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  1. Hogmanay

    Hogmanay

    Product Code: HJ2000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • College | Community
    • 2m., 4w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    As Ben and Molly prepare to celebrate Scottish New Year alone in their Oak Park home, an ice storm causes an automobile accident outside, and Molly and Ben end up as impromptu hosts to the accident victim Wallace, their next-door neighbor Sharon, their daughter Lizzy, and Wallace’s daughter Amy. Both the older and younger characters are forced to face the issues brought on by aging, which they muddle through with humor. Despite their regrets from the past and fears for the future, love endures. Learn More
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  2. 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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  3. Steering Into the Skid

    Steering Into the Skid

    Product Code: S4W000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Community
    • 1m., 1w.

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    • 25 min.
    In 12 short scenes from New Year’s Day to New Year’s Eve, Amanda and Tim, both in their 60s, face the changes wrought by advancing age and the gradual realization of Tim’s advancing dementia, forcing each character to adjust to new demands on their imperfect but loving marriage. Learn More
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  4. Stuck in the Middle With You

    Stuck in the Middle With You

    Product Code: S4V000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Community
    • 1m., 1w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 20 min.
    Sheltering in place at their home in a small city, John and Allie contend with the difficulties—serious and comic—of isolation caused by a dangerous virus, as well as facing intimations of their own mortality and middle-class privilege. Learn More
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  5. The Narrenschneiden or, The Fool-ectomy

    The Narrenschneiden or, The Fool-ectomy

    Adapted by I. E. Clark. Based on the play by Hans Sachs.

    Product Code: N74000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • High School | College
    • 3 either gender.

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    • 25 min.
    Translation of a 16th century play by Hans Sachs, in which a man's foibles are surgically removed in order to relieve his bloated condition. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  6. The Sale

    The Sale

    By David Alex

    Product Code: SD9000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • 1m., 1w.
    • 10 min.
    A retired teacher tutors an unsuccessful student in algebra. Learn More
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