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  1. Cry it Out

    Cry it Out

    By Molly Smith Metzler.

    Product Code: CR7000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 1m., 3w.

      Limited Livestream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Cooped up on maternity leave and starved for conversation, Jessie invites her funny and forthright neighbor Lina, also a new mom, for coffee on the patio between their duplexes. Despite their vastly different finances, they become fast friends during naptimes—while someone spies on them from the mansion on the cliff overlooking Jessie’s yard. This comedy with dark edges takes an honest look at the absurdities of being home with a baby, the dilemma of returning to work, and how class impacts parenthood and friendship. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $100/perf

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  2. Jungle Book Cover J24000

    The Jungle Book

    By Joseph Robinette. Based on the book by Rudyard Kipling.

    Product Code: J24000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 10 to 25 either gender, flexible, doubling possible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    Intertwined with the original tale of Mowgli and his jungle pals, comes the tale of Rudyard Kipling, a Bombay native sent to a boarding school facing a new kind of jungle. Filled with excitement and humor, the play highlights the struggle of good versus evil, the worth of friendship, and the importance of loyalty and other values required for surviving the "law of the jungle." Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $80/perf

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  3. The Wacky Horror Cyber Show WK7000

    The Wacky Horror Cyber Show

    By Finn Kobler.

    Product Code: WK7000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 2 to 8m., 2 to 16w., 4 to 13 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    A collection of surreal, occasionally morbid and definitively wacky (go figure) vignettes all showcasing the absurdity, spookiness and love that comes from the Halloween season. From Edgar Allan Poe having to face rewrites to existentially depressed pumpkins, this play has something for everybody—from silly to sweet to thought provoking. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $80/perf

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  4. Christmas, Virtually

    Christmas, Virtually

    By Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus.

    Product Code: CS7000

    • Comedy | Drama | Farce | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 3 to 10m., 3 to 15w., 1 to 11 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 65 min.
    This online theatrical event is designed to be rehearsed and performed on Zoom. These 12 delightful scenes range in tone from sweet and silly to heartfelt to poignant. Dealing with life during the holidays, everyone can relate to what these characters are going through. From a famous reindeer in therapy because of his nose, to a soldier sending a holiday message home, to Hanukkah struggling to find meaning in the Christmas blitz, this show can be reordered, trimmed, cut and adapted to YOUR audience. Just because we can’t be together doesn’t mean we can’t have Christmas, Virtually. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $80/perf

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  5. Kennedy: Bobby's Last Crusade K45000

    Kennedy: Bobby's Last Crusade

    By David Arrow. Featuring the speeches of Robert F. Kennedy.

    Product Code: K45000

    • Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 1m.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    This solo play portrays Robert F. Kennedy during his short, electrifying campaign for president of the United States. Told from his perspective, this play follows Bobby from his announcement to enter the presidential race on March 16, 1968, to his last speech on June 4. The causes for which he crusaded and policies he championed are remarkably relevant and prescient of the politics and concerns of today. The play contains many of Kennedy’s most famous and impactful speeches, as well as his private apprehensions and more personal, less publicized events. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $80/perf

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  6. Reunited Shorts RE3000

    Reunited Shorts

    By Len Cuthbert.

    Product Code: RE3000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 1 to 5m., 2 to 7w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    Reunited Shorts is an evening of theatre comprised of six unique short plays about reunions. They are about the awkward, humorous and emotional experience of humans coming together … again. The vignettes include Benched; The Gift Exchange; Table for Two Rendezvous; You, Me. Me, You.; delilah.; and Last Dance. Learn More
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  7. Searchers

    Searchers

    By Laurie Brooks.

    Product Code: S4H000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | TYA
    • 6m., 6w., 6 to 25 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    With humor, conflict and theatricality, a chapter in the lives of three teens unfolds. Sammie’s parents are divorcing. Ben has been in a traumatic car accident that left his mother disabled. And loner Isaac longs to be part of a crowd that secretly makes fun of him. All three characters search for answers as a friendship between them grows. An optional interactive forum between the characters and the audience offers a bonding experience, brainstorming possible solutions to the issues presented in the play. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $80/perf

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  8. A Dickens Carol DH3000

    A Dickens Carol

    By Ned Crowley.

    Product Code: DH3000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 5 to 6 m., 5 to 6w., 2 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    A Dickens Carol re-imagines the story of Scrooge from Dickens’ point of view. It’s 1842 Victorian London, and Dickens has become embittered towards life. In a way, he has become a bit of a Scrooge, a character he has yet to even create! But on a cold Christmas Eve, his fortunes take a turn when a train crash sends Dickens into the icy Kent river. There, he is visited by three spirits who lead him on a journey that transforms his life and inspires him to write his most celebrated work ever. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $80/perf

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  9. Pound Cover PN1000

    Pound

    By Sean O'Leary.

    Product Code: PN1000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    After spending 12 years in St. Elizabeths Hospital for incompetency, literary lion and ferocious anti-Semite Ezra Pound faces the terrifying prospect of being released. At first, Pound’s treatment by a young psychiatrist, Ann Polley, seems promising, but then the techniques become disturbing and Ann’s true purpose is revealed. Pound explores whether words can be as powerful as actions, whether revenge can be just, and whether sanity is possible when we’re made to see the world as it is and not as we would have it. Learn More
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  10. The Brothers Paranormal Cover BM3000

    The Brothers Paranormal

    By Prince Gomolvilas.

    Product Code: BM3000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 110 min.
    Two Thai-American brothers launch a ghost-hunting business in order to capitalize on the nationwide increase in sightings of “Asian-looking ghosts.” When the siblings investigate the home of an African-American couple who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina and who are antagonized by one very terrifying spirit, everyone’s notions of reality, fantasy and sanity clash against the shocking truth. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $80/perf

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