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  1. Two-Bit Taj Mahal

    Two-Bit Taj Mahal

    By Paul D'Andrea.

    Product Code: TJ1000

    • Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 2w., extras can be used for crowd scenes.
    • 105 min.
    New Liberty, Missouri is an American Midwestern farming town dealing with a dangerous loner-bully who falls in love with a young drifter and is transformed by her. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. American Dead

    American Dead

    By Brett Neveu.

    Product Code: AC8000

    • Drama
    • College | Professional
    • 6m., 2w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    A man is haunted by the senselessness of his sister's murder. He drinks and hallucinates conversations with her and is confronted with information regarding who killed her. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  3. Eric LaRue

    Eric LaRue

    By Brett Neveu.

    Product Code: E55000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 80 min.
    A mother of a teenage boy who shot and killed three of his classmates decides to meet with the mothers of the murdered boys and the meeting spirals out of control. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. Hamlet or Does Father Reeeeeeally Know Best?

    Hamlet or Does Father Reeeeeeally Know Best?

    By Nancy Linehan Charles. Based on the play by William Shakespeare.

    Product Code: H94000

    • Comedy | Drama | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | Community | TYA
    • 2m., 2w., 11 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    William Shakespeare believed strongly in the fact that there will always be consequences when you make the wrong move. Hamlet listens to a ghost, who makes all of the decisions, and everyone ends up dead. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  5. Ted Kaczynski Killed People With Bombs: A Play With Seven Songs, One Reprise and Three Epiphanies

    Ted Kaczynski Killed People With Bombs: A Play With Seven Songs, One Reprise and Three Epiphanies

    By Michelle Carter.

    Product Code: TF2000

    • Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 3w.
    • 90 min.
    This play explores our impulse to explain why horrific acts are committed. A character called Wild Nature Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  6. The Glory of Living

    The Glory of Living

    By Rebecca Gilman.

    Product Code: G73000

    • Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 5m., 5w. (with doubling.)

      Limited Livestream Rights Available

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    • 90 min.
    This is the story of Lisa, a 15-year-old girl, and her marriage to Clint, an ex-con twice her age. Systematically abused by her husband, Lisa is coerced into helping him commit crimes of varying magnitude, including murder. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  7. The Smell of the Kill

    The Smell of the Kill

    By Michele Lowe.

    Product Code: SH2000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 3w. (3 male offstage voices.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 70 min.
    Three wives exchange confidences while their unseen spouses play golf in the dining room. When the men mistakenly lock themselves in a basement meat locker the women are faces with the decision of letting them out or keeping them there permanently. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  8. House of the Seven Gables

    House of the Seven Gables

    By Vin Morreale Jr. Adapted from the classic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

    Product Code: H84000

    • Comedy | Drama | Melodrama | Tragedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 8m., 6w. (plus extras who may be doublecast.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    The cruel and cunning Colonel Pyncheon brings a curse down on his entire family. More than a century later, a young woman arrives to find the last of the family, and the mysterious House of the Seven Gables, beset by dark secrets and untimely deaths. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  9. Deadly Weapons

    Deadly Weapons

    By Laurie Brooks.

    Product Code: D75000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    When three teenage friends decide to take the law into their own hands, they are forced to confront themselves, their relationships and the consequences of their actions. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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