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	JUST ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL PLAY Comedy By Bryan Starchman Minimum cast of 10 plus drama teacher, maximum of 40 Script: 72 pages Here's a comedy that covers nearly every angle of the typical high school play with a dose of history and improvisation thrown in for good measure! A group of actors, who have apparently been abandoned by their drama teacher, have to fend for themselves more...

	DON'T ROCK THE BOAT Comedy By Tim Kelly 11 m, 14 w, extras Script: 66 pages Tom Butterworth is determined to be the youngest cruise ship captain in history - even if this means sailing on a converted gunboat named "Vengeance" with a crew of rejects from Maritime High School, and a trio of girl singers who are passing themselves off as a famous show biz act. The engineer more...

	HOLLYWOOD HILLBILLIES Comedy By Tim Kelly Flexible cast Approx. 7 m, 14 w, extras Script: 67 pages Gram Hawley and granddaughter Cindy Lou run the general store in Happy Hollow, deep in the Ozarks, but there is a new highway coming through and that means Happy Hollow soon will be dynamited off the map. It's discovered Gram's property contains the biggest store of more...

	WILD PINK Comedy By Margaret Witt 8 m, 11 w, 6 flexible, extras. (Plus optional children.) Doubling possible. Script: 80 pages. 2 hours. A hog farmer has three smart sons but absolutely no money to send them to college. A rich, snooty, old maiden aunt has a fortune but years ago she made it clear that she wanted nothing to do with the farmer’s family. What to d more...

	ALICE IN WONDERLAND Classic Dramatized by Shauna and Vern Adix From the book "Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll Large, flexible cast, approx. 30+ roles. Much doubling possible. Script: 48 pages. Here's a charming, yet faithful adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic. Alice meets a hurried White Rabbit, swims in a sea of her tears, confronts a Caterpillar, more...

	LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW Drama With Humor Adapted by Clay Presley From the story by Washington Irving 11 m, 13 w, extras Script: 44 pages Ichabod Crane, a nervous and superstitious sort, is the new schoolmaster assigned to Sleepy Hollow, a small town by the Hudson River. He sets his eyes on Katrina, the eldest daughter of rich farmer Baltus Van Tassel. But Katrina is already "claime more...

	PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Classic Adapted by Claudia Haas From the novel by Jane Austen 10 m, 16 w, many extras. With doubling 8 m, 11 w. Script: 76 pages. About 90 minutes. (2013 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of the novel) Jane Austen's timeless tale of romantic love touched by is brought to the stage in this adaptation conceived especially for more...

	ALADDIN Classic Adapted by Craig Sodaro Approx. 37 parts, doubling possible Script: 59 pages Romance, mystery, and more fun than a magic carpet ride - that's what makes this richly imaginative version of the story of such a winner. You'll love all the colorful characters, including Yahoo and his pet snake, who serve as narrators; the evil magician, El more...

	TITANIC:TRAGEDY AND TRIAL Drama By Pat Cook Large, flexible cast Script: 64 pages (2012 is the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking.) In Act One, "Voices From the Titanic," the stage comes alive with the passengers and crew who address the audience directly. We see the magnificent, "almost unsinkable" ship through the eyes of both the first class and third class pass more...

	LAGOONED! --Play Comedy By Tim Kelly Flex. cast, approx. 10 m, 19 w, extras Script: 70 pages Just sit right down and enjoy a tale - a tale that combines parts of Fantasy Island, Treasure Island, and Gilligan's Island. Now you've got some idea of what's in store when you're lagooned. In this sequel to Tim Kelly's ever popular play, "Don't Rock th more...

	MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Play) Shakespeare By Ken Womble 24 parts Script: 50 pages. About 90 minutes. Here is Shakespeare's classic comedy condensed without losing the passion, humor, and magic that has made the play a theater favorite. This adaptation, while remaining true to the original, is cut to about an hour and a half performance time, making it ideal for junior and high scho more...

	CINDERELLA IN NEW YORK Comedy By Wade Bradford Flexible cast. Approx. 9 m, 9 w, 10 or more flexible Script: 63 pages The Reporters Grimm bring you the news scoop of the year: True Love Conquers All! Set in the middle of the Great Depression, the familiar story of Cinderella has been given a vibrant twist. Cinderella Fitzgerald once led the perfect life, until her father l more...

	HERCULES Comedy By Craig Sodaro 45 speaking parts (minimum 7 m, 14 w with doubling) Script: 59 pages Modern language and loads of humor make this version of the Greek tale one that today's audience is sure to enjoy. ' girlfriend, Megara, has been poisoned by a jealous Hera and now he must complete eight tasks for Hera or lose Megara's love for more...

