The Mortals of Greek Mythology | Reader's Theater Scripts Bundle (5)

This bundle includes 5 Readers Theater Scripts that explore 9 Famous Mortals of Greek Mythology. These scripts and worksheets engage students in an interactive narrative instead of reading the original story and helps develop listening and speaking skills as students practice expressive voice acting.

Teaching Tips for Using these Scripts:

• The number of characters in each script varies from 16~29 characters.
• For More Students: Main character can be read by multiple students.
• For Less Students: Minor characters can be read by just one student.
• The lengths vary from 2900 ~ 3300 words
• The scripts should take about 50 min
• Each script is geared towards grades 8~12 but may be suitable for grades 6~7 depending on your classroom's reading level.

Quick Overview of the 5 Mortal-Focused Scripts in this Bundle:

Odysseus – The Cunning Hero of Troy and the Odyssey A mortal odyssey unfolds as a crafty hero topples Troy with a wooden ruse, braves gods and monsters across storm-tossed seas, and reclaims his home through unrelenting wit. His epic weaves cleverness and divine trials into a relentless quest for Ithaca’s hearth. Guile outshines brawn in a journey of resilience, his trials a tapestry of schemes and endurance, forging a legacy that outlasts the gods’ wrath to shine as Greece’s enduring beacon of mortal will against fate’s vast currents.

Hector & Paris – The Princes of Troy Troy’s saga unfolds as one prince stands unyielding, battling Greeks until Achilles’s blade claims his life, while another ignites war with a stolen love, felling the Greek champion with a sly arrow before ruin consumes him. Their tale weaves a clash of honor and desire, tracing the city’s proud rise to its fiery fall. Duty and recklessness collide in a timeless epic, their choices forging a legacy of valor and ash that echoes through Greece’s shattered walls, a testament to princely fates bound by war’s unyielding tide.

Atalanta & Meleager – The Huntress and the Cursed Prince A mythic chase ignites as a bear-raised huntress pierces the Calydonian Boar and outruns fate, while a prince leads the hunt only to perish in a fiery curse sparked by divine wrath. Their story threads defiance and honor through forest shadows, ending in retribution’s roar. Speed and doom entwine in a saga of mortal will, their paths a fleeting triumph over beasts and gods, leaving a haunting echo of resilience and tragedy carved in the wilds of Greece’s untamed heart.

Ajax & Diomedes – Warriors of the Trojan War Troy’s dust births a tale of might and exile as one warrior stands as Greece’s unbreakable shield, clashing with foes until pride drags him down, while another wounds gods and carves a kingdom from the wreckage. Their journey blends defiance and struggle, stretching from war’s chaos to Italy’s dawn. Strength and daring shape their fates, one falling in Troy’s shadow, the other rising beyond it, their legacies a dual song of battle’s glory and human frailty etched across the war-torn earth.

Daedalus & Cadmus – The Builders Who Defied Fate A mythic clash rises as one man founds Thebes with dragon’s blood, his bold seed cursed to serpentine doom, while another crafts a Labyrinth and wings, losing his son to the sun’s wrath in a bid for freedom. Their stories entwine audacity and retribution, spanning Thebes’s rise to Crete’s shadowed exile. Builders of marvels defy gods, their creations—city and flight—soaring high before fate’s hand strikes, leaving a legacy of ingenuity and tragedy that endures in stone and sorrow across Greece’s fated lands.

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