Details 

Little Red Riding Hood 

 

Little Red Riding Hood

Musical Adaptation by Kevin M Reese]

Available in Musical & Non-Musical Versions

Video Promo Available Soon

Courtesy: Wichita Children's Theatre (KS)

Detailed Plot:
The friendly neighborhood Woodcutter introduces us to the story (ONCE UPON A TIME) and also to Little Red. We see right away that she is a typical, fun-loving little girl (LITTLE RED). As she’s talking to all the animals in the forest, her mother calls her inside to do her chores and prepare some goodies for her grandmother (DO YOUR CHORES). Little Red sets out for her Grandma’s house on the other side of the forest, enjoying all the animals and flowers along the way (LIFE IS MORE THAN FATE). Further down the path, we meet the Wolf. He is a very silly, bumbling sort of fellow who tries very hard to be scary– but fails miserably. He soon smells the goodies in Little Red’s basket (FOOD!) and literally bumps into her. Much to the wolfs chagrin, she is not the least bit afraid of him. He decides to do whatever he can to get a hold of the goodies in her basket. After he gets her to tell him where she’s headed, he tricks her into stopping along the way to pick some flowers (STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES) while he high-tales it ahead of her. When he arrives at Grandma’s house he pretends to be Little Red. She suspects something is up, so she asks him to pick some greens from her garden. When the wolf returns with the greens, Granny is no where to be found. When her hears the real Little Red knock on the door, the Wolf puts on Grandma’s robe and glasses and jumps into bed. Little Red enters and notices something strange about the little old lady (MY, OH, MY). The Wolf snatches up Little Red’s basket and begins devouring all her goodies. Meanwhile, Grandma appears from the closet and escorts Little Red to safety. The Wolf is soon sleeping soundly and his snores are heard by the Woodcutter. Upon investigating the loud snores, he discovers the Wolf and assumes something terrible has happened to Grandma. Just as he is about to use his axe, Grandma and Little Red appear from the closet and convince the Woodcutter not to harm the wolf. She tells them that the Wolf has already been taught a lesson. The greens Grandma told him to pick were actually poison ivy– and now the Wolf is in agony (ITCHIN’ AND SCRATCHIN’). Only after the Wolf promises not to ever steal goodies again does Grandma give him some calamine lotion. While the Wolf is getting relief, Grandma and the Woodcutter help Little Red learn that she needs to be more careful talking to strangers because he could have been a mean wolf instead of a silly one. (ONCE UPON A TIME - FINALE)

Courtesy: Express Children's Theatre, Houston, TX

Sets:
Little Red's Home (interior) with forest exterior nearby Forest path
Grandma's House (interior) with forest exterior nearby

Original Cast: 4:   2 Men, 2 Women played 5 characters

Theme:
Responsibility, Friendship, Stranger-Danger.

Running Time:  45 Min.  

Target Audience: Ages 2 - 10, Families.

Characters:  5
Woodsman
Little Red Riding Hood
Mom
Wolf
Grandma

Courtesy: Capone's Laugh N Learn Theatre, Orlando, FL

Short Description:
The Narrator/Woodcutter introduces us to Barbara Jean Weaver (a.k.a. Little Red), a typically precocious little girl. After her Mom sends her to take some goodies to her Grandma, she stumbles onto the Wolf. And after the Wolf gets a sniff of the goodies in her basket (especially the chocolate cake with peanut butter-chocolate frosting!), he decides to do ANYTHING to get them from her. Grandma outsmarts him in the end with the help of itchy poison ivy!

MUSIC:
1 ONCE UPON A TIME - Woodsman
2 LITTLE RED - Little Red
3 DO YOUR CHORES - Mom & Little Red
4 LIFE IS MORE THAN FATE - Little Red
5 FOOD! - Wolf
6 STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES - Wolf & Little Red
7 MY, OH, MY - Little Red & Wolf
8 THE CHASE - underscoring
9 ITCHIN' AND SCRATCHIN'- Wolf, and Chorus
10 FINALE: ONCE UPON A TIME--REPRISE - Everyone

Courtesy: North Canton Playhouse (OH)

Original Production
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD was first produced by Wichita Children's Theatre Professional Touring Company for its 1993-94 touring season. First performance was October 2, 1993 and ran for 124 performances. John (JB) Boldenow directed, Laura Bergquist was the Music Director. The cast was:
WOODSMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calvin Blunc LITTLE RED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jill Stephens MOM . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lori Johnson WOLF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kevin Reese GRANDMA . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lori Johnson