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The Café Mocha Murders

Product Code: CT3000

Comedy | Farce
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 4m., 5w.
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

Despite the raging storm outside, it seems like a perfectly normal night for an employee meeting at the local coffee shop, The Bean Shack. That is until the lights go out, and someone winds up dead. In this over-the-top whodunit, it’s all about latte art, caffeine content and the imminent threat of death. Learn More

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A Virtual Whodunnit

By Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus.

Product Code: V47000

Comedy | Drama | Satire
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 5m., 4w.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Approx. Run Time: 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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Hamlet and Zombies!

By Will Averill.

Product Code: HH7000

Comedy
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 5m., 2w., 13 to 33 either gender.

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

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Macabre: Tales From Edgar Allan Poe

By Jules Tasca.

Product Code: MR2000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 7 to 18m., 2 to 4w.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

This title consists of four one-act plays, inspired by Poe’s tales. The titles include a morality play, William Wilson (7m., 1w.); a science-fiction piece, The Valdemar Case (3m., 1w.); a murder mystery, The Imp of the Perverse (2m.); and Poe’s only comedy, The System (6m., 2w.). Learn More

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Lead Rings on the Merry-Go-Round

By Edward F. EmanuEl

Product Code: LM2000

Comedy
Recommended For: High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 3 to 6m., 2 to 9w., 2 either gender.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Approx. Run Time: 80 min.

Radio host Lancelot T. Terrierre reveals live on the air that he not only knows who the Lead Rings Murderer is, he has locked himself and his crew into the studio with the culprit and plans to expose the murderer to the public! Every time a murder is discussed on the air, a murder takes place in the studio! Show ratings are going up as actors are going down! Only at the end will the murderer and the ingenious method used to silence the radio cast be discovered. Learn More

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Bloody Murder

By Ed Sala.

Product Code: BG7000

Comedy
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 3 to 6m., 3 to 6w.
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

A group of British murder-mystery types gather for a weekend retreat at the country estate of the esteemed Lady Somerset. Suddenly, one of them dies of poison! Well, of course. Oh, what fun! But wait … Her Ladyship refuses to summon the police! She says she won't go through all this, again. All what, again? And why were they all invited here in the first place? Is this actually just another formulaic, all-too-predictable mystery story? Or is it something diabolically … different?

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Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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The Westing Game

Adapted by Darian Lindle. From the Newbery Award-winning novel by Ellen Raskin.

Product Code: WC6000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 8m., 7w.
Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

The unsuspecting residents of Sunset Towers are summoned to the reading of a mysterious will, only to find themselves locked in a thrilling game, as they must discover who is responsible for killing an eccentric millionaire. Through blizzards, bombings and unlikely alliances, the game is on, and the only people who hold all the clues are one Westing heir and you. Learn More

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Artifice

By Anne Flanagan.

Product Code: AF3000

Comedy | Farce
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 4m., 4w.
Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

A story about a struggling artist who dies only to reappear at a sale of his work. A farcical take on celebrity and success and an affectionate tribute to loyalty and love. Learn More

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The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963

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

Product Code: WB2000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 7m., 3w., 1 either gender (some doubling).

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Approx. Run Time: 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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The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Comic Thriller Starring Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson

Adapted by Kent R. Brown. Inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel.

Product Code: HA6000

Comedy
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 6m., 7w., plus 11 to 40 extras.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

When their uncles leave for an extended holiday, the nieces of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are left to investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville. In this fast-paced adaptation, full of wailing hounds, thundering hooves, and the slithering mists of the moor, Shirley and Jennie follow the trail of evidence and intrigue until, at last, they are confronted by the ravenous Hound itself! Learn More

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