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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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My Broken Doll

By Ernie Nolan. Based on the book by Beatrice Karp and Deborah Pappenheimer.

Product Code: MR6000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 1 to 4m., 2 to 4w.
Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

My Broken Doll is the true childhood story of Holocaust survivor Beatrice Karp. It begins as teenage Beatrice learns she must leave post-war London to begin life anew in the United States. As she packs for the journey, each object she places in her suitcase floods her with memories of her life during the war. Audiences are instantly transported to the train rides, concentration camps and Nazi guards of Beatrice's memory. Though tragic, this is also a story of acceptance, love and resilience. 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.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
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.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
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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Molly's Hammer

By Tammy Ryan. Based on the book Hammer of Justice by Liane Ellison Norman.

Product Code: MQ7000

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

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

In 1980, Molly Rush, a Pittsburgh housewife and mother of six, walked into a G.E. plant and took a hammer to the nose cone of a nuclear warhead in protest of the buildup of our nuclear arsenal. She and her fellow activists went to trial to sound the alarm, and the world was pulled back from the brink of nuclear annihilation for the time being. Told with humor and love, Molly’s Hammer shines a light on how the choice of ordinary people to take action is what is needed to save our world.

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Clever Rachel

By Moses Goldberg.

Product Code: CQ9000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | TYA
Cast Size: 3m., 3w.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Rachel has a reputation as a clever girl who can figure out answers to the most challenging riddles. But the traditional roles of men and women don't allow for women to be intellectuals. When Jacob, the smartest boy in town, challenges her to a contest of wits, somehow they both win and find something that neither had before—a friend. 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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Well

By Lisa Kron

Product Code: WA7000

Comedy
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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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