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  1. The Bremen Town Musicians: Nothing Is Worthless

    The Bremen Town Musicians: Nothing Is Worthless

    By Ric Averill.

    Product Code: BK7000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 1w., 32 to 46+ either gender (doubling possible for smaller cast).
    • 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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  2. 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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  3. The Match Girl's Gift: A Christmas Story

    The Match Girl's Gift: A Christmas Story

    By Laurie Brooks.

    Product Code: MF6000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 3m., 3w., optional ensemble of up to 8 children.

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    • 70 min.
    On Christmas Eve 1898, in the heart of New York City, a ragged little girl, Lizzie, is huddled by the steps of an elegant brownstone. When her Gran brings her a gift of "waking dreams" that help her imagine what might be, Lizzie goes into the grand house and offers a unique gift to the family inside. Encouraged by her friends, Lizzie recognizes her own beauty and realizes that without our dreams for the future, we are without hope. Learn More
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  4. The Daughter of St. Nicholas

    The Daughter of St. Nicholas

    By Linda Daugherty.

    Product Code: D96000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 3m., 3w., 1m. or 1w., 3 girls, 1 girl or boy.

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    • 65 min.
    In this comedic play-within-a-play set in 20th-century provincial Russia, a colorful troupe of actors present the Russian classic fairy tale of Snergorka, the daughter of St. Nicholas who saves Christmas. Learn More
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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. The Fair Maid of the West

    The Fair Maid of the West

    By Kevin Theis. From the plays by Thomas Heywood.

    Product Code: F57000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Community
    • 14m., 2w. (Doubling necessary.)
    • 135 min.
    This story recounts the misadventures of lowborn tavern girl, Bess Bridges, and her true love, a gentleman soldier named Spencer. Learn More
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  8. 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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  9. Ozma of Oz: A Tale of Time

    Ozma of Oz: A Tale of Time

    Adapted by Suzan Zeder. Based on the characters and events from Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

    Product Code: O85000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 5m., 4w., 3 either gender with doubling, or 19 (7m., 6w., 6 either gender) with roles distributed.

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    • 90 min.
    Dorothy and her eccentric uncle unwittingly activate Tic Toc and time begins in Oz! Their adventures encourage Dorothy to look beyond Uncle Henry's outward signs of aging to recognize his true competence, energy and worth. Learn More
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  10. The Play Called Noah's Flood

    The Play Called Noah's Flood

    By Suzan Zeder.

    Product Code: PF3000

    • Comedy | Drama | Farce
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 10m., 8w., with doubling, or increase the cast number by distributing the 49 roles.

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    • 90 min.
    At the end of the 15th century, the tiny town of Frogsham musters its dubious resources to mount the Corpus Christi play of Noah and the Flood. This medieval play-within-a-play presents a teeming town full of characters who mirror their biblical pageant counterparts. It provides a humorous glimpse of 15th-century stagecraft and the timeless panic of performers who must go on before the show is ready. Learn More
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