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World of Wonder

Book and lyrics by Tonya Hays. Music and lyrics by Genesis Be.

Product Code: WK1000

Drama
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 3m., 4w., 6 to 12 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

At 2 years old, Noah is diagnosed with autism. He stops talking, won't look people in the eyes and doesn't wish to be touched. Jenny, Noah's older sister, journeys into Noah's world and finds the courage and strength to understand and support his struggles. The family comes to understand that autism is not a death of dreams but another way to live and that Noah is different but not less. World of Wonder invites all to join the adventure and take the first step in understanding autism. 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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OLIVÉRio: A Brazilian Twist

Book and lyrics by Karen Zacarías. Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma.

Product Code: OA8000

Comedy | Drama
Young Audiences | Middle School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 3m., 4w.
Approx. Run Time: 65 min.

This joyful musical is a retelling of Oliver Twist set in modern-day Rio de Janeiro that tackles issues of poverty, inequity and injustice. Oli, an orphan girl, asks the goddess of the sea for a “little bit more” in her life. Con man Falcão and thief Zé Esquiva hope to use Oli’s sweet nature to steal from a rich widow. In the favela, Oli meets Nancí, who begins to teach Oli how to read. But when police officer Sykes gets involved, everyone has to choose between doing what is easy and what is right. Learn More

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The Island of Dr. Libris

By Chris Grabenstein and Ronny Venable. Based on the book by Chris Grabenstein.

Product Code: IF7000

Comedy
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 10 to 21 or more either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

Billy’s spending the summer in a cabin that belongs to the mysterious Dr. Libris. But something strange is going on. Besides the security cameras everywhere, there’s Dr. Libris’ private bookcase. Whenever Billy opens the classic books inside, he can hear sounds coming from the island in the middle of the lake. It’s almost as if the stories he’s reading are coming to life! But that’s impossible … isn’t it? It’s up to Billy and his magical imagination to come up with a happy ending for everybody, including himself! Learn More

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Nocturnal

By Ramon Esquivel.

Product Code: N87000

Drama
High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 3m., 1w.
Approx. Run Time: 50 min.

Even good kids can do bad things. Three high-school sophomores—Cisco, Ryker and Rolly—sneak out in the middle of the night to sabotage the senior prank and frame the freshman class for it. But Amelia, Cisco's best friend from childhood, has other plans for the trio. The foiled prank exposes the group's underlying tension and tests their loyalty to one another. This fast-paced, highly physical drama is about status, relational aggression and gender identity among teenage boys. Learn More

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The Hundred Dresses

By Ralph Covert and G. Riley Mills. Based on the book by Eleanor Estes.

Product Code: HH1000

Comedy | Drama
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 3 to 5m., 5w.
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Wanda, a second-grader, wears a faded blue dress every day, but she tells her classmates that she has a hundred dresses at home. Soon Wanda's classmates make a game of teasing her about her hundred dresses until she doesn't come to school one day, leaving just an empty seat. As feelings of guilt overtake the children, they decide they must find out what happened to Wanda and make amends for the way they treated her. Bullying, friendship and forgiveness are touched upon in this adaptation. Learn More

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Stargirl

By Y York. From the novel by Jerry Spinelli.

Product Code: S2F000

Drama
Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 4m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

All is copacetic in the fall of the new school year as junior Leo Borlock settles in to produce his moderately popular school TV show, The Hot Seat, and keep himself safely behind the camera and out of anybody's line of fire. His safe existence implodes with the arrival of the weirdly fabulous Stargirl, whose impetuous enthusiasm for all-things-Leo forces him to choose between his own secure conformity and the glories offered by the girl from the stars.

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Crash

By Y York. From the novel by Jerry Spinelli.

Product Code: CQ6000

Drama
Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
Cast Size: 5m., 3w.
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

Crash plays football for his middle school. He runs and scores and is unstoppable. In life, he is self-centered and running so fast he can't see the chances for love and connection that are all around him. His new friend, Mike, cherishes his bold and bullying characteristics, while his old acquaintance, Penn Webb, sees a deeper, hidden Crash that circumstances threaten to bury forever. Life presents Crash with a chance to win really big, but in order to win, he's going to have to come in second.

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The Bully

Book by David L. Williams. Music and lyrics by John Gregor.

Product Code: BK8000

Comedy | Drama
Young Audiences | Middle School
Cast Size: 2m., 1w., 3 either gender, extras as desired, or the entire cast can be gender flexible.
Approx. Run Time: 50 min.

Lenny is the smartest kid at Wilson Middle School and is constantly picked on by Steve, the school bully. One day a bus mix-up leaves the two boys stranded at the wrong school, where they both get picked on for being the "new kids". The boys learn what life is really like for the other and decide to work together and make a plan to get back to their own school. Learn More

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Atypical Boy

By Laurie Brooks.

Product Code: AK1000

Comedy | Drama | Satire
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult
Cast Size: 2 to 3m., 1 to 3w., 1 to 4 or more either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

In a fantastical world (not entirely unlike our own) where "conformity is compulsory," one boy cannot conform. Learn More

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