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  1. Tom Sawyer

    Tom Sawyer

    By Ric Averill. Adapted from Mark Twain.

    Product Code: TH6000

    • Comedy | Satire
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 13m., 9w., 21 either gender. Doubling possible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Telling the coming-of-age story of the community's most mischievous boy, this adaptation really brings to life Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer. A delightful introduction into the world of classic American characters. Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

    Adapted by Jeanine Dwinell Henry and Meg Bryant Davenport. Based on the tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

    Product Code: E66000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 5 actors either gender, with option to add extras.
    • 50 min.
    This delightful, funny re-telling of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale is set with contemporary language style. It is an energetic ensemble play with audience participation. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  3. The Ash Girl Cover AA2000

    The Ash Girl

    By Timberlake Wertenbaker.

    Product Code: AA2000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 8w., 9 either gender, doubling possible.

      Limited Livestream Rights Available

    • 120 min.
    With her mother dead and her father away, Ashgirl lives with her stepmother and stepsisters. When the invitation to the ball arrives from the prince, Ashgirl finds the strength to go with the help of her friends, some of whom come from unexpected places. When she gets home, Ashgirl realizes that in order to regain the fleeting happiness she found in the arms of the prince, she must fight the monsters who have slithered and insinuated their way into her heart and mind. She must believe in herself for others to do so. Learn More
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  4. 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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  5. Nevermore! Edgar Allan Poe, the Final Mystery

    Nevermore! Edgar Allan Poe, the Final Mystery

    By Julian Wiles. Based on the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe.

    Product Code: N41000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 12m., 7w. (2 boys playing 52 parts).

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    • 100 min.
    In 1847, Edgar Allan Poe is reported to have boarded a steamer for an overnight voyage to New York City. Five days later, Poe was found delirious on a Baltimore street and died soon thereafter. What transpired over those missing days has remained forever a mystery...until now. This imaginative play, utilizing Poe's macabre stories and poems, ponders what might have happened to him on the dreary nightmare voyage at the end of his life. Learn More
    $11.95 /script

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  6. Pinocchio

    Pinocchio

    By William Glennon.

    Product Code: P44000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 6m., 1w. (7 either gender.)
    • 90 min.
    This is one of the most inventive version of Pinocchio ever. Take the hijinks of the commedia dell'arte, add those zany characters—including Geppetto, Fire Eater, Fox and Cat, and the most wonderful Blue Fairy imaginable—then mix in a nonstop adventure, and you're all set to raise the curtain. The house-on-fire pacing will leave you breathless, the hilarious comedy will leave you laughing, and some unexpectedly touching moments will leave you loving this Pinocchio even more. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  7. Quazimodo!

    Quazimodo!

    By David Koren. Based on Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

    Product Code: Q16000

    • Comedy | Drama | Melodrama | Satire | Tragedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 3m., 3w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 70 min.
    Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame, falls for the gypsy Esmeralda, who is framed for the murder of her lover Phoebus, and tries to save her from execution by bringing her into the sanctuary, but the archdeacon allows the Parisians to hang h Learn More
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  8. And the Tide Shall Cover the Earth

    And the Tide Shall Cover the Earth

    By Norma Cole. Based on her novel, Final Tide.

    Product Code: AE2000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 5w., with doubling, or 8 (2m., 2w., 1 boy, 3 girls.)
    • 90 min.
    This is the unforgettably warm and true story of a remarkable grandmother and her granddaughter confronted by inexorable nature and change. The setting is within in the world of the lakes and dams of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Learn More
    $8.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  9. Pinocchio Commedia

    Pinocchio Commedia

    Adapted by Johnny Simons. Based on Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio.

    Product Code: PJ2000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 8+ actors, flexible.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 60 min.
    This Harlequinade version has a commedia flavor that gives the story vigor and makes it entertaining for adults as well as children without losing the charm and significant message of Collodi's famous story. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  10. Hansel and Gretel

    Hansel and Gretel

    Based on the Grimm Brothers' story. Adapted by William Glennon.

    Product Code: H59000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional | TYA
    • 2m., 3w., 2 either

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    • 60 min.
    In this story of Hansel and Gretel the white bird and the little gnome, under the spell of the wicked Witch, are forced to coax children away so that the wicked Witch can eat them. Learn More
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