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  1. Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    By Robert Thomas Noll. Adapted from the book by Charles Dickens.

    Product Code: O61000

    • Drama | Melodrama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 21 roles to be played by a minimum of 12 actors (plus extras if desired.)
    • 85 min.
    This faithful adaptation of Charles Dickens' second novel is an exciting, fast-moving melodrama about the adventures of an orphan redeemed from a life of cruel poverty and crime by an act of unselfish courage. Filled with an atmosphere of mystery, its major characters—Fagin, Bill Sikes, Mr. Bumble, Nancy, and the Artful Dodger—are some of the most theatrically realized characters in all of literature. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. Totally RED! TM6000

    Totally RED!

    Book and music by Dinah Toups. Lyrics and music by Barbara Walker.

    Product Code: TM6000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 3 to 10m., 2 to 7w., plus 9 or more either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    This is a unique and fun retelling of the classic battle of wit and deception as told in the beloved fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood. We meet Red (who is nobody's fool) and the wolf (who tries to be cool) and granny—well, sometimes she's left in the dark! The story includes short retellings of sections within the tale, told in multiple styles: melodrama, Elizabethan, '80s hip-hop slang, and avant-garde. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  3. The Yellow Boat

    The Yellow Boat

    By David Saar.

    Product Code: Y29000

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

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    This play is based on the true story of a boy, who was born with congenital hemophilia and died at the age of 8 of AIDS-related complications. A uniquely gifted visual artist, Benjamin's buoyant imagination transformed his physical and emotional pain into a blaze of colors and shapes in his fanciful drawings and paintings. Benjamin's remarkable voyage continues to touch audiences around the world. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  4. Narnia

    Narnia

    Based on C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Book by Jules Tasca. Music by Thomas Tierney. Lyrics by Ted Drachman.

    Product Code: N01000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 7 to 10m., 4 to 6w., extras as desired.

      No Livestream Rights Available

    • 120 min.
    The first and most famous story of The Chronicles of Narnia has become a musical presentation of this unique, enchanted world filled with creatures and spirits of myth and fable, both good and evil, demonic and transcendent. And entering Narnia at a moment of high adventure are some children—plucked from our world in unexpected ways to help Narnia and to learn from their Narnia odyssey lessons of courage, unselfishness and wisdom that will help them grow. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  5. Jungalbook

    Jungalbook

    Adapted by Edward Mast. Based on the Mowgli stories of Rudyard Kipling.

    Product Code: J54000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 2m., 6 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    This dramatization places the jungle of India on a children's playground. Mowgli, the human child raised by wolves in the jungle, must destroy Sherakhan, the tiger who killed his parents. But his use of rope stolen from the human village has broken jungle law. Now Mowgli must choose whether to defy the law or leave the jungle forever. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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