Playscripts 2020-2021 Digital Catalog

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2020-2021

Digital Catalog New Plays and Musicals for Student Performers

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It’s a dark and stormy night, and you’ve been invited to a very unusual dinner party.

Each of the guests has an alias, the butler offers a variety of weapons, and the host is, well . . . dead. So whodunnit? Join the iconic oddballs known as Scarlet, Plum, White, Green, Peacock, and Mustard as they race to find the murderer in Boddy Manor before the body count stacks up. Based on the cult classic film and the popular board game, Clue is a madcap comedy that will keep you guessing until the final twist.

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Comedies for Schools

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Written by: Various Authors Running time: 110 - 130 minutes Cast: HM; 8F, 8M, 14 either (16-55 actors possible) This collection of ten-minute plays is designed to be flexible for your trip through the fourth dimension. When you find yourself fighting with your friends on the night before the Constitution is due, listening in at a telephone switchboard in the 1940s, trying to avoid the more gruesome aspects of medieval times, or exploring a mysterious possible future, only one thing is certain: there’s humor in human nature.

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Written by: Ian McWethy Running time: 35 - 45 minutes Cast: HM; 7F, 7M, 1 either (11-31 actors possible) Someone is in enormous trouble for breaking the priceless heirloom vase in the Peterson living room. But who? Each suspect’s account is is more outlandish than the last, from warring siblings Fred and Kelly, to their deeply weird friends Barney and Ava, to the family dog. But the truth? The truth is more slippery...

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Written by: Jason Pizzarello, Patrick Greene Running time: 75 - 90 minutes Cast: HM; 10F, 10M, 10 either (10-80 actors possible) Travel around the world and explore forgotten myths and unusual legends with a band of players to guide you through these eight quirky, hilarious tales.

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Written by: Ed Monk Running time: 45 - 65 minutes Cast: M; 6F, 4M, 16 either (12-31 actors possible) It’s Dad’s turn to tell his three rambunctious kids their bedtime stories, but when he gets fuzzy on the details, the classics get creative: a prince with a snoring problem spices up The Princess and The Pea, The Boy Who Cried Wolf cries dinosaur instead, and Rumpelstiltskin helps turn all that pesky gold into straw.

You may think you know your fairy tales, but not the way Dad tells them.

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Adapted by: Steph Deferie Running time: 60-70 minutes Cast: HM; 3F, 2M (5-43 actors possible) This lightning-paced rundown of Shakespeare’s classics features zombies, talking cows, and an appearance by Jerry Springer. The most fun you can have winning new fans of the Bard.

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Written by: Dean O’Carroll Running time: 65 - 85 minutes Cast: HM; 6F, 4M, 10 either (20-60 actors possible)

Written by: Don Zolidis Running time: 80 - 90 minutes Cast: HM; 4F, 4F, 12 either (20-50 actors possible)

A group of heroes must work as a team to defeat the evil Thanikopita with help from friends and fans in this silly and loving homage to everything Marvelous.

When Archer finds herself a captive audience for her dad’s latest masterpiece, it seems pretty familiar for a fantasy adventure screenplay at first. Wars, in the stars. Brides, of the princess variety. This story’s got such an incredibly absurd array of heroes, villains, robots, and romances, it’s total chaos.

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Written by: Mora V. Harris Running time: 80 - 90 minutes Cast: H; 5F, 1M, 1 either (7-11 actors possible) Arugula Suarez just wants to fit in. But it’s not easy when you’re a sixteen-year-old alien from the planet Zlagdor. Stuck in a world where the only things that make sense are roller derby and salad, Arugula and her father, Nancy, must find out what it means to be human before time runs out for Planet Earth.

Written by: Ian McWethy & Carrie McCrossen Running time: 30 - 40 minutes Cast: HM; 11F, 5M, 7 either (6-30 actors possible) At a school intervention for social-media obsessed students, the ultra-righteous Amanda Boseman arrives armed with an array of cautionary tales. This comedy inspired by interviews with teens, takes on both social-media madness and the grown-up hysteria about kids these days.

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Dramas for Schools

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Written by: Mandy Conner Running time: 40-50 minutes Cast: HM; 5F, 2M, 4 any (11-30 actors possible) The time has come for headstrong Kera to be fully initiated into her tribe of healers, but she’s questioning what she truly wants. Could the key to her future be found on a quest into her dark past?

