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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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Christmas, Virtually

By Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus.

Product Code: CS7000

Comedy | Drama | Farce | Satire
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 3 to 10m., 3 to 15w., 1 to 11 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 65 min.

This online theatrical event is designed to be rehearsed and performed on Zoom. These 12 delightful scenes range in tone from sweet and silly to heartfelt to poignant. Dealing with life during the holidays, everyone can relate to what these characters are going through. From a famous reindeer in therapy because of his nose, to a soldier sending a holiday message home, to Hanukkah struggling to find meaning in the Christmas blitz, this show can be reordered, trimmed, cut and adapted to YOUR audience. Just because we can’t be together doesn’t mean we can’t have Christmas, Virtually. Learn More

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Babette's Feast

Conceived and developed by Abigail Killeen. Written by Rose Courtney. Adapted from the short story by Isak Dinesen.

Product Code: BK5000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 3w., 6 either gender, extras as desired.

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

This adaptation reimagines Dinesen’s classic tale as a rich theatrical event: deep, funny, sensual, dangerous and beautiful. The cloistered 19th-century community of two loving, devout Lutheran sisters reluctantly, then completely, embraces Babette, a mysterious French refugee. But when Babette sacrifices all she has to throw a lavish dinner party, the entire community is magically and inexplicably transformed. Learn More

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Ruby: The Story of Ruby Bridges

By Christina M. Ham. Music by Gary Rue.

Product Code: RD8000

Drama
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Community
Cast Size: 11 to 16m., 11 to 20w., 5 to 9 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 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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Salvation Road

By D.W. Gregory.

Product Code: S2Q000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 4 to 6m., 11w., 1 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

Denise was always an independent thinker with a passionate social conscience, while her younger brother, Cliff, is just the opposite. But when Denise leaves for college, she becomes obsessed with a charismatic church and its founder. Concerns intensify when Denise declares her family is a “toxic” influence—and disappears. One day, Cliff’s best friend, Duffy, spots Denise and is convinced that she’s in trouble and needs help, propelling them onto a road trip into the heart of a deepening mystery. Learn More

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Joan the Girl of Arc

By Darrah Cloud.

Product Code: J74000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | Community | TYA
Cast Size: 3 to 6m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

When Joan D'Arc, a shepherd in Domremy, France, 1420s, hears a voice while tending sheep one day, she can't believe what—and whom—she's hearing. But the voice is joined by others who claim they're saints and ask her to go to war for France. In a suit of armor made especially for her, she leads the French army to win the Hundred Years' War, using the wits and methods of the real teenage girl that she was. But when she refuses to deny the voices she heard, she is sentenced to death. Learn More

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In His Steps

By Philip Grecian.

Product Code: IF4000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 10 to 15m., 7w.

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Approx. Run Time: 160 min.

In 1895, a tramp knocks at Reverend Henry Maxwell's door looking for work. With regret, Maxwell turns him away, but the tramp's visit inspires Sunday's sermon and Maxwell calls for volunteers to join a special group, pledging never to take any action without first asking, "What would Jesus do?" and then following in His steps. This version is the only authorized stage adaptation of Charles Sheldon's best-selling novel. Learn More

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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
Recommended For: High School | Community
Cast Size: 3 to 10m., 7 to 10w., 3 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 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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Out!

Book by Nancy Gilsenan Hersage and Molly Hersage. Music and lyrics by Nancy Gilsenan Hersage. Musical arrangement by William Liberatore.

Product Code: O98000

Comedy | Drama | Satire
Recommended For: High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 7m., 7w., 10 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

A flamboyant high-school senior boy named Chives is running for prom queen and is determined to bring his quiet town into the new millennium despite how many people he upsets. His antics are so outrageous that even his best friend is having trouble sticking by him. Together they learn that despite all the challenges of adolescence, it really does get better. Learn More

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The Third Wave Musical

Book and lyrics by Ron Jones. Music and lyrics by David W. Denny, Kathy Peck Denny and Emily Klion.

Product Code: T09000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 6m., 8w., 12 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

This is the true story of a classroom experiment in fascism which takes place in l967 at Cubberley High School in Palo Alto, California. When Mr. Jones decided to give his class a real experience of being in a totalitarian society, he did not predict the explosive events that follow. Student curiosity is replaced with conformity and violence, fueling the excitement known as The Third Wave. Learn More

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