	RADIO DAZE Comedy By Shirley McNichols 12 m, 14 w, 2 flexible parts Script: 75 pages It's the 1940s and Americans are doing all they can to help the war effort, especially keeping a sharp eye out for spies! And what better place for a spy to lurk than a radio station. Never mind that everyone at the studio works on a melodramatic soap opera and they probabl more...

	CINDERELLA: A DREAM COME TRUE Classic By Kristi Cunningham Flexible cast from 25 - 50 Script: 48 pages Here is the classic re-telling of the rags-to-riches fairytale of a young girl forced to live with her cruel stepmother and her equally cruel daughters. Cinderella's kind and gentle nature, despite her surroundings, makes her a favorite with the three feisty mice who have also more...

	CASES of MISTAKEN IDENTITY Comedy By Tony Howell 10 m, 15 w, extras Script: 72 pages It's the late 1800s and various travelers are boarding a train for their trip West, including young lovers who are being kept apart by her parents; a secret agent in-training; an elderly woman; a group of showgirls; and a couple who have just pulled off their first jewel heist. Many of the more...

	NIGHT CHILLS Classic Stories by Edgar Allan Poe. Introductions and staging by Billy St. John. Flexible cast of 34 (doubling possible) Script: 80 pages. One all-purpose set serves as the back for these tales of mystery and terror. Although there are five separate stories included, you can perform only three or four and still have a 90 minute to 2 hour show. One more...

	DISCO FEVER Comedy By Craig Sodaro 9 m, 16 w, and extras Script: 68 pages Wealthy but ditzy Patricia Smitherton-Smatherton and her granddaughters realize something is very wrong when movers begin to repossess the furniture. Perkins, the perfect butler, tries to tell madam the problem lies with Stan D. Mann, her unscrupulous business manager. They don't believ more...

	DONOVAN'S DAUGHTERS COMEDY By Shirley McNichols 12 m, 15 w Script: 72 pages Seattle, Washington, 1895. There are 10 men for every woman in the territory -- excellent odds for Shamus Donovan, an Irish fisherman with five daughters to marry off. Several town council members immediately fall for the younger daughters, but unfortunately, a family tradition says the oldest more...

	ROBIN HOOD: NEXT GENERATION Comedy By Shirley McNichols 10 m, 13 w, 3 flexible parts Script: 74 pages Sir Robin Hood and Lady Marian have been married for 20 years and their beautiful daughter, Robin, is now about to come of age. The Queen insists Robin be wed to a man of royal lineage before assuming the throne. Being a woman of the next generation, Robin is naturally resentf more...

	HILLBILLY REUNION Comedy By Tim Kelly Flexible cast of 32 (approximately 10 m, 22 w) Script: 72 pages Those wild and loveable Ozark hillfolk, the Hawleys, decide to pay a surprise visit to their California cousin, Charles "Chicory" Seabury, and his snobbish wife, Josephine. They couldn't have picked a worse time for Josephine is planning an exclusive reception fo more...

	LEGEND OF KATASTROPHE KATE Comedy By Stephen Murray 11 m, 18 w, 8 flexible, extras and doubling Script: 44 pages Hold on to your tumbleweeds 'cause here comes the legendary Katastrophe Kate, the most dangerous woman in the West! Whaddaya mean you never heard of her!!? Didn't ya know that Texas has a panhandle on accounta she was such a great cook?! This Tex-Mex tall t more...

	HADES-A RETELLING...PERSEPHONE Drama By Nelly E. Cuellar-Garcia Approx. 7 m, 4 w, 1 flexible plus ensemble. Script: 44 pages. About 80 minutes. As Lord of the Underworld, Hades’ life is perpetually dark and dismal. His only companions are an ensemble of the dead composed of many of the Greek heroes of the Trojan War as well as the bitter and resentful queens, Helen, Cassandra, a more...

	FANTASTICAL FRIENDS Classic By Billy St. John Flexible cast of 13 to 40 Script: 90 pages When Fred is forced to go to the library to do a report, he meets the Book Master, a magical character who introduces him to some of the most popular fictional characters ever created. Before his eyes, sections from several great books are acted out. You can choose whichever 6 to 8 s more...

	WORKS IN PROGRESS Comedy/Drama By Paul H. Johnson Large flexible casting Script: 58 pages From the first anxious day of high school to the hopefulness of graduation, these scenes recount the good times and bad - the awkwardness and joys of dating, going to the prom and just hangin' out, to the pain of breaking up or having a friend die. We get some glimpses of life fro more...

	ROMEO AND JULIET Shakespeare Adaptaed by Eric L. Magnus Widely flexible cast from 28 to 41 Script: 72 pages. The classic and timeless tale of Shakespeare's two star-crossed lovers takes on new life in this clear and concise adaptation. Audiences will understand and love this adaptation with its lack of archaic phases or dated references. Reduced to two acts, this vers more...

