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  1. The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus

    The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus

    By Eric Coble.

    Product Code: GE5000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 1 either gender.

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    • 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
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. Danny, King of the Basement

    Danny, King of the Basement

    By David S. Craig.

    Product Code: DF2000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | TYA
    • 2m., 2w.
    • 60 min.
    Ten-year-old Danny is the "king of moving." In two years, he and his unemployed mother have moved more times than most kids lose teeth. In this heartwarming story, he creates an imaginary world to deal with the instability and hardship of his daily life. This powerful, yet playful play, explores issues related to child poverty and homelessness and demonstrates how the power of friendship can change lives. Learn More
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  3. The Elves and the Shoemaker

    The Elves and the Shoemaker

    Adapted by Ric Averill. From the Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

    Product Code: E52000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 8m., 4w., 36 either gender. Doubling possible.

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    • 65 min.
    In this fanciful and charming reframing of the traditional story of the shoemaking elves, the central character is Gunther, who Learn More
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  4. Martina: Lost and Found

    Martina: Lost and Found

    By R.N. Sandberg.

    Product Code: MF2000

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

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    • 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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  5. Don Quixote

    Don Quixote

    Adapted by Anne Ludlum and David Quicksall. Based on Don Quixote, Parts I and II, by Miguel de Cervantes.

    Product Code: D94000

    • Comedy | Drama | Farce | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 7m., 3w. (May be expanded to approximately 50 actors, with many opportunities for gender flexibility.)

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    • 120 min.
    Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are guided by their creator, Miguel de Cervantes, to deal with the inexplicable as they travel through the plains of La Mancha. Learn More
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  6. 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
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  7. Bocón!

    Bocón!

    By Lisa Loomer.

    Product Code: B36000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 6 actors, with doubling. Flexible.

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    • 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
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  8. OZ

    OZ

    By Patrick Shanahan.

    Product Code: O55000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 1m., 2w.
    • 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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  9. The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

    The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

    By Max Bush. Based on a story by the Brothers Grimm.

    Product Code: BF5000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 4m., 3w., with doubling, or up to 17 (8m., 3w., 6 either gender).

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    • 60 min.
    Boy, an innocent teen unable to know fear, accepts the challenge to stay three nights in the haunted castle. The ghostly inhabitants are unable to scare the boy and the castle is restored ghost-free to the king. As a reward, he is to marry the princess, yet he still seeks an answer to the mystery of his life. It takes the wits of the chamber maid and the help of the princess to teach Boy the shivers when he least expects it. Learn More
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  10. Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There

    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There

    Adapted by Rosemary Nursey-Bray. From Lewis Carroll's classic.

    Product Code: TM2000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 9+ (2m., 3w., 4+ either gender) with doubling or up to 35+ (4m., 5w., 26+ either gender).

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    • 90 min.
    One afternoon while playing chess by herself, Alice enters through the looking glass into a world of strange back-to-front magic where she meets the kings and queens of her chess set. The world inside the glass is marked out as a chess board, across which she must travel as a pawn. She meets Tweedledum, Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty, the Mad Hatter and the March Hare in her adventures. She finally reaches the eighth square and becomes queen. Or is it all a dream? Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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