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  1. I Ain't Yo' Uncle: The New Jack Revisionist Uncle Tom's Cabin

    I Ain't Yo' Uncle: The New Jack Revisionist Uncle Tom's Cabin

    By Robert Alexander.

    Product Code: I54000

    • Comedy | Drama | Melodrama | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 5m., 4w. (multiracial cast. One or two extras optional.)
    • 120 min.
    Old stereotypes get to meet their creator, as Uncle Tom, Topsy and Eliza put Harriet Beecher Stowe on trial for not only perpetuating negative stereotypes but also for failing to "get their story right." Learn More
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  2. Black Elk Speaks B80000

    Black Elk Speaks

    Based on the book by John Neihardt. Adapted by Christopher Sergel.

    Product Code: B80000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 16 with doubling. Many more as desired.
    • 120 min.
    Black Elk lived the experience of the Native American people from the moment before white people entered his world through the end of Indian independence at the massacre of Wounded Knee. His unique eloquence and that of his cousin Crazy Horse make this play a very special event. The play moves quickly and with mounting excitement through this history and through a vision of life as it once was for the Indian, and as it could be for all people. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  3. Quazimodo!

    Quazimodo!

    By David Koren. Based on Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

    Product Code: Q16000

    • Comedy | Drama | Melodrama | Satire | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 3m., 3w.

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    • 70 min.
    Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame, falls for the gypsy Esmeralda, who is framed for the murder of her lover Phoebus, and tries to save her from execution by bringing her into the sanctuary, but the archdeacon allows the Parisians to hang h Learn More
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  4. 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
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  5. The Yellow Boat

    The Yellow Boat

    By David Saar.

    Product Code: Y30000

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

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 65 min.
    This touring version 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
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  6. Butterfly

    Butterfly

    By Jerome McDonough.

    Product Code: BK2000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 15+ actors, flexible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    This version begins in 1938 when an American unites in a Japanese marriage with the geisha, Butterfly. When he leaves without her, she waits faithfully for him to keep his promise to return. From her house overlooking the harbor of Nagasaki, she and their son watch for his ship. The date is December 6, 1941—the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He finally does return to the devastated city after World War II has ended, and he finds ... ? Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  7. Crimes At The Old Brewery

    Crimes At The Old Brewery

    By Tim Kelly.

    Product Code: CM8000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • College | Community
    • 11m., 10w. (a smaller cast with doubling).

      LLivestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    A villain called Jack O'Lantern ruled a community of murderers, robbers and assorted cut-throats in a notorious tenement house, the Old Brewery, in New York's toughest crime area. True to history, this tale recounts events in its tunnels and shadowy passageways. The vice squad prepares to demolish the structure, but its dangerous tenants have no intention of living elsewhere. Learn More
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  8. The Love of the Nightingale

    The Love of the Nightingale

    By Timberlake Wertenbaker.

    Product Code: L68000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 7m., 7w. (two variable choruses.)

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    • 105 min.
    A retelling of the Philomele story that passionately demonstrates the violence that stems from enforced silence. Philomele is raped and when she threatens to talk, the rapist cuts out her tongue. She then kills her rapist's son in an awful act of violence. A cycle of retribution begins which only ends when the gods transform Philomele into a nightingale. Learn More
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  9. A Separate Peace

    A Separate Peace

    By Nancy Pahl Gilsenan. Based on the book by John Knowles.

    Product Code: S79000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 8m.

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    • 90 min.
    John Knowles' classic tale of two high-school boys standing on the threshold of war and adulthood comes to the stage. Gene, full of fear of the future, and Phineas, a consummate charmer, are best friends. It seems the perfect match until the fear in Gene and the world around him can no longer tolerate the life in Finny. This is the story of both learning to face the world and face oneself. Learn More
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  10. Sarcophagus

    Sarcophagus

    By Vladimir Gubaryev. Translated by Michael Glenny.

    Product Code: S78000

    • Tragedy
    • 16m., 6w. (doubling possible, extras as desired.)
    • 135 min.
    Vladimir Gubaryev, who is not only a playwright but also the science editor of Pravda, was the first scientist/writer allowed into the disaster site of Chernobyl. He was given extraordinary access to everyone involved, and his news stories in Pravda contained the first information conveyed to the rest of the world from the Soviet Union. With the impact of this horrifying experience still within him, he then wrote this searing and incredibly frank play. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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