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  1. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd MS6000

    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

    Adapted by Philip Grecian. Based on the novel by Agatha Christie.

    Product Code: MS6000

    • Drama | Melodrama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 7 to 8m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 120 min.
    In the small village of King’s Abbot, Mrs. Ferrars admits to her fiancé, Roger Ackroyd, that she had murdered her husband a year earlier and was being blackmailed to keep the murder a secret. Later, Ackroyd himself is murdered as he sits in his study, and detective Hercule Poirot is called out of retirement to investigate. Every servant and acquaintance in the household at the time of Ackroyd’s murder has something to hide—but who did it? And why? Learn More
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  2. D.O.A.

    D.O.A.

    By Elizabeth Lovelady. Based on the screenplay by Russel Rouse and Clarence Greene.

    Product Code: DG2000

    • Drama | Melodrama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 5 to 12m., 4 to 9w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    In this adaptation of the 1950s classic noir film, Frank Bigelow walks into a police station to report a murder: his own. After a wild night of drinking at jazz clubs with sexy women, he wakes feeling ill and learns he has been poisoned. With only hours left to live, Bigelow frantically searches for his killer and the reason he was targeted. Will the killer be brought to justice? Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  3. A Second Chance

    A Second Chance

    Book, music and lyrics by Ted Shen.

    Product Code: S2C000

    • Drama | Melodrama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 1m., 1w.
    • 80 min.
    Recent widower, Dan, and divorcee, Jenna, meet mid-life and mid-crisis. Their painful pasts cause them both to feel undeserving of happiness. But as their relationship turns to romance, they overcome fears of the past and present to accept a second chance at life and happiness. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. Wiley and the Hairy Man

    Wiley and the Hairy Man

    Book by Suzan Zeder. Music by Harry Pickens. Lyrics by Suzan Zeder and Harry Pickens.

    Product Code: WG6000

    • Comedy | Drama | Melodrama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 3m., 1w., 4 either gender, chorus of 4 to 12.
    • 60 min.
    Set deep in the Tombigbee swamp, this classic tale of a very young boy with a very big fear is brought to new and vibrant life in this musical version. The story centers around a fatherless young boy, his conjure-woman mother, his faithful dog and the Hairy Man who haunts Wiley's days and dreams. Wiley sets forth alone to face his fears and to conquer his own lack of self-confidence. Learn More
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  5. The Elopement of Megan O'Flaherty With the Ghost From Tinkers' Hollow

    The Elopement of Megan O'Flaherty With the Ghost From Tinkers' Hollow

    By Michael Johnson.

    Product Code: E79000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 3w., 1 either gender, extras.
    • 100 min.
    In 1900, Megan O'Flaherty, a young, plain barmaid in an Irish pub, is to be married in four days to the village braggart. When she hears a voice whisper to her from the shadows, it is like no other she has ever heard. She falls passionately in love for the first time, not with her husband-to-be, but with a ghost! Her father, her fiancé and the entire village have much to say about this situation as they fill the stage with Irish wisdom and hilarity! Learn More
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  6. King Stag

    King Stag

    Adapted by Stanley Vincent Longman. From the play by Carlo Gozzi.

    Product Code: K43000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 9m., 3w., 4 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 120 min.
    In this adaptation, the kingdom of Sependippo appears before our eyes with the help of the magnificent wizard, Durandarte. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  7. Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    By Max Bush. Adapted from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

    Product Code: TT4000

    • Drama | Melodrama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 10m., 2w., extras possible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 100 min.
    Sixteen-year-old Jim, Captain Billy Bones, Doctor Livesay and Squire Trelawney outfit a ship—the Hispaniola— and travel the seas in hunt of hidden treasure. Aboard the ship, Jim meets Long John Silver and quickly learns who he really is and what his plans are. Aided by Ben Gunn, the wild and half-insane maroon, Jim takes on the responsibility to save the ship and his shipmates and to secure the treasure. Learn More
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  8. Sorority House of the Dead

    Sorority House of the Dead

    By Mitch Brian.

    Product Code: ST2000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 3m. (2 with doubling), 7w., plus extra women as desired.
    • 60 min.
    It's 1987, and the totally tubular sorority sisters of Delta Pi Sigma are looking for new blood. When "brainiac" Tonya, "Madonnawannabe" Deb and "working girl" Janet enter the rush party of their "own free will," they soon discover that the sisters are "like, totally vampires" under the command of the eternally youthful house mother, Mrs. B. And when Mrs. B lays eyes on Janet, she becomes convinced that Janet is the reincarnation of her long-lost companion. As Deb goes missing and Janet falls under Mrs. B's spell, it's up to Tonya and southern belle Sissy to destroy the nest of vampires and rescue Janet. Learn More
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  9. Maul of the Dead

    Maul of the Dead

    By Mitch Brian.

    Product Code: MH3000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 5m., 4w., 10 to 25 or more zombies.
    • 60 min.
    It's 1978 and zombies in polyester walk the earth. A pair of SWAT officers take refuge with a perfume counter girl in a zombie-infested shopping mall. Learn More
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  10. Robin Hood: The Courtship of Allan A'Dale

    Robin Hood: The Courtship of Allan A'Dale

    Book and lyrics by Ric Averill and Jeanne Averill. Music by Ric Averill.

    Product Code: R08000

    • Comedy | Farce | Melodrama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 13m., 18w. (May be expanded to 13m., 26w. and 20+ of either gender. With doubling can be done with 7m., 6w., 6 either gender.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 100 min.
    All of the adventure, danger and joy that is associated with the tale of Robin Hood can still be found in this romantic, coming-of-age adventure story. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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