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Written by: Mandy Conner Running time: 35-45 minutes Cast: HM; 8F,7M, (15-25 actors possible) When the yellow fever epidemic entangles Lizzie’s fate with the forgotten orphans of New Orleans, all must band together to hold the city accountable for its most vulnerable citizens in this haunting historical drama.

Written by: Laura Lundgren Smith Running time: 40-45 minutes Cast: H; 8F, 3M, 1 any (9-26 actors possible)

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When a German girl takes a job as a guard at a Nazi concentration camp to provide for her younger sister, their fates become intertwined in this powerful drama about the choices that allow evil to become ordinary.

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Written by: Bradley Hayward Running time: 30-45 minutes Cast: H; 5 any (5-32 actors possible) A series of monologues and scenes confront the funny and tragic challenges of growing up, from clueless parents, to rumors, to bullying, to suicide, which form the teenage experience and often remain unspoken.

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Written by: Douglas Craven Running time: 20-25 minutes Cast: H; 4F, 4M, 1 any (9-11 actors possible) Eight students sit in a classroom lockdown, not knowing if it’s just a drill or an actual emergency, but when their teacher goes after a younger girl who bolts from the room, they must choose whether to stay or run.

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Written by: Alan Haehnel Running time: 40 - 55 minutes Cast: H; 4F, 4M, 13 either (12-30 actors possible) Fifteen sculptures are part of a high-tech work of art about to be sold by their owner. One catch – the figures are alive.

The race is on against their desperate owner’s destructive plan as they reach for autonomy!

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Written by: Jason Pizzarello Running time: 100 - 120 minutes Cast: H; 2F, 2M, 1 either (5-41 actors possible) Enter seven weird, futuristic, haunting worlds eerily similar to our own in this collection of strange and humorous plays in the spirit of The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror.

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Written by: Stephen Gregg Running time: 75-85 minutes Cast: H; 12F, 10M, 5 any (10-46 actors possible) In this wildly inventive thriller, a theatre ensemble brings the story of a strange event to life, documentary-style – but as the strands weave together, it seems like the danger may not be entirely in the past.

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Written by: Ian McWethy Running time: 70-85 minutes Cast: HM; 10F, 4M, 2 any (16 actors possible)

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When somebody dies, what’s the right thing to say? What are you supposed to do? How are you supposed to feel? Nobody really knows the answers to these questions, and they hang in the air of a high school when a student dies suddenly in a car accident. As the memorial service approaches and rumors fill the hallways, everyone navigates how to grieve a girl they knew in very different ways.

Written by: Stephen Gregg Running time: 75-85 minutes Cast: M; 12F, 10M, 5 any (10-46 actors possible) Middle-school performers can reveal every delicious twist of the mystery in a new version of Trap crafted specifically for them.

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Written by: Laura Lundgren Smith Running time: 35 - 40 minutes Cast: H; 4F, 3M, 8 either (9-30 actors possible) As the Troubles rage through Northern Ireland, young Colleen is determined to join the IRA, but her sister is desperate to prevent the bloody conflict from claiming more of their family.

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Plays for Theatres

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Written by: Ian McWethy Running time: 70 - 80 minutes Cast: HM; 6F, 6M (12-17 actors possible) An oddball jury finds itself divided even though every scrap of evidence indicates that the accused definitely stole half-a-dozen cats in this hilarious parody of 12 Angry Men.

Written by: Idris Goodwin Running time: 65 minutes Cast: 1F, 1-3 any (2-4 actors possible) A teenage poet finds that she can wake the dead when a therapist gives her a mysterious mask in this lyrical retelling of Frankenstein.

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Written by: Chisa Hutchinson Running time: 80 - 95 minutes Cast: 2F (2 actors possible) When elderly Carolyn Whitlock asks her Christian nurse to help her end her life, she gets much more than she bargained for in the subsequent tug-of-war full of persistent questions and surprising humor.

Written by: Rosemary Frisino Toohey Running time: 100 - 110 minutes Cast: 7F, 4M (8-11 actors possible) When Death comes to collect 87-year-old Gladys, she stubbornly refuses to expire. – so he must convince her the afterlife won’t be so bad compared to the annoyances of Earth.

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Written by: Tom Smith Running time: 100 - 110 minutes Cast: 5F, 3M When two reporters investigate a convent where nuns are making wine in secret, everyone starts spilling secrets and reconnecting with lost loves in this delightful farce.

Written by: Sean Grennan Running time: 120 - 130 minutes Cast: 2F, 3M (5-20 actors possible) Follow one family’s journey over 30 years of holidays, as they navigate ancient tensions, beloved rituals, and unexpected surprises.

