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  1. The Princess and the Pea

    The Princess and the Pea

    Adapted by Travis Tyre from the tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

    Product Code: PL5000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 5 to 6m., 4 to 5w., 2 either gender, extras as desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights

    • 90 min.
    Blending fiction with historical fact, this moving adaptation takes place in 1860s Imperial Russia where czars were required by law to marry women of royal Russian blood. The consequence for not following the law was losing the throne. After his father's death, Alexi is next in line for the throne, but experiences the jarring contrast between making laws and living by them. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. Bird in the Hand

    Bird in the Hand

    By Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas.

    Product Code: BK9000

    • Comedy | Drama | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 2m., 2w., 2 to 3 either gender (more possible).

      Limited Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    A man who runs a theme park in Miami dedicated to tropical birds takes us on a tour of his final year in high school. He explains how he came to inherit the park from his father and lose his best friend in the process. The narrator feels caged and out of place, much like the imported birds he cares for. He considers choices he might have made and daydreams about how his life might have turned out differently. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  3. Job

    Job

    By Thomas Bradshaw.

    Product Code: J67000

    • Comedy | Tragedy
    • College | Professional
    • 5m., 3w.

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    Meet Job, the wise and powerful judge of an ancient Israelite tribe. Satan bets God that he can make Job blaspheme God through ever-escalating violence and loss. Will Job question God's promise to reward the righteous, even when his prayers for mercy go unanswered? In this dark, twisted comedy, Bradshaw brings us an honest, uncynical adaptation of the book of Job. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. Mary

    Mary

    By Thomas Bradshaw.

    Product Code: MN8000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 2w.

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 90 min.

    At the height of what TIME magazine dubbed "AIDS hysteria" in 1983, college student David invites his boyfriend home to his parents' house in Maryland where nothing has changed since the 1800s—including the slave quarters. This play confronts hypocrisy and oppression with exhilarating wit.

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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  5. The Empty Pot

    The Empty Pot

    By Debbie L. Metzler. Adapted from a Chinese folktale.

    Product Code: E83000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 7m., 4w., 10 to 15 or more either gender.
    • 65 min.
    Adaptation from a Chinese folktale about a young boy who, like the emperor, likes to grow beautiful flowers. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  6. Chasing George Washington: A White House Adventure

    Chasing George Washington: A White House Adventure

    By Karen Zacarías with the young playwrights of Young Playwright's Theater. Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma.

    Product Code: CP4000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 7m., 8w. (3m., 3w. with doubling). Extras as desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.

    On a field trip to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Dee, José and Annie accidentally knock George Washington out of his portrait and into real life, turning their White House tour into an unexpected adventure. As they try to get the nation's first president back into his painting, they encounter Jacqueline Kennedy; Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd; Dolley Madison; and other famous White House residents. Together, they learn that the White House isn't just a historic building—it's also a home.

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  7. A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    Book by Barry Kornhauser. Music and lyrics by Ron Barnett.

    Product Code: CP1000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 8m., 9w., 14 children with doubling.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 135 min.
    There is no need to recount the story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his redemptive discovery of the true Christmas spirit. It is as familiar to us as Santa Claus himself. This musical adaptation is intended as a means of chasing away the "humbugs" and saying, as only theatre can, "God bless us, everyone!" Learn More
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  8. El Viaje de Beatriz (Beatriz's Journey)

    El Viaje de Beatriz (Beatriz's Journey)

    By Andrea Moon. Conceived by Andrea Moon and Samantha Provenzano.

    Product Code: V42000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 1m., 1w., 3 to 10 either gender.
    • 55 min.
    When Beatriz storms into her room to escape yet another fight between her parents, she turns to Beatrizita, a doll made for her by her recently deceased abuela, for comfort. Beatrizita magically comes to life and sends Beatriz searching for her abuela in Dreamland with nothing but a blank map to guide her. Along the way, she discovers the regalitos (little gifts) of spirit that her abuela’s kindness instilled within her. Learn More
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  9. Bloody Murder

    Bloody Murder

    By Ed Sala.

    Product Code: BG7000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 3 to 6m., 3 to 6w.
    • 90 min.

    A group of British murder-mystery types gather for a weekend retreat at the country estate of the esteemed Lady Somerset. Suddenly, one of them dies of poison! Well, of course. Oh, what fun! But wait … Her Ladyship refuses to summon the police! She says she won't go through all this, again. All what, again? And why were they all invited here in the first place? Is this actually just another formulaic, all-too-predictable mystery story? Or is it something diabolically … different?

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    $11.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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  10. Cucarachas

    Cucarachas

    By Rosemary Frisino Toohey.

    Product Code: CN5000

    • Comedy | Farce | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School
    • 2m., 3 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 20 min.
    A trio of cockroaches in a research lab live a life of ease and are joined by a cockroach bred aboard a spaceship, who encourages them to be independent and ignore the rules. He's independent, he moves differently, he even thinks! If the other roaches change their pattern, will it be the dawn of a new day? Or will it mean curtains for cucarachas? Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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