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American Association of Community Theatre AACT NewPlayFest Winning Plays: Volume 4 (2020) AN6000

Goat Song Revel

Product Code: GE3000

Comedy
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 5m., 1w.
Approx. Run Time: 80 min.

A one-person Greek chorus named Doris shows up at Job’s house and lets him know that her arrival most likely means that they’re in a Greek drama, but whether it’s a tragedy or comedy isn’t clear. To complicate matters, God and Satan meet at Job’s house, where Satan says he wants to play a game he made up called “Job.” Dionysus also stops by, realizes that they’re heading for a tragedy and begins his plan to turn this tragedy into a comedy. Learn More

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Babette's Feast

Conceived and developed by Abigail Killeen. Written by Rose Courtney. Adapted from the short story by Isak Dinesen.

Product Code: BK5000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 3w., 6 either gender, extras as desired.

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

This adaptation reimagines Dinesen’s classic tale as a rich theatrical event: deep, funny, sensual, dangerous and beautiful. The cloistered 19th-century community of two loving, devout Lutheran sisters reluctantly, then completely, embraces Babette, a mysterious French refugee. But when Babette sacrifices all she has to throw a lavish dinner party, the entire community is magically and inexplicably transformed. Learn More

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Yasmina's Necklace

By Rohina Malik.

Product Code: Y36000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 5m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 110 min.

Meet Abdul Samee: his father is Iraqi, and his mother is Puerto Rican—but if you ask him, he’ll say he’s Italian. Longing to shed his cultural identity, he changes his name to Sam, marries an American and does everything in his power to turn his back on his heritage. But when Sam meets Yasmina, a beautiful woman from his father’s homeland, he begins to learn that a tree without roots cannot stand for long. Learn More

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Eternity

By Michael Cochran.

Product Code: E94000

Comedy
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 5 to 6m., 4 to 5w.

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

Abe, an angel of death, decides to move a client appointment in favor of getting an ice cream sandwich. The only problem is that his “appointments” are to greet the newly deceased and take them to the next stop. Things quickly spiral out of control when Abe’s repeated attempts to “bump off” his delayed appointment fails, and the real threat of a new “unauthorized life” will occur unless Abe gets everything back on track. A surprise visit from the boss helps Abe rediscover the real meaning of life and death. Learn More

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The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory Church

By Bo Wilson.

Product Code: CQ1000

Comedy
Recommended For: High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 5w.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Approx. Run Time: 95 min.

The roads are flooded, the bridges are washed out, and less generous souls are staying safely indoors, but it takes more than a little rain to keep the ladies of the Charitable Sisterhood from fulfilling their sworn mission. When these ladies meet to organize a relief effort for homeless Guatemalans, they are greeted with a small mountain of community donations—but one woman's junk is another woman's treasure, and that pile of stuff in this little church basement is hiding a thing or two. Learn More

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Distant Music

By James McLindon.

Product Code: DB1000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 2m., 1w.

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Approx. Run Time: 95 min.

Three individuals meet at an Irish pub in Cambridge, each struggling with a life-changing decision, and debate over religion and beer. Learn More

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Welcome to Mitford

By Robert Inman. Adapted from the Mitford novels by Jan Karon.

Product Code: WC4000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 13m., 8w., 2 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 105 min.

Father Tim Kavanagh is the much-loved bachelor rector of Lord's Chapel church in the close-knit community of Mitford. But things change radically when he takes in an unruly teenager and again when he falls in love with and weds his next-door neighbor. During his recuperation from an accident, he agonizes over questions about his worth, his work and his future.

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2.5 Minute Ride

By Lisa Kron.

Product Code: TG7000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 1w.

Limited Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Approx. Run Time: 50 min.

In this play, we're taken on a poignant and funny journey, rich in anecdotal detail, through the Kron family album. Lisa accompanies her ailing father to Auschwitz, where his parents were killed, and where she understands more clearly the joys and sorrows of her father's heart. With wit and compassion, Lisa creates a complex, startling and searingly funny meditation on how human beings make sense of tragedy, grief, and everyday life. Learn More

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Well

By Lisa Kron

Product Code: WA7000

Comedy
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 2m., 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 105 min.

Well paints a mother-and-daughter picture of rich, unusual artistry...Lisa, depicted as an anxious performance artist who narrates matters, explains that this show explores issues of health and wellness. Learn More

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One Bad Apple

Book and lyrics by Raphe Beck and Christopher La Puma. Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma.

Product Code: O66000

Comedy | Satire
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 3m., 4w. (plus 3 either gender, chorus.)
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

In the very corporate world of Creation, two competitive angels pit Adam and Eve against each other to see which prototype will be the more successful model for the human race, leading to a musical battle of the sexes. Learn More

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