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  1. Little Scrooge

    Little Scrooge

    By Patricia Barry Rumble. Based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

    Product Code: LL4000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | TYA
    • 2 to 4m., 3 to 7w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    In this extremely creative, kid-friendly adaptation of the Charles Dickens' classic, The Ghost of Christmas Past (a surfer dude), the Ghost of Christmas Present (a beautiful spirit with an attitude) and the Ghost of Christmas Future (an eerie figure in white) help young Eben Scrooge to discover the true meaning of Christmas. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  2. An Implausible Claus

    An Implausible Claus

    By Nikki Harmon.

    Product Code: I47000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Professional
    • 1m. (1 girl.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 30 min.
    Jensie discovers that the Ho-Ho Hotline is being answered by a Jewish man at a retirement home. While the unusual twosome spend time together, imagination is rekindled. Learn More
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  3. A Christmas for Carol

    A Christmas for Carol

    By Julie Landry.

    Product Code: CL4000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 4 to 6m., 9 to 11w., extras.
    • 25 min.
    A girl is critical of Christmas until something happens that helps her understand the joy of giving. Learn More
    $39.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  4. The Red Rose

    The Red Rose

    By le Clanche du Rand. Based upon Beauty and the Beast.

    Product Code: R42000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • College | Professional
    • 2m., 1w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    This play is an innovative, entertaining, and emotionally relevant treatment of the Beauty and the Beast theme for modern audiences using marks, mime and sound. Thematically it concerns itself with what lies below the apparent surfaces of people and events, as well as with the journey of learning how to love. Learn More
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  5. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe L54000 Touring Cover

    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    From the story by C.S. Lewis. Dramatized by le Clanché du Rand.

    Product Code: L54000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Professional
    • 1m., 1w.

      No Livestream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Here is an entertaining and innovative treatment of the classic C.S. Lewis story. The heroic tale of love, faith, courage and giving; the life and death struggle for control of Narnia and the grandeur of the triumph of good over evil has enthralled audiences of all ages. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  6. Carol * A Christmas

    Carol * A Christmas

    By Jerome McDonough.

    Product Code: CK4000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 10 to 27 actors, either gender, flexible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 25 min.
    A modern day adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" in which a high school student learns there is more to life than studying and grades. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  7. Not Even A. Mouse

    Not Even A. Mouse

    By Jerome McDonough.

    Product Code: N79000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 8 to 34 actors, either gender, flexible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 25 min.
    A mouse and his sister try to find the perfect gift for their mother for Christmas not knowing they had the gift all along. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  8. A Magic Christmas

    A Magic Christmas

    By Faye D. Julian.

    Product Code: ML2000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 2m., 4w.
    • 30 min.
    This one-act play for children shows a very special Christmas for Miss Annie Belle, who hasn't had a truly merry Christmas in many years. Now, running out of money, this may be her worst. She is so lonely that she talks to her plants and a dilapidated old doll whose head keeps falling off. A series of strange events, aided by the poinsettia, the holly plant and the doll, give Miss Annie her chance to prove the goodness of her heart. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  9. Sharing

    Sharing

    By O.B. Rozell.

    Product Code: SY2000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 4m., 7w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 25 min.
    A family copes with the loss of their wife and mother at holiday time. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  10. The Littlest Angel

    The Littlest Angel

    Adapted by Patricia Gray. Based on the story by Charles Tazewell.

    Product Code: L26000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 9 characters, plus extras.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 20 min.
    Known throughout Heaven as "The Littlest Angel", an unruly boy who sings off-key is ordered to present himself before the Angel of Peace. What happens then makes this a beautiful and heartwarming play for young people. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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