RE: purim shpiels

[Janet . PAPE <Janet.PAPE...>]

Janice -

Could you please try to re-send your purim play by changing the file
name to .doc?    I.e., the file name could be "purim.doc" .  That way,
computers with MS Word can read the file as a document.  Thanks.  It is
very generous of you to share your creations!

Janet


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> From:         Janice Steirn[SMTP:jsteirn (at) gsvms2(dot)cc(dot)gasou(dot)edu]
> Reply To:     hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Sent:         Wednesday, June 24, 1998 11:27 PM
> To:   hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject:      Re: purim shpiels
> 
> <<File: Purim.ply>>
> Wow.  I've had a lot of requests for my 60s-70s music Purim spiel.
> I'm
> sending it as an attachment, but if anyone has trouble accessing it,
> let me
> know and I'll send a hard copy.  Actually, I've never sent an
> attachment (I
> just learned how to do it today) so chances are pretty good that I'll
> screw
> it up on this end.  Let me know if there are any problems receiving
> it.
> 
> When I write spiels, I do so knowing that I'll be the "director", so I
> don't
> have a lot of details in the stage directions.  I've always been there
> to
> tell the cast where to go and what to do.  If anyone on cast has
> trouble
> figuring out my parodies, I just sing it for them, or make them a
> tape.  A
> twelve year old girl was playing Vashti in this speil and she had to
> sing a
> Helen Reddy parody. She had never heard of Helen Reddy (my heart was
> breaking), but, with a tape she did fine.
> 
> The parodies are just snippets, mostly because I have a shy
> congregation and
> I have trouble getting them to sing entire songs.  They seem ok with
> belting
> out a few lines, getting a laugh and then moving on to another scene.
> If
> anyone would like any of these expanded to a full song, I'd be willing
> to do
> it.  Writing the parodies is my favorite part of the spiels.
> 
> Since I don't have a lot of stage directions, let me mention a couple
> of
> things. Our narrators were standing on either side of the bima (our
> "stage").  There was no way for us to focus audience attention on
> them,
> except for them to start speaking.  But, if you have a real stage, you
> could
> really do a lot with spotlights.
> 
> Also, what few stage directions there are are included in parentheses
> in the
> play.
> 
> OK, I'm rambling because I'm nervous about sending this out.  My
> congregation liked it, so I'm hoping other people like it too.  We had
> a
> great time doing this one.  If anyone likes it well enough to want
> others
> I've written, stroke my ego and let me know.
> 
> Janice
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dr. Janice N. Steirn
> Department of Psychology
> P.O. Box 8041
> Georgia Southern University
> Statesboro, GA 30460
> (912) 681-5505
> Internet:  JSteirn (at) GaSou(dot)edu
>