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Tomás and the Library Lady

Adapted by José Cruz González. From the book by Pat Mora.

Product Code: TV9000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 1 to 4m., 1 to 4w., expandable.

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Approx. Run Time: 50 min.

Adapted from the well-loved book, Tomás and the Library Lady tells the inspiring true story of Tomás Rivera, who grew up in a migrant worker family, befriended a librarian in Iowa, and learned to love books and the places they took him. Tomás went on to a successful career in academia and became the chancellor of the University of California, Riverside. This play can be readily understood by both English and Spanish speakers. Learn More

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The Blue House

By José Cruz González.

Product Code: BL3000

Drama | Tragedy
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 2m., 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 70 min.

This is the story of 13-year-old Maricela, who lives in a vibrant Chicago neighborhood with a rich and sad history. Haunting dreams of strangers from another time lead Maricela to an abandoned lot where the mysterious Blue House once stood and where Maricela encounters the spirit of a mysterious African-American woman. Told in English and Spanish, this thrilling story, set during the 1919 Race Riot and present day, celebrates the power of courage, love and forgiveness. Learn More

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Don't Tell Me I Can't Fly

By Y York. Inspired by the life and art of Della Wells.

Product Code: DE9000

Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 2m., 3w.

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Approx. Run Time: 65 min.

Nine-year-old Tonia is growing up in a working-class, African-American home in Milwaukee in 1964. Her artistic soul is at odds with her parents' fears and pragmatism. Her efforts to please and appease them are in conflict with her own needs and desires. Tonia finds her way, the only way possible, by allowing her parents to see her true self with all its flaws, beauty and possibilities. Learn More

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Cully's Gold: A Young Girl's Struggle with Temptation and Ambition, 1873

By Carol Korty and Susa Wuorinen.

Product Code: CG6000

Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 5m., 4w. or 4m., 4w. Extras as desired.
Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

In this coming-of-age play set in rural coastal Maine, Sadie resolves her dilemmas in confrontations with her best friend, her father and the school, as she courageously begins to chart her own course. Learn More

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Bud, Not Buddy

Adapted by Reginald André Jackson. From the novel by Christopher Paul Curtis.

Product Code: BC7000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 8m., 3w. with doubling.

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Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

Set in Michigan during the 1930s, this title tells the story of 10-year-old Bud Caldwell, an orphan on the run from abusive foster homes, and his quest to find his father. Learn More

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From Every Mountainside

By Max Bush.

Product Code: FA4000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 4m., 7w. All characters but one are 17 to 19 years old.

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Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

Two students struggling with isolation, pain, cultural differences, fear and prejudices begin to see life in a new way as they work together on civil rights issues. Learn More

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Kara in Black

By Max Bush

Product Code: K32000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 7 to 9m., 10 to 13w. (Fifteen of these characters are between the ages of 16 and 19.)

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Approx. Run Time: 95 min.

Kara's older sister is leaving to join her Army unit in Kuwait to prepare for the possible invasion of Iraq. After thinking about such things for the first time in her life, Kara begins to oppose her sister going, and the impending war itself. Throughout the play Kara struggles with her feelings of isolation, frustration, fear, ignorance and helplessness to begin to understand her own views and to find the courage—against the opposing voices—to express herself publicly on matters important to her. Learn More

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Looking Over the President's Shoulder

By James Still.

Product Code: LC2000

Drama
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 1m.

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Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

Looking Over the President's Shoulder is told from the unique perspective of the Chief Butler who served four U.S. presidents and their families: Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower. Famous guests through the years included Winston Churchhill, Marian Anderson, Errol Flynn and the king and queen of England. Set on the eve of his last day on the job, Fields reflects on his 21 years of service to his country with humor and pride. He was a man with a story to tell and this tour-de-force for one actor gives Fields the chance to tell it. Learn More

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The Rememberer

By Steven Dietz. Based on the unpublished memoir As My Sun Now Sets by Joyce Simmons Cheeka, as told to Werdna Phillips Finley.

Product Code: R68000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 13m., 12w. (may double to as few as 9m., 8w., plus possible dancers and musicians.)
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

This is the true story of Joyce Cheeka, a young Squaxin Indian girl, who is forcibly taken from her home and placed in a government-run school in 1911. Joyce succeeds in forming a bridge between this new world and the world of her ancestors. Learn More

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The Music Lesson

By Tammy Ryan.

Product Code: MD8000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 2m., 4w.
Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

This is the story of Irena and her husband, two musicians who escaped the war in Sarajevo to start a new life in Pittsburgh. Shifting elegantly from past to present and resonating with powerful music, this is the tale of two countries, two families, two generations and the ways they teach and heal each other. Learn More

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