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  1. Lost In Tumblerock or, They Took the Wrong Road

    Lost In Tumblerock or, They Took the Wrong Road

    By Katie Reed.

    Product Code: LJ9000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 7m., 8w., extras.
    • 45 min.
    This comic melodrama is complete with rowdy ranch hands and beautiful French cancan dancers and will have the audience cheering the heroes and booing the villains. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  2. Ring of Lead

    Ring of Lead

    Adapted by Ken Pickering. From Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould's short story The Leaden Ring.

    Product Code: RC2000

    • Drama | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 2m., 3w.

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    • 25 min.
    Based on a short story by Sabine Baring-Gould. A young woman endures the memory of a suitor who committed suicide and is ultimately trapped by his revenge. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  3. Suspect to Change

    Suspect to Change

    By Will Humble.

    Product Code: S1D000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 2m., 3w.

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    • 35 min.
    It's a case of mistaken identity when a woman is taken to the hospital after a car accident. Confusion reigns as everyone attempts to sort out what crimes may have been committed and by whom. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  4. Arrivals

    Arrivals

    By Jerome McDonough after "The Rivals " by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

    Product Code: A60000

    • Farce
    • High School | College
    • 6m., 6w.

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    • 45 min.
    One of literature's most enduring classics has been lovingly remodeled for young contemporary audiences. Although the characters are all younger and their names have been changed, all the rich plot elements still abound. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  5. Hubie's Best Friend

    Hubie's Best Friend

    By Jules Tasca.

    Product Code: H68000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College
    • 2m., 1w.

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    • 20 min.
    Hubie is the hardworking intellectual college student, and his roommate, Alvin, is the girl-loving, girl-chasing jock. Hubie decides to create a fictitious girlfriend and make Alvin fall in love with her, but he falls for his imaginary girl himself. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  6. You Can't Trust the Male

    You Can't Trust the Male

    By Randy Noojin.

    Product Code: Y18000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College
    • 1m., 1w.
    • 35 min.
    Harvey, a painfully shy young mailman, falls in love-at-first-sight with a feisty young Brooklyn woman. In order to win her over, he decides not to deliver an important note. Learn More
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  7. Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son

    Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son

    Adapted by Vaughn McBride from the story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

    Product Code: G50000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Professional
    • 2m., 1w. (1 boy.)
    • 35 min.
    A writer achieves fame and fortune when he allows himself to be drawn into the quick money world of Hollywood. He leaves the wife who stood by him in hard times and marries a screen sex goddess. Now he must try to regain his own integrity. Learn More
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  8. Sex Lives of Superheroes S92000

    Sex Lives of Superheroes

    By Stephen Gregg.

    Product Code: S92000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College
    • 1m., 2w., 3 either gender.

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    • 30 min.
    Elenor, Michael's date for the evening, is appalled to find that he copes with his frustrations by giving fantasy lectures about the sexual habits of comic book heroes, and the two seem mismatched until Elenor reveals her own obsession. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  9. Unbeatable Harold

    Unbeatable Harold

    By Randy Noojin.

    Product Code: U19000

    • Comedy
    • High School
    • 1m., 1w.
    • 35 min.
    In this comedy Harold's dreams of entering the fields of hand puppetry and asking Wanda to marry him are interrupted when Wanda gets a job at a roller rink. Learn More
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  10. The History of Tom Jones

    The History of Tom Jones

    By Dennis M. Maganza. Adapted into a one-act play by Luis Muñoz. Based on the book by Henry Fielding.

    Product Code: HE1000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 20m., 15w. (doubling possible).

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    • 35 min.
    Tom is in love with beautiful Sophia. Although her father envies his reputation as a daredevil and womanizer, he wouldn't consider letting his daughter marry such a scoundrel. The story of Tom's love for the beautiful Sophia; his everlasting feud with the despicable Allworthy heir, Blifil; the mad race to London, punctuated by the infamous night in the inn and the ill-fated masquerade ball are skillfully transferred to the stage in this dramatization. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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