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THE 11TH

9/11 changed the world - but how did it change you? Watch the events unfold from the point of view of everyday people in a high school: the teachers, the students, the counselors and the parents. They are people who weren't in New York or Washington on that day, but were drastically affected, just like you, and each has a story to tell.
ACCUSED OF COMEDY

After comedy has been outlawed in society, two bottom-of-the-barrel comics face trial for committing comedy, along with the young woman who broke the law by laughing at them. Confronted by a stern lady magistrate, they discover humor is no laughing matter.
The ALAMO

William Barrett Travis and Davy Crockett are faced with certain death. Travis has drawn his line in the sand. And now? What can possibly save them? Learn what really happened at the Alamo as Davy Crockett leads the American Superheroes—Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln, Uncle Sam, the Babe, and the Statue of Liberty—all dedicated to truth, justice and the American way. This time,...
ALICE IN WONDERLAND - URBAN EDITION

A look at the city version of Lewis Carroll's classic story. Alice and her sister go to the park. While her sister is on her cell phone, Alice follows Rabbit down a subway tunnel and encounters a host of strange urban-type characters, including a Rat, a Caterpillar, a Cook, the Queen of Hearts, and a Grinning Cat. She also encounters subway passengers and joggers who speak in...
ALL THE BASES

In an effort to create the perfect production, the cast begins by reading the "survey results" they got from the audience in response to the question, "What do you want from a play?" Based on these responses, the cast creates a checklist and presents a play meeting all 15 audience requirements. The hilarious result is its "short-cheap-educational-safe,...
ANCHORWOMAN - RISE OF THE MANGO QUEEN

A crisis hits KDST-Channel 6 News when former station manager Tiny Spinoza returns with his Filipino wife, Exasperanza. Tiny makes his wife the new program director. She changes the set, the theme music, adds Filipino costumes and make-up, does commercials and news coverage, interfering with everyone's routine. Fired, a vengeful Troy Thomas returns to kidnap the former Mango...
AND I QUOTE

The wealthy Lord and Lady Leary of Toppinbottom relieve their boredom with a visit to a sports car showroom where the devious salesman, Skylock, sells them a new car at twice its value. Only the good owner Prosper can save them! Shakespearean quotations abound in this modern retelling of Shakespeare's characters and action, all providing a laugh-a-minute audience pleaser.
AND THE GIANTS FELL

And the Giants Fell examines the events leading up to the September 11th tragedy and our reaction to the events. Through four sections, we examine the thoughts and reactions of the participants and victims of the historic event. In the first section, And the Giants Fell, we examine two families and how their lives were touched by this tragic event. In the second...
AND THEY ALL LIVED...

And They All Lived... is a comedy that takes place in Onceuponatime Land, where the evil witch has erased all color from the land. Various characters from familiar fairy tales band together and set off on a quest to find the person who can make the color come back. Little do they know the one who can save them is within their midst. Perfect for all ages!
ANNIERELLA AND THE (VERY AWESOME) GOOD QUEEN FAIRY COWMOTHER

Poor little Annierella is heartbroken when her step-mother, Eula Gee, tells her that she cannot attend the Cowpoke’s Ball at the Lazy R&B Ranch with her step-sisters Frizelda Ann, Brizelda Jane and Mozelda Joe. But then along comes a hilarious Fairy Cowmother with an attitude the size of Texas that makes Annierella’s dreams of going to the Ball come true. With the use of an...
ANNIERELLA AND THE (VERY AWESOME) GOOD QUEEN FAIRY COWMOTHER - TEN MINUTE VERSION

Annierella is heartbroken when her stepmother tells her that she cannot attend the Cowpoke’s Ball. But along comes help in the form of a fairy cowmother that makes all Annierella’s dreams come true. Or does she? This snappy Texas/western version of the classic tale ain’t your mama’s Cinderella story!
ARCTIC LIBRARY

The school system is trying save energy, and it’s a cold day in the library. Freezing, actually. It’s so bad that a teacher brings his class just to punish them, and the maintenance staff won’t stick around long enough to figure out if there might be some kind of problem. The library staff is stuck there through it all, and book burning is looking better all the time.
ASYLUM

Set in a state-run mental institution and, at times, in the minds of the patients, Asylum explores the flip side of sanity. We meet a former pop star who continues to live like she's in a music video, a girl who was harmed by her best friend's boyfriend, a young man who does operations on stuffed animals and himself, a woman who believes she's in the 11th month of a...
AT THE BEEP

