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Miss Holmes

By Christopher M. Walsh. Based on characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Product Code: MQ5000

Drama
High School | College and Adult | Senior Adults
Cast Size: 5 to 10m., 4 to 8w.
Approx. Run Time: 135 min.

When an anonymous note sends a newlywed wife looking for help, Miss Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Dorothy Watson work to uncover the secrets of a corrupt police inspector whose wives have a habit of turning up dead. In a time when gender roles are rigidly defined, these unconventional women challenge societal norms. This play explores the added obstacles faced by these two iconic characters if they were women. Learn More

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Ghosts in the Machine

By Eric Coble.

Product Code: GD8000

Comedy | Drama
Middle School | High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 8 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 70 min.

It begins after lunch on Melissa’s phone. Someone she doesn’t know is texting her looking for a drug hook-up. Soon, eight very different high-school kids are getting bizarre texts from numbers they don’t recognize—budding romances, bitter rivalries, even violent threats. What’s going on? And what if it’s not people connecting with other people via their phones … but phones trying to connect with other phones via their people? A digital mystery for the mind and heart of the savvy texter. Learn More

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Ghosts in the Machine (One-Act Version)

By Eric Coble.

Product Code: GD9000

Comedy | Drama
Middle School | High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 7 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

It begins after lunch on Melissa’s phone. Someone she doesn’t know is texting her looking for a drug hook-up. Soon, eight very different high-school kids are getting bizarre texts from numbers they don’t recognize—budding romances, bitter rivalries, even violent threats. What’s going on? And what if it’s not people connecting with other people via their phones … but phones trying to connect with other phones via their people? A one-act digital mystery for the mind and heart of the savvy texter. Learn More

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Macabre: Tales From Edgar Allan Poe

By Jules Tasca.

Product Code: MR2000

Comedy | Drama
High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 7 to 18m., 2 to 4w.
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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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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Any Night

By Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn.

Product Code: AL8000

Drama
High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 1m., 1w.
Approx. Run Time: 80 min.

When Anna, a troubled modern dancer struggling with the death of her mother, moves into a new basement suite for solace and solitude, she finds herself drawn into a tender relationship with Patrick, the helpful young man living above her. But why is she suffering violent behavior in her sleep? Part romance, part thriller, this mind-bending puzzle explores the thin line between trust and fear and the immeasurable power of the subconscious. Learn More

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Sherlock Holmes and the First Baker Street Irregular

By Brian Guehring. Based on the characters and mysteries of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Product Code: S2P000

Drama
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 7 to 13m., 5 to 12w., up to 13 extras
Approx. Run Time: 70 min.

On a dare, 14-year-old Wiggins tries to pickpocket an old man. Not only is she unsuccessful, but the old man, Sherlock Holmes, takes the ring that was in her pocket and leaves a note with his address. When she goes to retrieve the ring, she proposes to work as his assistant, and he agrees to begin training her. They must learn to trust each other as Wiggins and her group of street urchins help him solve two dangerous mysteries. Learn More

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The Return of Edwin Drood

By Michael Druce.

Product Code: RD9000

Drama
Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 9m., 7w.
Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

When Charles Dickens died halfway through The Mystery of Edwin Drood readers were left with one of the greatest literary mysteries of all time. Now Drood reappears in America where he has overcome amnesia brought on by a savage attack 10 years earlier. Drood sets into motion an elaborate plan to discover the assailant's identity, but questions arise about forgiveness, redemption, justice and revenge. Learn More

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Lead Rings on the Merry-Go-Round

By Edward F. EmanuEl

Product Code: LM2000

Comedy
High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 3 to 6m., 2 to 9w., 2 either gender.
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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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Goose

Adapted by Michael Menendian and John Weagly. From The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Product Code: S2N000

Comedy
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 5 to 7m., 3 to 9w., up to 12 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

In this family-friendly mystery, Sherlock Holmes must discover the identity of a man who lost his hat and goose in a late-night scuffle, and then the countess of Morcar’s rare and valuable blue carbuncle is found stuffed down the goose’s throat. The pursuit of the thief leads Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to Covent Garden Market and all over the streets of wintery London.

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