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Written by: Paul Slade Smith Running time: 110 - 120 minutes Cast: 3F, 4M Written by: Tom Dudzick Running time: 150 - 150 minutes Cast: 1F, 1M, 3 any (5-20 actors possible)

In a cheap motel room, two undercover cops lie in wait to catch an embezzling mayor on tape before everything flies off the rails in this madcap farce.

When Rudy announces soon before his confirmation that he wants to find a fun religion instead, he finds himself at war with the ruler-wielding Sister Clarissa in this warm coming-of-age tale of faith and family

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Written by: Chiara Atik Running time: 60 - 70 minutes Cast: 6F, 6M, 6 any (8-40 actors possible) Jo March really thinks she could be the voice of her generation, or at least, a voice of a generation. The beloved characters of Little Women look hilarious through the contemporary lens of HBO’s Girls.

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Written by: Jon Jory Running time: 120 - 130 minutes Cast: HM; 8F, 6M (13-40 actors possible) Independent Elizabeth Bennet finds the truth may be more slippery than it seems when it comes to the enigmatic Mr. Darcy in this engaging, fast-paced adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic romance.

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Written by: Paul Slade Smith Running time: 110 - 120 minutes Cast: 3F, 4M A shy, hapless candidate for governor finds himself in the spotlight when a political consultant starts using his failures to make him popular in a comedy that celebrates democracy!

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streaming: holiday plays Celebrate this holiday season with some of our most popular plays

Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!, Theatre NDSU, Photo by Kensie Wallner Photography

Holiday Plays

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Carol

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Written by: Ed Monk Running time: 90 - 100 minutes Cast: H;7 F 9M, 9 either (20-36 actors possible)

Written by: Don Zolidis Running time: 90 - 100 minutes Cast: H; 7F, 7M, 2 either (16-31 actors possible) Welcome to Hopewood Falls, Vermont, where singles in adorable sweaters converge to look for love. Will evil city slickers destroy charming inns and/or Christmas tree farms?

Grab a hot chocolate and your favorite wise single friend to find out in this wildly entertaining parody of holiday rom-coms.

A lean, entertaining, and faithful adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

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Adapted by: Joe Landry Running time: 75 - 90 minutes Cast: HM; 2F, 3M (5-41 actors possible)

Adapted by: Ginna Hoben Running time: 70 - 90 minutes Cast: H; 1F

The holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast where a handful of actors bring dozens to the stage, complete with vintage commercials, the magic of live sound effects, and musical underscoring.

After her fiancé cheats on her right before the holidays, Mary spends a year navigating the absurdities of the dating world— and finding a surprising new outlook on love. A heartwarming, modern holiday tale.

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Adapted by: Joe Landry Running time: 75 - 90 minutes Cast: H; 2F, 3M (5-25 actors possible) The beloved holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast in this captivating adaptation where the ensemble plays dozens of characters. (A short version of this play is also available.)

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stay-at-home plays If your performers can’t gather in one space, we have you covered. Our Stay-At-Home Play Collection is a collection of new plays written for virtual spaces, such as Zoom and ShowShare.

This is Modern Art, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Photo by Michael Courier

Comedies

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Written by: Kathryn Funkhouser Running time: 25 - 35 minutes Cast: HM; 9 either (4-14 actors possible)

Written by: Don Zolidis Running time: 80 - 90 minutes Cast: HM; 32 either (6-32 actors possible) From putting on a musical with your pet to becoming an announcer for a made-up sport, handy and hilarious ways to keep yourself occupied indoors abound in this flexible piece.

(One-act version of this play is available.)

As the oddball occupants of a Mars colony struggle with their mission to grow an eggplant, the NASA scientist taking their reports begins to suspect there’s more to the story in this comedy about community.

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Written by: Ian McWethy Running time: 30 - 40 minutes Cast: HM; 12 either (12-17 actors possible)

Written by: Don Zolidis Running time: 30 - 40 minutes Cast: HM; 4 either (4-30 actors possible)

An oddball jury finds itself divided, even though every scrap of evidence indicates that the accused definitely stole half-a-dozen cats in this hilarious parody of 12 Angry Men.

When you call the help desk, you’re looking for a solution - but your problems might just be beginning. Whether you’re getting shamed about your inability to log in, giving your credit card information to a scammer, or having serious conversations with a clown, customer service calls spiral into absurdity for the customers and employees alike in this comedy.

