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  1. Selkie

    Selkie

    By Laurie Brooks.

    Product Code: SW7000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 3m., 4w.

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    • 45 min.
    In Scotland, selkies transform into lasses on Midsummer's Eve and dance on the beach. This play chronicles the story of a 16-year-old who discovers a pelt that unlocks the mystery foretold. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  2. The Ugly Duckling

    The Ugly Duckling

    Adapted by Ric Averill. From Hans Christian Andersen

    Product Code: U31000

    • Comedy
    • College | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 2w.

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    • 45 min.
    In search of his identity, Udrich tries to become a turkey, goose, dog, cat, hen, and even a human child. Only after a year of danger and self growth, does he find his place and happiness. Learn More
    $39.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  3. Two Marys, Five Jacks and One Very Big Shoe

    Two Marys, Five Jacks and One Very Big Shoe

    From Mother Goose for very young audiences. Adapted by Joey Madia.

    Product Code: TJ8000

    • Comedy
    • Professional | TYA
    • 1m., 1w.
    • 40 min.
    Using the help of the audience, Wee Willie Winkie and Mary Quite Contrary act out the rhymes of Mother Goose to entertain their siblings who all happen to be the children of the Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  4. Goodbye Marianne

    Goodbye Marianne

    By Irene Kirstein Watts.

    Product Code: G98000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 2w., 1 boy, 2 girls, or 3 minimum (1m. 2w.) with doubling.

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    • 45 min.
    A true story of the author's childhood experience of hope in a time of terror. Set in Nazi Germany in the days following the Night of Broken Glass. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  5. Hucklebee and the Rhyming Mountain

    Hucklebee and the Rhyming Mountain

    By Wil Denson.

    Product Code: H61000

    • Comedy | Satire
    • Middle School | College | TYA
    • 2m., 2w. (7m. Or w.)
    • 45 min.
    Hucklebee is rudely awakened and ordered to begin the journey of his life: the journey up Rhyming Mountain, where he meets characters like Stuffy Steadfast and Busy-Does-It, and the Wise Rhymer. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  6. A Thousand Cranes Cover T80000

    A Thousand Cranes

    By Kathryn Schultz Miller.

    Product Code: T80000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 1 to 2m., 2 to 3w., up to 2 either gender.

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    • 45 min.
    This is the true story of 12-year-old Sadako, who learns that she has "radiation sickness," or leukemia—an effect of the Hiroshima bombing that happened 10 years ago. Her wish is to be healed by the gods by folding 1,000 paper cranes, but she dies before she can finish. Her friends and classmates finish folding the cranes and build a monument to honor her and all the children who were killed by the atom bomb. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  7. This Is Not a Pipe Dream

    This Is Not a Pipe Dream

    By Barry Kornhauser.

    Product Code: TL9000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 2w., 1 either gender.

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    • 45 min.
    Based freely on the work and early life of surrealist artist René Magritte, this is an unorthodox adventure in theatrical form. Here is the story of young René who wants to be an artist, a notion dismissed by his father as "a pipe dream." Encouraged by his mother, before her untimely death, the boy begins his quest. He follows his vision into the delightfully absurd magic-realism of his famous paintings. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

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  8. Clowns' Play

    Clowns' Play

    By Reginald F. Bain.

    Product Code: C52000

    • Drama
    • High School | TYA
    • 4m., 4w.
    • 40 min.
    In this participation play, clowns utilize what they can find backstage, ask for help from the audience when they get stuck and capitalize on the unique talents of each clown as they play out the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  9. The Truly Remarkable Puss-in-Boots

    The Truly Remarkable Puss-in-Boots

    By Patricia Clapp.

    Product Code: T51000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | TYA
    • 2m., 5w.

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    • 45 min.
    Following the original fairy tale, this play presents an arrogant, swaggering Puss who struts though a series of adventures which give his young master position, riches and a happily-ever-after curtain. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  10. The Tale of the Frog Prince

    The Tale of the Frog Prince

    Book by Kathy Hotchner. Lyrics by Bill Roser, Steve and Kathy Hotchner. Music by Bill Roser.

    Product Code: T48000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | TYA
    • 3m., 4w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    In the heart of a magical swamp lives a crusty prince-turned-frog who wants to become human again but, as he sings it, "No one wants to kiss a toad." Into this swamp comes a noisy, haughty royal family with young Rosalie, whose kiss turns the frog back into a (very surprised!) prince. Your audience will learn as much of a lesson as the prince since they will participate equally in the action. Learn More
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