If you like A.R. Gurney's Love Letters, you'll love At the Beep, where we follow the lives of Skip Allen and Mary Elizabeth Chase through messages left on each other's answering machines! From grade school to grave, trace the triumphs, disappointments, loves and feuds these two friends experience all through that miracle of modern technology—the telephone...
AT THE BUZZER

An homage to the families displaced by Hurricane Katrina, this play looks at the Williamson family's plight; from two teenagers having to interrupt their basketball lesson to evacuate their home, to the young woman's return to her neighborhood ten years later. Just like her basketball court has changed, so has Taneesha Williamson, through life and deaths.
THE BABYSITTER'S STORY

Jane takes a job babysitting little James. Her boyfriend wants her to go to a movie, so her sister Diana comes over to sit with James. The simple babysitting job becomes a nightmare when their dad's friend Lisa shows up to discuss her relationship with their father. While the girls are talking, a cat burglar comes in the window. They trip him, and thinking he is dead, try...
BAD BLOOD IN THE BOOKSHOP

Clarice DeLovely, a beautiful young London actress, arrives in Cactus Junction, Texas, to manage the small bookshop she inherited from her late father. Little does she know that Sylvester Swineheart (a devious and distant relative) plans to take over the shop and is in cahoots with crooked Sheriff Hornswoggler, who schemes to put the young mummer, along with her traveling...
BAGGAGE

So you want to get away and forget your troubles, do you? Not so fast! Checker will make sure you have nothing to hide. Any weakness or secret will be exposed. Checker is a special kind of bully who finds the dark corners in people's lives and brings them to the surface. Will these travelers be able to face their dark secrets and overcome them? Or is some baggage just...
THE BALD MOUSETRAP

Lord and Lady Marlyn try to unravel the mystery of whatever happened to Bobby Watson, the adopted son of the American philanthropist Nelson J. Wannafeller. The plot thickens when an inspector from Scotland Yard interrupts the Marlyns' tea with questions about Bobby. Then Lord and Lady Marvin pop in for a spot of golf. Will Detective Inspector Moorgate ever finish his...
THE BALLOONIST'S DAUGHTER

Hicarus Flight School for Balloonists is about to go bust. The evil banker who plans to foreclose on the school also has his eye on the boss's daughter. Will a trainee, Bruce, at the school, succumb to the wiles of a former girlfriend? Or will he keep the school aloft and save his boss's daughter from the clutches of the villainous lender? Balloons, bankers, and bathing...
All Genres
THE 11TH
   (: 40 : 4-11 , 2-6 , 4-11 , 10-28 
     : 0-5 )
ACCUSED OF COMEDY
   (: 20 : 2 , 2 , 4 )
The ALAMO
   (: 15 : 2 , 6 , 1 , 9 
     : 1 extra, )
ALICE IN WONDERLAND - URBAN EDITION
   (: 40 : 4 , 23 , 27 
     : 3-6 )
ALL THE BASES
   (: 35 : 15 , 8 , 23 
     )
ANCHORWOMAN - RISE OF THE MANGO QUEEN
   (: 50 : 4 , 2 , 7 , 13 
     : 3-6 )
AND I QUOTE
   (: 25 : 2 , 2 , 4 )
AND THE GIANTS FELL
   (: 25 : 5 , 4 , 12-15 , 21-25 
     )
AND THEY ALL LIVED...
   (: 30 : 5 , 3 , 4 , 12 
     : 0-10 )
ANNIERELLA AND THE (VERY AWESOME) GOOD QUEEN FAIRY COWMOTHER
   (: 30 : 6 , 2 , 8 
     : 6-14 )
ANNIERELLA AND THE (VERY AWESOME) GOOD QUEEN FAIRY COWMOTHER - TEN MINUTE VERSION
   (: 10 : 6 , 1 , 7 
     : 6-14 )
ARCTIC LIBRARY
   (: 35 : 3-4 , 1 , 5-12 , 9-17 
     : 0-10 )
ASYLUM
   (: 45 : 5 , 3 , 8 )
AT THE BEEP
   (: 45 : 1-10 , 1-10 , 2-20 
     )
AT THE BUZZER
   (: 10 : 3 , 2 , 5 )
THE BABYSITTER'S STORY
   (: 35 : 6 , 1 , 7 )
BAD BLOOD IN THE BOOKSHOP
   (: 30 : 3 , 3 , 6 )
BAGGAGE
   (: 20 : 3 , 2 , 3 , 8 : 8 )
THE BALD MOUSETRAP
   (: 10 : 2 , 5 , 7 )
THE BALLOONIST'S DAUGHTER
   (: 35 : 5 , 4 , 9 )
 
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