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  1. A Thai Tale

    A Thai Tale

    By Nikki Harmon.

    Product Code: TV4000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | Community
    • 2m., 3w., 3 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 55 min.
    LÄ•k, the egotistical first-bird-in-waiting to the queen of Thailand, has been kidnapped and is stuck in a giant banyan tree. Sumalee, third-bird-in-waiting, comes to rescue her but is caught and ends up trapped too. When Chatchom, a wanderer of the world, singer of song and shape-shifting magician supreme, arrives, he might be their best and only chance at freedom, but LÄ•k refuses to listen to one who is of lesser birth than herself. In the end, LÄ•k realizes that you can learn from everyone and that everyone and everything has worth and value. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. Shiv

    Shiv

    By Aditi Brennan Kapil.

    Product Code: S2K000

    • Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 1w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Shiv is a theatrical science fiction fantasy exploring the psychological residue of post-colonialism as a young woman embarks on adventure and romance and searches for her future on a bent-up old mattress she uses for a ship. Learn More
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  3. The Empty Pot

    The Empty Pot

    By Debbie L. Metzler. Adapted from a Chinese folktale.

    Product Code: E83000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 7m., 4w., 10 to 15 or more either gender.
    • 65 min.
    Adaptation from a Chinese folktale about a young boy who, like the emperor, likes to grow beautiful flowers. Learn More
    $8.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  4. China Doll (The Imagined Life of an American Actress)

    China Doll (The Imagined Life of an American Actress)

    By Elizabeth Wong

    Product Code: CD3000

    • Comedy | Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 2w.-all Asian; or 5m., 3w.-multicultural. Roles are doubled.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    This is the story of a Chinatown girl who dreamed of making it in Hollywood. This sensual fantasia takes inspiration from the remarkable life of Anna May Wong, the first and brightest Chinese American movie star. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  5. The Honorable Urashima Taro

    The Honorable Urashima Taro

    By Coleman A. Jennings.

    Product Code: H27000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • a minimum of 11.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 55 min.
    A young fisherman rescues a venerable turtle from its tormentors. As a reward, he is taken to an undersea wonderland where he wins the favor of the princess and saves her kingdom from destruction by the wicked scorpion. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  6. The Nightingale

    The Nightingale

    Book by William Electric Black and Amie Brockway-Henson. Music by Elliot Sokolov. From the story by Hans Christian Andersen.

    Product Code: N04000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • An ensemble of 12 m. and w. (not gender specific.)
    • 60 min.
    When Grandpa begins to tell his grandchildren about the emperor's nightingale, his back yard is transformed into the emperor of China's palace, garden and forest, and the three of them become characters in this humorous and moving story. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  7. The Crane Wife

    The Crane Wife

    Book by Barbara Carlisle. Music (optional) by David Newsome. Adapted from Japanese folklore and based on a production idea by Randy Ward.

    Product Code: CJ3000

    • Drama | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • Cast:12 to 20 with varied mixture of men and women.

      LLivestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    The peasant Kokuro removes an arrow from a stricken crane, who then comes in secret gratitude to live with him as a wife. When her weaving of magnificent cloth saves them from starvation, the poor peasant yields to greed and suspicion and loses his most precious gift. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  8. The Oldest Story Ever Told

    The Oldest Story Ever Told

    By David F. Eliet. Music by Kenneth Kacmar.

    Product Code: O79000

    • Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School
    • 2m., 2w., with doubling or up to 15 (5m., 10w.) with roles distributed.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    All of the beloved and familiar elements of the Cinderella are here, but with highly theatrical variations representing the different cultures of Africa, India and China. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  9. Butterfly

    Butterfly

    By Jerome McDonough.

    Product Code: BK2000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 15+ actors, flexible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    This version begins in 1938 when an American unites in a Japanese marriage with the geisha, Butterfly. When he leaves without her, she waits faithfully for him to keep his promise to return. From her house overlooking the harbor of Nagasaki, she and their son watch for his ship. The date is December 6, 1941—the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He finally does return to the devastated city after World War II has ended, and he finds ... ? Learn More
    $8.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  10. Wind of a Thousand Tales

    Wind of a Thousand Tales

    By John Glore. Music and lyrics by Diane King.

    Product Code: WF5000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    A girl who does not believe in make-believe is taken away in her dreams and awakens with a deeper sense of truth. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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