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  1. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd MS6000

    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

    Adapted by Philip Grecian. Based on the novel by Agatha Christie.

    Product Code: MS6000

    • Drama | Melodrama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 7 to 8m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 150 min.
    In the small village of King’s Abbot, Mrs. Ferrars admits to her fiancé, Roger Ackroyd, that she had murdered her husband a year earlier and was being blackmailed to keep the murder a secret. Later, Ackroyd himself is murdered as he sits in his study, and detective Hercule Poirot is called out of retirement to investigate. Every servant and acquaintance in the household at the time of Ackroyd’s murder has something to hide—but who did it? And why? Learn More
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  2. Cries in the Night CS1000

    Cries in the Night

    By Paul Elliott.

    Product Code: CS1000

    • Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 2w., 1 girl.

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    • 100 min.
    Vickie and Neal move to a new home in a new town, trying to rebuild their lives after the death of their 5-year-old son, Bobby. But at night, Vickie begins hearing a child crying in the darkness. Is Bobby trying to reach her, or is some other child actually trapped within the walls of their house? Cries in the Night deals with the impact of early childhood experiences on our lives and afterlives, all couched in a ghost story for the stage that should chill even the most stalwart audience member. Learn More
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  3. Ghosts in the Machine GD8000

    Ghosts in the Machine

    By Eric Coble.

    Product Code: GD8000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 70 min.
    It begins after lunch on Melissa’s phone. Someone she doesn’t know is texting her looking for a drug hook-up. Soon, eight very different high-school kids are getting bizarre texts from numbers they don’t recognize—budding romances, bitter rivalries, even violent threats. What’s going on? And what if it’s not people connecting with other people via their phones … but phones trying to connect with other phones via their people? A digital mystery for the mind and heart of the savvy texter. Learn More
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  4. Salvation Road

    Salvation Road

    By D.W. Gregory.

    Product Code: S2Q000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4 to 6m., 11w., 1 either gender.

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    • 90 min.
    Denise was always an independent thinker with a passionate social conscience, while her younger brother, Cliff, is just the opposite. But when Denise leaves for college, she becomes obsessed with a charismatic church and its founder. Concerns intensify when Denise declares her family is a “toxic” influence—and disappears. One day, Cliff’s best friend, Duffy, spots Denise and is convinced that she’s in trouble and needs help, propelling them onto a road trip into the heart of a deepening mystery. Learn More
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  5. Sherlock Holmes and the First Baker Street Irregular

    Sherlock Holmes and the First Baker Street Irregular

    By Brian Guehring. Based on the characters and mysteries of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

    Product Code: S2P000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 7 to 13m., 5 to 12w., up to 13 extras

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    • 70 min.
    On a dare, 14-year-old Wiggins tries to pickpocket an old man. Not only is she unsuccessful, but the old man, Sherlock Holmes, takes the ring that was in her pocket and leaves a note with his address. When she goes to retrieve the ring, she proposes to work as his assistant, and he agrees to begin training her. They must learn to trust each other as Wiggins and her group of street urchins help him solve two dangerous mysteries. Learn More
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  6. The Return of Edwin Drood

    The Return of Edwin Drood

    By Michael Druce.

    Product Code: RD9000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 9m., 7w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 100 min.
    When Charles Dickens died halfway through The Mystery of Edwin Drood readers were left with one of the greatest literary mysteries of all time. Now Drood reappears in America where he has overcome amnesia brought on by a savage attack 10 years earlier. Drood sets into motion an elaborate plan to discover the assailant's identity, but questions arise about forgiveness, redemption, justice and revenge. Learn More
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  7. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Goose

    Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Goose

    Adapted by Michael Menendian and John Weagly. From The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

    Product Code: S2N000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 5 to 7m., 3 to 9w., up to 12 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.

    In this family-friendly mystery, Sherlock Holmes must discover the identity of a man who lost his hat and goose in a late-night scuffle, and then the countess of Morcar’s rare and valuable blue carbuncle is found stuffed down the goose’s throat. The pursuit of the thief leads Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to Covent Garden Market and all over the streets of wintry London.

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  8. Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars

    Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars

    Adapted by Eric Coble. From the graphic novels by Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood.

    Product Code: S2E000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 5 to 10m., 5 to 10w., up to 10 either gender.

      No Livestream or Record and Stream Rights Available

    • 80 min.
    Sherlock Holmes is missing, and the streets of London are awash with crime. Who will save the day? The Baker Street Irregulars—a gang of street kids hired by Sherlock himself to help solve cases. Can a group of orphans, pickpockets, inventors and artists rescue the people of London? The game is afoot! Learn More
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  9. Rose and the Rime

    Rose and the Rime

    By Nathan Allen, Chris Mathews and Jake Minton.

    Product Code: RD5000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | Community
    • 5m., 5w., up to 6 either gender.

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    • 85 min.
    Young Rose lives in a town that has been trapped within perpetual winter by the evil Rime Witch. To save Radio Falls from its frigid misery, Rose bobsleds through ice caves, braves haunted forests and plunges through fierce blizzards before finally confronting the witch. Radio Falls returns once again to its summer splendor, but how long can the good times last? Learn More
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  10. What We Lost Along the Way

    What We Lost Along the Way

    By C.E. Glanville.

    Product Code: WH2000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 7m., 3w.

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    • 105 min.
    Set against the backdrop of World War II, the children of two British families navigate their way through the intricate terrain of adolescence. The play centers on 15-year-old Serena Moffitt and her younger brother, Joseph, who are sent from their working class suburb where they end up billeted with an upper-class family struggling to maintain their fortune with two sons who are close in age to the Moffitts. Learn More
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