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Redheaded Robbie’s
Christmas Story
or
Redheaded Robin’s
Christmas Story
Adapted from the book
Redheaded Robbie’s Christmas Story
by Bill Luttrell
Book & Lyrics by
Bill Luttrell
Music by
Carol Luttrell
A Samuel French Acting Edition
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Copyright © 2005,2009 by William J. Luttrell III and Carol A. Luttrell
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REDHEADED ROBBIE’S CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL had its
premiere performance at Hedgerow Theatre, Media, Pennsylvania, on
December 17, 2005. The production was directed by Penelope Reed, with
musical direction by Carol Luttrell, sound operation by Linda Hertzog
and choreography by Caroline Simmons. It was assistant directed/stage
managed by Newton Buchanan with the following cast:
REDHEADED ROBBIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Haxton
BIG EDDIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Nadkarni
COOL KATIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alison Mosier-Mills
MUNCHING MAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corey Hodge
MRS. WALLACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Wefel
THE RAISIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maggie Fitzgerald, Catherine Mosier-Mills
LAURA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Hallinan, Courtney Smith
KEITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Pretlow
LISA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caitlin Vanderwolf
BRIGITTA/KARL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Silverstein, Carter Ford
ELISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maggie Fitzgerald, Catherine Mosier-Mills
ROSIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Kotchick, Mary Kate Kotchick
SNOWFLAKES/FRUITCAKES . . . . . . . . . Sarah McColl, Emily Hallinan,
Emily Kotchick, Mary Kate Kotchick, Newton Buchanan, Catherine
Mosier-Mills, Ruth Wellin, Caitlin Vanderwolf, Heather Sciubba,
Robert Pretlow, Carter Ford, Lauren Kelleher, Rachel Kelleher, Haley
Marcus, Molly Marcus, Mina Lezenby, Ashley Wildes, Tamara Mitchell,
Tia Mitchell, Khrystine Hudnell, Jordan Hodges, Rob Leinhauser,
Nicollette Brignola, Rachel Silverstein, Courtney Smith, Jillian Mullen
KENNY LITTLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Pretlow
CHRISTMAS FAIRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Khrystine Hudnell
ELVES . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicollette Brignola, Rachel Silverstein,
Jordan Hodges, Ashley Wildes
SANTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newton Buchanan
TIMMY ADAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carter Ford
THIRD GRADE DANCERS . . . . . . . . Emily Hallinan, Maggie Fitzgerald,
Emily Kotchick, Mary Kate Kotchick, Lauren Kelleher, Rachel
Kelleher, Jillian Mullen, Haley Marcus, Molly Marcus, Catherine
Mosier-Mills, Ruth Wellin, Heather Sciubba
CHARACTERS
Characters with lines throughout the play:
REDHEADED ROBBIE/ROBIN -- Kind, generous, second grader
who is liked by all. Speaks fine to his/her friends and family,
but whenever he/she gets nervous or upset, his/her words
come out all wrong.
BIG EDDIE/OUTGOING EMMA -- One of Robbie’s/Robin’s best
friends. A confident, natural leader with an oversized personality. His/her dad owns a toy store.
COOL KATIE/KYLE -- One of Robbie’s/Robin’s best friends. The
coolest kid in class, but still a nice person.
MUNCHING MAX/MONA -- One of Robbie’s/Robin’s best friends.
Always eating. Everything in his/her life relates to food and
eating.
MRS./MR. WALLACE -- The new second-grade teacher. Very positive
person. Thinks that everything her/his students do is great.
Believes that, with practice, a student can do anything.
Characters who sing a verse in “Choose Me”:
LAURA/LENNIE -- Kid who is always sick.
KEITH/KIRSTEN -- Teacher’s pet.
LISA/LARRY -- Kid who is always down.
BRIGITTA/BARRY AND CARLA/KARL -- Two kids who are highly
dissimilar physically (tall and short, dark-skinned and lightskinned, etc) who pretend they are twins.
ELISE/ELDON -- Thinks she’s/he’s smart and is not.
