www.pioneerdrama.com
PO Box 4267
Englewood, CO 80155
800-333-7262
Many homeschooling families and support groups have already discovered the value of including Theatre Arts either as part of their vital curriculum or as a powerful and fun unit within language arts. Ideal for engaging multiple ages at once, Theatre Arts give all participants the ability to strengthen their skills in reading fluency, reading with expression, memorization, listening, and public speaking skills. In fact, the personal growth goes much further, as Theatre Arts also develops creativity, problem-solving, thinking on your feet, time-management, and teamwork while increasing real-life self-esteem and confidence. Truly, there’s nothing quite like the achievement of working with other people on a play or musical, then entertaining audiences with the fruits of your labor!
To help your group or co-op with all aspects of theatre, Pioneer Drama Service offers play and musical scripts of all genres for second grade through high school. With over 60 years of experience serving the script needs of schools and homeschool groups, Pioneer Drama has grown to be the largest play publisher dedicated exclusively to the educational and amateur markets. They are still family-owned and operated by the founding family, which happens to include many teachers who understand how to serve the needs of educators, whether professional or homeschooling parents.
Pioneer Drama carries over 1,200 plays and 240 musicals for elementary grades through high school, including murder mysteries, comedies, classic literary adaptations, fairy tales, and fractured fairy tales. Their shows have cast sizes from 2 to 40 or more (and everything in between!) with varying running times from 20 minutes to 90 minutes or more. What doesn’t vary is that they all have simple sets and costuming, making it easy to produce, even without a formal stage.
Virtually every theatrical performance type is represented in Pioneer Drama’s catalog – plays, musicals, skits, television commercials, and radio plays. They also have very reasonably priced textbooks that cover all aspects of theatre from monologues and short plays to theatre games, costuming, and more. Even better, they offer all their books at a discounted price often 25% or more lower than the standard retail price.
Most importantly, Pioneer Drama prides itself on offering homeschools a large collection of plays and musicals that are wholesome and safe. No foul language, no drinking or smoking, and no inappropriate relationships. To give you complete peace of mind, they encourage you to read the full script before selecting a particular show for production and offer free or cost-saving ways to do so.
Pioneer Drama’s plays are also extremely user-friendly, with clear stage directions and complete costume notes and prop lists in every script. Never directed a play before? Pioneer Drama’s scripts make theatre possible even for the most amateur among us! You don’t even have to read music to direct one of Pioneer Drama’s musicals since they all come with professionally orchestrated and recorded music tracks that have every song both with and without lyrics to meet all your rehearsal and production needs.
The folks at Pioneer Drama are as friendly and personable as can be, priding themselves on being “old-fashioned” in the best of ways. Can you believe an actual person answers the phone immediately when you call between 9 am and 8 pm, Monday through Friday?! They are available to take your order or answer any questions you might have. Still, they also keep up with the best of technology, including an industry-leading website with an easy-to-use search engine to help you find the perfect play for your group based on your specifications of cast size, running time, genre, and more.
We encourage you to give your homeschooling students the experience of a lifetime and enrich their lives forever. Bring Theatre Arts to their curriculum and let Pioneer Drama be your vehicle!