	FAMILY ALBUM Comedy / Drama By Rob Frankel Flexible cast, 10 to 50 Script: 68 pages Picture yourself in your own with this incredibly funny, sometimes touching, always entertaining play. Pick and choose from some 20 different scenes about family life to design a play that makes your drama family unique. The scenes are in four groups, "Getting Along," "Bustin' Loose, more...

	SAHARA NIGHTS Comedy By Wade Bradford 27 characters, extras, much doubling possible Script: 54 pages The bored Sultan thinks Sahara Scheherazade is auditioning for the new position of Royal Entertainer, but what she's really trying to do is get her friend Aladdin out of the dungeon. A quick thinker, she creates captivating stories to gain time. "Ali Baba and more...

	BROADWAY LULLABY Comedy By Craig Sodaro 10 m, 18 w, 4 flexible, doubling possible Script: 56 pages It's 1927 and the 42nd Street Orphanage for Girls in New York is a bleak place. The McGrew Sisters, who head the orphanage, are mean and stingy to the teenage girls in their charge. Enter a new orphan, young Ginny Hobbs, with a trunk full of "magic" -- costumes more...

	MIGHTY ARMADILLOS Comedy By Shirley McNichols 14 m, 14 w, doubling possible Script: 66 pages When the wimpy chess club members take on the football in-crowd and the local ruffians, hold on to your hula hoops! In this 1950s malt shop setting, supernerd Julius Caesar Abercrombie, captain of the Mighty Armadillo Chess Club, is accidentally hypnotized, and upon a par more...

	JUNGLE BOOK Classic Adapted by Craig Sodaro from the stories by Rudyard Kipling 7 m, 9 w, 25 flexible, doubling possible Script: 71 pages Here's an energetic dramatization of the classic tale of Mowgli, the man-cub, who was abandoned as a baby in the jungle and raised by wolves. With Baloo, the bear, and Bagheera, the panther, as mentors, the growing boy has more...

	NUN OF YOUR BUSINESS Comedy By Craig Sodaro 5 m, 14 w, 1 flexible part Script: 64 pages. About 90 minutes. If you're ready for some hard-nosed action, spying, deceit involving a stolen painting, a shady real estate deal, and an auto repair shop that's more a chop shop, stop in at the convent of St. Fermilda. The Sisters of Faith, Hope, and Charity are in the midst more...

	CHARLES DICKENS' GHOST STORIES Drama By David John Preece Flexible cast (40+) to a minimum of six (4 m, 2 w) Script: 68 pages. Full evening. Single setting or found space. Beguiled in early childhood by his nursemaid's grim and ghoulish stories, Charles Dickens harbored all through his life a fascination with ghosts, apparitions and chilling coincidence. This play is a coll more...

	MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Shakespeare Adaptation Dramatized by Trish Black Melehan 8 m, 5 w, 9 flexible, extras Script: 51 pages This adaptation, appropriate for middle school and high school students alike, contains much of Shakespeare's original poetry and language but with an additional female role, that of Nerissa, a gentlewoman of the court. The play, a satiric comedy about "romantic more...

	WELCOME TO THE HAUNTED HOUSE Mystery By Craig Sodaro Flexible cast of 45 (minimum 12) Script: 42 pages Miss Crandall and her junior high students are returning home late one night from a field trip when their bus breaks down and they are forced to seek shelter in an old abandoned house that legend has is haunted. While Miss Crandall goes for help, the kids keep up their spirits by more...

	EL PHANTISMO Comedy By Tony Howell 10 m, 12 w, and any number of townspeople Script: 68 pages. Full evening. Three old crones start telling a magical pirate story to Sierra, a bored young woman who soon learns that an arranged marriage has been planned for her that very day! Feeling trapped, Sierra convinces the town loudmouth to meet her intended. Meanwhile, t more...

	TAPESTRY Fairy tale / drama Drama by Craig Sodaro 11 m, 22 w, 2 flexible. (Minimum cast 2 m, 5 w, 2 flexible.) Script: 76 pages A King, grieving over the death of his son, demands that a weaver create a that will provide comfort. The woman weaves six tales into her . The first tells the story of young woman who must learn about herself. The second concerns two farm more...

	IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE Comedy By Craig Sodaro 7 m, 15 w, 6 or more flexible, doubling possible Script: 70 pages Nurse Betty has been bumped off because somebody at County General doesn't want the world to read her novel "ER Confidential." But whose secret has she uncovered? Surely not the two candy stripers who earn extra money by smuggling in fast food to the patients more...

	DAYS OF OUR NIGHTS Comedy/Farce By Daniel O'Donnell 7 m, 12 w, extras Script: 64 pages We're in Television City where we are watching the live taping of "." The set of "Days" is a New Year's Eve party on the Buckcannon yacht and the drama begins when Asa Buckcannon is poisoned from drinking his champagne toast. Who is the murderer? Could it be the sickly sweet M more...

