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  1. The Crane Wife

    The Crane Wife

    Book by Barbara Carlisle. Music (optional) by David Newsome. Adapted from Japanese folklore and based on a production idea by Randy Ward.

    Product Code: CJ3000

    • Drama | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • Cast:12 to 20 with varied mixture of men and women.

      LLivestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    The peasant Kokuro removes an arrow from a stricken crane, who then comes in secret gratitude to live with him as a wife. When her weaving of magnificent cloth saves them from starvation, the poor peasant yields to greed and suspicion and loses his most precious gift. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. Babes in Gangland or The Godmother

    Babes in Gangland or The Godmother

    By Dutton Foster.

    Product Code: B69000

    • Farce | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School
    • 3m., 4w., 2 either gender

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 35 min.
    This melodramatic farce, marked by puns, double entendres, asides to the audience, and other absurdities, is a comic tour de force. A perfect contest one-act with no elaborate set requirements. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  3. Babes In Toyland

    Babes In Toyland

    Book and lyrics by R. Eugene Jackson. Music adapted and arranged by Carl Alette. Original music by Victor Herbert. Based on the original play by Glen MacDonough.

    Product Code: BH6000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 12 to 15+ actors, either gender, flexible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    Mother Goose Land is all astir over the rivalry between mean-hearted Uncle Barnaby and young, handsome, gentle Alan for the love of Mistress Mary Quite Contrary. Suitable for any season of the year. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  4. Million Dollar Baby

    Million Dollar Baby

    By Craig Sodaro.

    Product Code: MM4000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Community | Professional
    • 17m., 18w., extras.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 100 min.
    This comic melodrama authentically depicts the Chicago fire and a Clark Street mission, but includes a sweet heroine , a noble hero and a vicious villain. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  5. East of the Sun, West of the Moon

    East of the Sun, West of the Moon

    Adapted by Brian Kral. From the Norwegian folktale.

    Product Code: E63000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 5w., with doubling, or up to 15 (7m., 8w.)

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    • 90 min.
    This adaptation from a Norwegian folktale features a young girl battling supernatural forces to free a young man from a terrible spell. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  6. Beanstalk!

    Beanstalk!

    Book and lyrics by Joseph Robinette. Music and lyrics by James R. Shaw.

    Product Code: BH9000

    • Comedy | Farce | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 5w., extras.

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    • 60 min.
    A musical twist to the old tale, featuring Jack, the beanstalk, and the giant. When Jack and his friend Polly climb the beanstalk, Wog the giant befriends them and helps them stop the townspeople from cutting the beanstalk down. Learn More
    $8.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  7. Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

    By John Mattera and Stephen Barrows.

    Product Code: F31000

    • Drama | Melodrama | Tragedy
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 5m., 1w. (1 creature.)
    • 35 min.
    This version of the classic thriller catches the essence of Mary Shelley's novel and builds to a climax with an unexpected twist. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  8. Dracula

    Dracula

    By John Mattera. Based on the book by Bram Stoker.

    Product Code: D35000

    • Drama | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 9m., 7w.

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    • 120 min.
    The mysterious Count Dracula has gone to England where he is living on a large estate next to an insane asylum run by the incredibly naive Dr. Seward. The others cast members of this thriller include Professor Van Helsing, a fly-eating lunatic, the beautiful Lucy, the butler Charles and three female vampires! The plot develops with all the excitement of the original with a startling double twist at the end. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  9. The Wild Flowering of Chastity or Chaste Across the Stage

    The Wild Flowering of Chastity or Chaste Across the Stage

    By Dutton Foster.

    Product Code: W33000

    • Farce | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School
    • 4m., 4w.

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    • 35 min.
    In this stylish satiric melodrama, Aunt Absinthe hopes pretty Chastity has sold enough Easter eggs to meet the mortgage payment, but business is slow and a villain is after their humble homestead. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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