Background
Kraus, Joanna Halpert was born on December 7, 1937 in Portland, Maine, United States.
(This is the story of an escape from slavery in the deep s...)
This is the story of an escape from slavery in the deep south of America. A group of young people flee the harsh life of the plantation and are led to freedom by Harriet Tubman, herself an ex-slave. The play includes original source material as well as spirituals, ballads and poems. The "Play plus" series provides scripts for reading aloud in the English classroom as well as for improvisation and performance work. Each play is followed by resource material: poems, extracts, photographs, original documents. These explore topics related to the script and provide starting points for improvisation, discussion and creative writing.
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(Play script. First produced by the Department of Theatre,...)
Play script. First produced by the Department of Theatre, State University of New York College at Brockport. A one-act, participatory play designed for a student audience of 4th through 7th graders. The script may also be used as a theatre-in-education vehicle. Study guide included. Simple interior set. Easy to tour. 1936 upstate New York costumes. CAST: 10 (5 F, 4 M 1 Either) or 6 (3 F, 2 M, 1 Either) with doubling. A mongrel dog is accused when a boy drowns. This drama, based on one of America's most unusual court cases, results in a trial which gets nationwide coverage, splitting the town in half. The testimony of the witnesses is contradictory. It is up to the audience to vote whether the shaggy dog should live or die. The ending will vary among performances.
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Kraus, Joanna Halpert was born on December 7, 1937 in Portland, Maine, United States.
Bachelor, Sarah Lawrence College, 1959. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1963. Doctor of Education, Columbia University, 1972.
Professor theater State University of New York, Brockport, since 1979. Resident Millay Colony, 1981, Virginia Center, 1983, Yaddo, 1990, Leighton Artist Colony, 1990, 91. Visiting playwright Humboldt State University, 1990.
Visiting professor playwright University Texas at Austin, 1991.
(This is the story of an escape from slavery in the deep s...)
(Book by Kraus, Joanna Halpert)
(Book by Kraus, Joanna Halpert)
(Book by Kraus, Joanna Halpert)
(Play script. First produced by the Department of Theatre,...)
Member American Alliance Theatre and Education, Dramatists Guild.
Married Ted M. Kraus. L child, Timothy.