	BACKSTAGE Comedy By Shirley McNichols 8 m, 8 w, 11 flexible parts Script: 72 pages Laura Armbruister is posing as her own substitute teacher because the school administration wants to put an end to all this drama nonsense, but they can't close down the upcoming play until they find Ms. Armbruister to fire her. Meanwhile, a fellow teacher and admirer, Stev more...

	ARTHUR AND GUINEVERE Drama By Steven Fogell Approx. 14 m, 15 w, 4 flexible Script: 59 pages The magic of Merlin can't last forever, but with the help of the fairy Nimue, Merlin is soon transported back in time to remember the young boy Arthur, who was scared to become a knight; the young girl Guinevere, who was bored as a royal princess; and the young more...

	IT'S A HOWL Comedy By Tim Kelly Flexible cast, approx. 8 m, 14 w, extras Script: 70 pages Teenager Jane Hastings inherits remote and creepy Wolfbane Abbey. It's a combination school and clinic for students who have trouble "adjusting." No wonder - they're werewolves! The doctor who runs the Abbey decides Jane must be driven out of her mind so he can be more...

	FUNNY THING HAPPENED... Comedy By Craig Sodaro 7 m, 16 w, 2 flexible Script: 71 pages When Simplcuss, a naive Swiss farmer, heads for Rome to follow his dream of becoming a stand-up comedian, little does he know what adventures are in store for him. Stumbling into the house of General Spurius Sillius in search for food and water, he's mistaken for the dreaded gladiator, more...

	SWAMP ROMP Farce By Burton Bumgarner 7 m, 9 w, 6 flexible Script: 59 pages Life is anything but dull in the Great Okeeadokia Swamp. At Lester's Bog Mart Convenience Store, locals gather to purchase supplies, check out video rentals (a wide selection of three) or try Lester's delicious "Almost Fresh Catfish" or "Kind of Fried Chicken." The local book cl more...

	SUNNY-SIDE UP Comedy By Shirley McNichols 12 m, 15 w Script: 56 pages Sammy Sunnyside, world-renown comedian, wants to retire and give his famous joke chest to the most deserving of his relatives. The chest is almost priceless since it contains all of Sammy's comic material since his career began. Sammy and his shy but trusted attorney, Dagwood, dress themselves more...

	PRINCESS AND ENCHANTED SWANS Classic Adapted by Bill Van Horn from the original Grimm fairy tale, "The Six Swans." 10 m, 12 w, 6 flexible, extras, doubling possible Script: 59 pages Good King Edmund is tricked into marrying the daughter of the evil wizard. The king finds to his horror that his new bride, Lilith, wishes to dispose of him and all his children so that she and the w more...

	MACBETH GOES HOLLYWOOD Comedy By Dwayne Yancey 4 m, 4 w, 5-19 flexible, extras Script: 60 pages Shakespeare's agent options his script "Macbeth" to a Hollywood producer who wants a "few" changes to make the play more contemporary. The trouble is the producer isn't sure what changes exactly should be made. Soon Shakespeare is casting the poor witches alternately as more...

	ODYSSEY Classic Adapted by Steven Fogell Large, flexible cast Script: 52 pges Here is a classic tale of courage, determination, and love. Journey back to a time when the gods and goddesses determined the daily fate of the world and all the humans upon it. In this tale we meet Odysseus as he returns to his beloved home of Ithaca. Soon he is sent by the goddess more...

	HANDYMAN BRIDE Comedy By Shirley McNichols 10 m, 10 w, 3 flexible Script: 71 pages Foreign Princess Daella is hiding out at Aunt Lillian's Boarding House for Young Performers to avoid a pre-arranged marriage. With the help of the smitten and good-hearted Stan, she manages to disguise herself as a handyman, Mike. Between the frantic royal family trying to find t more...

	CURSE OF THE BARD Comedy Comedy by Stephen Murray 8 m, 14 w, extras Script: 61 pages The students of Hilltop High are excited! They're going to put on a performance of "Romeo and Juliet." But the drama director, Miss Peggy Donahue, pressed into service by a principal eager to please his superintendent, is horrified. Twenty years before, when she was a student at more...

	DR. DOLITTLE Comedy By Craig Sodaro Loosely based on Hugh Lofting's books, "The Story of " and "The Voyages of " 11 m, 14 w, 28 flexible, much doubling possible Script: 75 pages Here is a lovely version of the adventures of , the gentle Englishman who can talk to animals. All his furry and feathered friends are along for the ride including Jip, the dog; Da more...

