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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. Ruby: The Story of Ruby Bridges

    Ruby: The Story of Ruby Bridges

    By Christina M. Ham. Music by Gary Rue.

    Product Code: RD8000

    • Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Community
    • 11 to 16m., 11 to 20w., 5 to 9 either gender.

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 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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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  3. Oh Freedom! The Story of the Underground Railroad

    Oh Freedom! The Story of the Underground Railroad

    By Peter Manos.

    Product Code: OA4000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 2 to 10m., 2 to 10w., up to 10 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    This play combines stories of men and women of the Underground Railroad who were active in the fight against slavery. Famous participants like Harriet Tubman and Harriet Beecher Stowe and other lesser-known heroes are included in this tale that celebrates a time when Americans were at their courageous best, supporting one another, regardless of background, ethnicity or gender. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  4. Civil War Voices

    Civil War Voices

    By James R. Harris. Featuring songs of the period with arrangements by Mark Hayes.

    Product Code: CN8000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 6 to 19m., 4 to 19w.
    • 110 min.
    This musical tells the compelling and passionate true stories of real people who lived through the Civil War, often using the actual words they left behind in diaries, letters and other writings. Appealing to all audiences, the songs and stories bring to life the incredible drama of this stirring era. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  5. Don't Tell Me I Can't Fly

    Don't Tell Me I Can't Fly

    By Y York. Inspired by the life and art of Della Wells.

    Product Code: DE9000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 3w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 65 min.
    Nine-year-old Tonia is growing up in a working-class, African-American home in Milwaukee in 1964. Her artistic soul is at odds with her parents' fears and pragmatism. Her efforts to please and appease them are in conflict with her own needs and desires. Tonia finds her way, the only way possible, by allowing her parents to see her true self with all its flaws, beauty and possibilities. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  6. Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963

    Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963

    By Christina M. Ham.

    Product Code: FC3000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | Community
    • 4w. plus an ensemble of at least 16, including 8w.

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    Every child imagines what they want to be when they grow up. The realities of the segregated political climate that will put a stop to four girls' dreams swirl around them and eventually culminate in the fateful events of September 15, 1963. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  7. Walk, Don't Ride! A Celebration of the Fight for Equality WB1000

    Walk, Don't Ride! A Celebration of the Fight for Equality

    By Peter Manos.

    Product Code: WB1000

    • Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School
    • 2m., 3w., may be expanded, plus optional choir.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    This play with music chronicles the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. It begins with the Montgomery bus boycott when, after the arrest of Rosa Parks, people stopped using the buses crying out "Walk, Don't Ride! Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  8. Smoldering Fires SP5000

    Smoldering Fires

    By Kermit Frazier.

    Product Code: SP5000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 12m., 6w., doubling possible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 70 min.
    Two 12-year-old black boys who seem unlikely friends share a dream of cleaning up their violent, drug-infested urban neighborhood. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  9. The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

    Book and lyrics by Eric Coble. Music and additional lyrics by Kenneth Kacmar and Bill Hoffman.

    Product Code: E03000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 1w., 3 either gender; may be expanded to 20 or more either gender.
    • 45 min.
    A Caribbean musical adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  10. The Slave Dancer's Choice

    The Slave Dancer's Choice

    By Frank Higgins

    Product Code: SH6000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Professional | TYA
    • 3m., 2w. (plus others of either gender as desired.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Drawn from historical sources about the Atlantic slave trade, this play follows the journey of Danny who faces a difficult choice when he is tricked into serving on a slave ship in exchange for his family's freedom. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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