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What You Will

What You Will

By James Zager.
What You Will

Product Code: W83000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 5m., 2w. (1 narrator which may be played by male or female.)

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This contemporary version of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night uses pop culture to bring one of the Bard's best mixed-gender comedies to life, showing what happens to Viola when she finds herself shipwrecked and decides to disguise herself as her brother.

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Barabbas ... Out Of Darkness

Barabbas ... Out Of Darkness

By Jack Dyville.
Barabbas ... Out Of Darkness

Product Code: BH7000

One-act Play
Recommended For: College Theatre | Senior Theatre | Praise Group
Cast Size: 5m., 7w., flexible. Five performers serve as choral readers, using a choir and contemporary Christian music as desired.

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

A different look at the Easter story as seen through the eyes of Barabbas, the thief who had his life exchanged for the life of Jesus of Nazareth just before the crucifixion.

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Calabasas Street

Calabasas Street

By José Cruz González.
Calabasas Street

Product Code: CA3000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | TYA
Cast Size: 2m., 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Calabasas Street follows a young boy named Domingo Sanchez who learns the true meaning of friendship when his baseball accidentally drops into the yard of La Vuida Martinez. All the children of the neighborhood are afraid of her. They think she's crazy because she searches through people's garbage and hauls it back to her house. Domingo soon discovers she collects junk and transforms it into art. This chance encounter becomes a lifelong friendship of sharing fun, stories and making Mexican piñatas.

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Lost In Tumblerock or, They Took the Wrong Road

Lost In Tumblerock or, They Took the Wrong Road

By Katie Reed.
Lost In Tumblerock or, They Took the Wrong Road

Product Code: LJ9000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 7m., 8w., extras.

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This comic melodrama is complete with rowdy ranch hands and beautiful French cancan dancers and will have the audience cheering the heroes and booing the villains.

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Jack Frost

Jack Frost

Adapted by James Still from a Russian folktale called "Frost".
Jack Frost

Product Code: J29000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | Community Theatre
Cast Size: 2m., 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This play features a young heroine named Martha who lives with her evil stepmother and two ugly stepsisters. Because of her heroic determination and passion for living, Martha warms the heart of crafty Jack Frost. Theatrical, poetic, economic in its storytelling, this play is about how kindness and generosity are their own reward. Critics have praised the inventiveness of the play and its surprising twists and imagistic unity.

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Seth's Anxiety

Seth's Anxiety

By Jay Thornton.
Seth's Anxiety

Product Code: SB9000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | TYA
Cast Size: 5m., 14w., 5 any gender, extras (doubling possible).

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Seth finds a cure for his anxiety at a school bus stop where he meets a girl who has experienced his same fears and pains. The realization that his anxieties are shared by others sends him to his first day of middle school with a confident smile.

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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

By Ruth Perry. From William Shakespeare.
Romeo and Juliet

Product Code: R63000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 11m., 3w. (Extras, gender flexible, doubling.)

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

In this adaptation the tragedy is only slightly muted by the re-emphasis of Shakespeare's point that the antidote to the poison of enmity is not a violent victory but the understanding that comes through shared sorrow.

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The Monsters Under the Bed

The Monsters Under the Bed

By Fr. Dominic Garramone and the St Bede Theatre Troupe.
The Monsters Under the Bed

Product Code: M71000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Touring Group
Cast Size: 7m., 7w. (14 players, at least 7 w.)

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

Stephanie's having a sleep-over with her friends, but soon the monsters come out from under the bed and no one can get to sleep. As each girl describes her own personal fear, those fears come to life. The girls help each other overcome their fears, and with some help from Stephanie's older sister and her monster friend Gruntable, the other monsters are banished. This play is sure to appeal to anyone who's ever been afraid to get out of bed in the middle of the night.

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Stages

Stages

By Jerome McDonough.
Stages

Product Code: SZ7000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 10+ either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

A play within a play in various styles throughout theatre history. Rehearsal is conducted as an exasperated director and stage manager attempt to deal with an ever-changing script.

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Sprucey, The Blue Christmas Tree

Sprucey, The Blue Christmas Tree

By Donna J. Abear.
Sprucey, The Blue Christmas Tree

Product Code: SZ4000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 7m., 3w.

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

With the help of Santa Claus and a little homeless boy, an unwanted blue spruce finds happiness and a home.

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