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  1. Bird Woman: The Story of Sacagawea

    Bird Woman: The Story of Sacagawea

    By Ric Averill.

    Product Code: BA4000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 5m., 4w. (13 either gender, extras as desired. With doubling as few as 2 to 3 m., 2 w., 1 either gender.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 55 min.
    The Shoshone girl, Sacagawea, was an indispensable part of the Lewis and Clark expedition. She and her husband, Toussaint Charboneau, guided the Corps of Discovery. She and Clark's slave, York, cast the first recorded votes of a woman, a Native American and a black man in America. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. Degas' Little Dancer

    Degas' Little Dancer

    By Wesley Middleton.

    Product Code: D78000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 4w. (minimum. Female roles, ballerinas, may be expanded.)
    • 60 min.
    Eleven year old 'Rie falls in love with Edgar Degas' first sculpture, The Little Dancer, and wills herself back in time to become the artist's model. The two work together to overcome the difficulties and challenges of making art. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  3. Belongings

    Belongings

    By Daniel Fenton.

    Product Code: B92000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 5w.
    • 90 min.
    Three generations of women find themselves at a crossroads following the death of the family's matriarch. Reeling from the loss of their grandmother, sisters Katy and Jimmie call an all-out war against an estate sale. With the help of their aunt, the sisters finally understand the important belongings are not those of physical attachment, but the emotional bonds that stay with us when those we love are gone. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. Ezigbo, the Spirit Child

    Ezigbo, the Spirit Child

    An Igbo story as told by Adaora Nzelibe Schmiedl. Dramatized for the stage by Max Bush.

    Product Code: E69000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 1 to 3m., 7 to 8w., plus extras.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    Long ago, the wife of a powerful chief longed for a child, but her womb was possessed by the spirit of an Ogbanje, an invisible spirit-child. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  5. The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor

    The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor

    By Ric Averill.

    Product Code: SE6000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • As few as 4, as many as 30.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 55 min.
    This Persian Sinbad is unique, valuing cleverness above all else and being rewarded with wealth. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  6. The Nightingale

    The Nightingale

    Book by William Electric Black and Amie Brockway-Henson. Music by Elliot Sokolov. From the story by Hans Christian Andersen.

    Product Code: N04000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • An ensemble of 12 m. and w. (not gender specific.)
    • 60 min.
    When Grandpa begins to tell his grandchildren about the emperor's nightingale, his back yard is transformed into the emperor of China's palace, garden and forest, and the three of them become characters in this humorous and moving story. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  7. The Cay

    The Cay

    By Dr. Gayle Cornelison. From the book by Theodore Taylor.

    Product Code: C90000

    • Drama
    • High School | TYA
    • 2m. (voices.)
    • 40 min.
    Eleven-year-old Phillip is rescued at sea and cared for by a huge, very old, black man named Timothy. Phillip learns that the color of one's skin does not determine a person's worth in the world. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  8. Macbeth: A Kid's Cautionary Tale Concerning Greed, Power, Mayhem and Other Current Events

    Macbeth: A Kid's Cautionary Tale Concerning Greed, Power, Mayhem and Other Current Events

    Adapted by Nancy Linehan Charles. From Shakespeare.

    Product Code: MB8000

    • Comedy | Drama | Melodrama | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | TYA
    • 15+ either gender, expandable to include all.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    This dramatic adaptation, sprinkled with comedic commentary, is a winner for elementary, middle, and early high school. Shakespeare's Scottish tragedy is told within a lively and humorous story-theatre frame. Macbeth and his Lady covet the crown while witches, ghosts, kings and soldiers sweep across the landscape, carving out the battle between good and evil. Shakespeare characters speak the Bard's words, while storytellers fill in plot and comment wryly on the escalating action. Learn More
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  9. Things Can Always Be Worse!

    Things Can Always Be Worse!

    By Lois Kipnis.

    Product Code: TB5000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Professional | TYA
    • 30 roles for a minimum of 8 actors. may be further expanded.
    • 45 min.
    Rich with Jewish tradition, this is the story of an argumentative family living in a tiny hut who, following a Rabbi's advice, bring their animals into the hut. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  10. Henny Penny

    Henny Penny

    By Joy Chaitin and Sarah Stevens.

    Product Code: H07000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Community | TYA
    • 5 to the entire class. Very flexible.
    • 30 min.
    This madcap version is designed to fit you and your performers (you can adjust its length, cast size and complexity) and includes five hilarious songs (or chants if you can't find a pianist). Your performers and audiences will be delighted because you make this show your very own. Do whatever you need to adjust it to your group size and ability level. Make it work for you. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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