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  1. Jungle Book Cover J24000

    The Jungle Book

    By Joseph Robinette. Based on the book by Rudyard Kipling.

    Product Code: J24000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 10 to 25 either gender, flexible, doubling possible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    Intertwined with the original tale of Mowgli and his jungle pals, comes the tale of Rudyard Kipling, a Bombay native sent to a boarding school facing a new kind of jungle. Filled with excitement and humor, the play highlights the struggle of good versus evil, the worth of friendship, and the importance of loyalty and other values required for surviving the "law of the jungle." Learn More
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  2. Tomás and the Library Lady Cover TV9000

    Tomás and the Library Lady

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

    Product Code: TV9000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 1 to 4m., 1 to 4w., expandable.

      Limited Livestream Rights Available

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    • 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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  3. The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

    Adapted by Max Bush. From the tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

    Product Code: E87000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 2 to 3m., 1 to 2w., 1 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 55 min.
    This adaptation incorporates aspects of Hans Christian Andersen's life including his passion for acting and his mother's determination to help her son achieve his aspirations. The weavers in this play are actors, a mother and son; their talents come into play as they pretend to weave the "magic" cloth. As they improvise their plot, the hilarious results and the extent of the emperor's self-absorbed vanity are revealed. Learn More
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  4. Short Order Stories

    Short Order Stories

    By Renee Calarco.

    Product Code: S2A000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • College | Community
    • 4m., 3w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 120 min.
    It's late August 2001, and Larry's Diner is packed with parents and their poker-faced kids who are making their annual drives to the colleges in southern New York. Two families eating at the diner navigate uneasy emotional waters while the waitress and cook ponder their ability to leave the small New York town. This time-shifting comic drama is a meditation on familial obligation, social class, friendship and love. Learn More
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  5. What We Lost Along the Way

    What We Lost Along the Way

    By C.E. Glanville.

    Product Code: WH2000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 7m., 3w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 105 min.
    Set against the backdrop of World War II, the children of two British families navigate their way through the intricate terrain of adolescence. The play centers on 15-year-old Serena Moffitt and her younger brother, Joseph, who are sent from their working class suburb where they end up billeted with an upper-class family struggling to maintain their fortune with two sons who are close in age to the Moffitts. Learn More
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  6. The Dancing Princesses or The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes

    The Dancing Princesses or The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes

    Adapted by Max Bush from a story by the Brothers Grimm.

    Product Code: DF4000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 6 to 12m., 8 to 16w., 3 to 6 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 65 min.
    Here is a magical tale of dance and romance. A mystery threatens the security of the kingdom: where do the princesses escape to every night, and why are their dancing shoes worn out each morning? The king desperately tries to solve the mystery by proclaiming that any man who can solve it will marry the daughter of his choice and become the future king. Learn More
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  7. The Edge of Peace

    The Edge of Peace

    By Suzan Zeder.

    Product Code: E84000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 5m., 6w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    This final play in the acclaimed Ware Trilogy is set in the same tiny town of Ware, Illinois, and follows many of the same characters as they spin the conclusion of their stories. Set in 1945 in the last days of WWII, this play deals with the impact on a family and a community after a young man from the town is declared missing in action and the soldier's little brother refuses to believe what seems inevitable. Learn More
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  8. ARK 5

    ARK 5

    By Sandra Fenichel Asher.

    Product Code: AK3000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2 to 3m., 3 to 4w., 3 or more gender neutral as desired.

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    • 90 min.
    The ARK System began taking control of Earth Enterprise in 2050 A.D. as a technical aid to global commerce. In this futuristic re-envisioning of the Joan of Arc story, Joan is called by an unexplained presence to fulfill an ancient prophecy to save Earth Enterprise. Many questions are raised about the use and abuse of technology, individual rights and responsibilities, the role of faith and the power of music. Learn More
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  9. An Identified Enemy

    An Identified Enemy

    By Max Bush.

    Product Code: ID6000

    • Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 9 to 10+ m., 7+ w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 100 min.
    Jamie, a young Iraq war veteran, attempts to piece together the truth about his Iraqi friend, Jalil. In flashbacks to 2007, during "The Surge," Jamie replays scenes from that day over and over, looking for clues as to what exactly happened. Was Jalil an ally? Did he save Jamie's life that day? Or did he set the roadside bomb? Struggling to believe in something, Jamie needs answers, but first he must find Jalil, who seems to have disappeared. Learn More
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  10. Jackie & Me

    Jackie & Me

    By Steven Dietz. Adapted from the book by Dan Gutman.

    Product Code: J66000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | Community
    • 6 to 15m., 2 to 6w., doubling possible. Extras as desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 85 min.
    Joey Stoshack is a young boy with a special talent for time travel. When Joey is assigned to write a report on an African American who has made an important contribution to society, he goes back to Brooklyn, New York, in 1947 to meet Jackie Robinson. He plans on writing a prize-winning report, but he doesn't plan on a trip that will forever change his view of history and his definition of courage. Learn More
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