| | | |  | |  | | | | HOT DAMES, HOT LEAD
Recreate the days of the "Golden Age of Radio" with this "script in hand" radio drama. The set is a 1930's radio studio with the performers gathered around the microphones. The audience is swept away to the "Theater of the Mind" just like in the days when the family gathered around the "Philco" before the dawn of television. This play re-enacts the fun of "Live Radio" with... | | |  | |  | |
| | | | | | HOW I SURVIVED CAMP COOTIES
It's every 14-year-old boy's worst nightmare—being mistaken for a girl! Now Leigh Rawlins will have to spend the entire summer on the girls' side of Camp Still Water, a boot camp for "troubled teens." Characters include everything from an incessant chatterbox to a kleptomaniac and an OCD counselor. Despite taunting from the guys and makeovers from the girls, Leigh learns a... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | HOW THE WEST WAS WED
This play harkens back to the good ol’ days...when mail order brides actually came by mail! There’s a coupe weddin’s goin on in Betsey’s Corner, Montana. Ellen Berensen, the richest girl in town, is getting herself hitched up to wrong-side-of-the-tracks Craig Belanger, and both families are firmly against it! James, a young man whose Paw runs the general store, just... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | HOW TO IMPROVISE A PLAY IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS
Students from two rival theatre classes have each been summoned to perform for the high school faculty and staff. Unfortunately, they were each working on a different show. Now feuding students must join forces to improvise a new play or risk losing funding for their new drama program. This one-act comedy boasts a highly flexible ensemble cast, may be played on a bare stage,... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Quasimodo, a deformed but lovable man, has spent his entire life within the walls of the cathedral of Notre Dame. With some urging from two zany nuns, he attends the Festival of Fools. Though he is crowned the King of Fools (the ugliest person at the festival), his guardian, Archdeacon Frollo, is enormously displeased with Quasimodo. Frollo forbids Quasimodo to leave Notre... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | HYPNOTIZED!
When a group counseling session takes a left turn, it's members are thrown into a state of panic. Confronted by a band of singing pirates, a psychotic teacher, the literal characters of Lost and Found, a million dollar lottery fiasco, and their own deepest fears, members must chart their own course back to reality.
A highly flexible ensemble comedy... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | I HATE CHRISTMAS
I Hate Christmas is a big-hearted holiday comedy that appeals to audiences of all ages. Frankie Fine and The Misbegottens live in a group home for unwanted children, and have little use for Christmas. Instead of sending Santa the usual list of toys, Frankie sends a different kind of letter, "I hate Christmas. Why don't you do us all a favor and call the whole thing... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | IMAGINATION'S MUSIC
This dramatic work introduces audiences to Phillis Wheatley, America's first African-American poet. Brought to America on a slave ship in 1761 at age eight, Phillis was sold as a slave to Boston's well-to-do Wheatley family. After discovering that she possessed a brilliant mind, they educated her and promoted Phillis among influential circles. Against the backdrop of the... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | IN SEARCH OF THE DODO BIRD
Professor Livingston is out to prove everyone wrong: The Dodo Bird is not extinct. He forms an expedition with his daughter and her misfit students to search for the elusive bird on an uncharted island in the Indian Ocean. But the island is also inhabited by headhunters. Majumbe, chief of the head-shrinking Obuto, is searching for a husband for his ugly daughter. When... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | THE INVISIBLE PRINCESS
When Princess Marta convinces her regent, Duchess Olga Chefsky, to come to colonial America, she has a secret plan: to escape. Her life has become a prison as the ambitious Duchess tries to keep control of the throne. Marta is aided in her escape by a magical crown passed from generation to generation in her family that grants its wearer temporary invisibility. But for her... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | JOURNEY OF THE BIRDS
A beautifully moving and funny adaptation of Attar's Conference of the Birds, this work offers tremendous opportunity for actors, costumers, and makeup artists. This allegorical comedy dramatizes a journey of 30 unhappy and disenchanted American birds to commune with their spiritual forbearer, Quetzalcoatl, the feathered prophet of the Americas. Advised by Grandmother... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | LADIES, SIGH NO MORE
Lady Macbeth plays Monopoly with Juliet and shrewish Kate battles Cordelia at Trivial Pursuit. Ophelia cuts out paper flowers, and Desdemona sews handkerchiefs. Who is the mysterious man who seems to be so interested in the fate of these ladies? Is this an Elizabethan ladies club, or a literary loony bin? Only Dr. Wells seems to know for sure as she tries to help some of... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | LADY TESS
A faithful adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic Victorian novel, "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" presents a compelling, exciting, and fast-moving story about Tess, of poetic beauty, proud and intelligent, that people can relate to today. Her spirit, tied to the past, causes her to live like a modern young woman, whose dilemmas, in this fast-paced story, are caused by three men in... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | LAST SUMMER
August, 1987: the last summer of camp for sixteen hopeful soon-to-be ninth-graders. Things are not going as planned--it rains every day, cabin-mates are fighting, and the counselors are nowhere to be found. When a prank goes wrong, it ruins the dance and any hope of a half-decent Color War. This was supposed to be the best summer, so now what? A play about scheduling your... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | LAZY DAZE INN
No one visits Lazy Daze Inn any more, much less to spend the night. Is it because John, the owner’s ghost, haunts the inn? Or is it because the place is just a roach-infested dump? One night, mysterious guests arrive with letters from John requesting their presence. This odd assortment of strangers, including a famous poet, two hillbilly sisters, and a home-sick... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | THE LEGEND OF WENCESLAS
In Prague, there is a legend that King Wenceslas' sword is hidden under the stones of the Charles Bridge. It is to be found by a child whenever Prague is threatened by enemies. It is Christmas Eve, 1939, and Prague is occupied by Germany. Young Jiri, Franta, and Gustav are living in their family's apartment without their parents. While listening to the story of Wenceslas,... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | LES MISERABLES
Les Miserables, Victor Hugo’s timeless classic, dazzles in this exciting new adaptation that is perfect for high school and community theater groups.
