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  1. Farmageddon and the Undercover Crop

    Farmageddon and the Undercover Crop

    By Victoria Sayeg.

    Product Code: FF6000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School
    • 1m., 1w., 20 to 24 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Everyone loves a good crop circle—that is, everyone but world-renowned peanut planter Farmer Carter. He is devastated to learn his entire year's yield of peanuts has been damaged by someone—or something—just a day before the circus comes to town! With the help of his wife and their junk-food-addicted twin daughters, Farmer Carter hires a private investigator to get to the bottom of this perplexing peanut puzzle. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  2. An Evening With Sherlock Holmes

    An Evening With Sherlock Holmes

    By Jules Tasca.

    Product Code: E89000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 5 to 10m., 2 to 6w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.

    This unique evening of mystery consists of a triad of one-acts that are best performed altogether: The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (5m., 2w.): A British aristocrat's to-be wife disappears on the day they are to be wed. The Milverton Adventure (3m., 2w.): A nefarious man is blackmailing an engaged woman with letters to a former lover that she wrote. If revealed, they could destroy her impending marriage. Finally, The Disappearance of Adam (2m., 2w.): Holmes must solve the riddle that has puzzled the most brilliant minds in history! How does a person cope with his or her own demise? Does Holmes solve this case? Yes and no. A not-to-be-missed climax!

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    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  3. 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
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  4. Dick Whittington and His Cat

    Dick Whittington and His Cat

    Book and lyrics by Jeff Church. Music by Richard Gray. Based on an English folktale.

    Product Code: DF6000

    • Drama
    • High School | Community
    • 5 to 14m., 4 to 11w., up to 6 either gender. (Can be performed with as few as 8, plus one child.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    Dick Whittington, a penniless orphan, arrives in London having heard there's a street paved with gold. Cast aside and laughed at, a rich merchant takes pity on Dick and offers him a job. Unfortunately, his housekeeper hates the boy and houses Dick in a rat-filled attic. When a stranger gifts Dick a cat, his luck changes. Can a cat inspire love, loyalty, friendship and the spirit of giving? Learn More
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  5. One Night

    One Night

    By Charles Fuller.

    Product Code: OA1000

    • Drama
    • College | Community
    • 2m., 1 to 2w.
    • 95 min.
    Alicia and Horace are Iraqi Freedom vets suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. They have been together for more than nine months, Horace acting as a kind of helpmate to Alicia, who is severely traumatized from a gang rape by three fellow soldiers. Here, throughout one night, old wounds are opened, flashbacks recount their histories and the truth of events they both hoped were over emerge from the past to color the rest of their future. Learn More
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  6. The Beautiful Dark

    The Beautiful Dark

    By Erik Gernand.

    Product Code: BL8000

    • Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 2w.
    • 90 min.
    Nancy's life is turned upside down when she learns her 18-year-old son didn't fail out of college, but was kicked out for writing a graphic play about an on-campus killing spree, carried out by a young man who sounds eerily like her son. As the evidence mounts against Jacob, Nancy is forced to confront her darkest fear: Is her son capable of the unthinkable? And can she stop him before it's too late? Learn More
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  7. Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

    By Bo List. Based on the novel by Mary Shelley.

    Product Code: FF2000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 6 to 15m., 2w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 135 min.
    Victor Frankenstein builds a man composed of the reassembled dead, but the result is hideous and it escapes into the dark night. The creature wanders, beaten and scorned, until a kindly blind man takes him in. When he is driven from his home by frightened villagers, he vows revenge on his creator. The creature finds Victor and develops a plan that will bring him a companion as horrifying as he. Learn More
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  8. Walking Across Egypt

    Walking Across Egypt

    Adapted by Catherine Bush from the novel by Clyde Edgerton.

    Product Code: WH1000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 6m., 2w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 120 min.
    Little does Mattie know that the dogcatcher will open her eyes to a whole world she never knew existed, a world that includes car theft, prison breaks and a juvenile delinquent named Wesley who is as desperate for a family as she is. Armed with only her corn bread and a deep faith in the Almighty, Mattie is determined to woo Wesley to the side of God and good Southern manners … if she can just manage to stay out of jail herself. Learn More
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  9. Afflicted: Daughters of Salem

    Afflicted: Daughters of Salem

    By Laurie Brooks.

    Product Code: AK9000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 6w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 75 min.
    This title tells the story of five Salem girls and the events that led up to the infamous Salem witch trials. This origin story examines how these teenage girls became accusers and caused 20 people to be put to death for witching. An interactive forum that explores the accusers and their community is built into the play, encouraging reflection and is ideal for complimenting classroom work. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  10. 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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