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The Canterville Ghost adapted by Marisha Chamberlain

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 85 - 100 minutes
  • 3 W, 6 M,  (9-10 actors possible: exactly 3 W, 6-7 M)
Productions (36)
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A no-nonsense American family buys an old mansion in rural England, scoffing at warnings of a fierce and violent resident ghost. The spirited... Read more

A no-nonsense American family buys an old mansion in rural England, scoffing at warnings of a fierce and violent resident ghost. The spirited... Read more

A Christmas Carol adapted by Janet Allard

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 70 - 75 minutes
  • 3 W, 5 M,  (8-35 actors possible: 3-17 W, 5-23 M)
Productions (39)
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This timeless holiday classic is creatively retold with a unique twist by having every actor -- both male and female, young and old -- take turns... Read more

This timeless holiday classic is creatively retold with a unique twist by having every actor -- both male and female, young and old -- take turns... Read more

The Arabian Nights by Gay Monteverde

  • Drama
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  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 4 W, 9 M, 1 Any (14-30 actors possible: 4-10 W, 10-20 M)
Productions (36)
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Betrayed by his first wife, King Shahrayar vows to re-marry and put to death a new wife each day. Shahrazad, the daughter of the King's adviser,... Read more

Betrayed by his first wife, King Shahrayar vows to re-marry and put to death a new wife each day. Shahrazad, the daughter of the King's adviser,... Read more

Eloise & Ray by Stephanie Fleischmann

  • Drama
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  • 70 - 80 minutes
  • 2 W, 1 M, 
Productions (6)
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Ray skips town on a mysterious mission, only to come back home and find that his Eloise has been sitting by the side of the road for three... Read more

Ray skips town on a mysterious mission, only to come back home and find that his Eloise has been sitting by the side of the road for three... Read more

Three Classics by Jason Grote

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 0 - 0 minutes
  • Various
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Three Classics combines the modern with the mythic in three adaptations that view classic stories through the lens of a post-modern, urban... Read more

Three Classics combines the modern with the mythic in three adaptations that view classic stories through the lens of a post-modern, urban... Read more

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Darcy and Elizabeth adapted by Jon Jory

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 9 W, 4 M,  (11-21 actors possible: 7-13 W, 4-8 M)
Productions (46)
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Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy take center stage in this one-act version of Jane Austen's beloved romance. When the independent-minded... Read more

Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy take center stage in this one-act version of Jane Austen's beloved romance. When the independent-minded... Read more

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Canned Hamlet by Tim Kochenderfer

  • Comedy
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  • 30 - 40 minutes
  • 3 W, 19 M,  (11-23 actors possible: 3-14 W, 4-20 M)
Productions (144)
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Life ain't easy for Hamlet. His dad's a ghost, his mother's an adulterer, and he can't make it through a soliloquy without being interrupted.... Read more

Life ain't easy for Hamlet. His dad's a ghost, his mother's an adulterer, and he can't make it through a soliloquy without being interrupted.... Read more

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The Rules of Comedy by Peter Bloedel

  • Comedy
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  • 35 - 55 minutes
  • 6 W, 6 M, 10 Any (10-48 actors possible: 0-24 W, 0-24 M)
Productions (374)
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The audience is given a side-splitting lesson in what's funny and what's not funny. In order to prove that the Rules of Comedy work, they are... Read more

The audience is given a side-splitting lesson in what's funny and what's not funny. In order to prove that the Rules of Comedy work, they are... Read more

Spring by Tanya Palmer

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 75 - 90 minutes
  • 5 W, 5 M,  (10-22 actors possible: 5-11 W, 5-11 M)
Productions (9)
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Set in the contemporary American South, Spring tells the story of Michael and Wendy, two popular kids whose growing fascination with suffering... Read more

Set in the contemporary American South, Spring tells the story of Michael and Wendy, two popular kids whose growing fascination with suffering... Read more

Swoop by Mac Wellman

  • Comedy
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  • 60 - 75 minutes
  • 3 W, 1 M, 
Productions (4)
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Seven miles above the streets of Manhattan, where the moon is bright and the night is fair, three vampires circle over the metropolis, seeking... Read more

Seven miles above the streets of Manhattan, where the moon is bright and the night is fair, three vampires circle over the metropolis, seeking... Read more

Star-Crossed Lovers by Sheila Callaghan

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 30 - 30 minutes
  • 4 W, 7 M, 20 Any (9-50 actors possible: 5-25 W, 4-25 M)
Productions (22)
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The story of Romeo and Juliet told over centuries, across continents, and through genres. Imaginative and musical, Star-Crossed Lovers is a... Read more

