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B.U.L.L.Y.

(Better Understanding by Listening and Learning about You)

 

This award-winning play is available in 3 versions based on the age of the audience members.

 

  • Level One is recommended for grades K to 5.

 

  • Level Two is recommended for grades 5 to 8

 

  • Level Three is recommended for grades 7 to 12

 

See the descriptions below for each level.

 

 

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“Our students in K-5 were treated to a special performance by Kaleidoscope Theatre on bullying. These talented cast members presented a clear and consistent anti-bullying message stressing the affirmation of each person’s self-worth. It also stressed the development of social skills that enable students to make friends and coexist peacefully."

St. Rocco's School

 

 

 

"Bravo!!!!

The play was awesome and the students thoroughly enjoyed the performance!


They were thanking me all day for bringing your theater group to our
school. “B.U.L.L.Y.” is a powerful and entertaining presentation about the
bullying issues in our schools. Your troupe was outstanding with their
sincere outreach to help our students understand this important topic.


Thank you for a wonderful day at Northbridge Middle School!"

 

 

 

"Thank you so much for the fabulous performance you did for our ninth grade class.  The message you portrayed was current and realistic.  Unlike most presentations on bullying which are delivered by adults, the high school actors, who were amazingly talented, held the students attention throughout the entire play and consequently the message was meaningful and relevant to them.

 

Again, thank you from all of the faculty and ninth graders for allowing us to host this performance, and please make sure that all involved know how well the play was received.  It facilitated discussions on bullying the next day in advisory, and the guidance counselors will also be following up with additional information/lessons with the 9th graders on the many problems and the serious effects associated with bullying."

 

Trish Almquist, Director of Guidance
East Providence High School

A big thank you to CVS and Mary Jane McCuster for supplying us with toothpaste for every show.

Level One 


Synopsis: 6 students attend auditions for their school play, The Wizard of Oz, and enact a variety of bullying situations audience members may have encountered at school. A sensitive yet realistic portrayal of situations experienced by the bully, the bullied, and the bystanders,  our BULLY program offers viable alternatives and solutions on how to deal and heal.

Level One is performed in-the-round (meaning audience members sit all around the playing area) and includes:

 

  • An interactive opening demonstration

  • A 35-minute musical performance/storyline

  • A closing question and answer session


Topics covered:

 

  • Physical bullying

  • Emotional bullying

  • Gossip

  • Exclusion

  • Cyber bullying

  • Hints at suicide and other consequences of bullying behavior

  • Solutions and strategies presented - Anonymous bully boxes, designated bully contact person, and telling an adult
     

Level Two 


Synopsis: 6 students attend auditions for their school play, Grease, and encounter a variety of bullying situations. Watch as the bullies, the victims, and the bystanders learn from their mistakes and discover that liking yourself is an important step in ending the bullying cycle.

Level Two is performed proscenium, either on a stage or gym floor. This program including the story line, strategies, and closing Q&A.  It runs about an hour.

Topics covered:

  •  Physical bullying

  • Emotional bullying

  • Gossip

  • Exclusion

  • Cyber bullying

  • Consequences of bullying behavior - Suicide and School Violence

  • Solutions and strategies presented - "What else could it mean?", 'Like Me", deep breathing, online help - www.teenstrategies.com

Level Three


Synopsis: 6 students attend auditions for their school play, Grease, and live through a variety of bullying situations audience members may have encountered at school. Gary, a student who has been bullied for years, decides to take matters into his own hands and has something special planned for the upcoming auditions...

Level Three is performed proscenium, usually on an auditorium stage. This program including the story line, strategies, and closing Q&A and runs about an hour.

Topics covered:

  • Physical bullying

  • Emotional bullying

  • Gossip

  • Exclusion

  • Cyber bullying

  • Bullying/discrimination because of sexual
    orientation or experience

  • Consequences of bullying behavior

  • Suicide and School Violence (One of the characters commits suicide by the end of the show. Although nothing of the suicide is shown, one actor is left onstage to symbolize that he is no longer alive.  Schools can determine if they'd prefer not to use this ending.)

  • Hints of abuse

  • Solutions and strategies presented are based on the multiple award winning anti-bullying leadership/success program Strategies for Success.  


They include:-

  • "What else could it mean?",

  • "Like Me",

  • Deep breathing

  • “What I like about you”

 

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