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  1. OLIVÉRio: A Brazilian Twist

    OLIVÉRio: A Brazilian Twist

    Book and lyrics by Karen Zacarías. Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma.

    Product Code: OA8000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | Community | TYA
    • 3m., 4w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 65 min.
    This joyful musical is a retelling of Oliver Twist set in modern-day Rio de Janeiro that tackles issues of poverty, inequity and injustice. Oli, an orphan girl, asks the goddess of the sea for a “little bit more” in her life. Con man Falcão and thief Zé Esquiva hope to use Oli’s sweet nature to steal from a rich widow. In the favela, Oli meets Nancí, who begins to teach Oli how to read. But when police officer Sykes gets involved, everyone has to choose between doing what is easy and what is right. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. Losers Bracket

    Losers Bracket

    By Clay Sander and Nate Sander.

    Product Code: LL3000

    • Comedy
    • College | Community
    • 5 to 6m., 2 to 4w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Gus "Hitch" Bigwood has been faking his limp for the past decade to avoid paying back the insurance company for a fraudulent claim. Trying to gather enough money to disappear, Hitch and the town's sheriff hatch a scheme to fake-steal Hitch's antique automobile and collect the insurance payoff, but when Ethan and Tiny find out Hitch is faking his limp, he is forced to let them in on the plans. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  3. Waste Mismanagement

    Waste Mismanagement

    By Dan Doyle.

    Product Code: WG8000

    • Comedy
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 7 to 9m., 3 to 4w., 1 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 110 min.
    J.B. Hornsby, a marginally successful defense attorney, takes on a new client who is arrested for the murder of her husband, whose body was found in a local landfill by Beulah, a wildly eccentric psychic. Hornsby tries to pin the crime on a ruthless mob loan shark, but is shocked when the belligerent judge suddenly drops all charges against his client. In a startling twist, Beulah employs her mystical powers to bring about an astonishing conclusion! Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. 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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  5. 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
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  6. Gangster Apparel

    Gangster Apparel

    By Richard Vetere.

    Product Code: G59000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 2m.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 120 min.
    Smalltime gangsters are identified out on a hit because of their snazzy clothes. They decide to avoid life in prison by telling all and going into the witness protection program. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  7. Suspect to Change

    Suspect to Change

    By Will Humble.

    Product Code: S1D000

    • Comedy | Melodrama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 2m., 3w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 35 min.
    It's a case of mistaken identity when a woman is taken to the hospital after a car accident. Confusion reigns as everyone attempts to sort out what crimes may have been committed and by whom. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  8. Travels With My Aunt

    Travels With My Aunt

    Adapted by Giles Havergal. Based on Graham Greene's novel.

    Product Code: T89000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m. (Doubling in a great many roles.)
    • 110 min.
    The story revolves around Henry Pulling, a prematurely retired banker is dragged kicking and screaming into the incredibly picaresque world of his vivacious and flamboyant "old Aunt Augusta." Learn More
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  9. Three Murders and It's Only Monday!

    Three Murders and It's Only Monday!

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: T82000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 5m., 4w. (to portray 14 characters.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    As private eye Harry Monday investigates three murders at the Peaceful Pines Sanitarium, he finds it tough going when he tries to determine who killed an old sea captain, a ventriloquist and a tramp. This lightning-paced comedic mystery is a spoof on the old-style private-eye movies where the laughs are fast and furious … and the ending will simply kill you! Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  10. B.A.T.S.

    B.A.T.S.

    By Jerome McDonough.

    Product Code: BH5000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 3m., 7w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    The ex wives of a deceased gangster "bumped off" many of his associates and put them in secret graves. The cemetery has now notified the family that they are relocating the cemetery. The family is panicking about their secret being found out. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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