Full Length Plays

The Reclamation of Madison Hemings

Product Code: RF3000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 2 m.
Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

One year after the end of the Civil War, Madison Hemings and Israel Jefferson return to Monticello. Madison attempts to claim the pieces of the house he helped build, while Israel advises him to consider the memories of the other families who were enslaved at Monticello. Both men are confronted with their conflicting feelings about Thomas Jefferson, and they are forced to consider—what do we need to keep with us, and what should we leave behind? Learn More

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Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till

Conceived and created by G. Riley Mills, Anthony Moseley and Prince Roc. Adapted from the court transcripts by G. Riley Mills and Prince Roc.

Product Code: TY3000

Drama | Tragedy
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 12m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 95 min.

In 1955, Emmett Till, a young Black boy, traveled to Mississippi to visit relatives where he was kidnapped and murdered in one of the most horrific crimes in American history. The trial became a catalyst for the modern Civil Rights Movement. Every word of testimony presented in the play was taken directly from the original transcripts, allowing viewers to hear these voices from our past and bear witness to this tragedy as it unfolded. Learn More

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Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo

By G. Riley Mills.

Product Code: MT4000

Comedy | Melodrama
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | TYA
Cast Size: 3 to 6m., 3 to 5w.

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Approx. Run Time: 70 min.

Travel back in time to the 1930s, when the once-popular Avondale Zoo has fallen into disrepair. With the Birmingham Parks Board threatening to close the zoo and sell off its remaining animals to the highest bidder, the legendary Miss Fancy must devise a plan to save the zoo before it's too late! Filled with music, magic, comedy and dancing to entertain people of all ages, Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo will have audiences' toes tapping and their imaginations shining! Learn More

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Proprioception

By Marilyn Millstone.

Product Code: PN2000

Drama
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 2m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

Kylie is a young prima ballerina with a torn ACL and a chip on her shoulder. Esther is an elderly widowed Holocaust survivor estranged from her only child. Both are patients of renowned Black physical therapist Mike Sheffield. When Sheffield decides that the two women should share appointments, attachments form, conflicts erupt, secrets surface and lives unravel. A play about how we heal … and how we don’t. Learn More

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American Association of Community Theatre AACT NewPlayFest Winning Plays: Volume 4 (2020) AN6000

Shattering

By Pat Montley.

Product Code: S4J000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 2m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 105 min.

Jonah has just been released from juvenile commitment into the foster care of Jacqueline Dawson, whose estranged son he helped to murder. Jonah is ordered to torture and kill Dawson—or be killed himself. The instructions come from the gang leader through Jonah’s girlfriend LaBelle, who is pregnant. Jonah and LaBelle plot the murder, even as his relationship with the strict but caring Dawson develops and his imagined visits with her dead son jar his conscience. Learn More

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Objects in the Mirror

By Charles Smith.

Product Code: OB1000

Drama
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 4m., 1w.
Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

Shedrick, a Liberian refugee living in Australia, explains his journey from his war-torn home to refugee camps, where he survived squalor, hunger and disease. He was rescued by his Uncle John and assumed the identity of John’s dead son. Now safe in Australia, Shedrick wants to reclaim his identity. Rob, a white attorney, believes it can happen with a simple legal procedure, but John is ferociously against it, forcing Shedrick to choose between reclaiming his identity and his loyalty to the man who saved his life. Learn More

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When January Feels Like Summer

By Cori Thomas.

Product Code: WJ7000

Comedy | Drama | Satire
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 3m., 1w., 1 pre-op transgender (m. to w.) who can be played by either gender (prefer transgender).
Approx. Run Time: 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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The Opponent

By Brett Neveu.

Product Code: OA6000

Drama | Tragedy
Recommended For: College | Professional
Cast Size: 2m.

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

This title takes a look at the hardscrabble world of boxing from the perspective of a small-time boxing gym owner, Tre Billiford, and a young up-and-comer, Donell Fuseles. Time shifts forward, as Tre's mental ability has begun to crumble from his own time in the ring, and Donell starts to question Tre's advice given to him five years previously. Tensions quickly rise between the two broken men as both accuse the other of causing the failures that define their lives. Learn More

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Mary

By Thomas Bradshaw.

Product Code: MN8000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 4m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

At the height of what TIME magazine dubbed "AIDS hysteria" in 1983, college student David invites his boyfriend home to his parents' house in Maryland where nothing has changed since the 1800s—including the slave quarters. This play confronts hypocrisy and oppression with exhilarating wit.

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Stage Black

By Lydia R. Diamond.

Product Code: SN1000

Comedy
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 3m., 7 to 10w.
Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

Writer, a respected but obscure Black playwright, attempts to write the perfect, producible Black play. Despite Writer's efforts, her inclination toward truth and honesty in art conflicts with her desire for commercial viability. Try as she may to write the quintessential Black play that falls within the comfort zones of white and Black audiences, her subconscious artistic and political sensibilities leap to the fore. Her characters rebel. Finally, a humorous and suspenseful coup effectively deconstructs all of the clichés. Learn More

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