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  1. Polly Wants a Curtain Call

    Polly Wants a Curtain Call

    By Victoria Sayeg.

    Product Code: PM5000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School
    • 2m., 6w., 14 to 23 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    One day, in the midst of a ship-looting-gone-wrong, Pauline, the Shakespeare-reciting, gluten-intolerant parrot flies away to pursue her acting career in Pollywood. When the pirates discover that she has run away, they experience an awakening and determine that it is not too late to change their scoundrel ways, which leads them directly to Aargaholics Anonymous! Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  2. All Out

    All Out

    By John Zodrow.

    Product Code: AA8000

    • Comedy | Drama | Farce | Satire | Tragedy
    • College | Community
    • 6m., 4w., 6 to 7 extras.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 30 min.
    To what extremes will the game show contestants go to win a prize of $100,000? This play is about lack of ethics and what people will do for money. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  3. Suspect to Change

    Suspect to Change

    By Will Humble.

    Product Code: S1D000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 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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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  4. Slight Indulgences

    Slight Indulgences

    By Vin Morreale, Jr.

    Product Code: S63000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • High School | College
    • 3m., 3w.

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    • 35 min.
    Through his swashbuckling secret agent character, hack writer Bradley immerses himself in a lifestyle far more exciting than his own, and it is up to his characters to bring out the human side of Bradley. Learn More
    $39.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  5. Plots

    Plots

    By Jerome McDonough.

    Product Code: PJ3000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College
    • 11 (or as few as 8 with doubling).

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    Five scenes cover a variety of situations including an invisible man, two girls stranded in a lifeboat and a woman concerned about being buried alive. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  6. Macbeth

    Macbeth

    Adapted by I. E. Clark.

    Product Code: ML1000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | College
    • 6m., 4w., extras

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 35 min.
    Excerpts from Shakespeare's famous play introduce the treachery of Macbeth and his mother and the ultimate resolution of their murderous rise to power. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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