Enter the Dragon is for anyone who has ever dreamed of producing a children's play in a week
-- from casting call to final curtain.

Enter the Dragon offers:

• Three ROYALTY-FREE and PERMISSION-TO-COPY plays, each adapted from a Chinese folktale. Running time: 40 to 50 minutes each. Cast: fifteen to thirty children ages 7 and older.

• 17 songs with the original music and lyrics, with the option to create your own music in the easy-to-compose pentatonic scale.

• Synopses. An outline of the folktale precedes each play.
  

• Daily Schedule. A day-by-day journal of how to conduct a 15 to 20 hour theater workshop (3 to 4 hours a day over 5 days)

• Tips on how to make simple stage sets, props and costumes.

• Color photos of scenes from the three plays as performed at Main Street Arts.

• A step-by-step mini-course in Chinese calligraphy.
  

  
  

The Plays:

The Magic Whip
When the Emperor threatens to destroy the sea with a magic whip, the farmer's daughter uses her intelligence and the help of the Dragon King to save the environment.

The Jade Stone
The Emperor orders the stone carver to carve a dragon from a perfect piece of jade. When the carver asks the stone what it wants to be, the answer is very different.

The Magic Paintbrush
Ma Liang is granted his fondest wish: a magic paintbrush that turns pictures to reality. However, the greedy Emperor forces the boy to paint what he wants instead.

About the Authors

Leslie Li is the author of Bittersweet (Tuttle Publishing), a novel. Her articles and personal essays have appeared in many national publications. They include The New York Times, Travel & Leisure, Gourmet, Garden Design, and Writer's Digest. She lives in Saxtons River, Vermont.

Mary Hepburn has been involved in children's theater for over 30 years. She is the founding director of Main Street Arts, a non-profit community arts center in Saxtons River, Vermont, where she lives. She was named Vermont Arts Educator of the Year in 1993.