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  1. Just Deserts

    Just Deserts

    Product Code: J80000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 10 min.
    A teen actor plays devil’s advocate in rehearsal for The Merchant of Venice to arouse “the quality of mercy”—and maybe more—in his leading lady. Learn More
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  2. Madrigal in Black and White

    Madrigal in Black and White

    Product Code: MS4000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4w.

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    A chance encounter between two young women—one Black, one white—escalates into the beginning of a relationship, despite the warnings of their uncensored alter-egos bearing the burden of social history. Learn More
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  3. Rachel Carson Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

    Rachel Carson Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

    Product Code: RE8000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 2m., 1w.

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    • 10 min.
    Environmentalist Rachel Carson, tempted by a mysterious visitor from the sea, must choose between her own health/happiness and her work to save the earth. Learn More
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  4. Voting Your Conscience

    Voting Your Conscience

    Product Code: V48000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 2 any gender.

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    • 10 min.
    One chief poll judge tries to persuade the other to change election results. Learn More
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  5. 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
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  6. 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.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 30 min.
    Retirees wish for an old fashioned Christmas, but are not so enthusiastic when their wish is granted. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  7. Just a Stage He's Going Through

    Just a Stage He's Going Through

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: J25000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 30 min.
    This theatrical fantasy involves Dwight, an average guy, who wakes up in the middle of the night with a horrible feeling that he's on stage somewhere, while the rest of the characters see the world as it is, and who eventually ends up on Freud's couch. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  8. 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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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  9. 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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  10. 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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