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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. Suspect to Change

    Suspect to Change

    By Will Humble.

    Product Code: S1D000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 2m., 3w.

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    • 35 min.
    It's a case of mistaken identity when a woman is taken to the hospital after a car accident. Confusion reigns as everyone attempts to sort out what crimes may have been committed and by whom. Learn More
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  3. 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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  4. 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.

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    • 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
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  5. Goodbye Marianne

    Goodbye Marianne

    By Irene Kirstein Watts.

    Product Code: G98000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 2w., 1 boy, 2 girls, or 3 minimum (1m. 2w.) with doubling.

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    • 45 min.
    A true story of the author's childhood experience of hope in a time of terror. Set in Nazi Germany in the days following the Night of Broken Glass. Learn More
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  6. 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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  7. Babes in Gangland or The Godmother

    Babes in Gangland or The Godmother

    By Dutton Foster.

    Product Code: B69000

    • Farce | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School
    • 3m., 4w., 2 either gender

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    • 35 min.
    This melodramatic farce, marked by puns, double entendres, asides to the audience, and other absurdities, is a comic tour de force. A perfect contest one-act with no elaborate set requirements. Learn More
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  8. The Great Pandemonium

    The Great Pandemonium

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: G61000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 4m., 5w.

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    • 30 min.
    The play is Shakespeare's Richard III, and the night before it opens, the cast, crew and high-school drama coach run a hilarious, problematic tech rehearsal. Mr. Nusthorp has to contend with a militant assistant director, several missing actors who were grounded for teepeeing the principal's house and a prop lady who quits every chance she gets. Its all a bit more than he can take! Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  9. 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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  10. Carol * A Christmas

    Carol * A Christmas

    By Jerome McDonough.

    Product Code: CK4000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 10 to 27 actors, either gender, flexible.

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    • 25 min.
    A modern day adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" in which a high school student learns there is more to life than studying and grades. Learn More
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