	GOOD, THE BAD, THE PIRATES Comedy By Kamron Klitgaard Widely flexible cast. Approx. 14 m, 11 w, 1 flexible, extras Number of Script Pages: 64 During a picnic on the beach, the townsfolk, including a forgetful mayor and a cowardly cop, are suddenly seized upon by a band of evil pirates, led by the Pirate King. Even though they are on land, the denizens are about to be made to w more...

	TOM 'N HUCK Classic Adapted by Craig Sodaro 27 parts, approx. 10 m, 15 w, 2 flexible Script: 59 pages. The irrepressible Tom Sawyer, his best buddy Huck Finn, and many other beloved characters created by Mark Twain come to life in this all-American adventure. When the two boys are accused of stealing Becky Thatcher's gold necklace, and with even Aunt Polly and more...

	MACBETH ...MIDNIGHT CARNIVAL Classic/Horror By Steven Fogell 29 or more characters, much doubling possible. Incorporating the work by William Shakespeare. Script: 56 pges. An eerie traveling carnival, run by the frightening Madame LeBeau, arrives outside of a small American town in the early 1900s. Several children sneak into the carnival and quickly discover a wicked world of darkness more...

	ANNE OF GREEN GABLES Drama Adapted by Anita Larsen. Based on the novel by L. M. Montgomery. 13 m, 14 w, 5 flexible, extras Script: 74 pages When elderly Marilla Cuthbert and her shy brother Matthew decide to adopt an orphan to help with farm work, they expect a boy to arrive at the train station. Instead, a talkative, imaginative girl with fiery red hair and a taste for more...

	MISS TEEN BEAUTY QUEEN Comedy with heart By Delmar Burkitt 12 m, 19 w Script: 67 pages A dozen young women are gathering to compete in "Miss Hometown America," a beauty pageant whose contestants must be from small towns. In addition, three other girls are there--at least in spirit! After an untimely end, Heather, Hope and Twyla come back to earth as angels and are watching the very p more...

	CAMP PARADISE Comedy / Drama By Rob Frankel Flexible cast of 20 (doubling possible) Script: 76 pages It's called and no wonder - it's a fine arts, a computer, and a nature camp all rolled into one! Join the artistic, the scientific, and the plain ol' back-to-nature types for a unique summer in the deep woods. Custom-design this play to your specific needs and more...

	SINKING THE GLOBE Comedy By Tony Howell 11 m, 12 w, extras Script: 80 pages. The Globe actors are rehearsing Shakespeare‘s newest show, "As You Like It," when word arrives that the license has been denied. Forced to be gone for the day to deal with the problem, Shakespeare leaves star actor Richard Burbage in charge. While Shakespeare’s gone, his wife, Anne, and their t more...

	TUNE IN TO MURDER Mystery By Craig Sodaro 7 m, 13 w, plus 5-8 radio callers Script: 66 pages Radio station manager Clay Davis learns that an heiress was poisoned at the secluded island resort where his girlfriend works. He goes to warn her but is trapped there with all the other guests. Then, not only does an elegant Countess disappear, but so does a withdrawn, mysterio more...

	WE'RE OFF TO SAVE THE WIZARD Classic Adapted by Craig Sodaro 13 m, 12 w, 8 flexible Script: 71 pages In this adaptation of Frank L. Baum's book, "Tik Tok of Oz," the Queen begs her old friend Dorothy to take the mechanical man, Tik Tok, and rescue the Wizard of Oz who has been kidnapped! The journey will be long and perilous, but Dorothy will do anything to save her old frien more...

	PROM NIGHT FRIGHT Comedy By Craig Sodaro 10 m, 15 w Script: 59 pages There are a few little obstacles with the prom this year. First, it's taking place at an abandoned inn, which not only needs to be fixed up (with a bulldozer!) but is inhabited by the ghosts of a gangster and his moll who are not happy about being disturbed. Next, the kids on the prom committee ha more...

	RESCUING DREAMWOOD Comedy By Claudia Haas 5 m, 11 w, 3 flexible, extras possible Script: 56 pages Prince Ernie needs to be married quickly! Dreamwood Castle is broke and a rich princess with impeccable lineage (and money!) must be found immediately. Unfortunately, the evil fairy Liesl has plans to take over the castle. As Queen Marta holds a fundraiser ... er...ball t more...

	URBAN LEGENDS Horror By Bryan Starchman Widely flexible cast - 16-40 actors. Script: 64 pages Here is a collection of stories to make your blood turn cold. "" starts with a whirlwind tour that covers many of the famous and infamous we’ve grown up hearing and fearing. It then delves deeper, dramatizing full stories in chilling detail. In “The Survivor” we meet t more...

