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

Shattering

Product Code: S4J000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 2m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 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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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
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 3w., 6 either gender, extras as desired.

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Approx. Run Time: 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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Ruby: The Story of Ruby Bridges

By Christina M. Ham. Music by Gary Rue.

Product Code: RD8000

Drama
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | Community
Cast Size: 11 to 16m., 11 to 20w., 5 to 9 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 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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Joan the Girl of Arc

By Darrah Cloud.

Product Code: J74000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | Community | TYA
Cast Size: 3 to 6m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

When Joan D'Arc, a shepherd in Domremy, France, 1420s, hears a voice while tending sheep one day, she can't believe what—and whom—she's hearing. But the voice is joined by others who claim they're saints and ask her to go to war for France. In a suit of armor made especially for her, she leads the French army to win the Hundred Years' War, using the wits and methods of the real teenage girl that she was. But when she refuses to deny the voices she heard, she is sentenced to death. Learn More

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Texas in Paris

By Alan Govenar.

Product Code: TU9000

Drama
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 1m., 1w.

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Approx. Run Time: 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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Job

By Thomas Bradshaw.

Product Code: J67000

Comedy | Tragedy
Recommended For: College | Professional
Cast Size: 5m., 3w.

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Approx. Run Time: 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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Does My Head Look Big in This?

By Jeff Gottesfeld and Elizabeth Wong. Based on the award-winning young adult novel by Randa Abdel-Fattah.

Product Code: DF1000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: High School | Community
Cast Size: 3 to 10m., 7 to 10w., 3 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 75 min.

At a time of rising Islamophobia and cultural misunderstanding, this play about a typical American high-school teen who happens to be Muslim is a great tool for tolerance. When Amal decides to wear her hijab to school, it's a learning experience for all ... including herself. By the end of this play, audiences will understand three things better: Islam, America and themselves. Learn More

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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
Recommended For: High School | College | Community
Cast Size: 6m., 8w., 12 either gender.
Approx. Run Time: 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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ALL of US

By Laurie Brooks.

Product Code: AF2000

Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | Community
Cast Size: 5m., 5w., 1 either gender. May be expanded.

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Approx. Run Time: 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

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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
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: Elenco: 9 hombres, 4 mujeres.
Approx. Run Time: 135 min.

This Spanish manuscript tells the story of Sor Juana In Learn More

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