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American Association of Community Theatre AACT NewPlayFest Winning Plays: Volume 4 (2020) AN6000

Goat Song Revel

Product Code: GE3000

Comedy
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 5m., 1w.
Approx. Run Time: 80 min.

A one-person Greek chorus named Doris shows up at Job’s house and lets him know that her arrival most likely means that they’re in a Greek drama, but whether it’s a tragedy or comedy isn’t clear. To complicate matters, God and Satan meet at Job’s house, where Satan says he wants to play a game he made up called “Job.” Dionysus also stops by, realizes that they’re heading for a tragedy and begins his plan to turn this tragedy into a comedy. Learn More

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The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus

By Eric Coble.

Product Code: GE5000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 1 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus is a whirlwind adventure about how we affect the environment and the animals with whom we share the planet, and how we take on the mission of saving the world from ourselves. A unique twist on traditional storytelling, where a bit of moonlight brings a menagerie of found objects to life, this original play shows the power of memory and imagination and will captivate and inspire audiences of all ages. Learn More

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The Bremen Town Musicians: Nothing Is Worthless

By Ric Averill.

Product Code: BK7000

Comedy | Farce | Satire
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 2m., 1w., 32 to 46+ either gender (doubling possible for smaller cast).
Approx. Run Time: 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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Mary

By Thomas Bradshaw.

Product Code: MN8000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 4m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

At the height of what TIME magazine dubbed "AIDS hysteria" in 1983, college student David invites his boyfriend home to his parents' house in Maryland where nothing has changed since the 1800s—including the slave quarters. This play confronts hypocrisy and oppression with exhilarating wit.

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Martina: Lost and Found

By R.N. Sandberg.

Product Code: MF2000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 3m., 4w., 6 either gender (2m., 3w. with doubling).

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Approx. Run Time: 65 min.

Martina is struggling with the new changes of being a teen. This fantastical, realistic whirlwind exposes confronting fears, and important choices to set a course of growth and responsibility. Learn More

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Nathan the Wise

By Paul D'Andrea after G.E. Lessing. Translation by Gisela D'Andrea and Paul D'Andrea.

Product Code: N54000

Comedy | Drama | Melodrama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 6m., 3w. (Doubling and expansion possible.)
Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

This Western classic on religious tolerance is set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade. Two young people, Jew and Christian, are drawn to each other in love and come up with an imaginative resolution to the issue of which is the one true faith. Learn More

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Caught Between Two Worlds

By Carlos Perez.

Product Code: CF7000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 5m., 7w.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Approx. Run Time: 55 min.

In Caught Between Two Worlds, 15-year-old Andrea is half Latinx and half white. Not speaking Spanish, she is shunned by those who are Latinx, and since her skin is brown, she’s shunned by those who are white. The play focuses on the need of those who are of mixed race to discover where they belong, not only in our society but in their own home, and brings insight to the young people who may have dealt with them cruelly. Learn More

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Bocón!

By Lisa Loomer.

Product Code: B36000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 6 actors, with doubling. Flexible.

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Approx. Run Time: 55 min.

¡Bocón! tells the story of 12-year-old Miguel who flees a repressive military regime in Central America for Los Angeles. A natural storyteller and irrepressible "big mouth" or bocón, Miguel loses his voice when his parents are taken and begins a metaphorical journey north to the City of Angels. Along the way, he finds his voice and the courage to cross the border to a new life. Miguel's story is relevant to immigrant children from all parts of the world, and to any child who is learning the many meanings of finding one's own "voice." Learn More

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OZ

By Patrick Shanahan.

Product Code: O55000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 1m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

It's 1899 in Chicago, and Frank Baum is putting the finishing touches on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but is missing a few key elements…the title and the ending! Suddenly his Victorian study becomes a magical land. In the heart of this frenzy is the whole creative process, and in the end we realize that Baum is the real wizard of Oz, but he needs an assistant … our imaginations. Learn More

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Kimchee and Chitlins: A Serious Comedy About Getting Along

By Elizabeth Wong.

Product Code: K25000

Comedy | Drama | Satire
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 4m., 3w. (Expandable chorus, multicultural cast.)

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

Skewering the news media and modern race relations in America, this play shows a novice television reporter who finds herself sitting pretty in the anchor seat, but she is haunted by a bogeyman chorus who questions the way she got her promotion. Learn More

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