	STAR-SPANGLED CANTEEN Comedy By Craig Sodaro 11 m, 17 w, extras as desired Script: 70 pages While World War II rages, the Bugle sisters turn their Grandpa Buddy's Seaside Hotel into the where sailors and soldiers can relax. Not only do the girls want to help the war effort, but they want to save the Seaside from the hands of a ruthless businessman, Skylar Schutt, who more...

	HOLIDAY CELEBRITIES: CRIMINAL Comedy By Bryan Starchman Widely flexible cast, approx. 12 m, 9 w, 13 flexible. Much doubling possible. Script: 62 pages. "Attention all units. Be on the look out for a man with pink wings and a bag full of human teeth. He's considered unarmed and hilarious." What if the holiday celebrities that we all know and love lived among us? Would they more...

	BEAUTY & BEAST: A FAERIE TALE Classic Adapted by Kristi Cunningham 4 m, 9 w, 6 flexible, extras. Much doubling possible Script: 67 pages. Faerie Tale, keeper of the stories of the wood, begins this classic tale, retold with a bit of an Irish twist. It’s the beloved story of a kind-hearted prince, cursed to live as a beast, and the girl who comes to love him. Due to the schemin more...

	LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI Classic Adapted by R. Rex Stephenson Company of between 18 - 35 actors Unit Setting. Script: 64 pages. About 90 minutes. Here is a combination of three of Mark Twain's books blended into one story that continues Huck and Tom's great adventures. Huck and Tom are called to Arkansas because something mysterious is happening to Uncle Silas. As more...

	VIRTUAL SOAP Comedy By Robert Frankel 8-12 m, 12-15 w, 6-15 either. Much doubling possible. Script: 64 pages. Several years ago, Professor Flitcraft, a band of his college students, and his nephew Charlie discovered how to make holographic characters appear lifelike. They began using them in a local TV soap opera but now the college is getting set to close his more...

	ASHDOWN-LEE Drama By Hilary Mackelden 14 m, 10 w, 4 flexible, extras Script: 74 pages Rick Burgess and coworkers, Joe and Samantha, are on an outward-bound training weekend, organized by their boss, Rick's father, when they become hopelessly lost in the forest. Through the fog they finally stumble upon a remote little village, . But the villagers are dresse more...

	DOOFUS AND GOOFUS Farce By R. Eugene Jackson Flexible cast of 20 Script: 74 pages A kazillion dollars is a one followed by so many zeros they fall off the edge of the page. That's the ransom Lala Man and Lulu have demanded for the bratty child they have kidnapped and hidden in the grimy Pig Sty Family Restaurant. But they did not count on , two determined bu more...

	JT AND THE PIRATES Comedy By Wade Bradford 6 m, 8 w, extras Script: 75 pages This rousing pirate's tale is set in the strangest and most mysterious of places: junior high! When a young girl named Jenny Taylor (JT) stumbles across a magical book in the school library, she is transported into the past and finds herself on a tropical island surrounded by pirates! She more...

	LEGENDS IN A SNOWFALL Classic By Claudia Haas 10 m, 12 w, 11 flexible Script: 56 pages Winter tales from around the world come together to celebrate the joys and wonders of this dark and cold season. Ellisandra, a weather spirit who hopes to become Frost Queen, takes a tired woman, Faith, on a journey of imagination. They first meet the Snow Maiden, a beautiful woman who ca more...

	MAXWELL, P.I. Mystery/Comedy By Shirley McNichols 11 m, 15 w, 2 flexible Script: 64 pages It's the 1940s and Maggie Maxwell is frustrated her father won't let her join his successful detective agency. To prove herself, Maggie sneaks an invitation addressed to him to attend a publicity party at a remote mansion for a new detective novel, "Die, Swine! Die!" A gr more...

	TALE OF TWO CITIES Classic Adapted by Craig Sodaro from the novel by Charles Dickens 14 m, 16 w, 10 flexible, much doubling possible Script: 78 pages One of Dickens' most unforgettable stories is now achievable for the high school stage. Lucy Manette, half-English, half-French, rescues her father after he has spent years in prison in France. They want to live simp more...

	ALL HALLOWS' EVE Terror / Suspense Adapted by Burton Bumgarner from tales by Catherine Wells, Guy de Maupassant, and W.W. Jacobs Script: 52 pages Three terrifying tales are set on or around Halloween in a New York brownstone. In "The Actor," (2 m, 3 w, 1 flexible), a young girl, who lives with her eccentric parents in a house rumored to be haunted, asks a famous actor to frighte more...

	MERMAID IN MIAMI Comedy By Wade Bradford 4 m, 6 w, 17 flexible, extras, doubling possible Script: 56 pages Ernie is a lonely old fisherman, without much joy in his life, until he meets an unlikely friend: a mermaid named Breeze. She has just escaped from the cruel underwater kingdom of the idiotic Emperor Tropico and hopes to enjoy her newly found freedom. But just h more...

