DN The Explorers and The Aliens

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About the Author…
Mariah Beachboard has taught acting and directing
over 13 years. She directed Mary Poppins, Honk!,
Scapin, and The Canterbury Tales for CYT
Fredericksburg. She performed with Theatre IV,
Carpenter Science Theatre Company, the Rude
Mechanicals, and Riverside Dinner Theatre in
Virginia, and with Theatre Huntsville in Alabama. As
co-owner of Spoken Word Events, LLP, she co-wrote
and produced marketing videos for the Spotsylvania
Education Foundation. Mrs. Beachboard holds a BA
from Mary Washington College (MWC) and toured in
Turkey with the college’s acting troupe. She
apprenticed with the Fredericksburg Theatre
Company. She holds an MBA in Marketing from
American Intercontinental University. Most recently she was named a finalist in the
Rocket City Playwright Series. Currently, she studies voice acting at Hollywood
Huntsville. She hopes to work one day with the creative networks Minnow Beats Whale
or Night Vale Presents.
Thank the Author…

If your group performs this piece, be sure to credit Mariah Beachboard in your program
and advertising. You may also wish to make her day by dropping her a line or sending
pictures of your production!
Contact Mariah directly at: mariahtfore@hotmail.com
About the play…

This short science fiction skit was first performed by lower
elementary students in the Fantasy in the Classroom
program through Fantasy Playhouse Children’s Theater in
Huntsville, AL. The class format was 5 hours of instruction
followed by a short showcase. One challenge these
students faced was a lack of interpersonal skills. In fact,
one student struggled with the idea of being silly or
“stupid” to such an extent that he would completely shut
down and have to leave the classroom. Therefore, I
purposely included silly moments that acclimated the
students to behaving in a silly way for an important
purpose. This was a very successful tactic. Doubling and
tripling is possible with this script. Additional tableaus
between the aliens and the explorers can also be explored.

The Explorers and the Aliens
By Mariah Beachboard
SUMMARY
It is a misty day in the jungle. Birds are singing, monkeys are chatting, snakes are hissing, vines
are swaying in the breeze. A spaceship has crash landed somewhere deep in this jungle. A
couple of guides lead a group of explorers into the jungle. The guides argue for a moment
about the direction. They split up the group. Group 1 crosses Down Stage Left. Group 2 crosses
Down Stage Right. Aliens creep Up Center Stage and start making gibberish noises. Groups
converge – stage tableaus Center Stage with different groups interacting together as kids
would. Finally, the alien teacher gathers her students to say goodbye.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
GUIDE 1
GUIDE 2
EXPLORERS GROUP 1:
ADAM
AVERY
EXPLORERS GROUP 2:
MARY
DORIAN
TYRONE
MRS. BABBLE-BLOP
ALIENS:
BLOPPY
BIPPY
SCOOT
SLOOP
CLIPPY
PEP
CLIP
GROOD
SETTING: A jungle.
(Up Center Stage, EXPLORERS and GUIDES hike in the jungle.)
GUIDE 1
I’ll guide you to the aliens crashed spaceship!

GUIDE 2
I’ll guide you! I know the way!
GUIDE 1
This is your first day on the job. You don’t know how to get through the jungle.
GUIDE 2
Oh yes, I do! This way, folks! (crosses Center Left)
EXPLORERS GROUP 2
Let’s follow her!
GUIDE 1
C’mon folks. Let’s go this way. (crosses Center Right)
EXPLORERS GROUP 1
That’s the way to go!
(Meanwhile, Aliens enter, Up Center Stage, on a field trip, led by Alien Teacher MRS. BABBLE-
BLOP.)
MRS. BABBLE-BLOP
You see children, the trees grow large and green here.
BIPPY
There’s a snake!
SCOOT
I see snails!
SLOOP
Is that a parrot?
CLIP
Earth is weird.
SLOOP
Earth is beautiful!
GUIDE 1/GUIDE 2
There! Look at the aliens!
(There is a domino effect of surprise through EXPLORER GROUPS.)
PEP
Oh no! It’s the people!

MRS. BABBLE-BLOP
Stay calm. Do as I do. (She walks in exaggerated manner, holds out hands to guides, then
yells.) ELLOOOOOO!
ALIENS
ELLOOOOOO!
AVERY
What’s wrong with them?
DORIAN
Yeah! What’s wrong with them?
KATE
Are they trying to sing?
MARY
I think they’re trying to be nice.
AVERY
It’s not nice to shout.
ADAM
HOOOOOWDEEEEE!
CLIP
What kind of greeting is that?
GROOD
Very strange.
SLOOP
I think they’re adorable!
SCOOT
Let’s see if they want to be friendly.
BIPPY
They look friendly to me.
(Groups converge one at a time to stage “tableaus” Center Stage: shaking hands, checking out
each other’s clothes, fist bump, sharing food, Ring-around-the-rosy.)
MRS. BABBLE-BLOP
Come children! Say skoodle-loo to the people!
ALIENS
Skoodle-loo!

(MRS. BABBLE-BLOP leads ALIENS back to spaceship.)
DORIAN
Wait!
PEP
What?!
ADAM
You can’t go in your ship!
KATE
You crashed it!
MRS. BABBLE-BLOP
We didn’t crash. We always land that way.
ALIENS
Goodbye!
ALL
Skoodle-loo!
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(Up Center Stage, EXPLORERS and GUIDES hike in the jungle.)

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