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

    Shattering

    By Pat Montley.

    Product Code: S4J000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 2m., 2w.
    • 105 min.
    Jonah has just been released from juvenile commitment into the foster care of Jacqueline Dawson, whose estranged son he helped to murder. Jonah is ordered to torture and kill Dawson—or be killed himself. The instructions come from the gang leader through Jonah’s girlfriend LaBelle, who is pregnant. Jonah and LaBelle plot the murder, even as his relationship with the strict but caring Dawson develops and his imagined visits with her dead son jar his conscience. Learn More
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  2. Caravaggio

    Caravaggio

    By Richard Vetere.

    Product Code: CE2000

    • Drama
    • College | Professional
    • 6m., 1w., extras if desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 120 min.
    In the year 1600, famous painter Caravaggio is forced to flee for his life more than once. Tortured, and with his life hanging in the balance, Caravaggio discovers in his exile inspiration that causes a dynamic change in his art. Through his suffering and search for God, he creates the style of art we now call Baroque. Learn More
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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. The Abdication

    The Abdication

    By Ruth Wolff.

    Product Code: AA3000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 6m., 4w.
    • 105 min.
    In 1655, Christina of Sweden abdicated the throne and gives up Protestantism to become a Catholic. She is stunned to discover that she is forced to face an intensive examination of her life and motives by Cardinal Azzolino Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  5. Sketching the Soul

    Sketching the Soul

    By Jacqueline Lynch.

    Product Code: SE5000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 2m., 4w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 80 min.
    Chelsea Logan is an artist struggling with the conflict between her growing celebrity and her Amish upbringing, which she left behind to pursue her ambition and which comes to a head when her younger sister arrives for a visit. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  6. Number the Stars N45000

    Number the Stars

    Based on the book by Lois Lowry. Adapted by Dr. Douglas W. Larche, with educational and editorial assistance from Susan Elliott Larche.

    Product Code: N45000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 7m., 7w., extras if desired.

      No Livestream Rights Available

    • 80 min.
    During the German occupation of Denmark in WWII, the Nazis began to round up the Jews for relocation to concentration camps. Danish freedom fighters of all ages risked everything in daring attempts to rescue the Jewish population. In this stirring play, two young women face soldiers, interrogations, fierce dogs, the loss of loved ones and their own fears as they try to help their friend escape to safety. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  7. Circles of Grace

    Circles of Grace

    By Paul Nicholas Mason.

    Product Code: C91000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 6m., 2w. (1 girl.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    An officer of an occupying army takes command of a happy household in a peaceful nation. The family initially accepts his domination, but eventually they are moved to rebellion. Soaring speech, vivid characters and a haunting conclusion guarantee audiences will leave the theatre disturbed, moved and discussing how peaceful people can/should respond to brute force. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  8. Beloved Friend

    Beloved Friend

    By Nancy Pahl Gilsenan.

    Product Code: B52000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 13m., 9w. (integrated).

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Kristin, a high school student in Minneapolis, is encouraged to correspond with an African girl of her own age and quickly realizes the sharp contrast of their lives. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  9. Any Famous Last Words?

    Any Famous Last Words?

    By Nancy Pahl Gilsenan.

    Product Code: A36000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 2m., 8w. (extras.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    This comedy is fast, fresh and very intelligent. A playwright has been rushed to a hospital on the opening night of her new play, a chicken bone lodged in her throat. She now has to deal with the insanity of hospital red tape, followed by minor surgery and a major anesthetic. Learn More
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  10. Spring Awakening

    Spring Awakening

    Translated and adapted by Edward Bond. From the play by Frank Wedekind.

    Product Code: S61000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • large, variable, doubling possible.

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 100 min.
    Edward Bond's brilliant adaptation of Wedekind's original work examines the youthful tragedy of awakening sexuality in an atmosphere of repression. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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