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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
Young Audiences | Middle School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 1 to 4m., 1 to 4w., expandable.
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
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 11 to 16m., 11 to 20w., 5 to 9 either gender.
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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Salvation Road

By D.W. Gregory.

Product Code: S2Q000

Drama
Middle School | High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 4 to 6m., 11w., 1 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

Denise was always an independent thinker with a passionate social conscience, while her younger brother, Cliff, is just the opposite. But when Denise leaves for college, she becomes obsessed with a charismatic church and its founder. Concerns intensify when Denise declares her family is a “toxic” influence—and disappears. One day, Cliff’s best friend, Duffy, spots Denise and is convinced that she’s in trouble and needs help, propelling them onto a road trip into the heart of a deepening mystery. 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
High School | College and Adult
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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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
High School | College and Adult | Praise Groups
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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My Two-Tailed Halloween Cat

By Ric Averill.

Product Code: MK9000

Comedy | Farce | Satire
Young Audiences | Middle School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 6m., 17w., 1 either gender. May be expanded to up to 20m., 30w., 10 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 50 min.

To win a contest, Sydney uses magic to convince everyone she has a two-tailed cat. However, she begins to doubt the wisdom of her lie when she's asked to give up her cat to science. Learn More

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The Third Wave

By Joseph Robinette and Ron Jones.

Product Code: TP7000

Drama
Middle School | High School | College and Adult
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
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
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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Lincoln Vacation

By Laura Annawyn Shamas.

Product Code: LE6000

Comedy | Drama
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 7m., 5w.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Six teenagers from different backgrounds are impacted by a summer school intensity touring program centered around key points and places in Abraham Lincoln's life, with action ranging from travelogue to ghost story. 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
Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 4m., 10w., 11 either gender. May be doubled to a cast of 13 or expanded to up to 50.
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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