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  1. Around the World in 80 Days AC2000

    Around the World in 80 Days

    Adapted by Mark Brown. From the novel by Jules Verne.

    Product Code: AC2000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 1w., may be expanded to 39 actors.

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    • 120 min.
    Join fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant as they race to circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days! But his every step is dogged by a detective who thinks he's a robber on the run. Danger, romance, and comic surprises abound in this whirlwind of a show as five actors portraying 39 characters traverse seven continents in this adaptation of one of the great adventures of all time. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  2. All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Cover A78000

    All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

    Based on the books by Robert Fulghum. Conceived and adapted by Ernest Zulia. Music and Lyrics by David Caldwell.

    Product Code: A78000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 3m., 2w. (1 pianist, expandable.)

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    • 135 min.
    Based on the best-selling books, this musical takes a funny, insightful and heartwarming look at what is profound in everyday life. It’s an evening of theatrical storytelling in revue format with monologues, dialogues and multiple voice narrations enhanced through the use of live piano underscoring, which provides fluidity, charm and emotional texture, and seven optional original songs. Learn More
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  3. A Christmas Story, The Musical

    A Christmas Story, The Musical

    Book by Joseph Robinette. Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Based on the motion picture A Christmas Story distributed by Warner Bros., written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark, and upon In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash written by Jean Shepherd. Produced with permission of Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Dalfie Entertainment.

    Product Code: CD2000

    • Comedy
    • Community | Professional
    • 15m., 10w. May expand to 20+m., 15+w.
    • 120 min.
    Set in the 1940s, this musical based on the holiday movie classic follows 9-year-old Ralphie and his quest for the perfect Christmas gift—a Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot Range Model air rifle. Rebuffed at every turn with a similar echoing response, Ralphie plots numerous schemes to achieve his desperate desire for the coveted BB gun. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $135/perf

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  4. Leaving Iowa Cover LE5000

    Leaving Iowa

    By Tim Clue and Spike Manton.

    Product Code: LE5000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 3w., may be expanded to 4m., 4w., 18 either gender.

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    • 105 min.
    Don, a middle-aged writer, decides to finally take his father's ashes to his childhood home. But when he discovers Grandma's house is now a grocery store, he begins traveling across Iowa in search of a proper resting place for his father. This father-and-son road trip shifts smoothly from the present to Don's memories of the annual, torturous vacations of his childhood. Learn More
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    A Christmas Story

    By Philip Grecian. Based on the motion picture A Christmas Story, © 1983 Turner Entertainment Co., distributed by Warner Bros., written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark; and on the book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd.

    Product Code: CA9000

    • Comedy
    • High School | Community | Professional
    • 7m., 4w. (Expandable.)
    • 120 min.
    Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out!" Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $120/perf

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  6. Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood, The-Cover SE7000

    The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood

    By Mary Lynn Dobson.

    Product Code: SE7000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 8m., 6w. (cast may be reduced to 10 or expanded to 25 or more.)
    • 80 min.
    In this frantically funny, Monty Pythonesque retelling of the classic, our gallant guy-in-green swaggers through his never-ending quest to aid the needy. He encounters a damsel in distress, a shady sheriff, a bad guy monarch wannabe and a band of spoon-wielding Merry Men in this irreverent jaunt through Sherwood Forest you won't soon forget! Learn More
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  7. Real Women Have Curves

    Real Women Have Curves

    By Josefina López.

    Product Code: R60000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 5w.

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    • 75 min.
    Set in a tiny sewing factory in East L.A., this play is a microcosm of the Latina immigrant experience and tells the outrageously funny story of five full-figured Mexican-American women who are racing to meet impossible production deadlines. And while they work, hiding from the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service), they talk... about their husbands and lovers, their children, their dreams for the future. Learn More
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  8. Miracle on 34th Street Cover M96000

    Miracle on 34th Street, the Play

    Adapted by Mountain Community Theater from the novel by Valentine Davies. Based upon the Twentieth Century Fox motion picture Miracle on 34th Street.

    Product Code: M96000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 2w., 1 girl, 14 either gender, many extras, including children.

      No Livestream Rights Available

    • 100 min.
    In this heartwarming tale, an old man named Kris Kringle gets a job working as Santa for Macy's. After referring parents to other stores to find exactly the toy their child has asked for, he ends up in a court competency hearing. In a dramatic decision, the court confirms Kris as the true Santa, allowing a special little girl and countless other children to experience the joy of childhood fantasy. Learn More
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  9. Stuart Little

    Stuart Little

    Adapted by Joseph Robinette. Based on the book by E.B. White.

    Product Code: S99000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 7 to 25+ either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 70 min.
    This is the endearing classic about a mouse named Stuart Little who is born into an ordinary New York family. All the charm, wisdom and joy of the original are captured in this adaptation as Stuart, the mild-mannered mouse, tries to survive in a "real people's world." The many adventures—both big and small—of Stuart Little are brought vividly to life in this story theatre presentation. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  10. Charlotte's Web

    Charlotte's Web

    Adapted by Joseph Robinette. Music and lyrics by Charles Strouse. Based on the book by E.B. White.

    Product Code: C06000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 15 or more, fewer with doubling.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 130 min.
    This exciting, new musical version of Charlotte's Web brings a new dimension to E.B. White's beloved classic about a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with Charlotte the spider. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $115/perf

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