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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
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  2. First Person Shooter FE8000

    First Person Shooter

    By Don Zolidis.

    Product Code: FE8000

    • Drama
    • High School | College
    • 5 to 10m., 4 to 10w., up to 10 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    After a horrific school shooting, a community is left to pick up the pieces. The only friend of the shooter, Tad, who managed to stop the killer early in the rampage, blames himself. Tortured and guilty, Tad is forced to examine his life and his relationship with his best friend—and where it went wrong. Could he have stopped it before it happened? Could he have talked his friend out of it? This play is a difficult and complex look at emotional abuse, bullying and the tragedy of being an outcast. Learn More
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  3. dont u luv me?

    dont u luv me?

    By Linda Daugherty.

    Product Code: DA8000

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

      Limited Livestream Rights Available

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    • 40 min.
    Angela has a new boyfriend. He is amazingly handsome and romantic, but one night he roughly grabs Angela's arm and later texts, begging for forgiveness. The relationship continues, but C.J. now exerts his control, isolating Angela from her family and friends as the relationship spirals dangerously downward. This well-researched and thought-provoking play explores the hidden world of aggression and violence in teen dating while encouraging young people to make choices that result in healthy relationships. Learn More
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  4. The Door

    The Door

    By Paul Elliott.

    Product Code: D99000

    • Drama
    • High School | College
    • 1m., 1w., 1 offstage voice.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 20 min.
    A grandmother sits in her darkened apartment and refuses to answer the insistent knocking at her front door. Her teenage grandson, who had been beaten and brutally murdered because someone thought he was gay, pushes every annoying button to encourage his grandmother, who has shut herself off from everything, to answer the door. Learn More
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