The Story
The MLHT Fall ’24 production will be Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse.
This play is adapted from Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse © 1996 by Kevin Henkes. Performed with permission from Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Theatrical adaptation © 1998 by Kevin Kling.
Playwright Kevin Kling adapted Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse from three popular Keven Henkes’ books; Chester’s Way; Julius, the Baby of the World; and Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse.
Lilly’s adventurous life is filled with fun, friends and frustration. Her world is turned upside down when her little brother Julius arrives. She adores her new teacher Mr. Slinger. After her Grammy buys her the perfect purple plastic purse that plays music, her excitement to share disrupts class and her purse is taken by Mr. Slinger. Lilly is very mad and puts a mean note in his bag. When Lilly finds the nice note Mr. Slinger snuck into her bag she regrets her mean actions and works to solve her dilemma. In the end, all is right in Lilly’s world and she even finds a place in her heart for her stinky baby brother. – Synopsis content sourced from Childsplay Theatre and Scholastic Teacher.
Potential curricular integration themes include reading comprehension, writing comprehension, social emotional learning, animal facts, sequencing, fine motor skills through craft activities, and more.