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  1. The Storm in the Barn

    The Storm in the Barn

    Adapted by Eric Coble. From the graphic novel by Matt Phelan.

    Product Code: S4D000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 7 to 20 either gender.

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    In 1937 Kansas, 11-year-old Jack faces many challenges: bullies, his father’s desperate attempts to keep his family intact, an ill older sister and a troublemaker little sister. But he’s also facing the Dust Bowl and the steady spread of the mysterious illness “Dust Dementia.” So can Jack even trust his own eyes when he makes a terrifying discovery in the abandoned barn next door? When everyone says you’re too small to be the hero of any story, where do you find the strength to save your family … and the world? Learn More
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  2. The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus

    The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus

    By Eric Coble.

    Product Code: GE5000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 1 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus is a whirlwind adventure about how we affect the environment and the animals with whom we share the planet, and how we take on the mission of saving the world from ourselves. A unique twist on traditional storytelling, where a bit of moonlight brings a menagerie of found objects to life, this original play shows the power of memory and imagination and will captivate and inspire audiences of all ages. Learn More
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  3. The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus

    The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus

    By Eric Coble.

    Product Code: GE6000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 1 to 10 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus is a whirlwind adventure about how we affect the environment and the animals with whom we share the planet, and how we take on the mission of saving the world from ourselves. A unique twist on traditional storytelling, where a bit of moonlight brings a menagerie of found objects to life, this original play shows the power of memory and imagination and will captivate and inspire audiences of all ages. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. Wonderland: Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure

    Wonderland: Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure

    Book by Rachel Rockwell. Music by Michael Mahler. Lyrics by Michael Mahler and Rachel Rockwell. Adapted from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

    Product Code: WH8000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 6m., 4w., expandable.

      Limited Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 80 min.
    Lewis Carroll's beloved, poetic tale of self-actualization is brought to life by a cast of actors/musicians who create an eclectic, live rock soundtrack as 7 1/2-year-old Alice searches for her own inner musical voice. Throughout her journey, the actors surround Alice in a live musical tapestry ranging from classic rock to punk to ska and even a little bit of Bollywood. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  5. The Tallest Tale Ever Told

    The Tallest Tale Ever Told

    By Vivian Snipes.

    Product Code: TU3000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | TYA
    • Cast: 2 to 10m., 2 to 4w., up to 16 either gender. Puppetry opportunities for expanding cast.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind's journey of discovery transports you to a simpler, earlier time of possibility and promise when amazing men and women accomplished astounding adventures! This highly theatrical tall tale is a narrative based in fact that includes embellishment, enhancement, enlargement and aggrandizement! So let the thunder roll, lightning strike and the rain storm as Davy Crockett bursts to life saving the world from imminent destruction. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  6. The Bremen Town Musicians: Nothing Is Worthless

    The Bremen Town Musicians: Nothing Is Worthless

    By Ric Averill.

    Product Code: BK7000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 1w., 32 to 46+ either gender (doubling possible for smaller cast).
    • 60 min.
    This play presents the classic fairy tale about animal musicians who are kicked out of their homes as worthless, but find new strength and purpose as they band together, becoming an orchestra of musicians. The play then turns the same story into an urban fairy tale with human characters in a big city. Learn More
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  7. Aunt Leaf

    Aunt Leaf

    By Barbara Wiechmann.

    Product Code: AF7000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | TYA
    • 3 actors, gender flexible. Expansion possible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    It is 1910. An 11-year-old girl is sent into the woods by her widowed great-aunt to look for the ghost of her dead husband. The girl brings back made up stories to cheer up the old woman and soon comes to believe her own stories are true. The shared adventure, both dangerous and hopeful, serves as a dual passage for the child into adolescence and the old woman into a more peaceful death. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  8. Quixote

    Quixote

    Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha. Book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. Music by Dennis Poore. Lyrics by Flip Kobler.

    Product Code: QD5000

    • Comedy | Drama | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 4m., 10w., 11 either gender. May be doubled to a cast of 13 or expanded to up to 50.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 80 min.
    Feeling pressured to fit in, Alonzo Quijana, dreams of a better time, when one man could change the course of tomorrow. With the fragile line of popularity, the very thin grasp of sanity, could making the world a better place come from one lone voice in the crowd? Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  9. Hamlet or Does Father Reeeeeeally Know Best?

    Hamlet or Does Father Reeeeeeally Know Best?

    By Nancy Linehan Charles. Based on the play by William Shakespeare.

    Product Code: H94000

    • Comedy | Drama | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | Community | TYA
    • 2m., 2w., 11 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    William Shakespeare believed strongly in the fact that there will always be consequences when you make the wrong move. Hamlet listens to a ghost, who makes all of the decisions, and everyone ends up dead. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  10. Pecos Bill

    Pecos Bill

    Book by Linda Daugherty. Music and lyrics by B. Wolf.

    Product Code: PB6000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 16m., 16w., 12 children. May double to 6m., 7w., 6 children.

      Limited Livestream Rights Available

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    • 75 min.
    Armadillos, roadrunners, prairie dogs and coyotes join in song and dance with the world's first cowboys (and cowgirl!) in this toe-tapping, tall-tale musical chronicling the amazing exploits of Pecos Bill, his mentor Chuck Wagon Annie, and the love of his life, Slew Foot Sue. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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