living in harmony with others. When the Peas and Tomatoes are accidentally planted in the same vegetable patch, they fight for space. But when the nasty bullying Runner Beans arrive, the Peas and Tomatoes work together against a common enemy.

The Narrators in this play speak in rhyming verse, so it's great for literacy learning. The script also offers opportunities for shy students to perform in non-speaking roles.

This script includes fabulous full production notes, with ideas for staging, props and furniture, lighting, sound effects, any music and costumes. It also contains great follow-on activities covering story, characters, theme, script layout and performance-related tasks for further work in the classroom or drama studio.

If you are giving a performance of this musical to an audience, regardless of whether you charge admission or not, you must purchase the appropriate Performance Rights License, available in this store.