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  1. Christmas, Virtually

    Christmas, Virtually

    By Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus.

    Product Code: CS7000

    • Comedy | Drama | Farce | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 3 to 10m., 3 to 15w., 1 to 11 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 65 min.
    This online theatrical event is designed to be rehearsed and performed on Zoom. These 12 delightful scenes range in tone from sweet and silly to heartfelt to poignant. Dealing with life during the holidays, everyone can relate to what these characters are going through. From a famous reindeer in therapy because of his nose, to a soldier sending a holiday message home, to Hanukkah struggling to find meaning in the Christmas blitz, this show can be reordered, trimmed, cut and adapted to YOUR audience. Just because we can’t be together doesn’t mean we can’t have Christmas, Virtually. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. Junior Claus

    Junior Claus

    Book and lyrics by Christopher Dimond. Music by Michael Kooman.

    Product Code: J68000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 3m., 3w., doubling possible, extras as desired.
    • 85 min.
    A teenage inventor, the only son of Santa Claus, is reluctant to take over the family business. Junior puts more faith in his technological inventions than in good old-fashioned Christmas magic, much to the chagrin of his father. But, when a sudden drop in Christmas spirit renders Santa incapable of making the great ride, Junior must take the reins and learn the true meaning of Christmas in time to save the day. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  3. The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge

    The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge

    By Mark Brown.

    Product Code: TG8000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 6m., 2w., or 8m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 120 min.
    A year after his miraculous transformation, Ebenezer Scrooge is suing Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. He makes the spirits an offer: work every day, not just one day a year, and he'll drop the charges. He confesses that it took extraordinary measures to change him, so he had to go to extraordinary measures to change the Spirits of Christmas. The spirit of caring and giving should be every day, not just once a year. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  4. A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas

    A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas

    By Laurie Brooks.

    Product Code: LD5000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 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
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  5. Madeline's Christmas ME8000

    Madeline's Christmas

    Book and lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby. Music by Shirley Mier. Based on the book by Ludwig Bemelmans.

    Product Code: ME8000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 1m., 14w.

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    On Christmas Eve, Madeline meets a rug merchant who has brought 12 very special rugs. He reminds Madeline that Christmas is the time of miracles, and that these magic carpets will allow all the girls in her school to fly home to be with their families for Christmas! After saying goodbye to the girls, Miss Clavel finds a present that the girls left for her, befriends a little mouse, and counts her many blessings. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  6. Boid & Oskar

    Boid & Oskar

    By Elizabeth Wong.

    Product Code: BA7000

    • Comedy | Drama | Tragedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School
    • 2m., 2w. (plus many gender-neutral ensemble roles; may be done with 3m., 3 w. with doubling.) Multicultural cast suggested.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Inspired by Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince,this play is a hip, humorous and heartwarming parable about sacrifice and the lessons of true friendship. Prince Oskar is the spirit of a shiny, red, classic Corvette convertible—without a care in the world. But, placed as a monument high above the city, he alone sees the suffering below—a young girl conflicted by feelings of inferiority, a young boy without a home living in the streets, a writer who has lost the desire to write. With the help of a wise-cracking sparrow named Boid, the prince makes it his mission to help the townspeople. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  7. Nutcracker ... The Musical

    Nutcracker ... The Musical

    Book and lyrics by Debbie Meyer. From E.T.A. Hoffman's The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.

    Product Code: N81000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 17+ actors, either gender, flexible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    Young and mature audiences alike will love this story of the Nutcracker, the Mouse King, the Sugar Plum Fairies and the other enchanting characters. Learn More
    $8.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  8. The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

    The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

    By Max Bush. Based on a story by the Brothers Grimm.

    Product Code: BF5000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 4m., 3w., with doubling, or up to 17 (8m., 3w., 6 either gender).

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    Boy, an innocent teen unable to know fear, accepts the challenge to stay three nights in the haunted castle. The ghostly inhabitants are unable to scare the boy and the castle is restored ghost-free to the king. As a reward, he is to marry the princess, yet he still seeks an answer to the mystery of his life. It takes the wits of the chamber maid and the help of the princess to teach Boy the shivers when he least expects it. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  9. A Country Christmas Carol

    A Country Christmas Carol

    Book by Ken Nelson. Music and lyrics by Ken Nelson and Jack Dyville.

    Product Code: CM7000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Community
    • 11m., 7w., extras.
    • 60 min.
    Scrooge has moved to the American West in this musical relates the same message as the Dickens classic. Learn More
    $8.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  10. The Nutcracker Cover N22000

    The Nutcracker

    Adapted by June Walker Rogers.

    Product Code: N22000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 10m., 12w., extras .

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    The legend of the wonderful Nutcracker is now available in this captivating play. At a gala Christmas Eve party, Clara's godfather presents her with an amazing Nutcracker in the form of a wooden soldier. Too excited to sleep, she suddenly finds the Nutcracker brought to life. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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