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Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo

Product Code: MT4000

Comedy | Melodrama
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | TYA
Cast Size: 3 to 6m., 3 to 5w.

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Approx. Run Time: 70 min.

Travel back in time to the 1930s, when the once-popular Avondale Zoo has fallen into disrepair. With the Birmingham Parks Board threatening to close the zoo and sell off its remaining animals to the highest bidder, the legendary Miss Fancy must devise a plan to save the zoo before it's too late! Filled with music, magic, comedy and dancing to entertain people of all ages, Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo will have audiences' toes tapping and their imaginations shining! Learn More

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A Complicated Hope

By John Mabey.

Product Code: CT7000

Comedy | Drama
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 1m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 80 min.

When Michael passes away, his wife and daughter, Marie and Rose Marie, are left adrift. Michael’s passing also strands his boyfriend, Arnie, who is left to discover a family of his own. Mirroring the erratic path of grief, A Complicated Hope flashes between the moments in time that changed them all. Their journeys explore the challenges of both finding a family of choice and letting yourself be found. Learn More

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10 Seconds

By Miriam Gonzales.

Product Code: TX8000

Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 3m., 1w.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

In a world where deeply rooted biases and misperceptions easily take hold, life can often feel unnerving—a journey that can change for better or worse in a blink of an eye depending on how we see each other. In 10 Seconds, we see through the eyes of Ray and Jimi, who navigate their young adult worlds and what it means to be young Black men in the city. Ray tells the story of a day that he and Jimi will never forget, sharing not only their perspectives, but also the views of the police they encounter. Learn More

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Proprioception

By Marilyn Millstone.

Product Code: PN2000

Drama
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 2m., 2w.
Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

Kylie is a young prima ballerina with a torn ACL and a chip on her shoulder. Esther is an elderly widowed Holocaust survivor estranged from her only child. Both are patients of renowned Black physical therapist Mike Sheffield. When Sheffield decides that the two women should share appointments, attachments form, conflicts erupt, secrets surface and lives unravel. A play about how we heal … and how we don’t. Learn More

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

Shattering

By Pat Montley.

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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Lift Every Voice

By G. Riley Mills and Prince Roc.

Product Code: LN2000

Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 6 any gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

Lift Every Voice, which is based on a true story, explores the impact of racism in an urban high school. When the class president of an elite inner-city high school posts a racially inflammatory message on social media, tensions explode, loyalties are tested and long-simmering resentments boil over as the six members of the student council grapple with the fallout and how to move forward. Learn More

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Lift Every Voice

By G. Riley Mills and Prince Roc.

Product Code: LN3000

Drama
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
Cast Size: 6 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

Lift Every Voice, which is based on a true story, explores the impact of racism in an urban high school. When the class president of an elite inner-city high school posts a racially inflammatory message on social media, tensions explode, loyalties are tested and long-simmering resentments boil over as the six members of the student council grapple with the fallout and how to move forward. Learn More

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River City

By Diana Grisanti.

Product Code: RD7000

Drama
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 4m., 2w.

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Approx. Run Time: 100 min.

After his death, Mary discovers a photograph of her father from a past he never talked about. She goes on a quest to uncover a half-century of family secrets buried in Kentucky. Her investigation transports us to 1968, to an orphanage, across town from a once-burgeoning black business district. As Mary dives into a torrent of bloodlines and color lines, she confronts not only the memories of her family, but the ghosts that haunt one American city. Learn More

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Loving

By Peter Manos.

Product Code: LM1000

Drama
Recommended For: High School | College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 2m., 1 to 2w., 1 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

In the 1950s, Richard Loving, a white man, loved Mildred Jeter, an African American. The story of an oppressed interracial marriage and a family torn apart by prejudice and hate, this title celebrates this triumph of love that led to a landmark United States Supreme Court decision, Loving v. Virginia.

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When January Feels Like Summer

By Cori Thomas.

Product Code: WJ7000

Comedy | Drama | Satire
Recommended For: College | Community | Professional
Cast Size: 3m., 1w., 1 pre-op transgender (m. to w.) who can be played by either gender (prefer transgender).
Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

Three African-American men, a transgender woman and her sister stumble toward the possibilities of being seen, being heard and being loved. One unusually warm January day, their stories of outreach and awareness intertwine at a convenience store in Harlem. By the end of the play, these five characters are living proof that everyone deserves love. Learn More

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