ROCCO/ROSIE -- Teller of tall tales.
Characters in “Snowflakes And Fruitcakes”:
DANCING SNOWFLAKES -- Beautiful, ballerina-like snowflakes who
sing to Robbie/Robin.
MARCHING FRUITCAKES -- Loud, rowdy, soldier-like fruitcakes who
sing to Robbie/Robin.
THE RAISIN -- Cocky, confident. Has to share the stage with the
Dancing Snowflakes and Marching Fruitcakes and can hold
its own.
Characters in the Christmas Assembly scene:
KRISTEN/KENNY LITTLE -- A fifth grader who has written a bad
Christmas play.
TIMMY/TAMMY ADAMS -- A fourth grader who performs a bad
Christmas song on his/her electric guitar.
SANTA -- Wears a wig.
CHRISTMAS FAIRY -- Waves to the audience the entire time she is
on stage.
ELVES -- Cute, they all act in unison.
THIRD-GRADE DANCERS -- Lovely but clumsy.
NOTES ON THE CASTING
All characters can be male or female. Once the cast is chosen, all actors
should strike out the inapplicable names and pronouns in their booklets.
This musical can be performed by as few as five actors. The appendix
lists the characters that each actor plays in each scene.
-Bill & Carol Lutrell
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS
Scene 1: Second-Grade Classroom
“Choose Me”
“Choose Me” Reprise
Chorus, Mrs./Mr. Wallace,
Robbie/Robin, Eddie/Emma,
Katie/Kyle, Max/Mona,
Seven additional characters who
each sing one verse
Chorus, Mrs./Mr. Wallace, Robbie/Robin,
Eddie/Emma, Katie/Kyle, Max/Mona
Scene 2: Second-Grade Classroom
“I’m Gonna Get It Right”
Scene 3: School Parking Lot
Scene 4: Robbie’s/Robin’s Bedroom
“Snowflakes and Fruitcakes”
“Snowflakes and Fruitcakes” Reprise
Scene 5: City Street
Scene 6: Eddie’s/Emma’s Dad’s Office
“I Never Thought About Christmas
That Way – (Eddie/Emma)”
Robbie/Robin, Eddie/Emma,
Katie/Kyle, Max/Mona
Robbie/Robin, Mrs./Mr. Wallace
Robbie/Robin, Snowflakes,
Fruitcakes, The Raisin
Robbie/Robin, Snowflakes,
Fruitcakes, The Raisin
Robbie/Robin, Mrs./Mr. Wallace
Robbie/Robin, Eddie/Emma
Katie’s/Kyle’s Bedroom
“I Never Thought About Christmas
That Way – (Katie/Kyle)”
Robbie/Robin, Katie/Kyle
Max’s/Mona’s Bedroom
“I Never Thought About Christmas
That Way – (Max/Mona)”
Robbie/Robin, Max/Mona
Scene 7: Christmas Assembly
“Timmy’s/Tammy’s Bad Song”
“Bad Third Grade Dance”
“Redheaded Robbie’s/Robin’s
Christmas Story”
Timmy/Tammy Adams
Chorus as Third Grade Dancers
Robbie/Robin, Eddie/Emma,
Katie/Kyle, Max/Mona
“My Christmas Gift”
Entire Cast
“Curtain Call”
Entire Cast
Scene 1
(Push button to start song number 1.)
Song: “THE OVERTURE”
(SCENE: Curtain opens on a second-grade classroom.
Students [the chorus] are seated in a classroom setting,
facing the audience. REDHEADED ROBBIE/ROBIN is
seated in the front row along with BIG EDDIE/OUTGOING EMMA, COOL KATIE/KYLE, and MUNCHING
MAX/MONA. Enter MRS./MR. WALLACE, holding an
upside-down hat with slips of folded paper in it.)
MRS./MR. WALLACE. Good Monday morning, second grad-
ers. I’m Mrs./Mr. Wallace, your new teacher.
ALL. (sing-songy) Good morning, Mrs./Mr. Wallace.
