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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
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. Don't Tell Me I Can't Fly

    Don't Tell Me I Can't Fly

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

    Product Code: DE9000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 3w.

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    • 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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  3. Angel in the Night

    Angel in the Night

    By Joanna H. Kraus.

    Product Code: A61000

    • Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 4w., 1 girl (expandable to 9m., 7w., 1 girl.)

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    • 90 min.
    This drama about a young girl's courage is based on the true story of Marysia Pawlina Szul, a Polish Catholic teen, who saved the lives of four Jewish people during World War II. It reinforces the idea that one individual can make a difference. Learn More
    $8.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  4. Ms. Courageous: Women of Science

    Ms. Courageous: Women of Science

    By Joanna H. Kraus.

    Product Code: MG9000

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

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    • 50 min.
    Two women full of passion, Marie Curie and Elizabeth Blackwell, showed the world discovery knows no gender. The first woman doctor in the U.S. and the discoverer of radium, changed the science community forever. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  5. Prodigy: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prodigy: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    By Mary Hall Surface.

    Product Code: PG1000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 4m., 4w., minimum, or option to add extras.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 55 min.
    Mozart is a famous musical genius, equally infamous for his difficult personality. This play is an edgy piece that provides an insight to Mozart by illustrating the compelling relationships of his life. Learn More
    $39.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  6. This Is Not a Pipe Dream

    This Is Not a Pipe Dream

    By Barry Kornhauser.

    Product Code: TL9000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 2w., 1 either gender.

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    • 45 min.
    Based freely on the work and early life of surrealist artist René Magritte, this is an unorthodox adventure in theatrical form. Here is the story of young René who wants to be an artist, a notion dismissed by his father as "a pipe dream." Encouraged by his mother, before her untimely death, the boy begins his quest. He follows his vision into the delightfully absurd magic-realism of his famous paintings. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  7. The Death and Life of Sherlock Holmes

    The Death and Life of Sherlock Holmes

    By Suzan L. Zeder.

    Product Code: DB2000

    • Drama | Melodrama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 5m., 3w., with doubling, or up to 13 (8m., 5w.).

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 115 min.
    A mystery within a mystery! It is an action adventure with all the intrigues of a Sherlock Holmes investigation and a touch of Pirandello! Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  8. 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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    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  9. Mean to Be Free: A Flight North on the Underground Railroad

    Mean to Be Free: A Flight North on the Underground Railroad

    By Joanna H. Kraus.

    Product Code: MG6000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 10m., 4w. (with doubling 7m., 4w.).

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    This is the story of two black children who traveled the dangerous Underground Railroad north to freedom and is based on events that happened over 150 years ago. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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