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  1. Hamlet and Zombies! - HH7000

    Hamlet and Zombies!

    By Will Averill.

    Product Code: HH7000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School
    • 5m., 2w., 13 to 33 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Something is rotting in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet may be the only one who is on to it. With the help of Horatio and Laertes, Hamlet solves the mystery of his mother’s marriage to his uncle, observes his father’s transformation from king to zombie king, saves his love, Ophelia, and fends off both the Norwegians and the zombie hordes. This adaptation is perfect for those who are looking for a spooky retelling of one of the Bard’s classics with lots of fun and a little bite. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  2. The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963

    The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963

    Adapted by Reginald André Jackson. From the book by Christopher Paul Curtis.

    Product Code: WB2000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 7m., 3w., 1 either gender (some doubling).

      No Livestream Rights Available

    • 90 min.

    After living in Flint, Michigan, the Watson family decides that their oldest son needs to live down south with his grandmother to straighten up his act. The family heads south—toward a horrific moment in American history: the bombing of the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church during which four young black girls are killed.

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    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  3. 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.

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    • 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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  4. I Never Saw Another Butterfly

    I Never Saw Another Butterfly

    Based on the play by Celeste Raspanti. Book and lyrics by Joseph Robinette. Music by E.A. Alexander.

    Product Code: I03000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 8m., 5w., 8 children. With doubling, 3m., 4w., 4 children.
    • 90 min.
    This new musical version brings an added dimension to the story of the children of Terezin, a ghetto under Nazi rule during WWII. More than 5,000 drawings, poems and prose pieces were secretly produced by the children in the concentration camp. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  5. House of the Seven Gables

    House of the Seven Gables

    By Vin Morreale Jr. Adapted from the classic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

    Product Code: H84000

    • Comedy | Drama | Melodrama | Tragedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 8m., 6w. (plus extras who may be doublecast.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    The cruel and cunning Colonel Pyncheon brings a curse down on his entire family. More than a century later, a young woman arrives to find the last of the family, and the mysterious House of the Seven Gables, beset by dark secrets and untimely deaths. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  6. And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank

    And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank

    By James Still.

    Product Code: A84000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 5m., 4w. (2m., 2w. with doubling.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 70 min.

    And Then They Came for Me is a unique theatrical experience: a multimedia play that combines videotaped interviews with Holocaust survivors Ed Silverberg and Eva Schloss with live actors recreating scenes from their lives during World War II. This play incorporates live actors, videotape, and a CD for each performance.

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    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  7. Macbeth: A Kid's Cautionary Tale Concerning Greed, Power, Mayhem and Other Current Events

    Macbeth: A Kid's Cautionary Tale Concerning Greed, Power, Mayhem and Other Current Events

    Adapted by Nancy Linehan Charles. From Shakespeare.

    Product Code: MB8000

    • Comedy | Drama | Melodrama | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | TYA
    • 15+ either gender, expandable to include all.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    This dramatic adaptation, sprinkled with comedic commentary, is a winner for elementary, middle, and early high school. Shakespeare's Scottish tragedy is told within a lively and humorous story-theatre frame. Macbeth and his Lady covet the crown while witches, ghosts, kings and soldiers sweep across the landscape, carving out the battle between good and evil. Shakespeare characters speak the Bard's words, while storytellers fill in plot and comment wryly on the escalating action. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  8. I Never Saw Another Butterfly

    I Never Saw Another Butterfly

    By Celeste Raspanti.

    Product Code: I33000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School
    • 2m., 2w., extras.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    This is a beautiful and moving one-act play based on the poetry created in a concentration camp by the Jewish children of Prague. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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