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  1. Quazimodo!

    Quazimodo!

    By David Koren. Based on Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

    Product Code: Q16000

    • Comedy | Drama | Melodrama | Satire | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 3m., 3w.

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    • 70 min.
    Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame, falls for the gypsy Esmeralda, who is framed for the murder of her lover Phoebus, and tries to save her from execution by bringing her into the sanctuary, but the archdeacon allows the Parisians to hang h Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. The Yellow Boat

    The Yellow Boat

    By David Saar.

    Product Code: Y29000

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

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    This play is based on the true story of a boy, who was born with congenital hemophilia and died at the age of 8 of AIDS-related complications. A uniquely gifted visual artist, Benjamin's buoyant imagination transformed his physical and emotional pain into a blaze of colors and shapes in his fanciful drawings and paintings. Benjamin's remarkable voyage continues to touch audiences around the world. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  3. The Yellow Boat

    The Yellow Boat

    By David Saar.

    Product Code: Y30000

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

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 65 min.
    This touring version is based on the true story of a boy, who was born with congenital hemophilia and died at the age of 8 of AIDS-related complications. A uniquely gifted visual artist, Benjamin's buoyant imagination transformed his physical and emotional pain into a blaze of colors and shapes in his fanciful drawings and paintings. Benjamin's remarkable voyage continues to touch audiences around the world. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. Butterfly

    Butterfly

    By Jerome McDonough.

    Product Code: BK2000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 15+ actors, flexible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    This version begins in 1938 when an American unites in a Japanese marriage with the geisha, Butterfly. When he leaves without her, she waits faithfully for him to keep his promise to return. From her house overlooking the harbor of Nagasaki, she and their son watch for his ship. The date is December 6, 1941—the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He finally does return to the devastated city after World War II has ended, and he finds ... ? Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  5. The First Time Club

    The First Time Club

    By KT Curran.

    Product Code: FD4000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | College | TYA
    • 4w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    Four young girls form a secret club in order to share first time experiences as they grow older. Not all of their actions have a positive outcome. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  6. Crimes At The Old Brewery

    Crimes At The Old Brewery

    By Tim Kelly.

    Product Code: CM8000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • College | Community
    • 11m., 10w. (a smaller cast with doubling).

      LLivestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    A villain called Jack O'Lantern ruled a community of murderers, robbers and assorted cut-throats in a notorious tenement house, the Old Brewery, in New York's toughest crime area. True to history, this tale recounts events in its tunnels and shadowy passageways. The vice squad prepares to demolish the structure, but its dangerous tenants have no intention of living elsewhere. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  7. The Zero Sum Mind

    The Zero Sum Mind

    By Stephen Gregg.

    Product Code: Z11000

    • Comedy | Tragedy
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 7 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 15 min.
    A man speaks to no one in particular. Another man chases his enemy with a copy of Alice in Wonderland. A woman washes her son with a brush and polishing wax. What's going on here? Finding out what's happening is the point of this 10-minute play about a world like ours, but with one very important difference. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  8. Martin Said So ML8000

    Martin Said So

    By Wanda Schell and Kenny Bento.

    Product Code: ML8000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | College
    • 5m., 3w.
    • 45 min.
    A college girl is uninterested in helping to organize a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life. A history of the civil rights movement and her family's direct involvement told by her grandmother may change her mind. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  9. The Love of the Nightingale

    The Love of the Nightingale

    By Timberlake Wertenbaker.

    Product Code: L68000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 7m., 7w. (two variable choruses.)

      Limited Livestream Rights Available

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    • 105 min.
    A retelling of the Philomele story that passionately demonstrates the violence that stems from enforced silence. Philomele is raped and when she threatens to talk, the rapist cuts out her tongue. She then kills her rapist's son in an awful act of violence. A cycle of retribution begins which only ends when the gods transform Philomele into a nightingale. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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