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  1. The Charge Is Murder

    The Charge Is Murder

    By Luella B. McMahon.

    Product Code: C16000

    • Drama
    • High School | College
    • 5m., 5w. (or variations.)
    • 40 min.
    A young student is charged with murder. The process of justice has begun, and the ultimate verdict appears certain. As he's ready do denounce the entire human race, he's given reason to have faith, both in people and in our system. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $0/perf

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  2. The Summer People

    The Summer People

    Adapted by Brainerd Duffield. Based on the story by Shirley Jackson.

    Product Code: S56000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    This macabre tale makes use of the rural New England setting and the cryptic, taciturn inhabitants of that area. Its two principal characters are kindly city people who have been visiting their same cottage by an isolated lake for several decades. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  4. You, the Jury

    You, the Jury

    By Anne Coulter Martens.

    Product Code: Y12000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School
    • 7m., 5w. (extras.)

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    • 45 min.
    Bill is accused of theft at his job and witnesses called to testify are contradictory. This jury play has unusual audience appeal in that audience members are summoned as jurors and their verdict actually does determine the trial outcome. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  5. Pajama Party

    Pajama Party

    By Anne Coulter Martens.

    Product Code: P12000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School
    • 10w.

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    • 25 min.
    It starts off as the usual slumber party, complete with a scary ghost story and a parade of pajama costumes. Then a police car starts prowling the neighborhood in search of the Blue Light Burglar. And then comes the mystery girl! Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  6. Whodunit?

    Whodunit?

    By Anne Coulter Martens.

    Product Code: W25000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School
    • 8m., 5w., extras.

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    • 30 min.
    The detectives may not know who the killer is but the audience does. An announcer gives them the real facts. Following that, there's the fun of watching the experts Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  7. Episode on an Autumn Evening

    Episode on an Autumn Evening

    By Friedrich Durrenmatt.

    Product Code: E16000

    • Drama
    • High School | College
    • 4m., 2w.
    • 40 min.
    An amateur detective visits a novelist. He's noticed that the 21 murder mysteries the novelist is famed for just happen to coincide with 21 unsolved actual murders—and the novelist just happened to be in the vicinity at the time of each murder. Learn More
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  8. Recalculating

    Recalculating

    Product Code: RF2000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 1 to 2m., 3 to 5w.

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    • 35 min.
    Financially strained art dealers Libby and Beth take an automobile ride across a big city to a rendezvous during which they appear engaged in the illegal sale of stolen fossils. Their trip is comically punctuated by the unctuous female voice of the GPS unit on the dashboard, which begins to make cryptic remarks that seem less concerned with geography and more with the course of Libby and Beth's lives, ultimately leading them to make a significant decision. Learn More
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  9. The Night No One Died

    The Night No One Died

    By Shawn Overton.

    Product Code: N50000

    • Drama
    • College
    • 3m., 3w.
    • 45 min.
    Kissinger Well, master detective and unparalleled genius, has been solving a murder every Friday night for 20 years. Tonight, all the elements for a classic murder investigation seem to be in place, until the victim shows up without being killed. Learn More
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