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  1. Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till TY3000

    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
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 12m., 2w.

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    • 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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  2. The Impracticality of Modern-Day Mastodons IG4000

    The Impracticality of Modern-Day Mastodons

    By Rachel Teagle.

    Product Code: IG4000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 1m., 2w., 3 to 16 any gender.

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    • 90 min.
    Suddenly, all childhood dreams have come true, and the world is full of astronauts, ballerinas, cowboys and princesses. It’s a brave and glorious new world for everyone but Jess, who wanted to be a mastodon when she grew up. With the help of her friendly vocational advisor and her super-spy boyfriend, Jess embarks on a journey to find her place in the world and discover why it seems to be unraveling. An offbeat comedy about ambition, vocation and restlessness. Learn More
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  3. Dandelion DJ1000

    Dandelion

    Book and lyrics by Joan Ross Sorkin. Music by Mary Liz McNamara. Based on the book by Don Freeman.

    Product Code: DJ1000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 4 to 6m., 2 to 3w., extras as desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    Dandelion is a family musical based on the children’s book by Don Freeman. Dandelion, a shy, awkward lion, is faced with middle-school angst when he’s invited to Jennifer Giraffe’s impromptu party. He decides that if he goes, he will need to reinvent himself to impress her. Meanwhile, his friends have their own adolescent hang-ups about attending the party. After a series of unexpected complications, Dandelion joins his friends at the party and discovers that it’s better to just be yourself. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. Boswell BN2000

    Boswell

    By Marie Kohler.

    Product Code: BN2000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 2m., 3w., 1 to 14 any gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 80 min.
    Joan, an American graduate student, journeys to a Scottish noblewoman’s estate to research iconic literary giant, Samuel Johnson. Instead, she discovers the chatty, bawdy journals of James Boswell, long hidden in the estate’s attic. Coaxed by her new friend, Joan pours over his wild adventures in the Scottish Hebrides with Johnson. Heart and mind spar wittily in this two-period dramatic comedy about friendship, travel and the written word. Learn More
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  5. Midnight and Moll Flanders MS800

    Midnight and Moll Flanders

    By Marie Kohler. Adapted from the novel Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe.

    Product Code: MS8000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 6w., with doubling. Expandable ensemble.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 120 min.
    Moll Flanders’ drive for love and survival led her on many adventures—flings, marriages and a career as an infamous thief. The play begins on the eve of Moll’s hanging at Newgate Prison as she tells her story to the minister, who is determined to offer her a last chance at salvation. Midnight and Moll Flanders follows a transformation journey for both Moll and the minister, exploring the influence of gender, class, free will and luck in an era as wildly entrepreneurial as our own. Learn More
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  6. Live to Tell LN9000

    Live to Tell

    By Eric Coble.

    Product Code: LN9000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Professional | TYA
    • 3w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 35 min.
    Whether you’re escaping from conflicts at home, within yourself or a country at war, you can become a target for human traffickers. With spirit, humor and honesty, three vulnerable teen girls, Alison, Makayla and Isabella, lead us through their harrowing descents—and escapes—from being used as property to reclaim their worth as human beings. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  7. Mother, Mother: The Many Mothers of Maude MS9000

    Mother, Mother: The Many Mothers of Maude

    By Julie Jensen.

    Product Code: MS9000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 1m., 4w.

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    • 85 min.
    Mother, Mother: The Many Mothers of Maude follows Maude Adams, the most celebrated American actress of the 19th century, and her mother, Annie Adams, an actress who never found celebrity. This is a play about one who never got what she wanted and another who never wanted what she got. Using 19th-century theatre techniques, Mother, Mother examines a complicated mother/daughter relationship and covers the volatile lives of performers at the time. Learn More
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  8. Never After Happily N94000

    Never After Happily

    By Cindy Marcus.

    Product Code: N94000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • High School | College | Community
    • 4 to 7m., 7 to 10w., 2 any gender.
    • 85 min.
    Welcome to an enchanted kingdom where all your favorite fairy tale characters have come to retell—NOPE! Scratch that, we're not doin’ that! Ella’s tired of the false promises that never come true in the real world, so she’s writing what happens AFTER. Now, the entire kingdom is rocked as these aging ingénues and neurotic princes try to deal with life after that perfect moment. Part farce, part vaudeville, part SNL, a little Rocky Horror and a wild ride that no one ever imagined after “happily ever after.” Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  9. American Wee Pie AP1000

    American Wee Pie

    By Lisa Dillman.

    Product Code: AP1000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 2w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    A disenfranchised textbook editor returns to his hometown to scatter his mother's ashes and, in the process, unexpectedly discovers his true calling. American Wee Pie is a comedy about economic recession, career second acts and the sometimes life-changing wonderment of a small, good thing. Learn More
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  10. Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo MT4000

    Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo

    By G. Riley Mills.

    Product Code: MT4000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | TYA
    • 3 to 6m., 3 to 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 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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