Chocolate Power! Fight for Your Easter Eggs

In this middle grade comedy drama, students can develop not only drama skills, but valuable social skills. They will build self-confidence as they take part in a production team and rehearse together, using initiative, collaborative and decision-making skills. You can read Scenes 1-3 at my website, via this link: bit.ly/3ovEFxW.

The story begins when Miss Blake bans her class from the school’s Easter Egg Hunt, but she has no idea how far the children will go to make her change her mind. The class quickly works together to find ways to get their message across. As the day progresses, they hijack the art lesson, the math lesson and finally their spelling test, until Miss Blake can take no more and finally gives in. Are the children just being plain naughty? Or are they cleverly using their initiative skills so they can get to their chocolate?

The script would work well with students aged 8-11 and could be used in a drama lesson or at a drama club. The content of the play could also lead to issue-based discussion and debate, for example, about whether the children were right to rebel, or whether eating a lot of chocolate is a good idea.

The script is 16 pages long and the performance lasts about 20 minutes. It has minimum props and one main location (a classroom) so it has simple staging needs. If you have a larger class, some children can take part as extras in Miss Blake’s class, or help as part of the stage crew. This could be a fun learning experience in the run-up to the Easter vacation. I hope you enjoy it!