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Written by: Ian McWethy and Carrie McCrossen Running time: 30 - 40 minutes Cast: HM; 13 either (4-13 actors possible) A casting director has one day to fill a role in a crime procedural, but it’s not a simple task when the actors taping their auditions range from over-the-top stage thespians to those who believe it’s a toothpaste commercial.

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Written by: Jason Pizzarello Running time: 25 - 35 minutes Cast: HM; 15 either (5-35 actors possible) When a motley crew of parents find themselves suddenly homeschooling, the curriculum gets a hilarious shakeup as a clown takes on 18th-century European society and drill sergeant gets serious about pie.

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STUDENT COUNCIL V. ANDI JOHNSON

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Written by: Daniel Glenn Running time: 25 - 30 minutes Cast: HM; 6 either (6 actors possible)

Written by: Ian McWethy Running time: 25 - 35 minutes Cast: HM; 3F, 3M, 12 either (5-21 actors possible)

An emergency online session of Student Council takes a surprising turn when VP Sam Rayburn brings controversial charges against popular President Andi Johnson. His goal?

Impeachment.

Micah must escape the nefariously wacky distractions of the internet in time to finish her paper before the school bell rings in this creative update of the hit stage comedy.

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Written by: Tyler Dwiggins Running time: 25 - 30 minutes Cast: HM; 1F, 3 either (3-17 actors possible) When a penguin theft gets a pop star’s tour cancelled, a manager must break the bad news to everyone from the intern to the astrologer. But could there be a way to satisfy the obsessed public after all?

Written by: Don Zolidis Running time: 80 - 90 minutes Cast: HM; 16F, 13M, 1 either (1-30 actors possible) After three months of rehearsing their monologue show, Mr. Banks’ drama class must switch to performing online - but these students are such a mess, the internet stage is the least of their problems. (One-act version of this play is available.)

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Written by: Don Zolidis Running time: 65 - 75 minutes Cast: HM; 1F, 3 either (3-17 actors possible) When you get a notification that Ernest has entered your video call, but Ernest is your false identity... Who in the world is about to log on? You’re about to find out as a new medium ties an extra knot in the hilariously tangled web of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest.

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Written by: Jonathan Dorf Running time: 30 - 35 minutes Cast: HM; 3 f, 3 m, 10 either (6-30 actors possible) From a DJ who may or may not have listeners to a modern Romeo and Juliet, everyone searches for connection in this series of connected scenes and monologues, adapted for performance online.

Written by: Elissa C. Huang Running time: 30-35 minutes Cast: HM; 1M, 1F A father and daughter struggle to connect in the yearly video messages they send each other in a mosaic of monologues that weave through time.

EVERYTHING SEEMS

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MONOLOGUES INSPIRED BY THE WRITINGS OF AMERICAN TEENAGERS IN APRIL 2020

Arctic Circle

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Written by: e.b. lee Running time: 60-70 minutes Cast: HM; 1M, 1F

Written by: Sandy Rustin Running time: 20 - 30 minutes Cast: HM; 26 either (1-26 actors possible) In this series of timely monologues, young people process everything from missing a crush to imagining the future as they shelter in place during the pandemic.

In this Love Letters-style play for the virtual age, a physicist in Antarctica and a poetry professor in California are pulled together by chance, and form an unlikely bond through time, distance and beyond.

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After an act of racist police violence, two young men work their way through a complex web of family loyalties and community ties to find a way to take action in this galvanizing adaptation of the acclaimed novel.

DRAMA | 70 - 80 MINUTES 5F, 12M (15-30 ACTORS POSSIBLE)

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Lafayette No. 1, S&S High School

Radio & Outdoor Plays

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The holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast where a handful of actors bring dozens to the stage, complete with vintage commercials, the magic of live sound effects, and musical underscoring.

RADIO CHRISTMAS

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st A 21 Century Radio Play

A young Asian woman processing a breakup finds strength on a strange, funny dream journey.

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Adapted by: Pat Kruis Tellinghusen Running time: 60 - 70 minutes Cast: HM; 4F, 4M, 1 either (6-16 actors possible) This recreation of a radio show broadcast on Christmas Eve during WWII uses period songs and stories inspired by actual veterans to transport the audience to another time.

Christmas Thieves:

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Written by: Min Kahng Running time: 30 - 4 0 minutes Cast: HM; 1F, 1M, 1 ANY

Adapted by: Joe Landry Running time: 75 - 90 minutes Cast: HM; 2F, 3M (5-41 actors possible)

WORLD WAR II

Iris Lee’s

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Adapted by: Joe Landry Running time: 75 - 90 minutes Cast: H; 2F, 3M (5-25 actors possible) The beloved holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast in this captivating adaptation where the ensemble plays dozens of characters. (A short version of this play is also available.)

