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  1. Antigone

    Antigone

    Adapted by Bonnie Roberts. Based on the play by Sophocles.

    Product Code: AK7000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Professional
    • 8m., 8w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.

    A civil war has ended. Will there be peace or new rebellion? Each chorus member argues the side of one of the characters, hoping to bring peace to the war-torn land. Each individual faces the choice: should I do what I feel is right or stay silent and safe? This adaptation can be set anywhere there is civil strife—ancient Greece, modern America, a medieval castle, the inner city, the future, any time and place that speaks to you.

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    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  2. The Trojan Women

    The Trojan Women

    Adapted by Tonya Hays. Original music by Buddy Dubourg and Tonya Hays. Based on the play by Euripides.

    Product Code: TH9000

    • Tragedy
    • High School | College
    • 4m., 6w., Greek chorus and soldiers as desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    This anti-war play centers on Hecuba, the fallen queen of Troy, and her grief at the loss of her city and family at the close of the Trojan War, including Cassandra, Odysseus, Agamemnon and Helen of Troy. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  3. 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
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  4. The Women of Troy

    The Women of Troy

    From the classic by Euripides. Adapted by David Grote.

    Product Code: W50000

    • Tragedy
    • High School | College
    • 4m., 12w.
    • 30 min.
    The powerless but still defiant women of the defeated city of Troy Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  5. Jocko or, The Monkey's Husband

    Jocko or, The Monkey's Husband

    By Tim Kelly. Based on the French classic, Jocko La Singe.

    Product Code: J61000

    • Comedy | Satire | Tragedy
    • High School | College
    • 13+ actors, flexible, 2m., 4w.

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    • 25 min.
    Based on one of the French Boulevard plays of the 1800's, in which Jocko (a monkey) falls in love with a European man. They endure the comments of a contemporary theatre audience as well as family and authorities as they pursue their relationship. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  6. Of Winners, Losers, And Games

    Of Winners, Losers, And Games

    By O.B. Rozell.

    Product Code: O90000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | College
    • 7m., 7w., flexible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 30 min.
    A married couple encounter the forces of winning and losing in a dream world as they come to grips with the death of their child. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  7. The Make-Up Artist

    The Make-Up Artist

    By David Henry Wilson.

    Product Code: M13000

    • Comedy | Tragedy
    • College | Professional
    • 1m., 1w. (1 extra.)
    • 30 min.
    A young, brassy and self-confident actor is delighted to have an attractive make-up artist. At first he makes passes at her and brags, but then begins to talk about his bad luck as she transforms him into an unsure old man. Learn More
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  8. Phaedra

    Phaedra

    Adapted by I. E. Clark. Based on the play by Jean Racine.

    Product Code: PH7000

    • Tragedy
    • High School | College
    • 3m., 5w., extras.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    Adaptation of a Greek Tragedy. Phaedra confesses her love for her stepson causing a sequence of events that leads to catastrophe. Learn More
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  9. Requiem

    Requiem

    By Jerome McDonough.

    Product Code: RB8000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 12 to 15 actors, flexible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 35 min.
    The call to war is relentless and takes nearly everyone until a mother deprives them of more fodder for their killing machine. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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