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Certain Arrangements

By C.E. McClelland.

Product Code: CH1000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 1m., 1w., 2m. African-American teenagers.

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

In Certain Arrangements, a troubled teenager learns of his own abilities and confronts the choice of his young life in a moving story of our time. On probation for stealing a car, a teenager is apprenticed to an elderly woman who runs a flower shop in urban South Philadelphia. At a critical moment, the teenager must choose between the values of the street and those the old woman has tried to instill in him.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $105.00/perf

The Chest of Dreams

Product Code: C72000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School | College Theatre | TYA
Cast Size: 3m., 4w.

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Grandmother leaves Lily a large chest containing everything her friends can imagine; without imagination, the chest appears empty. The Chest of Dreams is written for young adults to perform for children 6 to 10 years old. It is a keenly perceptive play about self-esteem—with a fresh point of view. It celebrates young people's intelligence, their zest for life and their capacity to unite in the face of danger.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $40.00/perf

A Christmas for Carol

Product Code: CL4000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | TYA | Touring Group | Praise Group
Cast Size: 4 to 6m., 9 to 11w., extras.

Approx. Run Time: 25 min.

A girl is critical of Christmas until something happens that helps her understand the joy of giving.

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Dragon of the Winds

Product Code: D53000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 9m., 6w. (extras.)

Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

When Hanazo, the kite maker, bullies Uji, an innocent sign painter, into helping play a hoax on his fellow villagers concerning the arrival of a dragon, they find themselves faced with ridicule , pangs of conscience, and the magic of miracles.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $50.00/perf

Living Doll

Product Code: L67000

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

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

Rose, a widow, used to run a thriving doll hospital, but now she struggles to remember her children and believes her dead husband is still alive as Alzheimer's disease takes over and her children must assume responsibility for her.

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The Winter of 1917

Product Code: W69000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 6 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $40.00/perf

You Don't See Me

Product Code: Y15000

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

Limited Streaming Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This title tackles the subject of death in the same way children naturally resolve hard issues—through creative play. Stephanie, whose brother has died, finds her way through it by creating a fantasy in which her brother appears, portrayed in mime. He sticks with her and helps her prepare for the science fair until she is ready to accept his loss and begin to feel grief.

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Mixed Emotions

Product Code: M77000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 2m., 4w.

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

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Tinker Autumn

Product Code: T78000

Full-length Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | TYA
Cast Size: 3m., 1w., 1 boy, 1 girl.

Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

In this serious play about outcast children, an unusual alliance forms between two young people as they fight the child welfare system.

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Min. Royalty Rate: $85.00/perf

A Thousand Cranes

Product Code: T80000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 1 to 2m., 2 to 3w., up to 2 either gender.

Limited Streaming Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This is the true story of 12-year-old Sadako, who learns that she has "radiation sickness," or leukemia—an effect of the Hiroshima bombing that happened 10 years ago. Her wish is to be healed by the gods by folding 1,000 paper cranes, but she dies before she can finish. Her friends and classmates finish folding the cranes and build a monument to honor her and all the children who were killed by the atom bomb.

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