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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Product Code: S2B000

Full-length Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre
Cast Size: 6 to 9m., 2 to 5w.

No Livestream or Record and Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

James Nightshade and William Halloway leave their beds to watch the carnival train pull in, but there is no one manning the locomotive and no one in the cars behind. First lured by its promises, the two boys will soon discover the diabolical truth about the carnival. Only the boys and Will's father can save the town from the sinister carnival that threatens to destroy it and them.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $110.00/perf

Treasure Island

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

Product Code: TT4000

Full-length Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | Dinner Theatre
Cast Size: 10m., 2w., extras possible.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 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.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $90.00/perf

Animal Farm

Adapted by Ian Wooldridge from the book by George Orwell.

Product Code: AB6000

Full-length Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre
Cast Size: 6 to 12 either gender. Expandable.

No Livestream or Record and Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

The animals on a farm drive out their master and take over and run the farm for themselves. The experiment is successful, except that someone has to take the deposed farmer's place. Leadership devolves upon the pigs, which are cleverer than the rest of the animals. Unfortunately, their character is not equal to their intelligence. This dramatization remains faithful to the book's plot and intent and retains both its affection for the animals and the incisiveness of its message.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $110.00/perf

The Little Prince

By Rick Cummins and John Scoullar. Adapted from the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Product Code: LA4000

Full-length Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA
Cast Size: 10 to 32 any gender.

Approx. Run Time: 70 min.

This beloved classic now comes alive on stage in a large-cast straight play adaptation of the musical by the same authors. It includes the use of incidental music which brings the same heartfelt, lyrical quality to the production.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $110.00/perf

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Book and Lyrics by Judith Viorst. Music by Shelly Markham.

Product Code: A83000

Musical
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre
Cast Size: 4m., 3w., playing several roles.

No Livestream or Record and Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 75 min.

Alexander is having a bad day. A terrible day. A horrible day. To be quite honest, it's a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Alexander's struggles with life's daily dramas will entertain and educate young audiences, encouraging them to share their feelings and to realize that bad days happen—even in Australia!

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Min. Royalty Rate: $110.00/perf

Stand and Deliver

Based on the screenplay by Ramón Menéndez and Tom Musca. Adapted for the stage by Robert Bella.

Product Code: SB3000

Full-length Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre
Cast Size: 10m., 7w. (fewer with doubling), multiracial/gender flexible (half of the male roles can be played by females). Extras as desired.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 130 min.

This drama is the compelling true story of a dedicated East Los Angeles teacher who surmounts overwhelming odds in his quest to turn inner-city students into whiz kids. When Jaime Escalante leaves a career in engineering to teach high school math, he is assigned to a barrio school with a bad reputation and is in imminent danger of losing its accreditation. Still, his quirky sense of humor, antics and offbeat teaching methods mesmerize and motivate his students. The dramatic conclusion to this urban fairy tale is emotion-packed and inspirational.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $90.00/perf

Ramona Quimby

Dramatized by Len Jenkin. Based on the books by Beverly Cleary.

Product Code: R54000

Full-length Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA
Cast Size: 5m., 7w., 5 boys, 9 girls.

Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

Unpredictable. Exasperating. Boisterous and independent. That's Ramona Quimby for you. Always aggravating her older sister, Beezus, and constantly getting into trouble. This collection of vignettes traces Ramona's tumultuous passage through third grade and through her family relationships. Along with the discovery that life is not always fair, eventually they come to realize that sisters may not always agree, but they can be good to have around.

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Stuart Little

Adapted by Joseph Robinette. Based on the book by E.B. White.

Product Code: S99000

Full-length Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre
Cast Size: 7 to 25+ either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 70 min.

This is the endearing classic about a mouse named Stuart Little who is born into an ordinary New York family. All the charm, wisdom and joy of the original are captured in this adaptation as Stuart, the mild-mannered mouse, tries to survive in a "real people's world." The many adventures—both big and small—of Stuart Little are brought vividly to life in this story theatre presentation.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $110.00/perf

To Kill a Mockingbird

Adapted by Christopher Sergel. From the novel by Harper Lee.

Product Code: T34000

Full-length Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre
Cast Size: 11m., 6w. (flexible, extras.)

No Livestream or Record and Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 125 min.

The play opens in a sleepy Alabama town in the midst of the Great Depression, where Scout and her brother live with their widowed father, Atticus. The facade of the seemingly peaceful town begins to crack when a young black man is accused of a terrible crime. Driven by an unshakeable moral conviction, local lawyer Atticus defends the man in a trial that sends violent waves through the community. Timeless and lingering, this hard-hitting work explores prejudice, compassion and the courage to do what is right.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $115.00/perf

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Dramatized by Joseph Robinette from the story by C.S. Lewis.

Product Code: L62000

Full-length Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA
Cast Size: 16, flexible, extras if desired.

No Livestream or Record and Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 80 min.

This dramatization faithfully recreates the magic of Aslan, the great lion, his struggle with the White Witch, and the adventures of four children who inadvertently wander from an old wardrobe into the exciting land of Narnia. The intense action features chases, duels and escapes as the witch is determined to keep Narnia in her possession and to end the reign of Aslan.

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