study guide of lily plants a garden

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By: José Cruz GonzálezDirected By: Octavia Biggs-Fleck

Prepared by

Kala Cookendorfer

MSU Theatre Education Major

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The Little ompany is a theatre touring troupe from

Morehead State University. Our mission is to

bring the finest theatre to schools throughoutthe region and the Commonwealth. We aresupported by a generous endowment from theW. Paul and Lucille Caudill Little Foundationand the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This year we are traveling throughout theCommonwealth from Corbin to Covington,from Winchester to Whitesburg! We welcome your comments and hope you will send us anyartwork, writing or creative activities thatresult from seeing our production. If you have

any questions or suggestions, or wish to sendus any material, please send it to: The Little

Company, 106 Baird Music Hall, Morehead

The Little Company Morehead State University

Morehead, KY606.783.2545

[email protected]

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Frank and Lois Wuluman live in a wukastle and drive a wukar,wubarbecue on weekends and love to howl on a three full-

moon night. You see, Frank and Lois Wuluman are Wulumans,those not-so-scary beasts that live in Wululand. One day, the

couple discovers an infant girl left on their doorstep. Theyinstantly fall in love with her and adopt her. Everything is

perfect about the child except for one itsy, bitsy problem.

Lily is a Zobeing, the mortal enemies of the Wulumans. Longago, the Wululanders and Zobeings were friends. They all

had something they needed from one another: theWululanders had wuludirt and the Zobeings had bluzulu seeds.

But now they’ve been waging war for centuries, but they can’t

remember how or why they became such mortal enemies.Into this world filled with intolerance and ignorance comes

Lily, a child of both cultures, who, through imagination andoptimism, helps create a healing sanctuary out of the rubble

of war. Lily plants a garden- the first garden to be seen incenturies—where broken toys grow into beautiful plants and

trees of memory. An inspiring and timely allegory about a

child who brings hope to troubled times.

PLAY SYNOPSIS



Have you ever

been to a live

performance

before? What did

you like about it?

What is thedifference

between seeing a

live performance

and watching a

show on T.V.?

Purposes of Theatre

To entertain

To teach about

other people,

places, andculture

To make us think

about other

beliefs, ideas, and

concepts



SOCIAL

SCIENCE Some countries have been at war for centuries.

The play is a story about two different types of people at war,

known as the Zobeings and the Wulumans. Many years ago

these two groups of people were friends, each sharing what

they had to make life better for everyone. The Wulumans had

wuludirt and the Zobeings had bluzulu seeds. With the dirt

and the seeds, the Wulumans and the Zobeings could grow

beautiful gardens. But that was long ago; so long ago that no

one can remember the day when they were all friends or

what they are now fighting about. What is going on todaythat people are still fighting over, something that happened

many, many years ago? What do you think they should do?

Should we look into why the trouble started in the first place?

Then, evaluate whether it is even relevant today?

How would you feel if nobody liked you?

Lily’s parents are Wulumans , but Lily is a Zobeing.

The Wuluman clan did not want Lily to live in their

community because she was not like them—she was

like their enemy. The Zobeings did not want Lily to

live amongst them either, because she acted and

sounded like a Wuluman , and reminded them of

their enemies. So Lily and her mother were forced to

live in the Land of Rubble, a place where the

Unwanted live. What do you think about makingsome people (who are different than you) leave your

community and live in an ugly, broken place (like the

land of rubble in the play)?



Most creatures live by day, but some

come out only at n ight .

In the play, the Zobeings are plant-like

creatures that are diurnal, meaning they are

active during the day. The Wuluman’s are

animal-like creatures that are nocturnal whichmeans they are active during the night. The

sunlight is too bright and hot for them. Whatother animals like to come out only during the

night? Are humans diurnal or nocturnal? Why?

What features do nocturnal animals have that

help them survive in the dark?

The planet Earth has one moon.

Do all planets have moons?

Our solar system actually has 170 moonsthat orbit the eight planets in our solar

system and 1 dwarf planet, Pluto. The

planet in the play has three moons. What

might the sky look like from a planet thathas three moons?

What do wolves like to do when there is a

full moon? They howl at the moon.

What do Roses, Ladybugsand Aphids have in

common?

Aphids are tiny insects that love to suck the juice from plants, especially

roses. Roses are exceptionally sensitive plants, so sensitive that

aphids can cut through the tissue ofthe stems and leaves where plant

diseases can then enter and kill the

rose. Ladybugs love to eat aphids .Therefore roses like to have

Ladybugs eat the aphids from theirleaves and stems.

Aphids are parasites for roses.

SCIENCE



LILY PLANTS A GARDEN

USES MANY ELEMENTS

OF THEATER IN ORDER

FOR IT TO BE A

PRODUCTION THAT IS

ENJOYABLE TO ANAUDIENCE AND

COMMUNICATES IDEAS

AND FEELINGS.DESCRIBE HOW THE

TERMS TO THE LEFT

HELPED IT’S AUDIENCE

UNDERSTAND THE

STORY. HOW MIGHT

THE SHOW HAVE

CHANGED IF THESE

ASPECTYS OF THEATRE

WERE NOT USED TO

CREATE THEPRODUCTION?

THEATRE TERMS

Here is a list of some of

the terms used in theatre

to help your studentslearn more about theatre.

Costume - any clothing an

actor wears onstage for a

performance.

Director - the person who

oversees the entire process

of staging a production.

Lighting Designer - the

person who develops a

lighting concept and de-

sign for a production.