	FAIR EXCHANGE Comedy By Shirley McNichols 10 m, 13 w, 3 flexible Script: 75 pages Julie Fair is one of the brightest girls in high school but is too plain to be noticed by any guys. Her mother is an attractive woman but isn't smart enough to run her husband's import business since he vanished a year ago on an expedition. Mother and daughter are as differe more...

	TAMING OF THE SHREW Shakespeare Adapted by Eric L. Magnus 10 m, 3 w, 11 flexible, extras Script: 64 pages. Full evening. This adaptation of William Shakespeare's zesty classic comedy remains true to the original, but with its tighter construction is more easily accessible to junior and senior high school actors. Set in Padua, Italy, in the late 1500s, the story concerns more...

	POLLYANNA Classic Adapted by Craig Sodaro from the book by Eleanor Porter 6 m, 18 w, doubling possible Script: 68 pages It's the early 1900s and young, frightened Whittier arrives in Vermont, full of hope that her new life with Aunt Polly will help ease the pain of her parents' deaths. But Polly Harrington has only taken her niece out of a sense of more...

	DIRTY DEALINGS IN DIXIE Farce By Craig Sodaro 10 m, 10 w, 3 flexible parts Script: 66 pages Fiddledeedee! Just as beautiful young Charlotte O'Mara is starting to have a good time at Magnolia Plantation's annual barbecue, that blasted Civil War breaks out! All the eligible young men rush off to join the fight - all except Magnolia's faithful servant, Bret Butle more...

	MUMMY DEAREST Comedy By Craig Sodaro 8 m, 11 w, 3 either Script: 72 pages A student archeological dig has yielded a lot of experience and many artifacts, but little excitement. That all changes when one of the girls finds a scroll she hopes to bring back as a souvenir. But when Benny, the guide, reads the scroll for her, they find out it's a curse. Soon, stran more...

	HAIL TO THE CHIEF Comedy By Craig Sodaro 7 m, 11 w, 5 flexible parts Script: 64 pages Fellow Americans! Your President has more problems than the Treasury Department can count! When he ends up stranded in the sleepy mountain town of Turtle Creek he finds the folks there none too happy 'bout the new highway passing them by. To make matters worse, his daughter's more...

	SEALED IN SPIT Comedy By Margaret Witt Cast: 13 m, 13 w, doubling possible; optional scene with children plus three flexible characters Script: 76 pages The fun all begins when a rich businessman named Billy offers a considerable sum of money to a struggling matchmaking company providing its owners, three lovely sisters, can find his friend a perfect match within more...

	MILLION-HEIRS Comedy By Delmar Burkitt 9 m, 15 w Script: 66 pages It's the turn of the century and the late Mr. Asbury has willed each of his three grown children a million dollars...with a few conditions! Talkative William must not speak one word; shy Margaret must sing on stage; and Joseph must fall in love and marry. And the conditions must be met in seven more...

	ZARTAN, THE GRAPEMAN Comedy By James R. DeLong Flexible cast of 20 or more Script: 54 pages In Jujuba, it really is a jungle out there! The veerry English Prof. Schmoo is on safari to find an ape named Dr. Teecha. Teecha is studying a purple wild man of the jungle, Zartan, the Grape Man. The discovery of the yodeling Zartan could provide the missing link between man and a more...

	VOICES IN THE ATTIC Horror/Mystery By L. Don Swartz Large, flexible cast Script: 75 pages Six separate stories of the macabre will test your goosebump factor. In "Effigy," members of a high school football team learn a gruesome lesson when school spirit is carried too far. In "," a sleepy father tries in vain to assure his kids that the sounds they keep hearing are only in their more...

	CANTERBURY TALES Classic Adapted by Craig Sodaro 22 female, 17 male, 8 either, doubling possible Script: 70 pages Geoffrey Chaucer introduces us to a group of 14th century pilgrims preparing for their journey to Canterbury the next day. He proposes that each tell a story going to and from the shrine, but the group is so anxious they begin immediately. The Physician beg more...

	BIRDS Classic Adapted by Claudia Haas and Richard Cash 1 m, 7 w, 28 flexible Script: 58 pages "The " was originally written by Aristophanes as a satire on man's society. In this loose adaptation, three children embark on a journey that leads them to the Great Bird's Nest in the Sky. There they hope to live away from all the constraints of home more...

	BEOWULF Classic Adapted by Gayanne Ramsden Flexible cast of 10 or more Script: 60 pages About 90 minutes This adaptation has kept alive the monsters and dragons that inhabited the original poem. However, it is told from the point of view of a Scop (Shope), a teller of tales, who had traveled and fought with . The Scop is now a prisoner of the Saxons and whil more...

