SUMMARY​

The Kyne are a people that love to celebrate and enjoy singing until all hours of the night, while the Scrowl hunt during the day and desire nothing more than to retire to their warm cave and sleep at night, in order to get up and hunt for food the next day.  The Scrowl despise the Kyne because their celebrations can be heard all the way to the Scrowls’ cave.  When the Scrowl find out that they can destroy the Kyne’s voice, they render all the Kyne mute.  This leaves the Kyne lost and sullen until they develop a new language with signs and dance.  The Scrowl are content to leave the Kyne alone until a Kynelin (baby) is born and the Scrowl realize they must destroy each infant’s voice.  This is a fantasy tale of two cultures struggling to coexist.  “The Kyne” involves a large amount of movement and dance; it can be made as simplistic or elaborate as necessary depending on the ability levels of your cast.

SETTING

CS is a fire pit with trees along the outskirts and around it.  It is suggested that you create multiple levels for the Kyne to be able jump up on or climb to since they are forest dwelling creatures.  Off to one side is a rock cliff and a cave opening with light coming from it at times.  Anything else can be added for effect or levels as desired or budget permits.  The original production made much use of standard unit set pieces and decided to allow it to look a bit like the ruins of a more ancient civilization.

CHARACTERS

​19 Characters: 2 Male, 3 Female, 14 Either,
+More if desired or Doubled up if needed

Narrator (F):	The narrator stands off to the side of the stage with an extremely large storybook.
	​THE KYNE
​Lee’Kyne (F):	​Leader of the Warrior Kyne or Wah’Kyne.
​Mother Kyne (F):	​​The Kyne’s Mother figure.
​Shaman Kyne (E):	​​The Kyne’s community and spiritual leader.
​Wa’ah Kyne (E):	​A member of the Wah’Kyne (Warrior Kyne).
​​Wa’ ay Kyne (E):	​​A member of the Wah’Kyne (Warrior Kyne).
​​Wa’ ee Kyne (E):	​A member of the Wah’Kyne (Warrior Kyne)
​​Wa’ oh Kyne (E):	​A member of the Wah’Kyne (Warrior Kyne)
​​Kyne Chorus (E):	​The size of the chorus can vary based on size of stage an available performers. ​
​​Kyne 1 (E):	​Starts the sign language and dance.
​​Kyne 2 (E):	​Starts the sign language and dance.
​Kyne 3 (E):	​Starts the sign language and dance.
​Young Kyne 1 (E):	​​Young Kyne in Scene 1 that are the first to lose their voices.
​​Young Kyne 2 (E):	​Young Kyne in Scene 1 that are the first to lose their voices.
	SCROWL
Friend Scrowl (M):	​​ Friend Scrowl is sympathetic to the Kyne after a while.
​Silver Scrowl (M):	​ The Scrowl’s Chieftan.
​Yah’ Scrowl (E):	​Part of the group that goes in to remove the Kynelin’s voices and fights Friend Scrowl and becomes Friend Scrowl’s subordinate.
​​Scrowl Clan (E):	​​Scrowl clan members can be doubled up as needed throughout the show.  It is recommended that there be at least 5 Scrowl Clan Members other than Silver Scrowl and Friend Scrowl.
Scrowl 1 (E):	​​Hunter Scrowl in Scene 1.
​Scrowl 2 (E):	​Scrowl Guard in Scene 1.
​​Scrowl 3 (E):	​Offstage Scrowl in Scene 1 and that scare the Kyne in Scene 1.
​​Scrowl 4 (E):	​Offstage Scrowl in Scene 1 and that scare the Kyne in Scene 1.
​Scrowl 5 (E):	​​Scrowl that scares the Kyne in Scene 1.
​​Scrowl 6 (E):	​​Hunter Scrowl that hear’s Kynelin’s voice in Scene.
​​Scrowl 7 (E):	Hunter Scrowl that hear’s Kynelin’s voice in Scene.
​​Scrowl 8 (E):	Part of the Group that goes in to remove Kynelin’s voice with Friend Scrowl and Yah’Scrowl in Scene 6.
​​Scrowl 9 (E):	​Part of the Group that goes in to remove Kynelin’s voice with Friend Scrowl and Yah’Scrowl in Scene 8.
Scrowl 10 (E):	​​Is with FRIEND SCROWL and YAH’SCROWL in Scene 9.