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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. 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
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    Book and lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby. Music by Shirley Mier. Based on the poem by Clement C. Moore.

    Product Code: TS7000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | Community
    • 6m., 16w., 4 either gender. May be expanded to up to 16m., 20w., 15 either gender.

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    • 60 min.
    The newspaper needs a holiday feature story, but writer Clement Moore has writer's block. In his frustration, the sounds of bells and visions of Sugar Plum Fairies all conspire to help Clement, as the events from the classic poem come to life. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  3. The Christmas Bus

    The Christmas Bus

    Book, music and lyrics by Robert Inman.

    Product Code: CE3000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 5w., 8 children. (Children's cast can be expanded with nonspeaking parts.)

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    • 90 min.
    Mrs. Frump and the kids from her orphanage go on an adventuresome bus ride culminating in a Christmas even more special than Frump could have ever imagined. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. The Daughter of St. Nicholas

    The Daughter of St. Nicholas

    By Linda Daugherty.

    Product Code: D96000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 3m., 3w., 1m. or 1w., 3 girls, 1 girl or boy.

      Limited Livestream Rights Available

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    • 65 min.
    In this comedic play-within-a-play set in 20th-century provincial Russia, a colorful troupe of actors present the Russian classic fairy tale of Snergorka, the daughter of St. Nicholas who saves Christmas. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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