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  1. American Association of Community Theatre AACT NewPlayFest Winning Plays: Volume 4 (2020) AN6000

    Shattering

    By Pat Montley.

    Product Code: S4J000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 2m., 2w.
    • 105 min.
    Jonah has just been released from juvenile commitment into the foster care of Jacqueline Dawson, whose estranged son he helped to murder. Jonah is ordered to torture and kill Dawson—or be killed himself. The instructions come from the gang leader through Jonah’s girlfriend LaBelle, who is pregnant. Jonah and LaBelle plot the murder, even as his relationship with the strict but caring Dawson develops and his imagined visits with her dead son jar his conscience. Learn More
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  2. Babette's Feast Cover BK5000

    Babette's Feast

    Conceived and developed by Abigail Killeen. Written by Rose Courtney. Adapted from the short story by Isak Dinesen.

    Product Code: BK5000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 3w., 6 either gender, extras as desired.

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    This adaptation reimagines Dinesen’s classic tale as a rich theatrical event: deep, funny, sensual, dangerous and beautiful. The cloistered 19th-century community of two loving, devout Lutheran sisters reluctantly, then completely, embraces Babette, a mysterious French refugee. But when Babette sacrifices all she has to throw a lavish dinner party, the entire community is magically and inexplicably transformed. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  3. Ruby: The Story of Ruby Bridges

    Ruby: The Story of Ruby Bridges

    By Christina M. Ham. Music by Gary Rue.

    Product Code: RD8000

    • Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Community
    • 11 to 16m., 11 to 20w., 5 to 9 either gender.

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 55 min.
    In 1960, 6-year-old Ruby became the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. When the white families learned of Ruby’s enrollment, they pulled their children from her class, leaving Ruby and her teacher the only ones in the classroom for the school year. Her family watched helplessly as federal marshals escorted Ruby to school each day past protesters jeering and threatening her life. This musical explores a little girl’s unbeatable courage in the face of adversity. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. Texas in Paris

    Texas in Paris

    By Alan Govenar.

    Product Code: TU9000

    • Drama
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 1m., 1w.

      Limited Streaming Rights Available

    • 80 min.
    In this true story, a white man and a black woman from Texas are brought together to sing together in France. They are apprehensive of each other, but once in Paris, a dialogue emerges that could never have happened in their isolated worlds in the United States. They struggle with preconceptions but forge a surprising spiritual bond that transforms their onstage performance and their lives. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  5. The Third Wave Musical

    The Third Wave Musical

    Book and lyrics by Ron Jones. Music and lyrics by David W. Denny, Kathy Peck Denny and Emily Klion.

    Product Code: T09000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 6m., 8w., 12 either gender.
    • 90 min.
    This is the true story of a classroom experiment in fascism which takes place in l967 at Cubberley High School in Palo Alto, California. When Mr. Jones decided to give his class a real experience of being in a totalitarian society, he did not predict the explosive events that follow. Student curiosity is replaced with conformity and violence, fueling the excitement known as The Third Wave. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  6. ALL of US

    ALL of US

    By Laurie Brooks.

    Product Code: AF2000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | Community
    • 5m., 5w., 1 either gender. May be expanded.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    Designed to be performed by and for high-school students, All of Us raises awareness of the discrimination, hatred and violence GLBT students face in their schools and communities. From cities, small towns, suburbs and rural areas, an ensemble of gay teens reveal their stories and the heartbreaking consequences of being marked as different. These stories navigate the treacherous world of being gay in high school—growing up and coming out—coping with love, hate, violence and hope—as they reveal the inner lives of LGBT teenagers and ask "all of us" to stand up for their rights. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  7. The Defiant Muse (La musa y su desafio - Traducción al español) DA9000

    The Defiant Muse (La musa y su desafio - Traducción al español)

    De Nicholas A. Patricca. Traducción al español de Moisés Zamora.

    Product Code: DA9000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • Elenco: 9 hombres, 4 mujeres.
    • 135 min.
    This Spanish manuscript tells the story of Sor Juana In Learn More
    $39.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  8. The Defiant Muse: The Story of the Times, Life and Work of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

    The Defiant Muse: The Story of the Times, Life and Work of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

    By Nicholas A. Patricca. Spanish-language translation by Moisés Zamora.

    Product Code: DA2000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 9m., 4w.
    • 135 min.
    This is the story of Sor Juana In Learn More
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  9. Legend of the Poinsettia

    Legend of the Poinsettia

    By Roxanne Schroeder-Arce.

    Product Code: LF6000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 3w., plus chorus with doubling, or up to 12+ (4m., 6w., 2 either gender) plus chorus.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 50 min.
    Thirteen-year-old Estrella is torn between her family's cultural traditions and the exciting life she imagines exists in the homes of mainstream Americans. Learn More
    $8.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  10. Caravaggio

    Caravaggio

    By Richard Vetere.

    Product Code: CE2000

    • Drama
    • College | Professional
    • 6m., 1w., extras if desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 120 min.
    In the year 1600, famous painter Caravaggio is forced to flee for his life more than once. Tortured, and with his life hanging in the balance, Caravaggio discovers in his exile inspiration that causes a dynamic change in his art. Through his suffering and search for God, he creates the style of art we now call Baroque. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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