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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. Super Cowgirl and Mighty Miracle

    Super Cowgirl and Mighty Miracle

    By José Cruz González.

    Product Code: S1Y000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2w., 1 either gender.

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    • 50 min.

    Six-year-old Cory doesn't want to live with her grumpy grandma she barely knows. Grandmother Autumn doesn't much like the idea, either. As Cory and Grandmother Autumn work through the adjustments of their new family structure, a stray dog appears on the doorstep. It's love at first sight for Cory and positively the last straw for Grandmother Autumn. This delightfully surprising story is filled with humor and heart, and reminds us that love makes almost anything possible, even in hard times.

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

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

    By Carol Korty and Susa Wuorinen.

    Product Code: CG6000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 5m., 4w. or 4m., 4w. Extras as desired.
    • 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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  5. Brave No World: Community. Identity. Stand-up Comedy.

    Brave No World: Community. Identity. Stand-up Comedy.

    By Laurie Brooks.

    Product Code: BC5000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 1m., 1w.

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    • 70 min.
    Step-siblings holding false assumptions about each other remind us to "never judge a book by its cover" using contemporary music and stand-up comedy rants. 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.

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    • 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. Sunday Gold

    Sunday Gold

    By Joanna H. Kraus.

    Product Code: SC6000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 3w.

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    • 60 min.
    Two 12-year-old girls, one white and one black, work at a gold mine and used to play together as children, but have been separated by slavery. Learn More
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  8. 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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  9. 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. The Ransom of Red Chief

    The Ransom of Red Chief

    Adapted by Brian Kral. Based on O. Henry's short story.

    Product Code: R90000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School
    • 2m., 1 boy.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    This adaptation of O. Henry's classic story about two kidnappers who fall prey to their young victim combines historical fact and entertaining fancy. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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