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  1. Voting Your Conscience

    Voting Your Conscience

    Product Code: V48000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 10 min.
    One chief poll judge tries to persuade the other to change election results. Learn More
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  2. Swagger S2Z000

    Swagger

    By Eric Coble.

    Product Code: S2Z000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Professional | TYA
    • 3 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 30 min.
    A momentary act of violence caught on camera destroys the lives of three people. Now they need to tell us their version of how it really went down. Jordan is a quiet, nerdy, almost eighth-grade graduate. Leela, bubbling and following her passion, has just opened her own clothing boutique near Jordan’s school. And Daniel is an awkwardly sweet police officer on foot patrol in the neighborhood. The three of them lead us through their lives, dreams and the snap decisions that led them to that fateful moment. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  3. 'Hoods

    'Hoods

    By Jerome McDonough.

    Product Code: HE5000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School
    • 12 to 20 actors, flexible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    Young people tell about the harsh reality of gangs, drugs, warfare and death on the streets of the "hood." Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  4. Lantern In The Wind

    Lantern In The Wind

    By Tim Kelly.

    Product Code: LH5000

    • Drama
    • High School | College
    • 3w.

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    • 30 min.
    A former partner of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid gives an interview to a magazine reporter leaving some doubt about the fate of one of the famous robbers. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  5. 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.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 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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  6. You, the Jury

    You, the Jury

    By Anne Coulter Martens.

    Product Code: Y12000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School
    • 7m., 5w. (extras.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Bill is accused of theft at his job and witnesses called to testify are contradictory. This jury play has unusual audience appeal in that audience members are summoned as jurors and their verdict actually does determine the trial outcome. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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