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10m., 8w., with doubling, or increase the cast number by distributing the 49 roles.
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90 min.
At the end of the 15th century, the tiny town of Frogsham musters its dubious resources to mount the Corpus Christi play of Noah and the Flood. This medieval play-within-a-play presents a teeming town full of characters who mirror their biblical pageant counterparts. It provides a humorous glimpse of 15th-century stagecraft and the timeless panic of performers who must go on before the show is ready. Learn More
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3m., 3w.
50 min.
This arrangement retains all the excitement and significance of the original as Nora becomes aware that she has been deluded in her marriage and that she now has a greater duty to herself. For the sake of her own salvation, she must leave her home and her husband to seek a life in which she can be truly herself. The sound of the door closing as Nora leaves is a sound that has reverberated through all of drama. An excellent way to introduce students to a great writer. Learn More
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5 to 7m., 5 to 6w., up to 9 either gender.
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85 min.
This play is a lark, a merry chase, peopled with human-like animals who make better sense than people. The animals cannot find anybody to compete with the fleet hare in the cross-country race until the slow-moving tortoise agrees to challenge him. Learn More
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5m., 1w.
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90 min.
Refreshingly antic, this irreverent version of Aesop's fable is written in the style of Italian commedia dell'arte. Using authentic staging and stock characters of commedia—the miserly Pantalone, the bragging Captain, the romantic lovers, the trickster Arlequin, plus an endearing lion—this fable becomes a colorful theatrical experience with zany comedy and the warmth of friendship. Learn More
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8m., 13w. (extras, if desired or fewer w. doubling)
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90 min.
The brave adventurers - Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Woodman and Cowardly Lion - share terrifying experiences in this play designed for ease of production. Learn More
The play is a rollicking farce laid in a 16th-century English hamlet. Among its often-patched, seldom-washed inhabitants is Gammer Gurton, a jolly old gossip whose most precious possession is a steel needle. But, alas!—Gammer loses her needle, and the entire village finds itself in a turmoil. Learn More
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6m., 5w. (extras.)
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70 min.
To sing - to dance - to laugh! This is the magic brought by merry-hearted young Greensleeves, a vagabond singer and storyteller, to the sad kingdom of Princess Miranda and her two younger sisters. Greensleeves challenges Miranda to find the courage within herself to break the power of the evil duchess, freeing her parents from captivity and winning for her countrymen the freedom to be happy. Learn More
