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Yana Wana's Legend of the Bluebonnet

By María F. Rocha and Roxanne Schroeder-Arce. Music and lyrics by Héctor Martínez Morales.

Product Code: Y37000

Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 2m., 5w., 2 to 6 any gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

Thirteen-year-old Maria is having trouble in school, so her mom sends her to stay with her Coahuiltecan grandmother for discipline and perspective. There, Maria is told the story of Yana Wana, who followed a revered deer to find water and save her people. Yana Wana’s story gives Maria a renewed sense of self and family pride. A beautiful, original play that illustrates the power of ancestral heritage and offers a seldom-seen glimpse into the timeless spirituality of Indigenous people. Learn More

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Tomás and the Library Lady

Adapted by José Cruz González. From the book by Pat Mora.

Product Code: TV9000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 1 to 4m., 1 to 4w., expandable.

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Approx. Run Time: 50 min.

Adapted from the well-loved book, Tomás and the Library Lady tells the inspiring true story of Tomás Rivera, who grew up in a migrant worker family, befriended a librarian in Iowa, and learned to love books and the places they took him. Tomás went on to a successful career in academia and became the chancellor of the University of California, Riverside. This play can be readily understood by both English and Spanish speakers. Learn More

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Ruby: The Story of Ruby Bridges

By Christina M. Ham. Music by Gary Rue.

Product Code: RD8000

Drama
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Community
Cast Size: 11 to 16m., 11 to 20w., 5 to 9 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 55 min.

In 1960, 6-year-old Ruby became the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. When the white families learned of Ruby’s enrollment, they pulled their children from her class, leaving Ruby and her teacher the only ones in the classroom for the school year. Her family watched helplessly as federal marshals escorted Ruby to school each day past protesters jeering and threatening her life. This musical explores a little girl’s unbeatable courage in the face of adversity. Learn More

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Shakespeare in Mind

Conceived by Michael Bigelow Dixon. Written by Janet Allard, Niko Tsakalakos, Constance Congdon, Richard Dresser, Ginna Hoben, Brooke Jennett, Mollie LaFavers, Jon Jory, Jeremy Paden, Valerie Smith, Dean Staley, Justin Wright and Elizabeth Wong.

Product Code: S2D000

Comedy | Drama | Tragedy
Recommended For: High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 10 to 50 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 75 min.

Haunting and hilarious, this play takes a strange and wondrous trip through a dozen "post-modern Elizabethan" plays, poems and songs. And just like Will's own plays, this dynamic production interweaves comedy, romance, song and tragedy as it presents contemporary characters interacting with Macbeth and Duncan, Juliet and Titus Andronicus, Othello and Desdemona, and 20 other classic characters. Learn More

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Does My Head Look Big in This?

By Jeff Gottesfeld and Elizabeth Wong. Based on the award-winning young adult novel by Randa Abdel-Fattah.

Product Code: DF1000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: High School | Community
Cast Size: 3 to 10m., 7 to 10w., 3 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 75 min.

At a time of rising Islamophobia and cultural misunderstanding, this play about a typical American high-school teen who happens to be Muslim is a great tool for tolerance. When Amal decides to wear her hijab to school, it's a learning experience for all ... including herself. By the end of this play, audiences will understand three things better: Islam, America and themselves. Learn More

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The Third Wave Musical

Book and lyrics by Ron Jones. Music and lyrics by David W. Denny, Kathy Peck Denny and Emily Klion.

Product Code: T09000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 6m., 8w., 12 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

This is the true story of a classroom experiment in fascism which takes place in l967 at Cubberley High School in Palo Alto, California. When Mr. Jones decided to give his class a real experience of being in a totalitarian society, he did not predict the explosive events that follow. Student curiosity is replaced with conformity and violence, fueling the excitement known as The Third Wave. Learn More

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The Third Wave

By Joseph Robinette and Ron Jones.

Product Code: TP7000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 5 to 11m., 8 to 14w., extras as desired.
Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

Set in 1967 in Palo Alto, California, during the Vietnam war, racial integration and social revolution, this play is a true story about a high-school experiment in fascism that went out of control. Learn More

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Cully's Gold: A Young Girl's Struggle with Temptation and Ambition, 1873

By Carol Korty and Susa Wuorinen.

Product Code: CG6000

Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 5m., 4w. or 4m., 4w. Extras as desired.
Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

In this coming-of-age play set in rural coastal Maine, Sadie resolves her dilemmas in confrontations with her best friend, her father and the school, as she courageously begins to chart her own course. Learn More

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Quixote

Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha. Book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. Music by Dennis Poore. Lyrics by Flip Kobler.

Product Code: QD5000

Comedy | Drama | Satire
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 4m., 10w., 11 either gender. May be doubled to a cast of 13 or expanded to up to 50.

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Approx. Run Time: 80 min.

Feeling pressured to fit in, Alonzo Quijana, dreams of a better time, when one man could change the course of tomorrow. With the fragile line of popularity, the very thin grasp of sanity, could making the world a better place come from one lone voice in the crowd? Learn More

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Stand and Deliver

Based on the screenplay by Ramón Menéndez and Tom Musca. Adapted for the stage by Robert Bella.

Product Code: SB3000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 10m., 7w. (fewer with doubling), multiracial/gender flexible (half of the male roles can be played by females). Extras as desired.

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Approx. Run Time: 130 min.

This drama is the compelling true story of a dedicated East Los Angeles teacher who surmounts overwhelming odds in his quest to turn inner-city students into whiz kids. When Jaime Escalante leaves a career in engineering to teach high school math, he is assigned to a barrio school with a bad reputation and is in imminent danger of losing its accreditation. Still, his quirky sense of humor, antics and offbeat teaching methods mesmerize and motivate his students. The dramatic conclusion to this urban fairy tale is emotion-packed and inspirational. Learn More

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