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  1. Detective Partner Hero Villain

    Detective Partner Hero Villain

    By Brett Neveu.

    Product Code: DF9000

    • Comedy | Drama | Tragedy
    • College | Professional
    • 4 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    A detective and his partner search for Supernova (the villain), who hates The Fantastic Phenomenon (the hero) so much that he is killing superhero super-fans. The detective's world quickly begins to unravel as he questions his own belief in law and justice and starts to peel back the good-versus-evil veneer, exposing the realities of life and death and the ultimate consequences of trusting those who tell us to "keep the faith." The black-and-white morality of superheroes is turned on its head in this play. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. House of the Seven Gables

    House of the Seven Gables

    By Vin Morreale Jr. Adapted from the classic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

    Product Code: H84000

    • Comedy | Drama | Melodrama | Tragedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 8m., 6w. (plus extras who may be doublecast.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    The cruel and cunning Colonel Pyncheon brings a curse down on his entire family. More than a century later, a young woman arrives to find the last of the family, and the mysterious House of the Seven Gables, beset by dark secrets and untimely deaths. Learn More
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  3. The Turn of the Screw

    The Turn of the Screw

    By Douglas Jones. Based on the novella by Henry James.

    Product Code: TC6000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 3w. (includes 1 boy, 1 girl.)

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    • 90 min.
    Genuine chills are provided in this tale of a governess, left in charge of a boy and a girl at a lonely estate, who begins to suspect that the ghosts of two former servants have hideous designs upon the children. If she is right, the children are in terrible peril, but if she's wrong, she herself might be driving them mad. With every twist in the plot (or turn of the screw) the tension increases until something—or someone—must snap. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  4. Othello or Tracking the Green-eyed Monster

    Othello or Tracking the Green-eyed Monster

    Adapted by Nancy Linehan Charles. From Shakespeare.

    Product Code: O63000

    • Drama | Melodrama | Tragedy
    • Middle School | High School | TYA
    • 8 to 11 principles plus as many soldiers and senators as desired.

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    • 45 min.
    A mesmerizing tale of the good guy who takes a very wrong turn, and changes his life forever. The moral of the story, choose your friends wisely, and let go of false pride before it destroys you. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  5. Crimes At The Old Brewery

    Crimes At The Old Brewery

    By Tim Kelly.

    Product Code: CM8000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • College | Community
    • 11m., 10w. (a smaller cast with doubling).

      LLivestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    A villain called Jack O'Lantern ruled a community of murderers, robbers and assorted cut-throats in a notorious tenement house, the Old Brewery, in New York's toughest crime area. True to history, this tale recounts events in its tunnels and shadowy passageways. The vice squad prepares to demolish the structure, but its dangerous tenants have no intention of living elsewhere. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  6. Bloody Jack

    Bloody Jack

    By Tim Kelly

    Product Code: BJ5000

    • Drama | Tragedy
    • College | Community
    • 4m., 4w.

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    • 120 min.
    In the late 1800's, Jack the Ripper has murdered seven women in London. Dr. Thaddeus Sergeant is obsessed with solving these murders and looks at everyone visiting him as a suspect. Learn More
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