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  1. The Barnhouse Effect

    The Barnhouse Effect

    By Pat Cook. From the short story by Kurt Vonnegut.

    Product Code: B84000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 5m., 3w.
    • 30 min.
    "Dynamopsychism is the power of the mind," Professor Arthur Barnhouse intones. Outrageous characters and story twists abound in typical Vonnegut fashion, all set in the not-so-comfortable Fifties with its flying saucers and Atomic Age paranoia. Learn More
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  2. An Old-Fashioned Christmas

    An Old-Fashioned Christmas

    By Sally Bowman.

    Product Code: O91000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 2 to 3m., 5w., extras.

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    • 30 min.
    Retirees wish for an old fashioned Christmas, but are not so enthusiastic when their wish is granted. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  3. The Handicapper General

    The Handicapper General

    Adapted by Pat Cook. Based on the story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

    Product Code: H66000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 2m., 5w.
    • 30 min.
    In the year 2081 everybody is finally equal. And if they're not, the Handicapper General equips them with devices to make sure they are. Learn More
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  4. 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
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  5. 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
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  6. Commercials

    Commercials

    By Conrad Davidson.

    Product Code: CM4000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School
    • 1w., 10 either, flexible.
    • 35 min.
    A woman watching TV is surprised when commercials step through her television to pitch themselves to her. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  7. Baker's Dozen

    Baker's Dozen

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: B62000

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

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    • 30 min.
    In this hilarious story of the bond between two brothers we look in on "the summer I learned not to take things...or people for granted...". Jeff shows us when his brother, Jim, cuts his leg so badly recovery was in question. With "brotherly" cajoling, Jeff pulls him through. Learn More
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  8. Rest in Peace

    Rest in Peace

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: R14000

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

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    • 30 min.
    A man witnesses the aftermath of his own death with another dead patient, and they experience unexpected reactions of people. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  9. By the Waters of Babylon

    By the Waters of Babylon

    Based on the story by Stephen Vincent Benet. Adapted by Brainerd Duffield.

    Product Code: B37000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 4m., 1w. (cast includes 1 boy, non-speaking role and variable chorus.)
    • 35 min.
    Set in the distant future, a young boy tries to rediscover our modern civilization. Learn More
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