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  1. Totally RED! TM6000

    Totally RED!

    Book and music by Dinah Toups. Lyrics and music by Barbara Walker.

    Product Code: TM6000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 3 to 10m., 2 to 7w., plus 9 or more either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    This is a unique and fun retelling of the classic battle of wit and deception as told in the beloved fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood. We meet Red (who is nobody's fool) and the wolf (who tries to be cool) and granny—well, sometimes she's left in the dark! The story includes short retellings of sections within the tale, told in multiple styles: melodrama, Elizabethan, '80s hip-hop slang, and avant-garde. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  2. If It's Monday, This Must Be Murder!

    If It's Monday, This Must Be Murder!

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: I52000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 5m., 4w. (can be expanded to 8m.,5w.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Posing as a golf-playing psychiatrist at the Shady Meadows Country Club, Harry investigates why the club members start dropping like divots! Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  3. Death and Taxes

    Death and Taxes

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: D60000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 5w.

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    • 90 min.
    Ever wonder what goes on at a small-town city council meeting? In Hendricks, they're looking for a murderer. Not only was a man murdered, but he was an employee of the IRS. Slowly it becomes apparent the entire city council had seen the man, and each of them seems to be hiding something. This easy-to-stage intrigue is chock-full of small-town characters and hilarious dialogue. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  4. Sleeping Beauty (Dornröschen)

    Sleeping Beauty (Dornröschen)

    Book and lyrics by Moses Goldberg. Music by Ewel Cornett. From the Brothers Grimm.

    Product Code: SV2000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 3m., 2w., 1 either gender, with doubling, or up to 10 (4m., 5w., 1 either gender).
    • 55 min.
    An American master of participation theatre has adapted this beloved Brothers Grimm tale and presents it as a musical fantasy for audience ages 4 through 8. A group of actors solicits help from the young audience to perform this well-known fairy tale with its rich characters including a wise frog, a garrulous bush, the lively Briar Rose and her well-meaning but testy father. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  5. Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs

    Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs

    Book and lyrics by Moses Goldberg. Music by Ewel Cornett.

    Product Code: LG3000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 2w.
    • 55 min.
    This participation play is a delightful romp of two well-known tales, united by a common enemy Learn More
    $8.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  6. Much Ado About Murder

    Much Ado About Murder

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: MN1000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 5m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 100 min.
    An audience participation murder mystery that takes place at a Halloween party where everyone is dressed up as a character from Shakespeare. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  7. Rumpelstiltskin

    Rumpelstiltskin

    Adapted by Moses Goldberg. Music and lyrics by Lisa Palas. Based on the story by the Brothers Grimm.

    Product Code: RA7000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 3m., 3w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 55 min.
    This musical version of the popular fairy tale is interpreted especially for younger children from ages 4 to 6 years old. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  8. All Out

    All Out

    By John Zodrow.

    Product Code: A23000

    • Comedy | Drama | Satire
    • College | Community
    • 15m., 8w., extras.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    A television reality game shows peels away the exterior of its contestants, revealing the debasing price of success and money. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  9. Nightingale

    Nightingale

    Adapted by Rita Grauer, John Urquhart and the Yellow Brick Road Shows. From the story by Hans Christian Andersen.

    Product Code: N66000

    • Comedy
    • College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 4 either gender, 1 musician with option to add more.

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    • 50 min.
    Something is amiss in the court of the great emperor of China. Obsessed by his worldly possessions, the emperor has grown blind to the needs of his people and the real treasures of life. Ancient Oriental gods, the nightingale and the audience join forces to cure the emperor of his possessive and grasping ways. An important achievement in the often underestimated but difficult genre of participation plays. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  10. The Tale of the Frog Prince

    The Tale of the Frog Prince

    Book by Kathy Hotchner. Lyrics by Bill Roser, Steve and Kathy Hotchner. Music by Bill Roser.

    Product Code: T48000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | TYA
    • 3m., 4w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    In the heart of a magical swamp lives a crusty prince-turned-frog who wants to become human again but, as he sings it, "No one wants to kiss a toad." Into this swamp comes a noisy, haughty royal family with young Rosalie, whose kiss turns the frog back into a (very surprised!) prince. Your audience will learn as much of a lesson as the prince since they will participate equally in the action. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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