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  1. Tomás and the Library Lady Cover TV9000

    Tomás and the Library Lady

    Adapted by José Cruz González. From the book by Pat Mora.

    Product Code: TV9000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 1 to 4m., 1 to 4w., expandable.

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    • 50 min.
    Adapted from the well-loved book, Tomás and the Library Lady tells the inspiring true story of Tomás Rivera, who grew up in a migrant worker family, befriended a librarian in Iowa, and learned to love books and the places they took him. Tomás went on to a successful career in academia and became the chancellor of the University of California, Riverside. This play can be readily understood by both English and Spanish speakers. Learn More
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  2. Principal Principle

    Principal Principle

    By Joe Zarrow.

    Product Code: PM1000

    • Comedy | Drama | Satire
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 105 min.
    Armed only with her dreams of making the world a better place and six weeks of training, Kay quits her corporate job to teach English on Chicago's South Side. The principal announces a new program whereby teachers' jobs are linked to high-stakes standardized testing in terrifying new ways. Kay wakes up to harsh realities: the copy machine is broken, the system is broken and the spirits of her fellow teachers are broken. Or are they? Learn More
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  3. The Bully

    The Bully

    Book by David L. Williams. Music and lyrics by John Gregor.

    Product Code: BK8000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 1w., 3 either gender, extras as desired, or the entire cast can be gender flexible.
    • 50 min.
    Lenny is the smartest kid at Wilson Middle School and is constantly picked on by Steve, the school bully. One day a bus mix-up leaves the two boys stranded at the wrong school, where they both get picked on for being the "new kids". The boys learn what life is really like for the other and decide to work together and make a plan to get back to their own school. Learn More
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  4. Hell's Cafeteria

    Hell's Cafeteria

    By Werner Trieschmann.

    Product Code: HF1000

    • Comedy | Satire
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 2m., 3w., up to 25 with extras, either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 40 min.
    Superstar cafeteria chef Rodney "Rotten" Disposle is ready to make life miserable for everybody in another season of "Hell's Cafeteria" as he hosts the competition to find the best (worst) high-school cafeteria manager in the country. The strange contestants he has in this go-round are sure to give him fits! Will a winner for be announced? Will anybody make it through lunch? Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  5. Lincoln Vacation

    Lincoln Vacation

    By Laura Annawyn Shamas.

    Product Code: LE6000

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

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Six teenagers from different backgrounds are impacted by a summer school intensity touring program centered around key points and places in Abraham Lincoln's life, with action ranging from travelogue to ghost story. Learn More
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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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.

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    • 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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  9. Henny Penny

    Henny Penny

    By Joy Chaitin and Sarah Stevens.

    Product Code: H07000

    • Comedy
    • Elementary School | Community | TYA
    • 5 to the entire class. Very flexible.
    • 30 min.
    This madcap version is designed to fit you and your performers (you can adjust its length, cast size and complexity) and includes five hilarious songs (or chants if you can't find a pianist). Your performers and audiences will be delighted because you make this show your very own. Do whatever you need to adjust it to your group size and ability level. Make it work for you. Learn More
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  10. 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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