Pantomime - to act

without using words

through facial expression

and body movement.

Property or Prop -

anything that

an actor handles onstage

as well as furniture and

other items used to

enhance the set.

Scenery - onstage

structures to help establish

the time and place.

Set Designer - the person

who develops the design

and concept of the

set.

Tableau or Tableaux - a

silent and motionless

depiction of a scene, often

from a picture.

Transition - movement,

gesture, or words that acts

as a bridge between beats

in a monologue; a verbal

or visual connection that

links scenes.



Puppetry

In this show you will see many types of puppets. Puppets are wonderful to use in playsbecause they help create the story and appeal to our imagination!

Puppet Project

Some puppets in this show mimic or look similar to the actors that are playing them.Give each student a paper lunch sack and some art supplies including glue, pipecleaners, markers, construction paper etc., and have them make a puppet ofthemselves trying to match their puppets as closely to how they look as possible(clothing, facial expressions, etc.)

OR

Use same craft supplies and have students make puppets of characters from the showand have them act out the following scenes from the play with a partner and discusstheir thoughts on the scenes (what they think it means, why is it important, etc.)

Skit 1

MAMA WULUMAN: We Wulumans believe that everything has a soul.

LILY: Do teddy bears and broken toys have souls?

MAMA WULUMAN: If someone thought to create it, shaped it by their loving hands, then itmust have a part of their soul too, don’t you think?

Skit 2

LILY: I can’t go back there, Papa.

PAPA WULUMAN: Why not?

LILY: Because everything I love goes kaboom.

PAPA WULUMAN: From up here I can see your garden. It shouldn’t exist but it does. Youtook your kaboom and turned it into something beautiful.

LILY: But, Papa, all I see are children hiding in rubble afraid to play and laugh.

PAPA WULUMAN: Your garden is a beginning and isn’t that what hope is?



Lily Plants A Garden

Word Find

A B R O K E N Z B L B V C N T

Z F Q G I Z O G E D Z R S J S

H J X N S B A M A P V B L B K

A P A P E O A J T K K P T O X

W I Z I T M B Z R X R G V P A

A U N H A J T P I M O L X T O

S G L H O E X M C P U Z Z L NB T T U L P H J E W K H B I E

D H E B M R E D I I P D W L D

L E B P J A S P T V J D G Y R

L U E O P W N E R U T L U C A

R O C S X U K S O T F Y S B G

B E Z V N Z P K I V O F N S Y

B A L L E R I N A B Y P Y O MI A X W A U F P I N I J Q Z W

Search for the words below in the puzzle above. The words may appearhorizontally, vertically, or crosswise.

BALLERINA

BEATRICE

BROKEN

CULTUREGARDEN

HOPE

LILY

MAMA

PAPA

PUPPETS

RUBBLE

SEEDWAR

WULUMANS

ZOBEING



Music represents

Lily’s tears.

How does music influence

your emotions?

Have you ever heard

music that made you

feel happy or sad?

The next time you watch

a T.V. show, listen to

the music playing in

the background. How

does it contribute to

the performance? Does

it affect your mood?

Was this performance a

musical?

What makes a theatre

performance a musical?

Musical theatre combines

song (singing), acting and

dance.

What are some examples ofmusicals you may have

seen?

Choreographer: someone who composes dance sequences

If you were asked to choreograph a dance to the music

of a performance, what would your music sound like for

happy, sad, scary or even funny parts of the story?

What would your dance motions look like?



The Basics of Making Pinwheels

To make a pinwheel, cut a piece of paper 4 inches square. Number thecorners 1, 2, 3, and 4 as seen in figure 1. Join corners I and 3 and corners 2and 4 with dotted lines. Then draw an X as shown in Fig. 2. Color each

section, repeat the colors on the opposite side of the paper, as in Fig. 3.Now cut along the dotted lines up to the X at the center of the paper.Then take corner I and lay it over the center. Place corner 2 on top ofcorner I. Then put corner 3 on top of corner 2, and corner 4 on top ofcorner 3. Push a pin through all the corners and into the top of a lollipopstick or a straw.. Hold your pinwheel against the wind. It will spin. Seewww.pinwheelsforprevention.org (a Prevent Child Abuse website).

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MAKE YOUR OWN FLOWER!!!Supplies needed:

A paper plate

Colorful construction paper

Scissors Glue

Trace a child's hand on colorful construction paper, at least 10 times.

Cut out the hand tracings.

Glue or staple a circle of handprint tracings (fingers pointingoutwards) around the outside of the plate - the fingers are theflower's petals.

Glue or staple a second circle of handprint tracings (fingers pointingoutwards) just inside the first circle.

Glue or staple a third circle of handprint tracings at the center ofthe plate.

Glue a small paper circle in the center of the flower.



LET’S MAKE A CASTLE!

In Lily Plants a Garden you see a castle. Why not make your own?

Pirate or Princess Preschool Castle

Ziggity Zoom's castle crafts are ideal for younger children, particularlypreschoolers. Materials include four toilet paper rolls, a plastic straw, a paperflag, scissors, black or pink paint and four index-card-sized pieces of cardboard.Assemble the materials into a castle shape by cutting slits in the toilet paper rolltowers and sliding in the cardboard walls. Some preschool children may be ableto assist with assembly, but those who can't, will enjoy painting the castle anddecorating it with princess jewels or pirate stickers. This craft takes about 45minutes to one hour to complete.

Read more: Castle Crafts for Children | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/list_7239793_castle-crafts-children.html#ixzz1l3N6rZUy

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