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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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The Sun Serpent

By José Cruz González.

Product Code: S1X000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Professional
Cast Size: 2 to 4m., 1 to 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 70 min.

When young Anahuac's family meets the newly arrived Cortes, they believe he is the Sun Serpent come to usher in a new, better world. But while Cortes promised a world of peace and plenty, his soldiers engage in a ruthless search for gold. As his certainties begin to crumble, Anahuac must navigate the familiar (Aztec prophecies, sky dancers, jungles) and the frightening but intriguing possibilities of the new (Spanish horses, guitars, ships). 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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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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China Doll (The Imagined Life of an American Actress)

By Elizabeth Wong

Product Code: CD3000

Comedy | Drama | Tragedy
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 4m., 2w.-all Asian; or 5m., 3w.-multicultural. Roles are doubled.

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

This is the story of a Chinatown girl who dreamed of making it in Hollywood. This sensual fantasia takes inspiration from the remarkable life of Anna May Wong, the first and brightest Chinese American movie star. 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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Cyrano

By Barry Kornhauser. Adapted from the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand.

Product Code: CB3000

Comedy | Tragedy
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 16m., 5w. with doubling, but many roles are gender flexible, easily expanded.

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Approx. Run Time: 150 min.

Cyrano! His wit is as sharp as his sword, the enormity of his talent, intellect and passion matched only by the enormity of his, well, nose. The uniquely endowed protagonist is given a fresh face in this poignant and playful paean to panache, written in rhyming couplets. Romance rules the day in this story of his classic love triangle with the exquisite Roxane and the handsome and earnest, but verbally challenged, Christian. Learn More

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