Children’s Theatre of Elgin
School Shows Instructions
Dear Educator,
Thank you for making arrangements for your students to see our production! Below is additional information that will be useful for you to know before you attend this live-theater performance.
Theatre Location
Hemmens Cultural Center shows: (45 Symphony Way - corner of Symphony Way and Grove Avenue, Elgin, IL 60120): Upon your arrival, please have an adult check in with our school show coordinator and your group will be ushered directly to their seats. Seating is on a first-come-first-served basis. (Exceptions for special needs groups if we know class size in advance) You may arrive up to an hour prior to time of performance.
Theatre Etiquette
1) Please prepare your students for the performance by discussing our study guide information as well as these rules so they know what to expect as well as what is expected of them.
2) Do not bring any food, drink or gum into the theatre. If students have lunches for later, please let us know and we will provide a bin for them.
3) Please do not allow your students to be a distraction to other students or our actors.
4) No intermission is planned during the performance. If a student needs to use the restroom during the show, he or she must be accompanied by an adult.
5) Turn off all cell phones and pagers during the performance; they interfere with our microphones.
6) All cameras and video equipment are prohibited.
Thank you so much for your support of Children’s Theatre of Elgin. We hope you enjoy the show! If you have any questions, please call us at 847-214-7550.
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Website: www.cteelgin.com
Willy Wonka, Jr
Words & Music by
Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
Adapted for the Stage by
Leslie Bricusse & Timothy A. McDonald
Based on the book
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
By Roald Dahl
Dear Educator,
Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate! There’s only one thing better than chocolate and that’s Children’s Theatre of Elgin’s presentation of Willy Wonka, Jr!
For many years, Roald Dahl’s story of Willy Wonka has delighted children and adults. Dahl’s first draft of this story was in 1961. He wrote several drafts before he decided on the one that has now become so well known.
Pre-Show Discussion
What is a fantasy? What is a fantasy play or story? Can you name some fantasy plays or stories? (The Wizard of Oz, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, Where the Wild Things Are, The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings, Redwall series, Mary Poppins, fairy tales)
If you found some money in the street, what would you do? Do you know any greedy people? How do they act toward others? How do they make you feel?
Is it important to keep a good attitude regardless of the situation? To think positive during hard times is very difficult. Is it possible to be positive when your world is falling apart around you? Is it possible to be extremely poor and hungry and still have a positive attitude?
Post Show Discussion and Activities
We believe that students can learn in many different ways and theater can be one of those avenues. You will find Bloom’s Taxonomy – Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis and Evaluation question are used in this guide. You can pick and choose as many or as few as you see fit to enhance your students thinking and learning.
We hope you enjoy the show.
Willy Wonka, Jr.
1. Charlie Bucket’s family is very poor. They eat cabbage soup every night. This can’t be a healthy diet. Below, plan a balanced meal for the family.
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2. Charlie’s father’s job is to screw on toothpaste caps at a factory. What would you recommend as a better job for Mr. Bucket? Why?
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3. What job do you think would be a good choice for Charlie?
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4. What do you want to be when you grow up?
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5. Mr. Slugworth’s spies stole Willy Wonka’s candy balloon recipe. Because of this Mr. Wonka locked the gate to his factory and no one has been able to enter since. What would have been another way for Mr. Wonka to deal with this problem?
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6. The gates going to Willy Wonka’s factory are going to be opened to five lucky children. Mr. Wonka has hidden five Golden Tickets among five million ordinary candy bars. Design your own Golden Ticket. Put your name on it.
7. How did Charlie find his golden ticket? Mark the correct answer.
____ a. Willy Wonka knocked on his door and gave it to Charlie.
____ b. Charlie’s dad won it at work.
____ c. Grandpa Joe found it in his bed.
____ d. Charlie bought it from the Candy Man.
8. The five Golden Tickets are found! Number the first finder number one through to the last lucky winner number 5.
____Violet Beauregard ____ Augustus Gloop ____ Charlie Bucket
____ Mike Tevee ____Veruca Salt
9. Willy Wonka invents many new and interesting machines and candies. Create your own new candy or machine. Describe it and draw a picture of your new design.
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10. The Oompa-Loompas work in the chocolate factory. They love to sing! Match the song below to the Golden Ticket winner they are describing:
a. ______“. . . If you are wise, you’ll listen to me! Vad do you get ven you guzzle down sveets? Eating as much as an elephant eats? Var are you at, getting terribly fat? What do you think will come of that? I don’t like the look of it!”
b. ______“Gum chewing’s fine when it’s once in awhile. It stops you from smoking and brightens your smile! But it’s repulsive, revolting and wrong! Chewing and chewing all day long! The way a cow does!
c. ______“Oh, how I love to burp! People burp from Atlanta to Antwerp! Burp burp! From John Wayne to Wyatte Earp, just as birds love to chirp, every guy loves to B-U-R-P!”
d. ______“Who do you blame when your kid is a brat? Pampered and spoiled like a Siamese cat? Blaming the kid is a shame. You know exactly who is to blame! The mother and the father!”
e. ______“Some kids like electric trains, and some kids like to use their brains to earn a university degree! I don’t share their thirst for knowledge. I don’t need to go to college. Me, I see it all on T.V.”
11. Do you think the ordeal changed Violet, Augustus, Mike or Veruca in any way or will be they be the same after their visit? Which one are you the most like? Be HONEST!
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12. Do you think Charlie will be able to successfully run the factory? _____ Do you think that running the factory will change Charlie? _____ What will Grandpa Joe’s job be?
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THINK POSITIVE!
“You’ve nothing to lose, so why not choose to think positive! Whenever my luck is on the blink I think positive! When ever I’m feeling down and out. . .and don’t know what to do, I never give way to fear and doubt, cos thinking positive sees me through!”
“Whenever my stars are out of sync. I think positive! I write my thoughts down in purple ink, and think positive! Remember this song when things go wrong. Then you’ll know what to do! In no time you’ll be thinking positive too!”
THINK POSITIVE! This is what the Bucket Family believes.
Think of the times when you need to feel positive.
*On the first day of school and I’m wondering what will this year be like. I’m going to
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*When I look at my math assignment and wonder if I can understand this. . .I’m going to
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I’M GOING TO THINK POSITIVE!
MY BIO POEM
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(Four characteristics or qualities)
Son/Daughter of______
Who cares deeply about______
Who feels______
Who needs______
Who gives______
Who fears______
Who would like to see______
Resident of______
(last name)
More books about chocolate: Chocolate Moose for Dinner, Fred Gwynne;
From Coca Beans to Chocolate, Ali Miitgutsch; The Chocolate Touch, Patrick Catling.
Cool website to check out! www.hersheys.com
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