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  1. In the Tank (En El Tanque) IF8000

    In the Tank (En El Tanque)

    By Rosemary Frisino Toohey. Translation by Gustavo Ott.

    Product Code: IF8000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School
    • 2m. or 2w., or 1m., 1w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 25 min.
    Two lobsters find themselves in the tank of a seafood restaurant: one plays dead to avoid being chosen, and the other is philosophical, wondering what the point of living is if you are always acting dead. Learn More
    $39.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  2. Mary

    Mary

    By Thomas Bradshaw.

    Product Code: MN8000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 2w.

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 90 min.

    At the height of what TIME magazine dubbed "AIDS hysteria" in 1983, college student David invites his boyfriend home to his parents' house in Maryland where nothing has changed since the 1800s—including the slave quarters. This play confronts hypocrisy and oppression with exhilarating wit.

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    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  3. Does My Head Look Big in This?

    Does My Head Look Big in This?

    By Jeff Gottesfeld and Elizabeth Wong. Based on the award-winning young adult novel by Randa Abdel-Fattah.

    Product Code: DF1000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | Community
    • 3 to 10m., 7 to 10w., 3 either gender.
    • 75 min.
    At a time of rising Islamophobia and cultural misunderstanding, this play about a typical American high-school teen who happens to be Muslim is a great tool for tolerance. When Amal decides to wear her hijab to school, it's a learning experience for all ... including herself. By the end of this play, audiences will understand three things better: Islam, America and themselves. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. Quixote

    Quixote

    Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha. Book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. Music by Dennis Poore. Lyrics by Flip Kobler.

    Product Code: QD5000

    • Comedy | Drama | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 4m., 10w., 11 either gender. May be doubled to a cast of 13 or expanded to up to 50.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 80 min.
    Feeling pressured to fit in, Alonzo Quijana, dreams of a better time, when one man could change the course of tomorrow. With the fragile line of popularity, the very thin grasp of sanity, could making the world a better place come from one lone voice in the crowd? Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  5. In the Tank

    In the Tank

    By Rosemary Frisino Toohey.

    Product Code: I90000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School
    • 2 any gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 25 min.
    Two lobsters find themselves in the tank of a seafood restaurant: one plays dead to avoid being chosen, and the other is philosophical, wondering what the point of living is if you are always acting dead. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  6. Caught Between Two Worlds CF7000

    Caught Between Two Worlds

    By Carlos Perez.

    Product Code: CF7000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 5m., 7w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 55 min.
    In Caught Between Two Worlds, 15-year-old Andrea is half Latinx and half white. Not speaking Spanish, she is shunned by those who are Latinx, and since her skin is brown, she’s shunned by those who are white. The play focuses on the need of those who are of mixed race to discover where they belong, not only in our society but in their own home, and brings insight to the young people who may have dealt with them cruelly. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  7. Lockers

    Lockers

    By Jeremy Kruse.

    Product Code: L99000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | Community
    • variable.
    • 75 min.
    Displaying the universal ups and downs most preteens and teens face on a daily basis, this play can be performed as a whole, or in short vignettes, perfect for theatre, classroom, and young actor-training programs. Learn More
    $11.95 /book

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  8. 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
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  9. Letters to a Student Revolutionary

    Letters to a Student Revolutionary

    By Elizabeth Wong.

    Product Code: L74000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    A jaded American rebel reluctantly on a family vacation in China meets a young idealistic Chinese girl with whom she embarks on a 10-year correspondence, which is cut tragically short by the Tiananmen Square massacre. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  10. In Other Words

    In Other Words

    By Sharon Elizabeth Doyle.

    Product Code: IB3000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • College | Professional | TYA
    • 6 either gender, with option to add more.
    • 45 min.
    Ideal for either in-school or theatre performances, this title is designed to stimulate the creative actor and delight the child in all of us with human cartoons. Join Professor Fleetfoot and his madcap friends on a zany exploration of communication. Learn More
    $39.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $105/perf

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