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  1. Roleplay RE5000

    Roleplay

    Product Code: RE5000

    • Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 5w., 2 any gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    Devised by college students, inspired by real situations and written with humor, honesty and daring authenticity, Roleplay provides a window into the pressures facing college students today. The play follows a year in the life of a diverse group of college students and explores student perspectives on love, sex, power and consent. Roleplay offers a powerful new tool for addressing toxicity and sexual violence on college campuses. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. 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 Melissaā€™s phone. Someone she doesnā€™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 donā€™t recognizeā€”budding romances, bitter rivalries, even violent threats. Whatā€™s going on? And what if itā€™s not people connecting with other people via their phones ā€¦ 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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  3. The Drama Department

    The Drama Department

    By James Hindman.

    Product Code: DG1000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 95 min.
    Rob, head of the drama department, is determined to win best musical. When Mr. Barnes, president of the school board, finds out newcomer David has been cast as the lead instead of his son, he bullies Stuart, the new principal, into recasting. Stuart is forced to use dubious means, and rumors spread online about David and Rob. Based on a true story, this play serves as a reminder of how gossip and social media can irrevocably change our lives. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. When January Feels Like Summer

    When January Feels Like Summer

    By Cori Thomas.

    Product Code: WJ7000

    • Comedy | Drama | Satire
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 1w., 1 pre-op transgender (m. to w.) who can be played by either gender (prefer transgender).
    • 120 min.
    Three African-American men, a transgender woman and her sister stumble toward the possibilities of being seen, being heard and being loved. One unusually warm January day, their stories of outreach and awareness intertwine at a convenience store in Harlem. By the end of the play, these five characters are living proof that everyone deserves love. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  5. Most Likely To: The Senior Superlative Monologues

    Most Likely To: The Senior Superlative Monologues

    By Michael Tester.

    Product Code: MP4000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | Community
    • 24+, extras and doubling as desired. May be performed by as few as 6 actors.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Inspired by students at a New York high school for the arts, this title pits the "Geeks" against the "Goths," "Drama Queens" and "Jocks" in a senior superlative showdown for Best All Around! These pieces can be used as stand-alone audition material, while an appendix of ensemble and two-person scenes transforms this monologue cycle into a full-length play. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  6. Bird in the Hand

    Bird in the Hand

    By Jorge Ignacio CortiƱas.

    Product Code: BK9000

    • Comedy | Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 2m., 2w., 2 to 3 either gender (more possible).

      Limited Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    A man who runs a theme park in Miami dedicated to tropical birds takes us on a tour of his final year in high school. He explains how he came to inherit the park from his father and lose his best friend in the process. The narrator feels caged and out of place, much like the imported birds he cares for. He considers choices he might have made and daydreams about how his life might have turned out differently. Learn More
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  7. fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life

    fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life

    By Sarah Gubbins.

    Product Code: FE5000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 2m., 3w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Jo is busy fending off suburban boredom, when her teacher assigns Carson McCullers' novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter to her English class. She relates to the central character: forever the listener, definitively the outsider and perpetually misunderstood. When she is the victim of a gay bashing, those close to Jo question their own responsibility and find a voice for those persecuted simply for being different. Learn More
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  8. ALL of US

    ALL of US

    By Laurie Brooks.

    Product Code: AF2000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | Community
    • 5m., 5w., 1 either gender. May be expanded.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    Designed to be performed by and for high-school students, All of Us raises awareness of the discrimination, hatred and violence GLBT students face in their schools and communities. From cities, small towns, suburbs and rural areas, an ensemble of gay teens reveal their stories and the heartbreaking consequences of being marked as different. These stories navigate the treacherous world of being gay in high school—growing up and coming out—coping with love, hate, violence and hope—as they reveal the inner lives of LGBT teenagers and ask "all of us" to stand up for their rights. Learn More
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  9. Turns

    Turns

    By Ric Averill.

    Product Code: TP9000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Community
    • 4m., 5 to 6w., extras as desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 70 min.
    As Marta prepares for The Snow Queen ballet, she also deals with loss, abandonment and, ultimately, forgiveness of family and friends. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  10. The Wrestling Season

    The Wrestling Season

    By Laurie Brooks.

    Product Code: W89000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 4m., 4w., 1 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 70 min.

    Using only the setting of a wrestling mat, eight young people struggle with the destructive power of rumors and how others see them. The action is overseen by The Referee, who comments from inside and outside the drama with hand signals and commands. Using images, movement and sound, cast members function as a chorus and as individual characters whose stories are interwoven to create a theatrical event that challenges and reveals their search for identity.

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    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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