A Small Town Radio Play

Written by: Greg Oliver Bodine Running time: 45 - 55 minutes Cast: HM; 2F, 3M Radio host Bjorn needs a last minute replacement for the troupe of British actors slated to perform in his polka station’s Christmas Eve telethon. It’ll take a miracle to keep this station afloat and save the show.

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Written by: Mora V. Harris Running time: 35 - 45 minutes Cast: HM; 3-5F, 2-3F (5-8 actors possible) A repressed girl discovers the existence of vampires and the absurdity of proper society around her in this quirky gothic comedy.

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Written by: Howard E. Koch Running time: 60 - 65 minutes Cast: HM; 5M, 6 either (4-22 actors possible)

Written by: Steve Cleberg Running time: 105-120 minutes Cast: HM; 7F, 8M A group of radio performers find their lives entangled behind the scenes as they present two mysteries on the air in this comical and touching tribute to the golden era of radio.

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The original script of the infamous radio play that terrified listeners in 1938 can be brought to life for new audiences today, in the very words that Orson Welles narrated on the air

BETHEL PARK FALLS

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Written by: Steve Cleberg Running time: 30 - 40 minutes Cast: HM; 5F, 5M, 3 either (13-20 actors possible)

Written by: Jason Pizzarello Running time: 80 - 90 minutes Cast: HM; 2-8F, 2-8M, 1 ANY (5-17 actors possible)

Right before the radio play is to begin, last-minute replacement actors must jump in, and things only go more hilariously off the rails from there.

A park draws together different people looking for connections in this play written for outdoor performance.

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Adapted by: Joe Landry Running time: 100 - 120 minutes Cast: HM; 2F, 3M (2-30 actors possible) The master of suspense can come to any stage in the style of a 1940s radio broadcast, in this exciting retelling of Hitchcock’s films The Lodger, Sabotage, and The 39 Steps, complete with live sound effects.

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Adapted by: Tom Andolora Running time: 85 - 95 minutes Cast: HM; 5F, 6M (10-18 actors possible) In this beautifully haunting play based on Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology, citizens reflect on the dreams, secrets, and regrets of their lives, painting a gritty and honest portrait of the town.

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Written by: Various Authors Running time: 100 - 110 minutes Cast: HM; 5F, 5M, 10 ANY Eight suspects each insist that they didn’t murder an evil billionaire - but they were all committing other ridiculous crimes at the time. A rogue’s gallery of 10-minute comedies.

Written by: Idris Goodwin Running time: 40 - 50 minutes Cast: H; 1-3F, 3-8M (4-9 actors possible) A tale of two brothers. One a classical pianist. The other a jazz bass player. One a Christian. The other a Muslim. One living in freedom. The other in jail. Separated by bars, the brothers try to reconcile their differences through the language they know best. Music.

Adapted by: Brent Holland Running time: 35 - 40 minutes Cast: H; 1F, 1M, 7 either (9 actors possible) A shadowy intelligence organization pits eight people against each other in a deadly game of constantly-switching personalities.

Written by: Mandy Conner Running time: 25 - 30 minutes Cast: HM; 4-5F, 7-8M (13-20 actors possible) A family searches for hope in the drought, dirt, and devastation of the Texas Panhandle during the Dust Bowl.

EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT M I DD L E S C H OO L (BUT WERE TOO BUSY BEING STUFFED IN A LOCKER TO ASK)

Written by: Werner Trieschmann Running time: 25 - 30 minutes Cast: HM; 4F, 1M, 17 ANY (14-40 actors possible) Middle School -- it’s not Elementary School and it’s not High School. So what is it all about? You have questions and helpful narrators Denice and Roman have answers.

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Adapted by: Allison Gregory, Megan McDonald Running time: 55 - 65 minutes Cast: HM; 3F, 4M (7-20 actors possible) A family vacation becomes a voyage of adventure when a brother and sister find themselves amid pirates and puzzles. Will they win the race to the treasure? Set sail and find out!

Written by: Ginna Hoben Running time: 75 - 80 minutes Cast: 1F A woman undergoing fertility treatments reflects on the experience with humor and heart.

