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  1. Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo MT4000

    Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo

    By G. Riley Mills.

    Product Code: MT4000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | TYA
    • 3 to 6m., 3 to 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 70 min.
    Travel back in time to the 1930s, when the once-popular Avondale Zoo has fallen into disrepair. With the Birmingham Parks Board threatening to close the zoo and sell off its remaining animals to the highest bidder, the legendary Miss Fancy must devise a plan to save the zoo before it's too late! Filled with music, magic, comedy and dancing to entertain people of all ages, Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo will have audiences' toes tapping and their imaginations shining! Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. When January Feels Like Summer

    When January Feels Like Summer

    By Cori Thomas.

    Product Code: WJ7000

    • Comedy | Drama | Satire
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 1w., 1 pre-op transgender (m. to w.) who can be played by either gender (prefer transgender).
    • 120 min.
    Three African-American men, a transgender woman and her sister stumble toward the possibilities of being seen, being heard and being loved. One unusually warm January day, their stories of outreach and awareness intertwine at a convenience store in Harlem. By the end of the play, these five characters are living proof that everyone deserves love. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  3. Higgins in Harlem

    Higgins in Harlem

    By Lawrence Thelen.

    Product Code: HG8000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 120 min.
    Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw is reset in Harlem in 1938 during the Harlem Renaissance. Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, discovers Eliza Doolittle, a homeless, Harlem girl and transforms her into a high-class woman. Eliza forgoes a relationship with Freddie Hill, who is in love with her, and must choose between a platonic existence with Higgins or a life on her own. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. Second Samuel S1F000

    Second Samuel

    By Pamela Parker.

    Product Code: S1F000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 7m., 4w.
    • 105 min.
    The death of one sweet old lady turns the small southern town of Second Samuel upside down, leaving everybody wondering if anything would ever be normal again! Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  5. The Harvey Girls

    The Harvey Girls

    By Julie Jensen.

    Product Code: HA1000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 6m., 8w.
    • 80 min.
    A satire about restaurant workers and customers at the Harvey House Restaurant along the Santa Fe Railroad in Las Vegas, New Mexico in the late 1800s. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  6. Bud, Not Buddy

    Bud, Not Buddy

    Adapted by Reginald André Jackson. From the novel by Christopher Paul Curtis.

    Product Code: BC7000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 8m., 3w. with doubling.

      No Livestream Rights Available

    • 100 min.
    Set in Michigan during the 1930s, this title tells the story of 10-year-old Bud Caldwell, an orphan on the run from abusive foster homes, and his quest to find his father. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  7. Stage Black

    Stage Black

    By Lydia R. Diamond.

    Product Code: SN1000

    • Comedy
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 7 to 10w.
    • 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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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  8. Rowing to America: The Immigrant Project

    Rowing to America: The Immigrant Project

    By J. Rufus Caleb, Kitty Chen, Robert Clyman, Keith Glover, Meg Griffith, Sachi Oyama, Guillermo Reyes, Akbil Sharma, Karen Sunde.

    Product Code: R51000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community
    • Originally performed with a nontraditional cast of 5m., 5w. (expandable.)
    • 95 min.
    Written by a culturally diverse group of writers dealing with culturally diverse characters, these sometimes comic, sometimes tragic and poetic pieces cut to the heart of the immigration issue. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  9. Southern Discomfort

    Southern Discomfort

    By Vin Morreale Jr.

    Product Code: SC2000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 4 to 13 m., 3 to 6w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 95 min.
    These twelve short scenes and monologues create a vivid emotional tapestry of the South today. Experience the charm and vigor of old Dixie, as the essence of the South comes alive. Learn More
    $9.95 /book

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  10. Kimchee and Chitlins: A Serious Comedy About Getting Along

    Kimchee and Chitlins: A Serious Comedy About Getting Along

    By Elizabeth Wong.

    Product Code: K25000

    • Comedy | Drama | Satire
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 3w. (Expandable chorus, multicultural cast.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Skewering the news media and modern race relations in America, this play shows a novice television reporter who finds herself sitting pretty in the anchor seat, but she is haunted by a bogeyman chorus who questions the way she got her promotion. Learn More
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