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  1. The Pied Piper of Hamelin

    The Pied Piper of Hamelin

    Book and lyrics by Ric Averill. Music by Adrian Rees.

    Product Code: PL3000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 1w., 32 to 46+ either gender (doubling possible for smaller cast).
    • 50 min.
    Falstaff, a theatre cat, narrowly averts an all-out war by inviting the mean street rats and alley cats allies to join him to perform his own version of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Mayhem ensues as Falstaff attempts to create believable performances from this raucous group. Learn More
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  2. The Bremen Town Musicians: Nothing Is Worthless

    The Bremen Town Musicians: Nothing Is Worthless

    By Ric Averill.

    Product Code: BK7000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 1w., 32 to 46+ either gender (doubling possible for smaller cast).
    • 60 min.
    This play presents the classic fairy tale about animal musicians who are kicked out of their homes as worthless, but find new strength and purpose as they band together, becoming an orchestra of musicians. The play then turns the same story into an urban fairy tale with human characters in a big city. Learn More
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  3. The Berenstain Bears on Stage BC6000

    The Berenstain Bears on Stage

    Book and lyrics by Stan and Jan Berenstain. Music by Elliot Lawrence and Jamie Broza.

    Product Code: BC6000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 8m., 4w. (doubling possible, gender flexible).
    • 60 min.
    The "world's foremost expert on the Berenstain Bears," guitar-strumming Cowboy Joe, is the show's stage director—introducing and commenting on the play's five episodes which are based on five classic books: The Berenstain Bears' New Baby, The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room, The Berenstain Bears and the Double Dare, The Berenstain Bears Tell the Truth and The Berenstain Bears Get Stage Fright. Learn More
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  4. Gooney Bird Greene and Her True Life Adventures

    Gooney Bird Greene and Her True Life Adventures

    By Kent R. Brown. Based on the book Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry.

    Product Code: G77000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 24 actors: 7m., 9w. +8 actors; or 18 to 20 actors: 6 to 7m., 12 to 13w.; or 6 actors: 2 to 3m., 3 to 4w.; or 5 actors: 2m. 3w.

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    • 60 min.
    The classroom door bursts open and there, wearing pajamas and cowboy boots, stands red-headed Gooney Bird Greene. Class will never be the same again! She awakens her classmates' dormant imaginations with her improbable, outlandish stories. They come to realize their lives are as unique as Gooney Bird's and that they, too, can cast themselves as the heroes in their own true tales of discovery and adventure. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  5. Dorothy Meets Alice or The Wizard of Wonderland D82000

    Dorothy Meets Alice or The Wizard of Wonderland

    By Joseph Robinette. Based on the musical by Joseph Robinette and Karl Jurman.

    Product Code: D82000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 3m., 4w., 4 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 50 min.
    This version of the delightful meeting of two of literature's most famous young ladies unfolds when a young man suddenly finds himself in a strange place somewhere between Oz and Wonderland. It becomes his responsibility to unscramble the stories and steer the familiar characters to their ultimate destinations while avoiding the Wicked Witch and the Red Queen. Learn More
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  6. Humpty-Dumpty Is Missing! or The Mysterious Case of the Fallen Egg

    Humpty-Dumpty Is Missing! or The Mysterious Case of the Fallen Egg

    By Joseph Robinette.

    Product Code: H83000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 16-27, flexible, 5-7m., 9-11w., with doubling.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 50 min.
    An affectionate spoof of the private-eye thrillers of the 1940s and '50s. Sammy Scoop is a private investigator and faces the biggest challenge of his illustrious career with the sudden fall and disappearance of the jolly Humpty-Dumpty. Learn More
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  7. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day A83000

    Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

    Book and Lyrics by Judith Viorst. Music by Shelly Markham.

    Product Code: A83000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 3w., playing several roles.

      No Livestream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    Alexander is having a bad day. A terrible day. A horrible day. To be quite honest, it's a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Alexander's struggles with life's daily dramas will entertain and educate young audiences, encouraging them to share their feelings and to realize that bad days happen—even in Australia! Learn More
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  8. 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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  9. Ramona Quimby

    Ramona Quimby

    Dramatized by Len Jenkin. Based on the books by Beverly Cleary.

    Product Code: R54000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 5m., 7w., 5 boys, 9 girls.
    • 90 min.
    Unpredictable. Exasperating. Boisterous and independent. That's Ramona Quimby for you. Always aggravating her older sister, Beezus and constantly getting into trouble. As narrator, Beezus sets the scene for the collection of vignettes that trace Ramona's tumultuous passage through third grade and through her family relationships. Along with the discovery that life is not always fair, eventually they come to realize that sisters may not always agree, but they can be good to have around. Learn More
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  10. 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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