WE ARE THESEA Written by: Steph DeFerie Running time: 25 - 35 minutes Cast: HM; 11-30F, 8-27M (12-38 actors possible) When a narrator displeased with her part tries to ruin the happy endings of five Grimm’s Fairy Tales, a talking lobster must save the day.

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Written by: Laura Lundgren Smith Running time: 35 - 45 minutes Cast: H; 3F, 2M, 7 ANY (12-30 actors possible) A group of Irish women undergo a perilous sea voyage to America with a cruel sailor, surrounded by an ocean chorus.

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If your performers can’t gather in one space, we have you covered. Our Stay-At-Home Collection is a collection of new plays written for virtual spaces, such as Zoom and ShowShare.

Stay at Home Musicals

Written by: Dennis T. Giacino Running time: 90 minutes Cast: H; 6-9F, 1 Any Emma, a senior at Highbury Prep, is certain she knows what’s best for her classmates’ love lives, and is determined to find the perfect boyfriend for shy sophomore Harriet by the end of the school year. But will Emma’s relentless matchmaking get in the way of finding her own happiness?

Based on Jane Austen’s classic novel, this sparkling new musical features the hit songs of legendary girl groups and iconic female singers from The Supremes to Katy Perry. Girl power has never sounded so good!

Written by: Eric Price Running time: 60 Minutes Cast: HM; 6F, 4M Emma, a senior at Highbury Prep, is certain she knows what’s best for her classmates’ love lives, and is determined to find the perfect boyfriend for shy sophomore Harriet by the end of the school year. But will Emma’s relentless matchmaking get in the way of finding her own happiness?

Based on Jane Austen’s classic novel, this sparkling new musical features the hit songs of legendary girl groups and iconic female singers from The Supremes to Katy Perry. Girl power has never sounded so good!

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Written by: Sue Fabisch Running time: 90 Minutes Cast: HM; 4F Having a baby is just the beginning…motherhood is for life.

In the original play Motherhood The Musical, four women share their insights, challenges and pleasures at a baby shower. Motherhood is a funny, yet loving look at being a mom at any age. It’s climbing the emotional mountain only to find that there’s laundry at the top. This show has been reworked so your theater can perform Motherhood from the safety of your own homes using Zoom and our platform, ShowShare! Performance Tracks are included.

Written by: Sandy Rustin Running time: 80-90 Minutes Cast: H; 2F, 2M (flexible) Rated P for Parenthood chronicles every stage of modernday parenting, from conception to college, with giant doses of heart and humor. A versatile cast takes the audience through the ups and downs of having kids – from the sublime to the ridiculous – in a series of comic and musical vignettes. Hilarious, fresh, and decidedly irreverent, Rated P provides all the wistful joy of childrearing…at a fraction of the cost of braces

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Our JV Collection gets you warmed up and ready to play in the big leagues by taking part in a Broadway-style musical. Every JV show has been teacherapproved and tailored to be 100% suitable for middle-school-aged players. By following our playbook, each team member will learn core values such as respect, passion and determination. Guided by their head coach, players discover the benefits of teamwork and at the same time, develop a lifelong love of the arts.

Your materials include everything you need to rehearse, stage and promote your production – all for one low cost!

• 30 Actor’s Playbooks

• Performance and Rehearsal Tracks

• 1 Director’s Playbook

• Video License (when available)

• 1 Piano/Vocal Playbook

• Hi-Res Logo files

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production resources All the tools to make your productions a success

Official Logo Pack Kick off your marketing with a professional show title!

• Digitally delivered files for print and web applications • Share files directly with your designer • Use the beautifully designed and approved logos for posters, programs, t-shirts and more!

Stage Manager Script A specifically designed script to make rehearsal, tech and performances a breeze!

• 8 ½” x 11” and pre-bound in a quality binder • Printed single-sided leaving space for blocking, lighting cues and more!

Video License Create lasting memories with legally recorded videos of your production!

• Record your production for your cast and crew to share with family and friends • Make an archival recording for your school’s records

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promotion resources Available for musicals and select plays

Official Show Artwork Creating artwork for your performance has never been easier!

• Customize your poster online in minutes • Instantly download a print-ready PDF • Order professionally-printed posters • Access layered files for more control

Digital Marketing Essentials Includes everything you need to plan and implement the promotion of your show!

• 50+ graphics for social media including ready-to-post images and customizable images • Original show-specific content including fun facts, song lyrics and character quotes • Social media guide and promotion calendar • Press release template

Cast & Crew T-Shirts Premium-quality T-Shirts!

• You can add your theatre name, show dates and even your cast & crew names on the back.

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