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  1. O, Little Town

    O, Little Town

    By Jerome McDonough.

    Product Code: O89000

    • Drama
    • High School
    • 10+ actors, flexible

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 35 min.
    God and an angel are disappointed in people's behavior around the Christmas holiday until a young couple giving birth restore some hope for humanity. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  2. Christmas All Over the Place

    Christmas All Over the Place

    Book by Judith Martin. Music by Donald Ashwander.

    Product Code: CH3000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School
    • 4m., 5w.
    • 20 min.
    The four Huffenpuffs and the four Wigglebees, former neighbors now living a winter apart in the North and the South, have accidentally invited each family to spend Christmas with the other. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  3. The Christmas Dream

    The Christmas Dream

    Adapted by I. E. Clark. Based on a poem by Edwin Markham.

    Product Code: CL3000

    • Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School
    • 3m., 3w.

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    • 20 min.
    A humble cobbler awaits a visit from the Lord as told to him in a dream, while several unexpected guests stop by his home. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  4. The Little Match Girl

    The Little Match Girl

    Adapted by Herman Ammann. Based on the Hans Christian Andersen tale.

    Product Code: LJ2000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 8m., 10w., extras.
    • 30 min.
    Ragged, hungry little Maggie tries to sell matches on the icy streets of a cold city, but no one will buy them because they are so involved in their own interests that they fail to understand the needs of others. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  5. The Littlest Angel

    The Littlest Angel

    Adapted by Patricia Gray. Based on the story by Charles Tazewell.

    Product Code: L26000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 9 characters, plus extras.

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    • 20 min.
    Known throughout Heaven as "The Littlest Angel", an unruly boy who sings off-key is ordered to present himself before the Angel of Peace. What happens then makes this a beautiful and heartwarming play for young people. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  6. The Gift of the Magi

    The Gift of the Magi

    Based on the story by O. Henry. Adapted by Anne Coulter Martens.

    Product Code: G21000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 2m., 5w.

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    • 30 min.
    This is a touching story of a young couple unable to afford presents for each other on their first Christmas together. Each sacrifices a treasure to provide a gift for the other but, in so doing, they work at almost tragically funny cross-purposes. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  7. A Hillbilly Christmas Carol

    A Hillbilly Christmas Carol

    By LeRoma Eshbach Greth.

    Product Code: H19000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College
    • 3m., 4w.

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    • 30 min.
    Joshua, a lazy, bad-tempered mountaineer, hates Christmas, so his family prepares a mountaineer version of A Christmas Carol and Joshua sees the Ozark Christmas Past, Present and Future. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  8. Our Miss Brooks and the Christmas Carol

    Our Miss Brooks and the Christmas Carol

    By Kristin Sergel. Adapted from the original material of R.J. Mann.

    Product Code: O26000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College
    • 5m., 7w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 30 min.
    Miss Audubon's cast for A Christmas Carol is in rebellion, and the Christmas play dilemma is dumped in the lap of the exhausted Miss Brooks. A wild rehearsal is complicated by the principal's discovery that someone has hung up a spray of mistletoe. Learn More
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  9. The Christmas Carol

    The Christmas Carol

    Dramatized by Julian Lee. Based on the classic by Charles Dickens.

    Product Code: C23000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School
    • 25 characters, more or less as desired.

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    • 30 min.
    Based on the classic by Charles Dickens. This play is extremely simple to present, while keeping all the thrill and Christmas joy of the original. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  10. Hogmanay

    Hogmanay

    Product Code: HJ2000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • College | Community
    • 2m., 4w.

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    • 40 min.
    As Ben and Molly prepare to celebrate Scottish New Year alone in their Oak Park home, an ice storm causes an automobile accident outside, and Molly and Ben end up as impromptu hosts to the accident victim Wallace, their next-door neighbor Sharon, their daughter Lizzy, and Wallace’s daughter Amy. Both the older and younger characters are forced to face the issues brought on by aging, which they muddle through with humor. Despite their regrets from the past and fears for the future, love endures. Learn More
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