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  1. Walk, Don't Ride! A Celebration of the Fight for Equality WB1000

    Walk, Don't Ride! A Celebration of the Fight for Equality

    By Peter Manos.

    Product Code: WB1000

    • Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School
    • 2m., 3w., may be expanded, plus optional choir.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    This play with music chronicles the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. It begins with the Montgomery bus boycott when, after the arrest of Rosa Parks, people stopped using the buses crying out "Walk, Don't Ride! Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  2. A Little Princess

    A Little Princess

    By R.N. Sandberg. Adapted from A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett.

    Product Code: LE2000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College
    • 2 to 4m., 7 to 9w., wth extras. May be expanded to 20 to 25.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    A girl who speaks English, French and Hindustani is left in a boarding school in London, but when news arrives that her army captain father has died and their fortune lost, she must live in the attic as a servant until the attic is magically transformed. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  3. In the Tank

    In the Tank

    By Rosemary Frisino Toohey.

    Product Code: I90000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School
    • 2 any gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 25 min.
    Two lobsters find themselves in the tank of a seafood restaurant: one plays dead to avoid being chosen, and the other is philosophical, wondering what the point of living is if you are always acting dead. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  4. Furry Tails With a Twist

    Furry Tails With a Twist

    By Jennifer Hickok DeFratis.

    Product Code: FB9000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College
    • 1m., 1w., or up to 8 (1m., 1w., 6 either gender).

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    • 45 min.
    Two actors accidentally scramble beloved fairy tales and perform "Goldilocks and the Three Wolves," "The Three Billy Trolls Gruff" and "The Three Little Bears." Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  5. Rock Bottom

    Rock Bottom

    By Dan Roberts.

    Product Code: RC9000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School
    • 10+ actors, flexible.
    • 45 min.
    Rock is thrown from a volcano and spends the next few million years proving he is worth something before becoming the American landmark, Plymouth Rock. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  6. Somebody Catch My Homework

    Somebody Catch My Homework

    By Sandra Fenichel Asher. Inspired by the poetry of David L. Harrison. Optional incidental music by Ric Averill.

    Product Code: SH8000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | TYA
    • 2m., 2w., 1 either gender. Expandable to 13 roles, plus extras as desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    The new girl in town has lost her cat Corky, and meets three very wacky new friends, who welcome her to their class. Searching for essay topics about the animal kingdom, the students find themselves on quite an adventure, and along the way, find Corky. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  7. All Out

    All Out

    By John Zodrow.

    Product Code: AA8000

    • Comedy | Drama | Farce | Satire | Tragedy
    • College | Community
    • 6m., 4w., 6 to 7 extras.

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    • 30 min.
    To what extremes will the game show contestants go to win a prize of $100,000? This play is about lack of ethics and what people will do for money. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  8. Country Mouse and the Missing Lunch Mystery

    Country Mouse and the Missing Lunch Mystery

    By Sandra Fenichel Asher.

    Product Code: CD8000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School
    • 7m. or w., plus extras as desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 30 min.
    It's Country Mouse's turn to serve lunch to her city cousin, but all of the food keeps disappearing! Enter the Mouse Patrol to search for clues and track down three hungry kittens. Learn More
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  9. The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid

    By Sandra Fenichel Asher.

    Product Code: LE1000

    • Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School
    • 1m., 6w. (extras as desired.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Adapted from the story by Hans Christian Andersen, with the added character of Daphne, a powerful young hurricane who sees the loving Mermaid through her magical transformations from sea creature to earthbound human being and from human being to Daughter of the Air. Learn More
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  10. Thunder Mountain

    Thunder Mountain

    By Sandra Fenichal Asher

    Product Code: TG9000

    • Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School
    • 2w., 3m. or w., extras as desired (see note).

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    A dragon has stolen the sun and left the valley below Thunder Mountain dark, cold and barren. Villagers argue and hoard what little food they have left, until two brave young people set out to climb the forbidding mountain and confront the dragon. Learn More
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