A young boy tours a theater, including backstage, before watching a play. Information boxes provide details about the roles of the director, stage manager, and lighting and sound technicians, and the making of props.

The class is putting on a play about George Washington Carver, and Missy is mad because she does not have an important part, but when the lead actor freezes, Missy saves the play.

Pinky is jealous when his best friend Rex gets the lead in the school play, even though she only tried out to give Pinky moral support.

Iris is devastated when she has to miss being in her first school play because she is sick.

Tacky the penguin and his friends perform a play for the little penguins in Mrs. Beakly's class, but with Tacky in the lead role, things do not go exactly as planned.

Woombat auditions for the Nativity play but has trouble finding the right part.

Cast in every role in the school play because she is the best student, singer, and actor, Prudence tries to pull off the perfect performance, with humorous results. Prudence is tops at everything. So when her school puts on a play, she naturally gets cast in every single role, but on opening night, expectations are high. Will Prudence pull off a perfect performance?

When Lisa takes Corduroy to the theater for the very first time, it’s so magnificent and exciting that he just can’t help heading out on his own to explore. From the orchestra pit to the prop table to the dressing rooms, Corduroy sees it all. Could there be a place for Corduroy on stage, too? Fifty years after this lovable, inquisitive teddy bear was first introduced to readers, he’s now the star of the show. Author Viola Davis uses her own...

When second-grader Eugene McGillicudy is forced to be the star of the students' winter play, he relies on his superpowered alter ego to help him.