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  1. 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.

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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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  2. The Blue House

    The Blue House

    By José Cruz González.

    Product Code: BL3000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 2m., 4w.

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    • 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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  3. From Every Mountainside

    From Every Mountainside

    By Max Bush.

    Product Code: FA4000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 4m., 7w. All characters but one are 17 to 19 years old.

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    • 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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  4. China Doll (The Imagined Life of an American Actress)

    China Doll (The Imagined Life of an American Actress)

    By Elizabeth Wong

    Product Code: CD3000

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

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    • 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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  5. Cyrano

    Cyrano

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

    Product Code: CB3000

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

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    • 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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  6. Ezigbo, the Spirit Child

    Ezigbo, the Spirit Child

    An Igbo story as told by Adaora Nzelibe Schmiedl. Dramatized for the stage by Max Bush.

    Product Code: E69000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 1 to 3m., 7 to 8w., plus extras.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    Long ago, the wife of a powerful chief longed for a child, but her womb was possessed by the spirit of an Ogbanje, an invisible spirit-child. Learn More
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  7. The Honorable Urashima Taro

    The Honorable Urashima Taro

    By Coleman A. Jennings.

    Product Code: H27000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • a minimum of 11.

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    • 55 min.
    A young fisherman rescues a venerable turtle from its tormentors. As a reward, he is taken to an undersea wonderland where he wins the favor of the princess and saves her kingdom from destruction by the wicked scorpion. Learn More
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  8. Travels With My Aunt

    Travels With My Aunt

    Adapted by Giles Havergal. Based on Graham Greene's novel.

    Product Code: T89000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m. (Doubling in a great many roles.)
    • 110 min.
    The story revolves around Henry Pulling, a prematurely retired banker is dragged kicking and screaming into the incredibly picaresque world of his vivacious and flamboyant "old Aunt Augusta." Learn More
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  9. East of the Sun, West of the Moon

    East of the Sun, West of the Moon

    Adapted by Brian Kral. From the Norwegian folktale.

    Product Code: E63000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 5w., with doubling, or up to 15 (7m., 8w.)

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    • 90 min.
    This adaptation from a Norwegian folktale features a young girl battling supernatural forces to free a young man from a terrible spell. Learn More
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  10. Paper Lanterns, Paper Cranes PD8000

    Paper Lanterns, Paper Cranes

    By Brian Kral.

    Product Code: PD8000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 13 to 16 (4 to 6m., 6 to 9w., with roles for children and adults). Some doubling is possible.

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    • 90 min.

    This powerful drama illustrates the impact of war—and the nightmare of nuclear fallout—as experienced by some of World War II's most innocent victims: the children of Japan. Kyushu, a Japanese "street orphan," is admitted into a Hiroshima hospital in the mid-1950s

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