Beginning with Inspector Javert’s opening words, “You are free,” Jean Valjean leaves Toulon prison after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread. With nowhere to go and rejected by everyone he meets,... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | A LITTLE MAGIC
A fresh take on the classic story of Cinderella, this fun and funny full-length play centers around the teens at Brothers Grimm Memorial High School. Handsome Homecoming King, Noble Crown is still missing his mother, who passed away the year before. Noble’s father, Principal Crown, attempts to help Noble move on with his life and ends up having to practice what he... | | | | | | |
| | | | | | A LITTLE PRINCESS
Sara, who has spent her whole life in India with her father, arrives at Miss Minchin's Seminary for Young Ladies. Her life here brings jealousy from the other children and hostility from Miss Minchin. There are many turns and surprises as she grows up, and the audience will delight in the wonders of the ending. | | | | | | |
| | | | | | LITTLE WOMEN
Based on the cherished novel by Louisa May Alcott, Little Women tells the story of the four March Girls, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as they grow to adulthood in Civil War era New England. The girls endure hardships and privations, and eventually even a tragic loss, but their courage, their love for each other, and the strength of their family bond never fade. This... | | | | | | |
| All Genres | | HOT DAMES, HOT LEAD | ( : 65  ;  : 6-13  , 5-10  , 5-8  , 16-31  ;
 : 0-10  ,  ,  ) | | HOW I SURVIVED CAMP COOTIES | | (: 90 ; : 7 , 7 , 14 ; : 2 ) | | HOW THE WEST WAS WED | (: 90 ; : 12 , 8 , 20 ;
: 0-5 , , ) | | HOW TO IMPROVISE A PLAY IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS | (: 30 ; : 1  , 1  , 8-48 , 10-50 ;
: , ) | | THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME | | (: 100 ; : 12 , 12 , 24 ; : ) | | HYPNOTIZED! | (: 90 ; : 6-8 , 1 , 9-17 , 16-26 ;
: 0-10 , , ) | | I HATE CHRISTMAS | (: 90 ; : 8-10 , 0-2 , 8-12 ;
: 0-15 , , ) | | IMAGINATION'S MUSIC | (: 60 ; : 5 , 3-4 , 8-9 ;
: 1-10 , , ) | | IN SEARCH OF THE DODO BIRD | (: 60 ; : 10 , 7 , 1 , 18 ;
: 0-10 , , ) | | THE INVISIBLE PRINCESS | | (: 60 ; : 2 , 3 , 5 ; : 1-10 ) | | JOURNEY OF THE BIRDS | (: 60 ; : 30 , 30 ;
: , ) | | LADIES, SIGH NO MORE | | (: 90 ; : 8 , 2 , 10 ) | | LADY TESS | | (: 100 ; : 10 , 6 , 3 , 19 ) | | LAST SUMMER | | (: 90 ; : 8 , 8 , 16 ) | | LAZY DAZE INN | | (: 90 ; : 8 , 5 , 13 ) | | THE LEGEND OF WENCESLAS | | (: 60 ; : 4 , 3 , 7 ) | | LES MISERABLES | (: 90 ; : 18 , 20 , 3 , 41 ;
: , ) | | A LITTLE MAGIC | | (: 90 ; : 12 , 7 , 19 ; : ) | | A LITTLE PRINCESS | | (: 75 ; : 13 , 8 , 21 ; : ) | | LITTLE WOMEN | (: 120 ; : 8-15 , 7-11 , 15-26 ;
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