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  1. Monday Always Leads to Murder

    Monday Always Leads to Murder

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: MC9000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community
    • 9m., 5w. (with doubling, 6m, 4w.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    As usual, Harry finds himself way in over his head as he tries to solve a 20-year-old murder mystery and write a play about his career at the same time. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. The Moonstone

    The Moonstone

    By R.N. Sandburg. Adapted from the novel by Wilkie Collins.

    Product Code: MC2000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 6 to 7m., 5 to 6w., 1 child, with doubling, may be expanded.
    • 105 min.
    The British officer Herncastle steals a sacred Indian gem, the moonstone, and his life dissolves into ruin, and in an act of revenge he bequeaths the moonstone to his niece, Rachel, and her life is thrown into chaos until the moonstone is returned. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  3. The Love for Three Oranges

    The Love for Three Oranges

    By Doreen B. Heard. Freely adapted from the scenario by Count Carlo Gozzi.

    Product Code: LG9000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 5m., 3w., with doubling, or up to 20+ (5m., 4w., 11 either gender) plus extras.
    • 50 min.
    The commedia dell'arte style comes to life in this tale of a prince and his adventures as he searches for three magic oranges to put an end to his curse. Learn More
    $8.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  4. You Have the Right to Remain Dead

    You Have the Right to Remain Dead

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: Y23000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 5m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    In this audience-participation murder mystery, not only are you questioning the cast, but they are questioning you! As the show starts and you meet Fat Daddy, a rich but vindictive southern gentleman with an equally conniving and scheming family. So you know who's going to die, right? But who will the murderer be? This frantic mystery-comedy will have you guessing until the last clue is dropped and the last ham overacts. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  5. Macbeth: A Kid's Cautionary Tale Concerning Greed, Power, Mayhem and Other Current Events

    Macbeth: A Kid's Cautionary Tale Concerning Greed, Power, Mayhem and Other Current Events

    Adapted by Nancy Linehan Charles. From Shakespeare.

    Product Code: MB8000

    • Comedy | Drama | Melodrama | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | TYA
    • 15+ either gender, expandable to include all.

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    • 45 min.
    This dramatic adaptation, sprinkled with comedic commentary, is a winner for elementary, middle, and early high school. Shakespeare's Scottish tragedy is told within a lively and humorous story-theatre frame. Macbeth and his Lady covet the crown while witches, ghosts, kings and soldiers sweep across the landscape, carving out the battle between good and evil. Shakespeare characters speak the Bard's words, while storytellers fill in plot and comment wryly on the escalating action. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  6. Murder's Bad But Monday Can Kill You!

    Murder's Bad But Monday Can Kill You!

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: MA8000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community
    • 5m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Harry's back! That's right, Harry Monday, that Sam Spade wannabe in the trench coat and gumshoes, is hot and on his latest case. As he investigates a triple murder at Restful Glen Psychiatric Annex, he learns that all the inmates have multiple personalities. And the three murder victims are all the same guy! Learn More
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  7. Pandora's Revenge

    Pandora's Revenge

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: P64000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community
    • 1m., 1w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 30 min.
    Just what sort of package has Marvin Hanover opened, he wonders, as he tries to sell insurance to Miss Thorndyke. First, she really isn't Miss Thorndyke—she's Ida Simpkins, and she doesn't actually live at the address she gave him over the phone. She seems to have more questions for Marvin than he ever saw on any application. Panicked by the evening news and her rundown neighborhood, she grills Marvin like a hamburger patty. Lines fly fast and ferociously in this cat-and-mouse adventure with Marvin wondering just who's the cat and who's the mouse. Learn More
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  8. Pinocchio

    Pinocchio

    By William Glennon.

    Product Code: P44000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 6m., 1w. (7 either gender.)
    • 90 min.
    This is one of the most inventive version of Pinocchio ever. Take the hijinks of the commedia dell'arte, add those zany characters—including Geppetto, Fire Eater, Fox and Cat, and the most wonderful Blue Fairy imaginable—then mix in a nonstop adventure, and you're all set to raise the curtain. The house-on-fire pacing will leave you breathless, the hilarious comedy will leave you laughing, and some unexpectedly touching moments will leave you loving this Pinocchio even more. Learn More
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  9. If It's Monday, This Must Be Murder!

    If It's Monday, This Must Be Murder!

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: I52000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 5m., 4w. (can be expanded to 8m.,5w.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Posing as a golf-playing psychiatrist at the Shady Meadows Country Club, Harry investigates why the club members start dropping like divots! Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  10. Death and Taxes

    Death and Taxes

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: D60000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Ever wonder what goes on at a small-town city council meeting? In Hendricks, they're looking for a murderer. Not only was a man murdered, but he was an employee of the IRS. Slowly it becomes apparent the entire city council had seen the man, and each of them seems to be hiding something. This easy-to-stage intrigue is chock-full of small-town characters and hilarious dialogue. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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