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From classic and best-selling family favorites to new and heartwarming seasonal comedies, our Christmas plays and musicals are brimming with holiday spirit.
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  1. The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge

    The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge

    By Mark Brown.

    Product Code: TG8000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 6m., 2w., or 8m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 120 min.
    A year after his miraculous transformation, Ebenezer Scrooge is suing Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. He makes the spirits an offer: work every day, not just one day a year, and he'll drop the charges. He confesses that it took extraordinary measures to change him, so he had to go to extraordinary measures to change the Spirits of Christmas. The spirit of caring and giving should be every day, not just once a year. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  2. Madeline's Christmas ME8000

    Madeline's Christmas

    Book and lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby. Music by Shirley Mier. Based on the book by Ludwig Bemelmans.

    Product Code: ME8000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 1m., 14w.

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    On Christmas Eve, Madeline meets a rug merchant who has brought 12 very special rugs. He reminds Madeline that Christmas is the time of miracles, and that these magic carpets will allow all the girls in her school to fly home to be with their families for Christmas! After saying goodbye to the girls, Miss Clavel finds a present that the girls left for her, befriends a little mouse, and counts her many blessings. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  3. A Christmas Story Cover CA9000

    A Christmas Story

    By Philip Grecian. Based on the motion picture A Christmas Story, © 1983 Turner Entertainment Co., distributed by Warner Bros., written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark; and on the book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd.

    Product Code: CA9000

    • Comedy
    • High School | Community | Professional
    • 7m., 4w. (Expandable.)
    • 120 min.
    Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out!" Learn More
    $12.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $120/perf

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  4. A Christmas Carol Cover CA4000

    A Christmas Carol

    By John Jakes. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.

    Product Code: CA4000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 11m., 6w., 4 boys, 2 girls (expandable).

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    This version goes beyond other adaptations with a unique dramatic concept: the audience is introduced to Charles Dickens himself. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  5. Miracle on 34th Street Cover M96000

    Miracle on 34th Street, the Play

    Adapted by Mountain Community Theater from the novel by Valentine Davies. Based upon the Twentieth Century Fox motion picture Miracle on 34th Street.

    Product Code: M96000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 2w., 1 girl, 14 either gender, many extras, including children.

      No Livestream Rights Available

    • 100 min.
    In this heartwarming tale, an old man named Kris Kringle gets a job working as Santa for Macy's. After referring parents to other stores to find exactly the toy their child has asked for, he ends up in a court competency hearing. In a dramatic decision, the court confirms Kris as the true Santa, allowing a special little girl and countless other children to experience the joy of childhood fantasy. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  6. Black Nativity B72000

    Black Nativity

    The Christmas story in dialogue, narrative, pantomime, gospel song and folk spirituals—the unique creation of the poet and playwright Langston Hughes. Optional music arranged by Aaron Robinson.

    Product Code: B72000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • variable.

      No Livestream Rights Available

    • 50 min.
    The traditional Christmas story told through dialogue, narrative and pantomime allows the freedom to add the music of your choice (from gospel songs, spirituals and traditional carols to your own original compositions) and dance. This thrilling holiday piece will have your audiences on their feet! Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  7. Fruitcakes Cover F49000

    FrUiTCaKeS

    By Julian Wiles.

    Product Code: F49000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 4m., 4w., 6 boys, 7 girls, extras if desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Jamie has run away from home and has come as far as his money will take him. At first he thinks this town's inhabitants are "nuttier than fruitcakes," but soon he comes to admire, appreciate and adore this nutty little town. This moving story of alienation, understanding and reconciliation provides audiences with a heaping helping of holiday warmth and Christmas cheer. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  8. A Child's Christmas in Wales

    A Child's Christmas in Wales

    Adapted by Jeremy Brooks and Adrian Mitchell. Based on the classic by Dylan Thomas.

    Product Code: C62000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 13m., 7w. (chorus, extras).
    • 120 min.
    Despite the fact that this is a Welsh Christmas and the music is also Welsh, Dylan Thomas has managed to universalize the very essence of Christmas as any child anywhere might perceive it. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  9. The Nutcracker Cover N22000

    The Nutcracker

    Adapted by June Walker Rogers.

    Product Code: N22000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 10m., 12w., extras .

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    The legend of the wonderful Nutcracker is now available in this captivating play. At a gala Christmas Eve party, Clara's godfather presents her with an amazing Nutcracker in the form of a wooden soldier. Too excited to sleep, she suddenly finds the Nutcracker brought to life. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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