| Rosalind Flynn is an educational drama consultant who conducts arts integration workshops and residencies with teachers, artists, and students nationwide. She has been a theater educator and director with elementary, middle, high school, and college students. At The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, Dr. Flynn heads up the Master of Arts in Theatre Education degree program. Her Ph.D. research focus was the use of drama as a learning method. Dr. Flynn's articles on educational drama have been published in Language Arts, Dramatics, Youth Theatre Journal, Stage of the Art,
English Journal, Teaching Artist Journal, and The Reading Teacher. She is the co-author of A Dramatic Approach to Reading Comprehension, and the author of Dramatizing the Content With Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre, Grades 6-12. |
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Antigone adapted by Stacey Coates and Rosalind Flynn
from Sophocles' classic play |
 
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Drama/Comedy
Short, 12-15 minutes
3 females, 7 males, 10 either (15-25 actors possible: 3-13 females, 7-17 males)
$30.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called The Odyssey, Oedipus, and Others or Greek Story Theatre.
Defying the king and an order from her father's fiance, Creon, Antigone decides to give her recently deceased brother a proper burial. When Creon discovers what Antigone has done, he unfairly condemns her to death. Will the wise prophet be able to convince the stubborn king to free Antigone before it's too late? This is a condensed and comical version of the last play in the classic Oedipus trilogy.
(This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play The Odyssey, Oedipus, and Others or Greek Story Theatre.)
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The Odyssey
adapted by Stacey Coates and Rosalind Flynn
from the epic by Homer |
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Drama/Comedy
Short, 20-25 minutes
10 females, 7 males, 4 either (8-26 actors possible: 3-13 females, 3-13 males)
$30.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called The Odyssey, Oedipus, and Others or Greek Story Theatre.
Odysseus won the Trojan War twenty years ago, but he still has yet to arrive home from his victory. From a raging Cyclops to a beautiful woman who wants to keep him for her own pleasure, and even a pair of pushy parents who want him to marry their daughter, his journey has been one full of obstacles. As if he needed even more trouble, a group of rowdy suitors have overrun his palace and tried to take his wife, Penelope. Will Odysseus ever reach home and be reunited with his beloved wife and son? This is a condensed and comical version of Homer's classic.
(This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play The Odyssey, Oedipus, and Others or Greek Story Theatre.)
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Drama/Comedy
Full-length, 65-80 minutes
7 females, 10 males, 20 either (10-50 actors possible: 6-26 females, 4-24 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
NOTE: Each piece in this anthology can be licensed and performed separately.
Four well-loved tales -- The Odyssey, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone -- are brought to life in this hilarious and accessible collection of short adaptations. With a large, funny chorus of narrators, several songs and raps, and even some cheerleading, The Odyssey, Oedipus, and Others offers a brand new look at age-old classics.
To purchase this book of 4 plays, click "Order this play" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
The Odyssey
Oedipus the King
Oedipus at Colonus
Antigone
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Oedipus at Colonus
adapted by Stacey Coates and Rosalind Flynn
from Sophocles' classic play |
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Drama/Comedy
Short, 10-15 minutes
2 females, 4 males, 11 either (15-18 actors possible: 2-13 females, 4-15 males)
$30.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called The Odyssey, Oedipus, and Others or Greek Story Theatre.
Homeless and blind, Oedipus has been wandering since the conclusion of Oedipus the King. But when the prophecies of Oedipus' death predict tragedy for his feuding sons, will this former king of Thebes be able to triumph? This is a condensed and comical version of the second play in the classic Oedipus trilogy.
(This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play The Odyssey, Oedipus, and Others or Greek Story Theatre.)
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Oedipus the King
adapted by Stacey Coates and Rosalind Flynn
from Sophocles' classic play |
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Drama/Comedy
Short, 12-15 minutes
4 females, 4 males, 6 either (5-23 actors possible: 2-11 females, 3-12 males)
$30.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called The Odyssey, Oedipus, and Others or Greek Story Theatre.
When Oedipus, the new king of Thebes, promises to bring justice to the murderer of former king Laius (and deceased husband of Oedipus's wife Jocasta), a blind prophet tells Oedipus that it was the king himself who murdered Laius. Naively ignoring the prophecy, Oedipus and Jocasta soon realize that perhaps they were too quick to dismiss the prophet's claim. This is a condensed and comical version of the first tale in the classic Oedipus trilogy.
(This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play The Odyssey, Oedipus, and Others or Greek Story Theatre.)
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