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  1. Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo MT4000

    Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo

    By G. Riley Mills.

    Product Code: MT4000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | TYA
    • 3 to 6m., 3 to 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 70 min.
    Travel back in time to the 1930s, when the once-popular Avondale Zoo has fallen into disrepair. With the Birmingham Parks Board threatening to close the zoo and sell off its remaining animals to the highest bidder, the legendary Miss Fancy must devise a plan to save the zoo before it's too late! Filled with music, magic, comedy and dancing to entertain people of all ages, Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo will have audiences' toes tapping and their imaginations shining! Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. Maddie and Eleanor MT2000

    Maddie and Eleanor

    By Martha King De Silva.

    Product Code: MT2000

    • Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | Community | TYA
    • 2 to 5m., 5 to 10w., up to 7 any gender.

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    • 65 min.
    When Maddie Leonard returns home after her first day of school in fourth grade, she is fed up with schoolyard bullies and flaky ex-best friends. As she turns to her beloved iPhone for solace, she gets an unexpected visit from Eleanor Roosevelt. As Maddie and Eleanor navigate their budding relationship through old and modern technologies and against a backdrop of world events, they inspire each other, laugh together and discover a universal truth—friendship transcends everything. Learn More
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  3. Rachel Carson Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

    Rachel Carson Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

    Product Code: RE8000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 2m., 1w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 10 min.
    Environmentalist Rachel Carson, tempted by a mysterious visitor from the sea, must choose between her own health/happiness and her work to save the earth. Learn More
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  4. All Our Children AM7000

    All Our Children

    By Stephen Unwin.

    Product Code: AM7000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 2w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    It’s a cold January in 1941 at a clinic for disabled children in Nazi Germany. But now, instead of helping them, the doctor is sending them off to their deaths. Much respected Bishop von Galen visits to challenge the state-supported program of murder with unpredictable results. Based on a real figure who successfully protested against the appalling policy of eugenics, this play asks profound questions about how we should value all people, whatever their disabilities or limitations. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  5. My Broken Doll Cover MR6000

    My Broken Doll

    By Ernie Nolan. Based on the book by Beatrice Karp and Deborah Pappenheimer.

    Product Code: MR6000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 1 to 4m., 2 to 4w.
    • 60 min.
    My Broken Doll is the true childhood story of Holocaust survivor Beatrice Karp. It begins as teenage Beatrice learns she must leave post-war London to begin life anew in the United States. As she packs for the journey, each object she places in her suitcase floods her with memories of her life during the war. Audiences are instantly transported to the train rides, concentration camps and Nazi guards of Beatrice's memory. Though tragic, this is also a story of acceptance, love and resilience. Learn More
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  6. Tomás and the Library Lady Cover TV9000

    Tomás and the Library Lady

    Adapted by José Cruz González. From the book by Pat Mora.

    Product Code: TV9000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 1 to 4m., 1 to 4w., expandable.

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    • 50 min.
    Adapted from the well-loved book, Tomás and the Library Lady tells the inspiring true story of Tomás Rivera, who grew up in a migrant worker family, befriended a librarian in Iowa, and learned to love books and the places they took him. Tomás went on to a successful career in academia and became the chancellor of the University of California, Riverside. This play can be readily understood by both English and Spanish speakers. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  7. Future, Here Cover FG1000

    Future, Here

    By Jeremy F. Richter.

    Product Code: FG1000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 5 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    Welcome to Future, an unincorporated village monitored by Society and populated by five randomly selected children. It is driven by a national effort to develop “appropriately adapted young citizens.” They are constantly fed a steady stream of news and pop culture on their smartphones and meet daily to share what they’ve learned. Having lived in Future for 12 years, the residents are now 18, and today is their last day together, their final meeting before they learn of their next residence outside of Future. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  8. That Day in Tucson

    That Day in Tucson

    By Guillermo Reyes.

    Product Code: TV8000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 3w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    A shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., creates international headlines as Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords becomes one of the victims. Intern Daniel Hernandez Jr. rushes to Giffords’ rescue and is credited with helping save her life. This is the story of an unexpected hero who is thrown unintentionally into the limelight and what led to that crucial day in Tucson in which everything changed for Daniel and for the national political landscape surrounding the gun debate and gun violence. Learn More
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  9. The Story of Opal

    The Story of Opal

    Adapted by Gale Childs Daly. From the book by Opal Whiteley.

    Product Code: S2V000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 2m., 3w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 120 min.
    This play is an adaptation of Opal Whiteley’s diary. She was a little girl who lived at the turn of the 20th century in a lumber camp in Oregon. Opal’s world was exceptional, and she recorded every day, lovingly and carefully, in her own special language. Everyone who enters Opal’s world will remember it. Her life is portrayed here without sentiment—it was a hard, impoverished time in a grim environment, and yet she managed to find good in the world and engaged it with an “understanding heart.” Learn More
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  10. US A Teen History

    US A Teen History

    Book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. Lyrics by Flip Kobler. Music by Dennis Poore.

    Product Code: U41000

    • Comedy | Drama | Farce | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Community
    • 8 to 25m., 8 to 25w., expandable, extras as desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    This story theatre-style show is a compilation of pieces about the teens who helped shape America. Did you know that the drummer boys in the Revolutionary War were as young as 11? Or that Caroline Pickersgill helped sew the flag that inspired “The Star-Spangled Banner” at 14? This show is incredibly flexible and adaptable to your space and audience, as we encourage you to write your own pieces about the forgotten teens of America. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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