Is He Dead? adapted by David Ives
based on the play by Mark Twain |
 
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Comedy
Full-length, 105-120 minutes
4 females, 7 males (11-16 actors possible: 4-6 females, 7-12 males)
$100.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
Jean-Francois Millet, a young painter of genius, is in love with Marie Leroux but in debt to a villainous picture-dealer, Bastien Andre. Andre forecloses on Millet, threatening debtor's prison unless Marie marries him. Millet realizes that the only way he can pay his debts and keep Marie from marrying Andre is to die, as it is only dead painters who achieve fame and fortune. Millet fakes his death and prospers, all while passing himself off as his own sister, the Widow Tillou. Now a rich "widow," he must find a way to get out of a dress, return to life, and marry Marie.
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| "A ripely enjoyable confection! An elaborate madcap comedy that registers high on the mirth meter and reaches especially giddy comic heights!" |
| --David Rooney, Variety |
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 75-105 minutes
6 females, 8 males, 6 either (14-40 actors possible: 6-20 females, 8-20 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
One of the most beloved characters of American fiction, Tom Sawyer is a force of nature -- whether he's sneaking out of his Aunt Polly's house at night to visit the graveyard, or duping his playmates into white-washing a fence, or stealing a kiss from the ravishing Becky Thatcher, or taking a stand against the murderous Injun Joe. Tom's small-town adventures on the banks of the Mississippi are the magical essence of childhood, a joyous leap into the great river of time and memory.
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Comedy
Short, 30-45 minutes
1 female, 2 males, 1 either (4-20 actors possible: 1-15 females, 2-15 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
This rambunctious adaptation of Mark Twain's classic short story tells the tale of schemer and braggart Jim Smiley, who decides to make his fortune by entering his frog in the first annual Calaveras County Frog Jumping Contest. Smiley has certainly had his share of good luck, but the people of Calaveras County are getting a bit tired of being duped by Jim, and they may just have a scheme of their own...
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Comedy
Short, 40-55 minutes
1 female, 2 males
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
This fresh adaptation of the story by Mark Twain is a hilarious exploration of the relationship between men and women. Lonely and bored, Adam is sent Eve, an inquisitive woman with a flair for giving Earth's creatures their proper names. And though inarticulate Adam would rather play with rocks than talk to Eve, he eventually discovers a newfound appreciation for her as they weather expulsion from Eden and become new parents.
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 85-105 minutes
10 females, 15 males (19-40 actors possible: 8-20 females, 11-20 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Not only one of the greatest American novels, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn also ranks among literature's most powerful condemnations of racism. The story of the "no-account" boy who fakes death and flees society with Jim, the runaway slave, pits convention against the common sense of childhood, and the hypocrisy of the "pious" against the integrity of the individual. And because this is an action-packed dramatization of Mark Twain, it's also hilariously funny...
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