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  1. Silent Night Cover S4B000

    Silent Night

    By Peter Manos.

    Product Code: S4B000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 3m., 4w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    It is December of 1818 in the small Austrian village of Oberndorf bei Salzburg. Now in the midst of a blizzardy cold winter, an assistant priest and a poor schoolmaster strive to lift the spirits of the congregation. But the already ailing church organ is destroyed through a misunderstanding by the schoolmaster’s autistic son, who then runs away from home. In the midst of this turmoil, the schoolmaster and priest come together to produce the world’s most beloved Christmas song, “Silent Night.” Learn More
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  2. 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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  3. Legend of the Poinsettia

    Legend of the Poinsettia

    By Roxanne Schroeder-Arce.

    Product Code: LF6000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 3w., plus chorus with doubling, or up to 12+ (4m., 6w., 2 either gender) plus chorus.

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    • 50 min.
    Thirteen-year-old Estrella is torn between her family's cultural traditions and the exciting life she imagines exists in the homes of mainstream Americans. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  4. 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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  5. 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.

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    • 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
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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. The Turn of the Screw

    The Turn of the Screw

    By Douglas Jones. Based on the novella by Henry James.

    Product Code: TC6000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 3w. (includes 1 boy, 1 girl.)

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    • 90 min.
    Genuine chills are provided in this tale of a governess, left in charge of a boy and a girl at a lonely estate, who begins to suspect that the ghosts of two former servants have hideous designs upon the children. If she is right, the children are in terrible peril, but if she's wrong, she herself might be driving them mad. With every twist in the plot (or turn of the screw) the tension increases until something—or someone—must snap. Learn More
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  8. 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).

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    • 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
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  9. Hale the Hero!

    Hale the Hero!

    By Richard Vetere.

    Product Code: H41000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 1w.

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    • 60 min.
    This play is alternately jocular and tender in dramatizing the reluctant leap to heroism of a soldier who plays every game in the book to avoid being hanged as a spy. Learn More
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  10. 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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