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  1. A Virtual Whodunnit

    A Virtual Whodunnit

    By Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus.

    Product Code: V47000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Preston Sterling is hosting a Zoom meeting with his family and closest staff to celebrate his birthday. The bitter old billionaire is bullying everyone once again when—ZZZZZT! Sterling is electrocuted through his phone. Enter Rockford Sloan, homicide detective. Through a series of Zoom conferences, Sloan questions the usual suspects, all of whom had a motive. With three possible endings, every performance means you’ll never be sure whodunnit. This show can be performed virtually or onstage. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  2. Ghosts in the Machine (One-Act) GD9000

    Ghosts in the Machine (One-Act Version)

    By Eric Coble.

    Product Code: GD9000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School
    • 7 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    It begins after lunch on Melissa’s phone. Someone she doesn’t know is texting her looking for a drug hook-up. Soon, seven very different high-school kids are getting bizarre texts from numbers they don’t recognize—budding romances, bitter rivalries, even violent threats. What’s going on? And what if it’s not people connecting with other people via their phones … but phones trying to connect with other phones via their people? A one-act digital mystery for the mind and heart of the savvy texter. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $55/perf

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  3. Sherlock Holmes and the First Baker Street Irregular

    Sherlock Holmes and the First Baker Street Irregular

    By Brian Guehring. Based on the characters and mysteries of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

    Product Code: S2P000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 7 to 13m., 5 to 12w., up to 13 extras

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 70 min.
    On a dare, 14-year-old Wiggins tries to pickpocket an old man. Not only is she unsuccessful, but the old man, Sherlock Holmes, takes the ring that was in her pocket and leaves a note with his address. When she goes to retrieve the ring, she proposes to work as his assistant, and he agrees to begin training her. They must learn to trust each other as Wiggins and her group of street urchins help him solve two dangerous mysteries. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. Rose and the Rime

    Rose and the Rime

    By Nathan Allen, Chris Mathews and Jake Minton.

    Product Code: RD5000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | Community
    • 5m., 5w., up to 6 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 85 min.
    Young Rose lives in a town that has been trapped within perpetual winter by the evil Rime Witch. To save Radio Falls from its frigid misery, Rose bobsleds through ice caves, braves haunted forests and plunges through fierce blizzards before finally confronting the witch. Radio Falls returns once again to its summer splendor, but how long can the good times last? Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  5. The Westing Game

    The Westing Game

    Adapted by Darian Lindle. From the Newbery Award-winning novel by Ellen Raskin.

    Product Code: WC6000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 8m., 7w.
    • 120 min.
    The unsuspecting residents of Sunset Towers are summoned to the reading of a mysterious will, only to find themselves locked in a thrilling game, as they must discover who is responsible for killing an eccentric millionaire. Through blizzards, bombings and unlikely alliances, the game is on, and the only people who hold all the clues are one Westing heir and you. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  6. Hamlet or Does Father Reeeeeeally Know Best?

    Hamlet or Does Father Reeeeeeally Know Best?

    By Nancy Linehan Charles. Based on the play by William Shakespeare.

    Product Code: H94000

    • Comedy | Drama | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | Community | TYA
    • 2m., 2w., 11 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    William Shakespeare believed strongly in the fact that there will always be consequences when you make the wrong move. Hamlet listens to a ghost, who makes all of the decisions, and everyone ends up dead. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  7. House of the Seven Gables

    House of the Seven Gables

    By Vin Morreale Jr. Adapted from the classic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

    Product Code: H84000

    • Comedy | Drama | Melodrama | Tragedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 8m., 6w. (plus extras who may be doublecast.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    The cruel and cunning Colonel Pyncheon brings a curse down on his entire family. More than a century later, a young woman arrives to find the last of the family, and the mysterious House of the Seven Gables, beset by dark secrets and untimely deaths. Learn More
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  8. Deadly Weapons

    Deadly Weapons

    By Laurie Brooks.

    Product Code: D75000

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

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    • 60 min.
    When three teenage friends decide to take the law into their own hands, they are forced to confront themselves, their relationships and the consequences of their actions. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  9. 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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  10. Othello or Tracking the Green-eyed Monster

    Othello or Tracking the Green-eyed Monster

    Adapted by Nancy Linehan Charles. From Shakespeare.

    Product Code: O63000

    • Drama | Melodrama | Tragedy
    • Middle School | High School | TYA
    • 8 to 11 principles plus as many soldiers and senators as desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    A mesmerizing tale of the good guy who takes a very wrong turn, and changes his life forever. The moral of the story, choose your friends wisely, and let go of false pride before it destroys you. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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