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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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Joan the Girl of Arc

By Darrah Cloud.

Product Code: J74000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | Community | TYA
Cast Size: 3 to 6m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

When Joan D'Arc, a shepherd in Domremy, France, 1420s, hears a voice while tending sheep one day, she can't believe what—and whom—she's hearing. But the voice is joined by others who claim they're saints and ask her to go to war for France. In a suit of armor made especially for her, she leads the French army to win the Hundred Years' War, using the wits and methods of the real teenage girl that she was. But when she refuses to deny the voices she heard, she is sentenced to death. 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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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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A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas

By Laurie Brooks.

Product Code: LD5000

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

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Approx. Run Time: 70 min.

In their poorest winter ever, when the crops have been devastated by locusts and the family must deal with the death of baby Freddie, Charles Ingalls backtracks his family to Iowa, to take over the running of a hotel. A wealthy Mrs. Starr offers to adopt Laura Ingalls to ease their burden. Laura must decide whether to leave Ma, Pa, Mary and Carrie in this play about enduring family bonds. Learn More

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Nathan the Wise

By Paul D'Andrea after G.E. Lessing. Translation by Gisela D'Andrea and Paul D'Andrea.

Product Code: N54000

Comedy | Drama | Melodrama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 6m., 3w. (Doubling and expansion possible.)
Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

This Western classic on religious tolerance is set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade. Two young people, Jew and Christian, are drawn to each other in love and come up with an imaginative resolution to the issue of which is the one true faith. Learn More

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Sketching the Soul

By Jacqueline Lynch.

Product Code: SE5000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 80 min.

Chelsea Logan is an artist struggling with the conflict between her growing celebrity and her Amish upbringing, which she left behind to pursue her ambition and which comes to a head when her younger sister arrives for a visit. Learn More

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Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

By Andrew J. Fenady. Based upon the teleplay by Val DeCrow and Andrew J. Fenady.

Product Code: Y22000

Drama
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 17m., 8w. (extras, doubling possible).

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

This play is inspired by a simple, poignant letter written more than 100 years ago by a little girl to a newspaper. Virginia wondered and wrote: "Dear Editor, I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says if you see it in the Sun, it's so. Please tell me the truth. Is there a Santa Claus?" Frank Church, who was once the top reporter, is responsible for answering her question. Learn More

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Number the Stars

Based on the book by Lois Lowry. Adapted by Dr. Douglas W. Larche, with educational and editorial assistance from Susan Elliott Larche.

Product Code: N45000

Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 7m., 7w., extras if desired.

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Approx. Run Time: 80 min.

During the German occupation of Denmark in WWII, the Nazis began to round up the Jews for relocation to concentration camps. Danish freedom fighters of all ages risked everything in daring attempts to rescue the Jewish population. In this stirring play, two young women face soldiers, interrogations, fierce dogs, the loss of loved ones and their own fears as they try to help their friend escape to safety. Learn More

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Beloved Friend

By Nancy Pahl Gilsenan.

Product Code: B52000

Drama | Tragedy
Recommended For: High School | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 13m., 9w. (integrated).

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

Kristin, a high school student in Minneapolis, is encouraged to correspond with an African girl of her own age and quickly realizes the sharp contrast of their lives. Learn More

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