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  1. MLM Is for Murder (or, Your Side Hustle Is Killing Us)

    MLM Is for Murder (or, Your Side Hustle Is Killing Us)

    By John Bavoso.

    Product Code: MS1000

    • Comedy | Satire
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 1m., 4w.
    • 120 min.
    Side hustles—it seems like everybody has at least one these days. For Minerva Ross, it is to write and narrate her own feminist true crime podcast about how and why women commit murder. Across the country, Felicity Evanston has just started selling ridiculously patterned leggings for a multilevel marketing company. The two haven’t crossed paths in years, but when Felicity starts killing off her competition, both women suddenly experience the kind of overnight success they’ve been so desperately craving. Learn More
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  2. A Virtual Whodunnit

    A Virtual Whodunnit

    By Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus.

    Product Code: V47000

    • Comedy | Drama | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 5m., 4w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Preston Sterling is hosting a Zoom meeting with his family and closest staff to celebrate his birthday. The bitter old billionaire is bullying everyone once again when—ZZZZZT! Sterling is electrocuted through his phone. Enter Rockford Sloan, homicide detective. Through a series of Zoom conferences, Sloan questions the usual suspects, all of whom had a motive. With three possible endings, every performance means you’ll never be sure whodunnit. This show can be performed virtually or onstage. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  3. The Audition

    The Audition

    By Matt Thompson.

    Product Code: AC6000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 1m., 2w., 4 either gender.

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    • 40 min.
    With stopwatch in hand, the exceptionally organized and time-conscious stage manager meticulously micromanages every minute of the Medea audition process for the local theatre. After dealing with some very colorful actors, the stage manager loses all patience, and we soon find out that one of the actors is not who he/she appears to be. This play is theatrical mayhem with a twist that will have you rolling in the aisles! Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  4. 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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  5. Tom Sawyer

    Tom Sawyer

    By Ric Averill. Adapted from Mark Twain.

    Product Code: TH6000

    • Comedy | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 13m., 9w., 21 either gender. Doubling possible.

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    • 90 min.
    Telling the coming-of-age story of the community's most mischievous boy, this adaptation really brings to life Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer. A delightful introduction into the world of classic American characters. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  6. Machiavelli

    Machiavelli

    By Richard Vetere.

    Product Code: MF3000

    • Comedy | Drama | Farce | Melodrama | Satire
    • High School | College | Professional
    • 4m., 2w.

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    • 120 min.
    Set in Florence, Italy, in 1524, this comedy is about the famous political thinker, Niccolo Machiavelli. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  7. Skinflints and Scoundrels: Molière's Miser

    Skinflints and Scoundrels: Molière's Miser

    Translated, adapted and arranged by Suzan Zeder. From The Miser by Molière.

    Product Code: SJ2000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 11m., 5w., with doubling 9m., 5w., expansion possible with inclusion of multiple courtiers.

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    • 115 min.
    The new translation/adaptation of Moliere's classic comedy, The Miser, is set in the court of King Louis XIV at Versailles, capturing the cautionary tale of misguided monetary mania. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  8. 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.

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    • 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
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  9. Kimchee and Chitlins: A Serious Comedy About Getting Along

    Kimchee and Chitlins: A Serious Comedy About Getting Along

    By Elizabeth Wong.

    Product Code: K25000

    • Comedy | Drama | Satire
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 3w. (Expandable chorus, multicultural cast.)

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    • 90 min.
    Skewering the news media and modern race relations in America, this play shows a novice television reporter who finds herself sitting pretty in the anchor seat, but she is haunted by a bogeyman chorus who questions the way she got her promotion. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  10. I'm Sorry the Bridge Is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night

    I'm Sorry the Bridge Is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night

    Book, music and lyrics by Sheldon Allman and Bob Pickett.

    Product Code: I01000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 7m., 12+ w. Optional chorus, Draculettes and grave robbers may be added.

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    • 95 min.
    John and Mary, both painfully naive, find themselves stranded near a medieval castle in Steubenville, Ohio. They soon meet Dr. Frankenstein, Igor, Count Dracula, The Wolfman, The Mummy and many more assorted characters who all want the pair for different purposes. They're in for quite an adventure trying not to become a new experiment! Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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