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American Association of Community Theatre AACT NewPlayFest Winning Plays: Volume 4 (2020) AN6000

Shattering

Product Code: S4J000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 2m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 105 min.

Jonah has just been released from juvenile commitment into the foster care of Jacqueline Dawson, whose estranged son he helped to murder. Jonah is ordered to torture and kill Dawson—or be killed himself. The instructions come from the gang leader through Jonah’s girlfriend LaBelle, who is pregnant. Jonah and LaBelle plot the murder, even as his relationship with the strict but caring Dawson develops and his imagined visits with her dead son jar his conscience. Learn More

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Mynx & Savage

By Rebecca Gorman O'Neill.

Product Code: MR3000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 2m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

Adam is a comic book writer coasting on his past successes. Ket is young and ambitious. As the duo sets to work on the 100th issue of Mynx and Savage, the fantasy bleeds into reality as the superheroes and their mild-mannered alter egos invade the artists’ space. Adam finally starts to trust Ket and shares the story he’s been hiding. In the end, as the worlds of the children, the superheroes and the artists collide, Ket helps Adam realize that he has no future until he makes amends with his past. Learn More

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Miss Holmes

By Christopher M. Walsh. Based on characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Product Code: MQ5000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 5 to 10m., 4 to 8w.

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Approx. Run Time: 135 min.

When an anonymous note sends a newlywed wife looking for help, Miss Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Dorothy Watson work to uncover the secrets of a corrupt police inspector whose wives have a habit of turning up dead. In a time when gender roles are rigidly defined, these unconventional women challenge societal norms. This play explores the added obstacles faced by these two iconic characters if they were women. Learn More

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An Evening With Sherlock Holmes

By Jules Tasca.

Product Code: E89000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 5 to 10m., 2 to 6w.

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

This unique evening of mystery consists of a triad of one-acts that are best performed altogether: The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (5m., 2w.): A British aristocrat's to-be wife disappears on the day they are to be wed. The Milverton Adventure (3m., 2w.): A nefarious man is blackmailing an engaged woman with letters to a former lover that she wrote. If revealed, they could destroy her impending marriage. Finally, The Disappearance of Adam (2m., 2w.): Holmes must solve the riddle that has puzzled the most brilliant minds in history! How does a person cope with his or her own demise? Does Holmes solve this case? Yes and no. A not-to-be-missed climax!

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Losers Bracket

By Clay Sander and Nate Sander.

Product Code: LL3000

Comedy
Recommended For: College | Community
Cast Size: 5 to 6m., 2 to 4w.

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

Gus "Hitch" Bigwood has been faking his limp for the past decade to avoid paying back the insurance company for a fraudulent claim. Trying to gather enough money to disappear, Hitch and the town's sheriff hatch a scheme to fake-steal Hitch's antique automobile and collect the insurance payoff, but when Ethan and Tiny find out Hitch is faking his limp, he is forced to let them in on the plans. Learn More

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The Beautiful Dark

By Erik Gernand.

Product Code: BL8000

Drama
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 4m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

Nancy's life is turned upside down when she learns her 18-year-old son didn't fail out of college, but was kicked out for writing a graphic play about an on-campus killing spree, carried out by a young man who sounds eerily like her son. As the evidence mounts against Jacob, Nancy is forced to confront her darkest fear: Is her son capable of the unthinkable? And can she stop him before it's too late? Learn More

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Walking Across Egypt

Adapted by Catherine Bush from the novel by Clyde Edgerton.

Product Code: WH1000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 6m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

Little does Mattie know that the dogcatcher will open her eyes to a whole world she never knew existed, a world that includes car theft, prison breaks and a juvenile delinquent named Wesley who is as desperate for a family as she is. Armed with only her corn bread and a deep faith in the Almighty, Mattie is determined to woo Wesley to the side of God and good Southern manners … if she can just manage to stay out of jail herself. Learn More

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Waste Mismanagement

By Dan Doyle.

Product Code: WG8000

Comedy
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 7 to 9m., 3 to 4w., 1 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 110 min.

J.B. Hornsby, a marginally successful defense attorney, takes on a new client who is arrested for the murder of her husband, whose body was found in a local landfill by Beulah, a wildly eccentric psychic. Hornsby tries to pin the crime on a ruthless mob loan shark, but is shocked when the belligerent judge suddenly drops all charges against his client. In a startling twist, Beulah employs her mystical powers to bring about an astonishing conclusion! Learn More

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Oedipus: A Story of Gold and Shadow

Adapted by Ann H. Brockette.

Product Code: O88000

Tragedy
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 5m., 2w. with an ensemble of up to 40 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

This adaptation is a story of a great man who pays the ultimate price for trying to outsmart the gods. As Greek mythology shows, however, no human can rise to the power of the gods who rule over us. Learn More

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Artifice

By Anne Flanagan.

Product Code: AF3000

Comedy | Farce
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 4m., 4w.
Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

A story about a struggling artist who dies only to reappear at a sale of his work. A farcical take on celebrity and success and an affectionate tribute to loyalty and love. Learn More

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