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  1. Slight Indulgences

    Slight Indulgences

    By Vin Morreale, Jr.

    Product Code: S63000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • High School | College
    • 3m., 3w.

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    • 35 min.
    Through his swashbuckling secret agent character, hack writer Bradley immerses himself in a lifestyle far more exciting than his own, and it is up to his characters to bring out the human side of Bradley. Learn More
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  2. An Open and Shut Case

    An Open and Shut Case

    By John Mattera.

    Product Code: A24000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 5m., 5w.

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    • 35 min.
    Young, handsome Harold is married to elderly, wheelchair-ridden Elizabeth because of that age-old attraction—money. So naturally, Harold plans to murder her and inherit all that glorious money. He convinces Elizabeth that he can no longer tend to the big house by himself, and she reluctantly agrees to let him hire the people he claims are so urgently needed: a nurse/companion, a housekeeper, a cook and a groundskeeper. Who-done-it? Your audience will be shocked when they finally find out the answer. Learn More
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  3. Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

    By John Mattera and Stephen Barrows.

    Product Code: F31000

    • Drama | Melodrama | Tragedy
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 5m., 1w. (1 creature.)
    • 35 min.
    This version of the classic thriller catches the essence of Mary Shelley's novel and builds to a climax with an unexpected twist. Learn More
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  4. The Men's Cottage

    The Men's Cottage

    By Moses Goldberg.

    Product Code: MJ6000

    • Drama
    • High School | College
    • 2m., 1w., 1 boy, 1 girl, extras optional.

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    • 45 min.
    This play, especially written for a junior-high-school audience, deals with the coming-of-age rituals of a boy in a primitive culture. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  5. Farewell To Galatea

    Farewell To Galatea

    By Ford Ainsworth.

    Product Code: FC9000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College
    • 2m., 4w.

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    • 35 min.
    An artist creates the ideal woman in sculpture only to realize that there is more to love and art than perfection. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

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  6. The Further Adventures of Maide Marian

    The Further Adventures of Maide Marian

    Book and lyrics by Steve and Kathy Hotchner. Music by Bill Roser.

    Product Code: F26000

    • Comedy
    • College | TYA
    • 3m., 3w.

      Limited Livestream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Maide Marian is furious at Robin Hood for deserting her in battle and picks out various audience members to be in her gang. Learn More
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  7. Hopes and Words and Ordinary Things

    Hopes and Words and Ordinary Things

    By Ronald Burke.

    Product Code: H28000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 4m., 4w.
    • 45 min.
    Complete with a bum, a town cop and a local brat, this show unfolds in the park of Maple Springs, Missouri, around 1900. Painter Alison longs to take her career to the big city. Learn More
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  8. Flowers For Algernon One-Act Cover F28000

    Flowers for Algernon

    Adapted by David Rogers. From the classic novel by Daniel Keyes.

    Product Code: F28000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 4m., 1w. (one of the male roles may be played by a woman.)
    • 35 min.
    This is the approved one-act cutting of the compelling story of Charlie, a mentally retarded man, and the strange interweaving of his life with that of Algernon, a mouse. Experimental surgery has been performed on Algernon increasing his intelligence fourfold. The operation is tried on Charlie, whose intelligence rapidly increases to that of a genius. As Charlie approaches the peak of his brilliance, Algernon shows frightening symptoms of regression. The play becomes a race against time in which Charlie tries to keep his new intelligence long enough to save himself. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  9. The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew

    From the Shakespeare classic. Adapted by Luella McMahon.

    Product Code: T12000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College
    • 5m., 3w. (variable.)
    • 40 min.
    Petruchio decides that Kate, the beautiful girl with the awful temper, will make a wonderful wife once she's tamed. Kate wants nothing to do with any suitor. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  10. Ralph Roister Doister

    Ralph Roister Doister

    Adapted by I. E. Clark. Based on the play by Nicholas Udall.

    Product Code: RB6000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 2m., 4w., extras.

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    • 35 min.
    Ralph thinks he is a lady's man and chooses Dame Custance as the lady. But she can't stand the conceited nincompoop. Their tempestuous courtship, complicated by a mischievous meddler and Custance's cute servant girls, rocks the stage in this historically important play. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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