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Complete History of Theatre (abridged) (One-Act Version) Cover CR8000

The Complete History of Theatre (abridged) (One-Act Version)

Product Code: CR8000

Comedy | Farce
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 2m., 1w., up to 10 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Theatrical greats William Shakespeare, Sarah Bernhardt and Constantine Stanislavsky lead a journey through the history of theatre. Explore Greek theatre, Kabuki, mime, the gladiators of Rome and speculation on the real author of Shakespeare’s plays. Finally, the cast realizes that the playwright hasn’t written an ending, and they have to ask the audience to help! This interactive farce keeps the audience in stitches at every turn! Learn More

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Silent Night

By Peter Manos.

Product Code: S4B000

Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 3m., 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

It is December of 1818 in the small Austrian village of Oberndorf bei Salzburg. Now in the midst of a blizzardy cold winter, an assistant priest and a poor schoolmaster strive to lift the spirits of the congregation. But the already ailing church organ is destroyed through a misunderstanding by the schoolmaster’s autistic son, who then runs away from home. In the midst of this turmoil, the schoolmaster and priest come together to produce the world’s most beloved Christmas song, “Silent Night.” Learn More

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Lone Star Spirits

By Josh Tobiessen.

Product Code: LL8000

Comedy
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 3m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 80 min.

Marley is hoping for a quick trip home to the town where she grew up, but she and her fiancé are in for more than they bargained for. Upon entering her estranged father’s liquor store, she’s immediately set upon by her ex-boyfriend who’s looking to relight their romance. Then there’s the former classmate looking to drag Marley into a two-woman bachelorette party. By the time Marley finally manages to reveal to her father the real reason for her visit, things are further complicated by the ghost of the bear-wrestling pioneer who used to live in the store. Learn More

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The Complete History of Theatre (abridged)

By Matt Thompson.

Product Code: CR5000

Comedy | Farce
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 2m., 1w., up to 10 either gender.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Approx. Run Time: 85 min.

Theatrical greats William Shakespeare, Sarah Bernhardt and Constantine Stanislavsky lead a journey through the history of theatre. Explore Greek theatre, Kabuki, mime, the gladiators of Rome and speculation on the real author of Shakespeare’s plays. Finally, the cast realizes that the playwright hasn’t written an ending, and they have to ask the audience to help! This interactive farce keeps the audience in stitches at every turn! Learn More

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The Emperor of North America

By Thomas Hischak.

Product Code: E90000

Comedy
Recommended For: High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 2 to 3m., 3 to 8w.

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Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

Leo, a hypochondriac hack writer, becomes interested in the story of Joshua Norton, an eccentric 19th-century businessman who went bankrupt and then went crazy. Leo is inspired to write a serious biography of the man, but begins to question his sanity when Norton and characters from War and Peace begin to show up at his house. It seems his only alternative to insanity is to assassinate Norton. Learn More

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Some Sweet Day

By Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus.

Product Code: S1T000

Comedy | Drama | Farce
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 3m., 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

Ever wish you could go back in time and fix your mistakes? In this full-throttle romantic comedy, one man is given the chance to do just that. Ken regrets losing the girl of his dreams 24 years ago. Now he's obsessed with building a machine that will take him back in time to fix his mistakes. When fate grants his wish, he finds himself 25 years in the past, but his younger self is just as stubborn and refuses to take advice from an old man. Learn More

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The Color of Stars

By Dwayne Hartford.

Product Code: CP5000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 4m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 80 min.

Set in Maine during WWII, this story is about family, patriotism, fear and prejudice as a boy is sent to live on his grandparents farm while is father is fighting in the Pacific and his mother must work. When a stranger arrives to survey for trees to use in building Navy minesweepers, events are set in motion that will challenge the ties of family and friendship and question the definitions of patriotism and civic duty. Learn More

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Treasure Island

By Max Bush. Adapted from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Product Code: TT4000

Drama | Melodrama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 10m., 2w., extras possible.

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Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

Sixteen-year-old Jim, Captain Billy Bones, Doctor Livesay and Squire Trelawney outfit a ship—the Hispaniola— and travel the seas in hunt of hidden treasure. Aboard the ship, Jim meets Long John Silver and quickly learns who he really is and what his plans are. Aided by Ben Gunn, the wild and half-insane maroon, Jim takes on the responsibility to save the ship and his shipmates and to secure the treasure. Learn More

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OZ (revised)

By Patrick Shanahan.

Product Code: O75000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 1m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

It is 1899 in Chicago and Baum is putting the finishing touches on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but putting dreams on paper is elusive business and Baum is struggling with some definite plot problems, no title and no ending! Like the cyclone in his story, Baum's housekeeper, Bridgey, and a little girl named Dot gets swept up in the mad vortex of his tale, as Baum enlists them to help him improvise the story.

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THE BIG GUNS: or Whose Little Lily Is She?

By Andrew J. Fenady and Duke Fenady. Based on the novella by Andrew J. Fenady.

Product Code: BE4000

Comedy
Recommended For: High School | College
Cast Size: 8m., 6w. (As in the good old radio days, an actor may play several parts.)

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Approx. Run Time: 80 min.

A radio comedy about the Old West told with a twist that includes songs, smoking six-shooters and the adventures and misadventures of two cattle barons. Learn More

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