MRS./MR. WALLACE. Are you ready for a Christmas surprise?
I’ve written all your names on pieces of paper and I’ve
put them in this hat. Now, watch this! (She/he theatrically reaches into the hat, pulls out a folded piece of paper,
and holds it high in the air.) In my hand is the name of
a lucky second grader. This child will get to make up a
Christmas story and tell it to the big Christmas assembly this Friday. Who wants to be chosen?
ALL. (Said by every student except ROBBIE/ROBIN, as they raise
their hands and try to get MRS./MR. WALLACE’s attention.)
Choose me! Choose me!
(Push button to start song number 2.)
Song: “CHOOSE ME”
ALL. (Except for ROBBIE/ROBIN, who does not sing in this song.
During the song ROBBIE/ROBIN shows by his/her actions
that he/she does not want to be chosen; he/she tries to hide,
he/she silently prays not to be chosen, etc. The other children
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want to be chosen, and they raise hands emphatically, beg on
bended knee, give fake smiles, etc…)
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
LAURA/LENNIE. (sung while limping and holding injured knee)
MRS./MR. WALLACE I FEEL SICK I
HURT MY KNEE.
BUT I’LL FEEL BETTER (limp magically disappears)
RIGHT AWAY IF
YOU CHOOSE ME.
KEITH/KIRSTEN. (sung while presenting an apple to MRS./MR.
WALLACE)
TEACHER HERE’S AN APPLE THAT I
GREW FOR YOU.
IF YOU CHOOSE ME I’LL GIVE YOU BABY
BROTHER TOO.
(pulls out a picture of baby brother and hands it to MRS./
MR. WALLACE)
ALL.
CHOOSE ME, ’CAUSE I’M YOUR FAVORITE.
CHOOSE ME BECAUSE TODAY’S MY BIRTHDAY!
LOVELY/HANDSOME MRS./MR. WALLACE
CHOOSE ME PLEASE.
PRETTY PLEASE?
LISA/LARRY.
TEACHER I AM SAD BECAUSE MY
GERBIL DIED.
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IF YOU CHOOSE ME
THEN HE IS YOURS. HIS
NAME IS CLYDE.
(LISA/LARRY hands MRS./MR. WALLACE small stuffed
rodent.)
BRIGITTA/BARRY & CARLA/KARL. (should look very dissimilar,
e.g., tall and short, dark-skinned and light-skinned, short
hair and long hair, etc.)
TEACHER, TEACHER, WE ARE TWINS IT’S
OBVIOUS!
WE LOOK THE SAME WE TALK THE SAME YOU
MUST CHOOSE US!
ALL.
CHOOSE ME, ’CAUSE I’M YOUR FAVORITE.
CHOOSE ME BECAUSE TODAY’S MY BIRTHDAY!
LOVELY/HANDSOME MRS./MR. WALLACE
CHOOSE ME, PLEASE.
PRETTY PLEASE?
ELISE/ELDON.
TEACHER, TEACHER PLEASE CHOOSE ME ’CAUSE
I AM SMART.
FOR TEN PLUS TEN PLUS TEN PLUS TEN IS -(uncertain) MAYBE THREE?
ROCCO/ROSIE.
DADDY HE IS FAMOUS HE’S A
KING YOU SEE.
IF YOU CHOOSE ME THEN HE WILL GIVE YOU
ITALY.
ALL.
CHOOSE ME, ’CAUSE I’M YOUR FAVORITE.
CHOOSE ME BECAUSE TODAY’S MY BIRTHDAY!
LOVELY/HANDSOME MRS./MR. WALLACE
CHOOSE ME, PLEASE.
PRETTY PLEASE?
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
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CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
CHOOSE ME!
(After song, MRS./MR. WALLACE walks over to ROBBIE/
ROBIN.)
MRS./MR. WALLACE. Young man/lady, I noticed that your
hand wasn’t up. Don’t you want to make up a Christmas story and tell it to the assembly?
ROBBIE/ROBIN. Bogle bree chee! (embarrassed by what he/she
has just said)
MRS./MR. WALLACE. I didn’t quite get that.
