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The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

Adapted by Matthew Spangler. From the novel by Khaled Hosseini.

Product Code: K47000

Full-length Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 9m., 2w., with doubling. Flexible.

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Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

Afghanistan is a divided country, and two childhood friends are about to be torn apart. It is a beautiful afternoon in Kabul and the skies are full of the excitement and joy of a kite flying tournament. But neither of the boys can foresee the incident that will change their lives forever. Told across two decades and two continents, The Kite Runner is an unforgettable journey of forgiveness and shows us all that we can be good again.

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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Adapted by Dwayne Hartford. From the book by Kate DiCamillo.

Product Code: MQ8000

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Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 2m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 80 min.

Edward Tulane is an expensive toy rabbit made of china. He is vain, self-centered and has no interest in anyone other than himself. On an ocean voyage, Edward is accidentally thrown overboard and sinks to the bottom of the sea. So begins his journey—a journey over which he has no control, for he can neither move nor speak. As years pass, Edward meets many different people in many different situations, learning what it is to love, what it is to lose that love, and how to find the courage to love again.

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Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

Adapted by Mark Brown. From the novel by Jules Verne.

Product Code: AC2000

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Cast Size: 4m., 1w., may be expanded to 39 actors.

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Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

Join fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant as they race to circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days! But his every step is dogged by a detective who thinks he's a robber on the run. Danger, romance, and comic surprises abound in this whirlwind of a show as five actors portraying 39 characters traverse seven continents in this adaptation of one of the great adventures of all time.

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The Outsiders

The Outsiders

Adapted by Christopher Sergel. From the book by S.E. Hinton.

Product Code: O41000

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Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA
Cast Size: 10m., 8w., extras as desired.

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Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

This entirely practical stage adaptation of the modern classic deals with real people, seen through the eyes of young Ponyboy, a Greaser on the wrong side of life, caught up in territorial battles between the rich kids and his tough, underprivileged family and friends. This is a play about young people who are not yet hopeless about latent decency in the midst of struggle.

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Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

Adapted by Joseph Robinette. From the novel by L.M. Montgomery.

Product Code: A41000

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Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre
Cast Size: 6 to12m., 12 to 19w., extras if desired.

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Approx. Run Time: 105 min.

This dramatization captures the charm and excitement of L.M. Montgomery's enduring classic about an orphan girl, Anne Shirley, from her first encounter with her austere guardian to her thrilling graduation from Queen's Academy. The play faithfully recreates the memorable events and characters from the brilliant novel. The flexibility of casting and the simplicity of the set make this an ideal production for community and school groups.

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Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

By Max Bush.

Product Code: BN3000

Full-length Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | TYA
Cast Size: 5 to 9m., 7 to 11w., 4 any gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

In this version of Beauty and the Beast, young Prince Beaumont is turned into a beast when he rebuffs the advances of an older fairy and is to remain cursed until a young woman consents to marry him of her own free will. After trespassing on palace grounds, Beauty’s father reluctantly trades Beauty’s freedom for his own life at the Beast’s behest. As Beauty and the Beast struggle to understand each other, their journey is fraught with difficulty, doubt and danger.

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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

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

Product Code: MS6000

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Cast Size: 7 to 8m., 5w.

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Approx. Run Time: 150 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?

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The Storm in the Barn

The Storm in the Barn

Adapted by Eric Coble. From the graphic novel by Matt Phelan.

Product Code: S4D000

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Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 7 to 20 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

In 1937 Kansas, 11-year-old Jack faces many challenges: bullies, his father’s desperate attempts to keep his family intact, an ill older sister and a troublemaker little sister. But he’s also facing the Dust Bowl and the steady spread of the mysterious illness “Dust Dementia.” So can Jack even trust his own eyes when he makes a terrifying discovery in the abandoned barn next door? When everyone says you’re too small to be the hero of any story, where do you find the strength to save your family … and the world?

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20,000 Leagues Under the Seas

20,000 Leagues Under the Seas

Adapted by David Kersnar and Althos Low. From the books by Jules Verne.

Product Code: TW4000

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Recommended For: College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre
Cast Size: 7m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

A group of castaways in the South Pacific discover Captain Nemo—long thought dead—still haunting his now-crippled Nautilus. A debate arises between the men and the aged captain: in his years-long private war for revenge, was Nemo justified? Morally responsible? The play chronicles the interwoven histories of Professor Morgan Aronnax, a woman who has hidden her gender from the public at the behest of the French minister of science, and Nemo, as they voyage beneath the world’s oceans to the unclaimed tundra of the South Pole.

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Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

Adapted by Mark Brown. From the novel by Jules Verne.

Product Code: AN5000

Full-length Play
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Cast Size: 4m., 1w., may be expanded to 39 actors.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

Join fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant as they race to circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days! But his every step is dogged by a detective who thinks he's a robber on the run. Danger, romance and comic surprises abound in this whirlwind of a show as five actors portraying 39 characters traverse seven continents in this adaptation of one of the great adventures of all time.

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