The story of Romeo and Juliet told over centuries, across continents, and through genres. Imaginative and musical, Star-Crossed Lovers is a... Read more

The Annotated War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script by Howard E. Koch

  • Drama
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  • 60 - 65 minutes
  • 5 M, 6 Any (4-22 actors possible: 0-9 W, 4-22 M)
Productions (12)
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The original manuscript used for the notorious 1938 Mercury Theatre broadcast of The War of the Worlds, this book includes notes and changes to... Read more

The original manuscript used for the notorious 1938 Mercury Theatre broadcast of The War of the Worlds, this book includes notes and changes to... Read more

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The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza (Iliad! Iliad! Iliad!) by Don Zolidis

  • Comedy
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  • 20 - 25 minutes
  • 6 W, 6 M,  (6-50 actors possible: 3-25 W, 3-25 M)
Productions (98)
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Complete with little green army men, a beauty pageant, and warring narrators, this is The Iliad as you've never seen it before. Two narrators... Read more

Complete with little green army men, a beauty pageant, and warring narrators, this is The Iliad as you've never seen it before. Two narrators... Read more

Women Who Weave by J. S. Puller

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 60 - 75 minutes
  • 4 W, 2 M,  (6-22 actors possible: 4-10 W, 2-12 M)
Productions (28)
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When the plucky, ambitious twelve-year-old Atalanta is excluded from the men's boar hunt, she is convinced that being female means giving up any... Read more

When the plucky, ambitious twelve-year-old Atalanta is excluded from the men's boar hunt, she is convinced that being female means giving up any... Read more

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow adapted by Christopher Cartmill

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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  • 35 - 45 minutes
  • 7 W, 9 M, 3 Any (8-25 actors possible: 4-12 W, 4-13 M)
Productions (99)
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In this wickedly funny adaptation of Washington Irving's classic tale of superstition and village rivalry, gawky schoolmaster Ichabod Crane... Read more

In this wickedly funny adaptation of Washington Irving's classic tale of superstition and village rivalry, gawky schoolmaster Ichabod Crane... Read more

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The Seussification of A Midsummer Night's Dream (full-length) by Peter Bloedel

  • Comedy
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  • 70 - 80 minutes
  • 4 W, 9 M, 7 Any (20 actors possible: 4-11 W, 9-16 M)
Productions (104)
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The Bard's most beloved comedy gets the full Seuss treatment in this playful adaptation. Two madcap Narrators chronicle the tale of the mixed-up... Read more

The Bard's most beloved comedy gets the full Seuss treatment in this playful adaptation. Two madcap Narrators chronicle the tale of the mixed-up... Read more

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Beauty and the Beast by Timothy Mason

  • Drama
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  • 80 - 100 minutes
  • 4 W, 5 M, 7 Any (10-40 actors possible: 4-20 W, 6-20 M)
Productions (83)
(19)

In this mysterious, gorgeous adaptation, Beauty and her Beast exist in a shadowy world of magic and poetry, and extremes of light and dark, cold... Read more

In this mysterious, gorgeous adaptation, Beauty and her Beast exist in a shadowy world of magic and poetry, and extremes of light and dark, cold... Read more

Available as eScript

Ibsen Undone by Patrick Greene

  • Comedy
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  • 60 - 75 minutes
  • 6 W, 13 M, 2 Any (6-21 actors possible: 3-16 W, 3-15 M)
Productions (7)
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Henrik Ibsen, whose name means "large, bearded curmudgeon" in Norwegian, has re-invented himself for the 21st Century. Join Ibsen and an assorted... Read more

Henrik Ibsen, whose name means "large, bearded curmudgeon" in Norwegian, has re-invented himself for the 21st Century. Join Ibsen and an assorted... Read more

Odysseus Cruz by Jose Cruz Gonzalez

  • Drama
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  • 15 - 15 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M, 
Productions (3)
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A contemporary take on Homer's The Odyssey, the classic hero is transformed into Odysseus Cruz, a smuggler of men across the modern-day... Read more

A contemporary take on Homer's The Odyssey, the classic hero is transformed into Odysseus Cruz, a smuggler of men across the modern-day... Read more

A Christmas Carol...more or less by Stefano LoVerso

  • Comedy
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  • 80 - 100 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 1 Any (3-4 actors possible: 1-3 W, 1-3 M)
Productions (40)
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Sarah and Charlie, a married couple, run a small theatre that's presenting A Christmas Carol -- until Charlie shows up backstage to say the cast... Read more

Sarah and Charlie, a married couple, run a small theatre that's presenting A Christmas Carol -- until Charlie shows up backstage to say the cast... Read more