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  1. Once Upon A Broomstick

    Once Upon A Broomstick

    By Sylvia Ashby.

    Product Code: O92000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 6+ actors, either gender, flexible.
    • 30 min.
    A witch attempts to use her powers to get a young apprentice to fall in love with her. He is drawn to the maid instead, causing near disaster until a wizard intervenes. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  2. A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    Adapted by Jerome McDonough from Dickens' classic.

    Product Code: CL1000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School
    • 12 to 30 actors, either gender, flexible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 35 min.
    Marrying fidelity to Dickens' words with open, simple staging and costuming, this version is fresh and highly performable. Scene changes are effected by members of the "living cyclorama" (the chorus), thus maintaining the flow of the play. Learn More
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  3. 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.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 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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  4. Not Even A. Mouse

    Not Even A. Mouse

    By Jerome McDonough.

    Product Code: N79000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 8 to 34 actors, either gender, flexible.

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    • 25 min.
    A mouse and his sister try to find the perfect gift for their mother for Christmas not knowing they had the gift all along. Learn More
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  5. A Magic Christmas

    A Magic Christmas

    By Faye D. Julian.

    Product Code: ML2000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 2m., 4w.
    • 30 min.
    This one-act play for children shows a very special Christmas for Miss Annie Belle, who hasn't had a truly merry Christmas in many years. Now, running out of money, this may be her worst. She is so lonely that she talks to her plants and a dilapidated old doll whose head keeps falling off. A series of strange events, aided by the poinsettia, the holly plant and the doll, give Miss Annie her chance to prove the goodness of her heart. Learn More
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  6. Sharing

    Sharing

    By O.B. Rozell.

    Product Code: SY2000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 4m., 7w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 25 min.
    A family copes with the loss of their wife and mother at holiday time. Learn More
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  7. It's Sad, So Sad When an Elf Goes Bad

    It's Sad, So Sad When an Elf Goes Bad

    By Jerome McDonough.

    Product Code: ID3000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School
    • 12+ actors, either gender, flexible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 35 min.
    A misfit elf and retired reindeer plot revenge on Santa, but discover others can be hurt by their actions. Learn More
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  8. 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
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  9. 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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  10. 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.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 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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