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  1. An Evening With Sherlock Holmes

    An Evening With Sherlock Holmes

    By Jules Tasca.

    Product Code: E89000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 5 to 10m., 2 to 6w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.

    This unique evening of mystery consists of a triad of one-acts that are best performed altogether: The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (5m., 2w.): A British aristocrat's to-be wife disappears on the day they are to be wed. The Milverton Adventure (3m., 2w.): A nefarious man is blackmailing an engaged woman with letters to a former lover that she wrote. If revealed, they could destroy her impending marriage. Finally, The Disappearance of Adam (2m., 2w.): Holmes must solve the riddle that has puzzled the most brilliant minds in history! How does a person cope with his or her own demise? Does Holmes solve this case? Yes and no. A not-to-be-missed climax!

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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. Psych

    Psych

    By Lisa Rowe.

    Product Code: PL4000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 2w., 1 either gender. (Several of the characters may have their genders reversed, if necessary.)
    • 140 min.
    Edward Baxter was a successful psychiatrist until he was framed for murder. Now on the run with an assumed identity and a suspicious new wife, his luck is running out. Edward seeks help from a fellow psychiatrist and a man with inner demons of his own. This play's humor is broad in scope including slapstick, wordplay and a bit of dark humor. Learn More
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  3. Kong's Night Out

    Kong's Night Out

    By Jack Neary.

    Product Code: K44000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 5m., 4w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 100 min.
    This is the story of what happened in the hotel room next to the hotel room where Ann was whisked out of the bed and into the Manhattan night by King Kong. There's always a backstory. There are also mistaken identity, pies in the face, deceit, underhandedness and even a couple of romances. And every moment is meticulously coordinated with the events depicted in the 1933 movie. Learn More
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  4. Two Witches, No Waiting

    Two Witches, No Waiting

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: TU1000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Arlene and her sister, Elzbeth, are known as friendly, charitable and a little eccentric. This is understandable, because it is also known that they are witches. At least, that's the story spread by their housekeeper just before she vanished. The sheriff seems a little shy about investigating for some reason and now Arlene's son is trying to get them to sell their house to his fiancés father and is also falling in love with the new housekeeper! Learn More
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  5. Aura

    Aura

    By Tommy Lee Johnston.

    Product Code: AK5000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.

    An eccentric man named Mike can see color auras surrounding others, revealing their vitality—or imminent demise. This play is a probing exploration of how Mike copes with knowledge that one should not even possess, let alone share. How does a thoughtful person live from day to day with a gift/curse of soul-wracking sensitivity and mind-numbing thoughtfulness such as this?

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  6. 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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  7. Helium

    Helium

    By Julian Wiles.

    Product Code: HF9000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    This uplifting story is about a chemistry teacher who braves the trials of aging, while keeping her imagination, charm and dignity intact. Her daughter struggles to keep her mother's mind solidly anchored in reality, but her grandsons watch in wonder and amazement as their mischievous grandmother slips away day by day into the mysterious and unfathomable clouds of dementia. Learn More
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  8. Second Samuel

    Second Samuel

    By Pamela Parker.

    Product Code: S1F000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 7m., 4w.
    • 105 min.
    The death of one sweet old lady turns the small southern town of Second Samuel upside down, leaving everybody wondering if anything would ever be normal again! Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  9. The Enchanted April

    The Enchanted April

    By Bonnie Roberts. Adapted from the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim.

    Product Code: E60000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 110 min.
    WWI has ended, and in the England of 1922, everyday life is slowly settling back to normal. Four women from different backgrounds decide to rent a villa on the Italian shore. Can these four very different women come together at the villa, find healing in the tranquil beauty of their surroundings, and rediscover hope and love? Will their husbands and friends who join them there also fall under the spell of San Salvatore? Learn More
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  10. THE BIG GUNS: or Whose Little Lily Is She?

    THE BIG GUNS: or Whose Little Lily Is She?

    By Andrew J. Fenady and Duke Fenady. Based on the novella by Andrew J. Fenady.

    Product Code: BE4000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College
    • 8m., 6w. (As in the good old radio days, an actor may play several parts.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 80 min.
    A radio comedy about the Old West told with a twist that includes songs, smoking six-shooters and the adventures and misadventures of two cattle barons. Learn More
    $39.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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