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  1. Don't Tell Me I Can't Fly: 10 Plays for Children and Families

    Don't Tell Me I Can't Fly: 10 Plays for Children and Families

    By Y York. Edited and with an introduction by Mark Lutwak.

    Product Code: DG7000

    • Comedy | Drama
    Y York's award-winning plays for young people are noted for their relevance, humor and high critical response. They have been produced to popular acclaim for audiences of children and adults throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. This anthology contains original plays, adaptations from literature and "listening plays," work based on research and interviews with living people. Learn More
    $35.95 /book

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  2. New Visions/New Voices: 25 years/25 plays (Volume 1)

    New Visions/New Voices: 25 years/25 plays (Volume 1)

    Edited by Deirdre Kelly Lavrakas and Kim Peter Kovac, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

    Product Code: N85000

    These plays deal with sophisticated themes—race, gender, social justice, class, ability—all in a youth-centered, nondogmatic way. This is the anthology that tells the story of a field that grew up while still embracing the whimsy and wonder of childhood. Learn More
    $30.95 /book

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  3. American Heartbeat: True Stories Told in Scenes and Monologues

    American Heartbeat: True Stories Told in Scenes and Monologues

    Written by Sandra Fenichel Asher, David Barr III, Robert Bella, Joyce Simmons Cheeka, Charlotte Chorpenning, Lynne Conner, James DeVita, Steven Dietz, Attilio Favorini, Werdna Phillips Finley, D.W. Gregory, Dan Gutman, Lee Hunkins, Stephen Karam, Carol Korty, Carson Kreitzer, Anne Ludlum, Anne V. McGravie, Ramón Menéndez, Tom Musca, John Neihardt, Martha Hill Newell, Dwight Okita, PJ Paparelli, Nicholas A. Patricca, Paul Peditto, Christopher Sergel, Laura Annawyn Shamas, Charles Smith, James Still, Mamie Till-Mobley, Ilga Katais-Paeglis Vise, Deborah Wicks La Puma, Karen Zacarías and David Zak. Compiled and edited by Sandra Fenichel Asher.

    Product Code: AL2000

    American history is rich and varied, and playwrights have long mined its treasures to create inspired and inspiring pieces for the stage. This anthology brings together 32 monologues, duets and trios that are perfect for auditions, scene work, full-evening presentations and drama-across-the-curriculum projects of all kinds. Important in their own times, these American stories brought to life by award-winning playwrights resonate in today's world and provide unlimited opportunities for exploration, discussion and performance.

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    $20.95 /book

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  4. Credit Check: A Collection of Short Plays

    Credit Check: A Collection of Short Plays

    By Eddie Zipperer.

    Product Code: CN2000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community
    • 13m., 8w., 3 either gender. May be doubled to as few as 3m., 2w., 3 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    Atlas, arguing monkeys, a real estate angel, Sherlock Holmes, and even a golfing God show up in this surreal collection of six short comedies. Learn More
    $11.95 /book

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  5. Electric City Suite

    Electric City Suite

    By Ed Simpson.

    Product Code: E59000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • College | Community
    • 6m., 4w., Can be expanded

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 180 min.
    A cycle of six one-act plays originally written for radio, telling the story of a quirky Scranton, Pennsylvania snack delivery man and his family from 1921 to the present. Learn More
    $9.95 /book

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  6. The Cell Phone Rings for Thee

    The Cell Phone Rings for Thee

    By Werner Trieschmann.

    Product Code: CG2000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | Community
    • 2 to 7 m., 3 to 11 w., 4 either gender

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    • 80 min.

    All the latest gadgets that bewitch and bedevil us are addressed in this comic collection of 10-minute plays. 

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    $11.95 /book

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  7. Today I Am! Five Short Plays About Growing Up Jewish

    Today I Am! Five Short Plays About Growing Up Jewish

    Adapted by Sandra Fenichel Asher.

    Product Code: TF7000

    • Drama
    • Community
    • 1m., 2w., 6 younger actors (with doubling). Can be expanded up to 3m., 5w., and 14 younger actors
    • 75 min.
    Five short plays based on original stories about modern Jewish life included in With All My Heart, With All My Mind: 13 Stories About Growing Up Jewish (winner of the National Jewish Book Award in children's literature). Learn More
    $10.95 /book

    Min. Royalty Rate: $15/perf

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  8. Everyman in the Circus of Life

    Everyman in the Circus of Life

    Adapted by Travis Tyre.

    Product Code: E56000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 13 actors, may be played by 4 with doubling.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Everyman in the Circus of Life is a contemporary retelling of Everyman that combines the fun and skills of circus performance with the exploration of one of the great dramas of the medieval world. All the characters remain, but they have become figures in a circus: Death is the ringmaster; Worldly Possessions a juggler; Strength a weight lifter, for example. The script also includes the original Everyman to make it accessible to the modern reader, as well as rehearsal activities and games. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  9. Lockers

    Lockers

    By Jeremy Kruse.

    Product Code: L99000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | Community
    • variable.
    • 75 min.
    Displaying the universal ups and downs most preteens and teens face on a daily basis, this play can be performed as a whole, or in short vignettes, perfect for theatre, classroom, and young actor-training programs. Learn More
    $11.95 /book

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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