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The Kingdom of Grimm

Book, music and lyrics by Douglas Post. Based on the stories by the Brothers Grimm.

Product Code: K04000

Comedy
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 7m., 5w., extras.

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Approx. Run Time: 75 min.

Hans unlocks an enchanted chest that held the imprisoned Gerhardt the Great and his troupe of traveling players. To show their thanks, the players perform The Golden Goose, The Three Huntsmen, and The Four Skillful Brothers. Learn More

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Nathan the Wise

By Paul D'Andrea after G.E. Lessing. Translation by Gisela D'Andrea and Paul D'Andrea.

Product Code: N54000

Comedy | Drama | Melodrama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 6m., 3w. (Doubling and expansion possible.)
Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

This Western classic on religious tolerance is set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade. Two young people, Jew and Christian, are drawn to each other in love and come up with an imaginative resolution to the issue of which is the one true faith. Learn More

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The Love for Three Oranges

By Doreen B. Heard. Freely adapted from the scenario by Count Carlo Gozzi.

Product Code: LG9000

Comedy
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 5m., 3w., with doubling, or up to 20+ (5m., 4w., 11 either gender) plus extras.
Approx. Run Time: 50 min.

The commedia dell'arte style comes to life in this tale of a prince and his adventures as he searches for three magic oranges to put an end to his curse. Learn More

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Pinocchio

By William Glennon.

Product Code: P44000

Comedy
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 6m., 1w. (7 either gender.)
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

This is one of the most inventive version of Pinocchio ever. Take the hijinks of the commedia dell'arte, add those zany characters—including Geppetto, Fire Eater, Fox and Cat, and the most wonderful Blue Fairy imaginable—then mix in a nonstop adventure, and you're all set to raise the curtain. The house-on-fire pacing will leave you breathless, the hilarious comedy will leave you laughing, and some unexpectedly touching moments will leave you loving this Pinocchio even more. Learn More

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Pinocchio Commedia

Adapted by Johnny Simons. Based on Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio.

Product Code: PJ2000

Comedy
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 8+ actors, flexible.

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Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

This Harlequinade version has a commedia flavor that gives the story vigor and makes it entertaining for adults as well as children without losing the charm and significant message of Collodi's famous story. Learn More

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The Tolstoy Story Play

By V. Glasgow Koste.

Product Code: T84000

Comedy | Drama | Farce
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | TYA
Cast Size: Flexible.

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Approx. Run Time: 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

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The Adventures of Harlequin

By William Glennon.

Product Code: A42000

Comedy
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 9m., 5w.

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Approx. Run Time: 70 min.

Quino, a gifted youth in 15th-century Italy, aspires to be a professional actor. Recognizing his comic talent, he's encouraged by all the villagers, especially his warm-hearted mama and his friend Luigi. A band of strolling players enters and Pantalone, one of its members, announces they could use another actor. Quino's prayers seem answered—until he has his first case of stage fright. Learn More

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In Other Words

By Sharon Elizabeth Doyle.

Product Code: IB3000

Comedy | Farce | Satire
Recommended For: College | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 6 either gender, with option to add more.
Approx. Run Time: 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

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Androcles and the Lion

Book by Aurand Harris. Music by Glenn Mack.

Product Code: AE3000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 5m., 1w.

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

Refreshingly antic, this irreverent version of Aesop's fable is written in the style of Italian commedia dell'arte. Using authentic staging and stock characters of commedia—the miserly Pantalone, the bragging Captain, the romantic lovers, the trickster Arlequin, plus an endearing lion—this fable becomes a colorful theatrical experience with zany comedy and the warmth of friendship. Learn More

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