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  1. It's a Wonderful Life

    It's a Wonderful Life

    Adapted by Philip Grecian. Based on the film by Frank Capra.

    Product Code: I89000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 63 speaking roles which may be played by as few as 7m., 3w., 2 boys and 2 girls.

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    • 105 min.
    This radio play adaptation follows the story of George Bailey, the unsung, beloved hero of Bedford Falls. Learn More
    $39.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  2. A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas

    A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas

    By Laurie Brooks.

    Product Code: LD5000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 70 min.
    In their poorest winter ever, when the crops have been devastated by locusts and the family must deal with the death of baby Freddie, Charles Ingalls backtracks his family to Iowa, to take over the running of a hotel. A wealthy Mrs. Starr offers to adopt Laura Ingalls to ease their burden. Laura must decide whether to leave Ma, Pa, Mary and Carrie in this play about enduring family bonds. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  3. Nathan the Wise

    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
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 6m., 3w. (Doubling and expansion possible.)
    • 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
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

    Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

    By Andrew J. Fenady. Based upon the teleplay by Val de Crowl and Andrew J. Fenady.

    Product Code: Y27000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 7m., 5w. (plus supernumeraries.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 100 min.
    A young girl writes a letter to the editor of the New York Sun. "Dear Editor, I am eight years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says if you see it in the Sun, it's so. Please tell me the truth. Is there a Santa Claus?" Ed Mitchell, the editor, assigns Frank Church—a reporter on the verge of self destruction—the task of answering Virginia's question. Church's quest and reply have become one of the world's most quoted and beloved editorials. Learn More
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  5. Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

    Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

    By Andrew J. Fenady. Based upon the teleplay by Val de Crowl and Andrew J. Fenady.

    Product Code: Y26000

    • Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 7m., 5w. (plus supernumeraries.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 80 min.
    A young girl writes a letter to the editor of the New York Sun. "Dear Editor, I am eight years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says if you see it in the Sun, it's so. Please tell me the truth. Is there a Santa Claus?" Ed Mitchell, the editor, assigns Frank Church—a reporter on the verge of self destruction—the task of answering Virginia's question. Church's quest and reply have become one of the world's most quoted and beloved editorials. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  6. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

    The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

    By Pat Cook. Based on the book by L. Frank Baum.

    Product Code: LB2000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 9m., 8w., 10 either gender, 5 children, extras.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Have you ever wondered just where Santa Claus came from? This delightful tale answers once and for all how Santa Claus made the first toy, why he climbs down chimneys and how he learned to laugh that great "Ho, ho, ho." Learn More
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  7. Belongings

    Belongings

    By Daniel Fenton.

    Product Code: B92000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 5w.
    • 90 min.
    Three generations of women find themselves at a crossroads following the death of the family's matriarch. Reeling from the loss of their grandmother, sisters Katy and Jimmie call an all-out war against an estate sale. With the help of their aunt, the sisters finally understand the important belongings are not those of physical attachment, but the emotional bonds that stay with us when those we love are gone. Learn More
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  8. Little Women: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy

    Little Women: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy

    Adapted by Sandra Fenichel Asher from the writings of Louisa May Alcott.

    Product Code: LA9000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 6 to 7m., 10 to 12w., non-speaking extras if desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 110 min.
    In this spritely adaptation, special attention is given to the imaginative play of the young characters: storytelling, playacting, letter writing, newspaper publishing and other creative endeavors still available to young people today. This charming and intelligent adaptation breathes new life into Louisa May Alcott's beloved story and is remarkably faithful to the text. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

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  9. A Christmas Story Cover CA9000

    A Christmas Story

    By Philip Grecian. Based on the motion picture A Christmas Story, © 1983 Turner Entertainment Co., distributed by Warner Bros., written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark; and on the book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd.

    Product Code: CA9000

    • Comedy
    • High School | Community | Professional
    • 7m., 4w. (Expandable.)
    • 120 min.
    Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out!" Learn More
    $12.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $120/perf

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  10. Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

    Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

    By Andrew J. Fenady. Based upon the teleplay by Val DeCrow and Andrew J. Fenady.

    Product Code: Y22000

    • Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 17m., 8w. (extras, doubling possible).

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    This play is inspired by a simple, poignant letter written more than 100 years ago by a little girl to a newspaper. Virginia wondered and wrote: "Dear Editor, I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says if you see it in the Sun, it's so. Please tell me the truth. Is there a Santa Claus?" Frank Church, who was once the top reporter, is responsible for answering her question. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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