ROBBIE/ROBIN. Bogle bree chee! (more embarrassment)
MRS./MR. WALLACE. Are you saying you want to tell a story
at the assembly?
ROBBIE/ROBIN. (bursting out) BOGLE BREE CHEE!
(ROBBIE/ROBIN drops his/her head to his/her desk in embarrassment.)
MRS./MR. WALLACE. (addressing the class) Does anyone know
what’s going on with this young man/lady?
EDDIE/EMMA. (standing up) He’s/she’s Redheaded Robbie/
Robin. He/she didn’t mean to say ‘bogle bree chee.’
He/she – .
KATIE/KYLE. (interrupting in a friendly way and standing up) –
wanted to say ‘don’t choose me’, but ‘bogle bree chee’
came out. That’s because – .
MAX/MONA. (interrupting in a friendly way and standing up)
– Redheaded Robbie/Robin is pretty nervous at the
moment.
MRS./MR. WALLACE. And why, may I ask?
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EDDIE/EMMA. He/she really doesn’t want to tell a Christmas
story at the assembly. Redheaded Robbie/Robin –
KATIE/KYLE. (interrupting) – Speaks perfectly fine when he/
she is talking to us. But whenever he/she feels nervous, the first words that jump from his/her mouth
usually make no sense. So the –
MAX/MONA. (interrupting) – last thing Redheaded Robbie/
Robin wants to do is make up a Christmas story and
tell it to the assembly. He’s/she’s afraid he’ll/she’ll say
something silly when he’s/she’s on the stage.
MRS./MR. WALLACE. And who are you to know so much
about this young man/lady?
KATIE/KYLE. (pointing to EDDIE/EMMA) That’s Big Eddie/
Outgoing Emma. His/her dad owns the toy store.
MAX/MONA. (pointing to KATIE/KYLE) That’s Cool Katie/
Kyle. She’s/he’s the coolest kid in class.
EDDIE/EMMA. (pointing to MAX/MONA) That’s Munching
Max/Mona. He’s/she’s always eating. We’re Redheaded Robbie’s/Robin’s best friends.
MRS./MR. WALLACE. Young Redheaded Robbie/Robin, with
practice, practice, practice, I believe any student can
do anything he/she wants! (MRS./MR. WALLACE walks
to the front of the class.) Let’s find out who gets to make
up a Christmas story and tell it to the assembly. (She/he
unfolds the piece of paper and reads from it.) The winner is
Redheaded Robbie/Robin!
(Push button to start song number 3.)
Song: “CHOOSE ME” (Reprise)
ALL. (whispered)
OH NO!
OH NO!
OH NO!
OH NO!
OH NO!
OH NO!
OH NO!
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OH NO!
OH NO!
OH NO!
OH NO!
OH NO!
EDDIE/EMMA.
OH NO ROBBIE/ROBIN DID YOU HEAR THAT?
ROBBIE/ROBIN.
PUPPER FROW!
KATIE/KYLE.
IT CAN’T BE SO THAT SHE CHOSE YOU.
ROBBIE/ROBIN.
PUPPER FROW!
MAX/MONA.
BAD SHOW ROBBIE/ROBIN, WE WILL HELP YOU.
ROBBIE/ROBIN.
PUPPER FROW!
MRS./MR. WALLACE.
IF YOU WILL PRACTICE YOU’LL BE GREAT!
ROBBIE/ROBIN.
PUPPER FROW!
ALL.
WE’RE SAD, FOR OUR FRIEND ROBBIE/ROBIN.
FOR HE’S/SHE’S OUR PAL WE HAVE TO HELP HIM/
HER!
TALK TO US, POOR ROBBIE/ROBIN.
HOW’D YOU FEEL?
HOW’D YOU FEEL?
ROBBIE/ROBIN. (Standing up, exasperated, running around the
stage.)
NO FUN!
BLUE NUN!
I STUN!
I RUN!
I’M FRIED!
I CRIED!
CAN ME ME HIDE?
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