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US A Teen History

Book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. Lyrics by Flip Kobler. Music by Dennis Poore.

Product Code: U41000

Comedy | Drama | Farce | Satire
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Community
Cast Size: 8 to 25m., 8 to 25w., expandable, extras as desired.

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Approx. Run Time: 75 min.

This story theatre-style show is a compilation of pieces about the teens who helped shape America. Did you know that the drummer boys in the Revolutionary War were as young as 11? Or that Caroline Pickersgill helped sew the flag that inspired “The Star-Spangled Banner” at 14? This show is incredibly flexible and adaptable to your space and audience, as we encourage you to write your own pieces about the forgotten teens of America. Learn More

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Spoon Lake Blues

By Josh Tobiessen.

Product Code: S2M000

Comedy
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 2m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 85 min.

In the mountain town of Spoon Lake, brothers Denis and Brady are struggling to save their house from the bank. When doing jobs for the summer residents isn’t enough, they start robbing their wealthy neighbors. Things are going better than you might think, until Brady falls in love with Caitlin, the daughter of an African-American family they’ve just robbed, and brings her back to their home. When things start getting complicated, Caitlin begins to sympathize with the brothers’ and helps hatch a new plot. Learn More

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Ruby: The Story of Ruby Bridges

By Christina M. Ham. Music by Gary Rue.

Product Code: RD8000

Drama
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Community
Cast Size: 11 to 16m., 11 to 20w., 5 to 9 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 55 min.

In 1960, 6-year-old Ruby became the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. When the white families learned of Ruby’s enrollment, they pulled their children from her class, leaving Ruby and her teacher the only ones in the classroom for the school year. Her family watched helplessly as federal marshals escorted Ruby to school each day past protesters jeering and threatening her life. This musical explores a little girl’s unbeatable courage in the face of adversity. Learn More

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Shiv

By Aditi Brennan Kapil.

Product Code: S2K000

Drama
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 3m., 1w.

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

Shiv is a theatrical science fiction fantasy exploring the psychological residue of post-colonialism as a young woman embarks on adventure and romance and searches for her future on a bent-up old mattress she uses for a ship. Learn More

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Miss Holmes

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

Product Code: MQ5000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 5 to 10m., 4 to 8w.

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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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Cherokee Family Reunion

By Larissa FastHorse. Inspired by the memoirs of Henry S. Timberlake.

Product Code: CP7000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 11 to 19m., 8 to 9w., several minor roles either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 75 min.

This modern-day Brady Bunch blends two nearly grown families when a Cherokee man and a white woman get married. They plan a family reunion, complete with a historical reenactment, hoping it will help the kids realize what it is like to fit into a foreign world. Instead, cultures clash, young love blooms and history threatens to repeat itself. Through music, dance and some wild fights, everyone learns what it really means to be a family. Learn More

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Mary

By Thomas Bradshaw.

Product Code: MN8000

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

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

At the height of what TIME magazine dubbed "AIDS hysteria" in 1983, college student David invites his boyfriend home to his parents' house in Maryland where nothing has changed since the 1800s—including the slave quarters. This play confronts hypocrisy and oppression with exhilarating wit.

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Theory of Mind

By Ken LaZebnik.

Product Code: TP6000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 1m., 1w., 1 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 50 min.

Autism makes social interactions challenging. Imagine, then, a high-school senior on the autism spectrum who desperately wants a girlfriend—and misreads just about every social cue she gives him. This is Bill's journey as he takes Hilo out on a date with hilarious, touching and profound insights about identity, what it means to be on the autism spectrum and love.

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Frida Libre

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

Product Code: FE7000

Drama
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 2m., 2w., extras as desired.

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Approx. Run Time: 50 min.

Quiet, shy Alex secretly wants to be a luchador (wrestler) and defeat bad guys in the ring. His life changes when he meets brave and colorful Frida, an unusual girl who dreams of being a doctor so she can help people. Forced to do a science project together on butterflies and metamorphosis, the pair discovers how true friendship can help you overcome fear and transform your dreams into reality. Learn More

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Stage Black

By Lydia R. Diamond.

Product Code: SN1000

Comedy
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 3m., 7 to 10w.
Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

Writer, a respected but obscure Black playwright, attempts to write the perfect, producible Black play. Despite Writer's efforts, her inclination toward truth and honesty in art conflicts with her desire for commercial viability. Try as she may to write the quintessential Black play that falls within the comfort zones of white and Black audiences, her subconscious artistic and political sensibilities leap to the fore. Her characters rebel. Finally, a humorous and suspenseful coup effectively deconstructs all of the clichés. Learn More

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