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  1. Long Walk to Forever

    Long Walk to Forever

    Based on the story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Adapted by Bryan P. Harnetiaux.

    Product Code: L61000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Professional
    • 1m., 1w.
    • 20 min.
    Realizing he loves his childhood friend Catharine, Newt goes AWOL from the army and hitchhikes home to see her before she marries another man. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  2. 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
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  3. Postponing the Heat Death of the Universe

    Postponing the Heat Death of the Universe

    By Stephen Gregg.

    Product Code: P61000

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

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    • 35 min.
    After losing a scholarship contest, Nick lies motionless in a dark room. Jackie, the scholarship winner, arrives to give him her condolences and the two exchange their views. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  4. The Sheep Thief

    The Sheep Thief

    Adapted by Ford Ainsworth from The Second Shepherd's Play.

    Product Code: SY4000

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

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    • 35 min.
    Three shepherds must thwart the efforts of a thieving scoundrel named Mak who is trying to steal their sheep. In spite of their vigilance, Mak manages to steal a lamb. The scene in which Mak and his wife, Gil, try to pass the lamb off as their newborn baby is some of the best comedy ever written. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  5. Flowers For Algernon One-Act Cover F28000

    Flowers for Algernon

    Adapted by David Rogers. From the classic novel by Daniel Keyes.

    Product Code: F28000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 4m., 1w. (one of the male roles may be played by a woman.)
    • 35 min.
    This is the approved one-act cutting of the compelling story of Charlie, a mentally retarded man, and the strange interweaving of his life with that of Algernon, a mouse. Experimental surgery has been performed on Algernon increasing his intelligence fourfold. The operation is tried on Charlie, whose intelligence rapidly increases to that of a genius. As Charlie approaches the peak of his brilliance, Algernon shows frightening symptoms of regression. The play becomes a race against time in which Charlie tries to keep his new intelligence long enough to save himself. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  6. A Fair Affair

    A Fair Affair

    By Daria Polatin.

    Product Code: F77000

    • Drama
    • College
    • 1m., 1w.
    • 30 min.
    Based on Chekhov's short story "The Lady With the Pet Dog," this bittersweet love story explores the "backwards" relationship of two secret lovers. Learn More
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  7. 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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