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  1. Jesse and Grace: A Best Friends Story

    Jesse and Grace: A Best Friends Story

    By Sandra Fenichel Asher. Developed from the poetry of Sandy Asher and David L. Harrison.

    Product Code: J46000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | Professional | TYA
    • 1m., 1w., 2 either gender, plus puppets; may be expanded to a total of 21 m. and w. without puppets.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Jesse and Grace have been best friends since birth, almost 10 years. It never mattered that Jesse is a boy and Grace is a girl. But now they're in fourth grade and their classmates begin a routine of nonstop teasing. Denial only makes things worse. Before long, the two have stopped speaking to each other. Each goes in search of a new best friend and soon finds that no one else fills the bill quite as perfectly. Jesse and Grace finally discover that, "A best friend is the best kind of friend of all." Learn More
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  2. Quixote

    Quixote

    Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha. Book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. Music by Dennis Poore. Lyrics by Flip Kobler.

    Product Code: QD5000

    • Comedy | Drama | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 4m., 10w., 11 either gender. May be doubled to a cast of 13 or expanded to up to 50.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 80 min.
    Feeling pressured to fit in, Alonzo Quijana, dreams of a better time, when one man could change the course of tomorrow. With the fragile line of popularity, the very thin grasp of sanity, could making the world a better place come from one lone voice in the crowd? Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  3. Brave No World: Community. Identity. Stand-up Comedy.

    Brave No World: Community. Identity. Stand-up Comedy.

    By Laurie Brooks.

    Product Code: BC5000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 1m., 1w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 70 min.
    Step-siblings holding false assumptions about each other remind us to "never judge a book by its cover" using contemporary music and stand-up comedy rants. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  4. Well

    Well

    By Lisa Kron

    Product Code: WA7000

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

      Limited Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 105 min.
    Well paints a mother-and-daughter picture of rich, unusual artistry...Lisa, depicted as an anxious performance artist who narrates matters, explains that this show explores issues of health and wellness. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  5. Circus Time!

    Circus Time!

    Book by Robert Thomas Noll. Music by David Pogue. Lyrics by Robert Thomas Noll and David Pogue.

    Product Code: CC3000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • Flexible cast of 14 plus extras as desired.
    • 50 min.
    An irresponsible boy, who would rather play with his circus toys than listen to his mother, has the opportunity to become more responsible when his toys come to life, and he becomes the circus master. This upbeat, fun-filled, colorful and highly theatrical musical gives actors of all ages a chance to join the circus and will give audiences a chance to go behind the scenes of the zaniest show on earth! Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  6. Kids Say the Darndest Things

    Kids Say the Darndest Things

    Based on Art Linkletter's bestselling book. Book and lyrics by Robert Johanson. Music and lyrics and orchestration by Albert Evans.

    Product Code: K03000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 2m., 2w., 1 either gender, expandable as desired.
    • 90 min.
    Based on the hilarious best-selling book by Art Linkletter, this rollicking entertainment is concocted from the actual zany and oddly wise things that kids under the age of 12 have said. It is filled with the innocent wisdom that comes out of the "mouths of babes" and reminds us to look at the world with a kid's view. Learn More
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  7. Caught Between Two Worlds CF7000

    Caught Between Two Worlds

    By Carlos Perez.

    Product Code: CF7000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 5m., 7w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 55 min.
    In Caught Between Two Worlds, 15-year-old Andrea is half Latinx and half white. Not speaking Spanish, she is shunned by those who are Latinx, and since her skin is brown, she’s shunned by those who are white. The play focuses on the need of those who are of mixed race to discover where they belong, not only in our society but in their own home, and brings insight to the young people who may have dealt with them cruelly. Learn More
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  8. Stand and Deliver Cover SB3000

    Stand and Deliver

    Based on the screenplay by Ramón Menéndez and Tom Musca. Adapted for the stage by Robert Bella.

    Product Code: SB3000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 10m., 7w. (fewer with doubling), multiracial/gender flexible (half of the male roles can be played by females). Extras as desired.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 130 min.
    This drama is the compelling true story of a dedicated East Los Angeles teacher who surmounts overwhelming odds in his quest to turn inner-city students into whiz kids. When Jaime Escalante leaves a career in engineering to teach high school math, he is assigned to a barrio school with a bad reputation and is in imminent danger of losing its accreditation. Still, his quirky sense of humor, antics and offbeat teaching methods mesmerize and motivate his students. The dramatic conclusion to this urban fairy tale is emotion-packed and inspirational. Learn More
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  9. Sara Crewe or What Happened at Miss Minchin's

    Sara Crewe or What Happened at Miss Minchin's

    By R.N. Sandberg. From the story "A Little Princess" (American title) by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

    Product Code: SB5000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2-5m., 7-12w. doubling and extras possible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 80 min.
    Left at a boarding school while her Army father is away, Sara makes friends with her wit and charm. When her father dies and her riches are gone too, Ms. Minchin banishes Sara to the attic and makes her into a servant. Sara finds happiness with imagination. Learn More
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  10. Ramona Quimby

    Ramona Quimby

    Dramatized by Len Jenkin. Based on the books by Beverly Cleary.

    Product Code: R54000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 5m., 7w., 5 boys, 9 girls.
    • 90 min.
    Unpredictable. Exasperating. Boisterous and independent. That's Ramona Quimby for you. Always aggravating her older sister, Beezus and constantly getting into trouble. As narrator, Beezus sets the scene for the collection of vignettes that trace Ramona's tumultuous passage through third grade and through her family relationships. Along with the discovery that life is not always fair, eventually they come to realize that sisters may not always agree, but they can be good to have around. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $110/perf

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