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Chanticleer and the Fox

By Joseph Robinette. Based on the story from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Product Code: CB7000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 4m., 3w.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

This classic tale from Chaucer tells of a poor widow whose modest possessions include several barnyard animals, most notably the conceited rooster, Chanticleer. All is peaceful on the farm until Chanticleer is caught off guard by a flattering fox who beguiles the cocky rooster, then captures and carries him away. Chanticleer turns the tables on the fox's deception and escapes. This humorous story may easily be performed by children or adults or a combination of both.

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The Terezin Promise

Product Code: TF1000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 4m., 4w. Extras can include children, soldiers, guards.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

The liberation of Terezin concentration camp is at hand, and the Nazis are in retreat, desperate to destroy evidence of their crimes. While some prisoners escape in the confusion of the retreat, Raja remains to keep a promise she made to her teacher.

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In the Garden of the Selfish Giant

Product Code: I83000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Maggie's grandmother is dying, and she is upset she had to cancel her summer plans to go with her mother to visit. She meets a very imaginative neighbor, and a hospice worker who help her realize unhappy endings can't always be avoided, but good things can blossom from it.

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Two Marys, Five Jacks and One Very Big Shoe

From Mother Goose for very young audiences. Adapted by Joey Madia.

Product Code: TJ8000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Professional Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 1m., 1w.

Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Using the help of the audience, Wee Willie Winkie and Mary Quite Contrary act out the rhymes of Mother Goose to entertain their siblings who all happen to be the children of the Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe.

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Somebody Catch My Homework

By Sandra Fenichel Asher. Inspired by the poetry of David L. Harrison. Optional incidental music by Ric Averill.

Product Code: SH8000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 2m., 2w., 1 either gender. Expandable to 13 roles, plus extras as desired.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

The new girl in town has lost her cat Corky, and meets three very wacky new friends, who welcome her to their class. Searching for essay topics about the animal kingdom, the students find themselves on quite an adventure, and along the way, find Corky.

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All Out

Product Code: AA8000

One-act Play
Recommended For: College Theatre | Community Theatre | Dinner Theatre
Cast Size: 6m., 4w., 6 to 7 extras.

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

To what extremes will the game show contestants go to win a prize of $100,000? This play is about lack of ethics and what people will do for money.

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What'd Ya Do Today, Billy Joe?

Product Code: W98000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Professional Theatre
Cast Size: 3m., 2w.

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

It is 1966 in a small Southern town, and Billy Joe Tyler, a nine-year-old black boy, is preparing to go to an all-white school in the morning. This story of one family's courageous struggle to overcome fear during an important time in U.S. history.

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Scapino!

Adapted by Noyce Burleson. From the play by Frank Dunlop and Jim Dale.

Product Code: S11000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Professional Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 6m., 3w., extras.

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Scapino is one sly guy, he's the man who can get anyone out of a sticky situation. After some trouble with the law, Scapino lays low, but after two friends request his help, he can't say no, and ends up spinning a very elaborate tale to help them.This London and Broadway hit is available now in an approved one-act cutting.

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The Slave Dancer's Choice

Product Code: SH6000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 3m., 2w. (plus others of either gender as desired.)

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Drawn from historical sources about the Atlantic slave trade, this play follows the journey of Danny who faces a difficult choice when he is tricked into serving on a slave ship in exchange for his family's freedom.

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Country Mouse and the Missing Lunch Mystery

By Sandra Fenichel Asher.

Product Code: CD8000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School
Cast Size: 7m. or w., plus extras as desired.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

It's Country Mouse's turn to serve lunch to her city cousin, but all of the food keeps disappearing! Enter the Mouse Patrol to search for clues and track down three hungry kittens.

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