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  1. Delirium's Daughters

    Delirium's Daughters

    By Nicholas Korn.

    Product Code: DF8000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • High School | College | Community
    • 5m., 3w.

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    • 75 min.
    When four suitors arrive to ask for the hands of Signor Di Lirio's three lovely daughters, the old gentleman agrees, as long as they have the approval of their mother. And that's where the problems begin—the old man's wife died three years ago, and he has gone so mad with grief that he still believes she is alive. Before all is done, the four men are forced to dress up as their own mothers! Learn More
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  2. The Audition

    The Audition

    By Matt Thompson.

    Product Code: AC6000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 1m., 2w., 4 either gender.

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    • 40 min.
    With stopwatch in hand, the exceptionally organized and time-conscious stage manager meticulously micromanages every minute of the Medea audition process for the local theatre. After dealing with some very colorful actors, the stage manager loses all patience, and we soon find out that one of the actors is not who he/she appears to be. This play is theatrical mayhem with a twist that will have you rolling in the aisles! Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  3. Machiavelli

    Machiavelli

    By Richard Vetere.

    Product Code: MF3000

    • Comedy | Drama | Farce | Melodrama | Satire
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    • 4m., 2w.

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    • 120 min.
    Set in Florence, Italy, in 1524, this comedy is about the famous political thinker, Niccolo Machiavelli. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  4. Skinflints and Scoundrels: Molière's Miser

    Skinflints and Scoundrels: Molière's Miser

    Translated, adapted and arranged by Suzan Zeder. From The Miser by Molière.

    Product Code: SJ2000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 11m., 5w., with doubling 9m., 5w., expansion possible with inclusion of multiple courtiers.

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    • 115 min.
    The new translation/adaptation of Moliere's classic comedy, The Miser, is set in the court of King Louis XIV at Versailles, capturing the cautionary tale of misguided monetary mania. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  5. All Out

    All Out

    By John Zodrow.

    Product Code: AA8000

    • Comedy | Drama | Farce | Satire | Tragedy
    • College | Community
    • 6m., 4w., 6 to 7 extras.

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    • 30 min.
    To what extremes will the game show contestants go to win a prize of $100,000? This play is about lack of ethics and what people will do for money. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  6. The Tolstoy Story Play

    The Tolstoy Story Play

    By V. Glasgow Koste.

    Product Code: T84000

    • Comedy | Drama | Farce
    • Middle School | High School | TYA
    • Flexible.

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    • 40 min.
    Inspired by Tolstoy's tellings of Russian folktales a century ago, this play is an ideal ensemble piece with a fresh blend of vaudeville, commedia, realism, farce and poetry. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  7. I'm Sorry the Bridge Is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night

    I'm Sorry the Bridge Is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night

    Book, music and lyrics by Sheldon Allman and Bob Pickett.

    Product Code: I01000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 7m., 12+ w. Optional chorus, Draculettes and grave robbers may be added.

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    • 95 min.
    John and Mary, both painfully naive, find themselves stranded near a medieval castle in Steubenville, Ohio. They soon meet Dr. Frankenstein, Igor, Count Dracula, The Wolfman, The Mummy and many more assorted characters who all want the pair for different purposes. They're in for quite an adventure trying not to become a new experiment! Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  8. Mixed Nuts

    Mixed Nuts

    By Nancy Manera and Simon J. Donoghue.

    Product Code: M59000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 5w.

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    • 95 min.
    A shy, aspiring writer from the Midwest comes to the Big Apple and has hilarious encounters with the unpredictable residents of his dilapidated apartment house. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  9. Bamboozled!

    Bamboozled!

    By Michael Elliott Brill.

    Product Code: BE8000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • (7 to 9m., 1 to 2w., 1 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 65 min.
    This play features many traditional commedia dell'arte characters in a lightning-speed plot with more twists than a corkscrew, knockabout physical and verbal delights and as many sound effects devices as can be dreamed up! Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  10. In Other Words

    In Other Words

    By Sharon Elizabeth Doyle.

    Product Code: IB3000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • College | Professional | TYA
    • 6 either gender, with option to add more.
    • 45 min.
    Ideal for either in-school or theatre performances, this title is designed to stimulate the creative actor and delight the child in all of us with human cartoons. Join Professor Fleetfoot and his madcap friends on a zany exploration of communication. Learn More
    $39.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $105/perf

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