	ONCE IN THE FUTURE KING Comedy By Frank V. Priore 8 m, 17 w, doubling possible Script: 64 pages Ah, the glories of Camelot! Knights in armor, damsels in distress, and...girls on motorcycles!? King Arthur has been forced to retreat through a portal to the future created by Merlin when Camelot was captured by the forces of evil. Arthur and the ladies-in-waiting must remain more...

	SCREAM IF YOU'RE A SURVIVOR Comedy By Craig Sodaro 11 m, 14 w Script: 71 pages When wealthy Mr. Lloyd offers the students at Peter Paul Prep $5,000 to be split among any organizations whose members can spend a single night in the House on Gallows Hill, the students jump at the chance. The only problem is the house is haunted, and everyone's who's ever tried to stay overni more...

	VIDEO MANIA! Fantasy By Jeff Bengford 5 m, 12 w, 10 flexible, extras Script: 64 pages This is an adventure through cyberspace a battle between technology and imagination! The story begins in the home of a couple of ordinary kids when their babysitters are sucked into a video game. To rescue them, the kids must figure out how to get "into the game" where they disc more...

	COMMEDIA DELIGHT! Commedia By Claudia Haas and Richard Cash 5 m, 10 w, 15 flexible, 1 optional Script: 63 pages Welcome to Delight, Italy! The once happy village is now a sad town ruled by the not-so-very-nice Signora Notsobene Pantalone. The townspeople are frightened of her, while her spirited daughter, Piccola, feels smothered by her mother's rules. Then a ragtag more...

	APPLAUSE FOR PLAUTUS Comedy By Katie Bufithis Oberlander Flexible cast 20 - 60 Script: 41 pages Here are three comic plays based on the work of the Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. The first play is "The Pot of Gold," in which Euclio, a miser, goes to great lengths to hide a secret fortune from his family and neighbors. In "The Brothers Menaechmus," identical twin more...

	MASTER SKYLARK OF STRATFORD Classic Adapted by Sylvia Ashby From a novel by John Bennett Flexible Cast: From a large cast of 24 or more to an ensemble cast of 5-6 m, 5-6 w Script: 60 pages Here is an excellent picture of the Shakespearean era from a young person’s point of view without being about the Bard himself. Young Nick is so enamored of the theatre that when his stri more...

	SLEEPING BEAUTY QUEEN Comedy By Craig Sodaro 8 m, 17 w, 7 flexible Script: 52 pages Everyone expects the beautiful Belle Beauchamp to win the title of Miss Kingdom of Luxuryburg. But one contestant, the evil Malvinia, will stop at nothing to have that crown placed on her own head. She hires a witch, Ottilie, who casts a sleeping spell, and it works like a charm. As every more...

	OLIVER T Comedy By Craig Sodaro. Loosely based on Dickens' "wist." 15 m, 25 w, 2 flexible, doubling Script: 55 pages It's 1955 and young Oliver is taken from a dismal orphanage by the oppressive MacDonald family. Oliver dreams of having a family like the one on the TV series, "We Love the Brewsters," and runs away to Hollywood hoping to join them. In more...

	DAYS OF OUR (SCHOOL) LIVES Comedy by Jack Nuzum 8 m, 9 w, 5 flexible, extras Script: 58 pages It's half-time at the big basketball game but Trish, Joannie, and Crystal ignore their pep squad duties to gossip about the latest surprising developments at their school. The new female teacher seems to have a persistent five o'clock shadow and the English Department has taken more...

	FINDBHARR'S DAUGHTER Fantasy By Elliott B. Baker 15 to 24 or more Script: 64 pages Full evening. Eighteen-year-old Katie has a problem: she's a tooth fairy who wants to be a DJ. While out exploring the human world, Katie meets Max, a young man who loves everything about flight. Their growing friendship is short-lived, however, after a centennial celebration of all fair more...

	SURFIN' SUMMER Comedy By Michael Druce Cast: Approx. 23 roles (from 11 m, 12 w to 7 m, 16 w) Extras, some doubling possible. Script: 48 pages. About 70 minutes. It is the summer of 1963 and the kids of Point West Beach in Southern California have just graduated from high school and are looking to their futures. Sandy wants to start a singing group called Sand more...

	BARD! Classic With Humor By Squire Fridell 28 flexible parts Script: 70 pages "The " offers an enjoyable, approachable introduction to William Shakespeare. In Act I, we discover his world and his realities, his life and his times. In Act II, abridged scenes from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Romeo and Juliet," "Twelfth Night," "The Merry Wives of Windsor," and "Ma more...

	DATE WITH A VAMPIRE Comedy By Craig Sodaro 9 m, 15 w Script: 66 pages Count Sid Onitt is trying to mend his vampire ways so he can become a member of Parliament, but it isn't easy when his servant Igor and five vampire widows are hanging around (literally) his dreary castle, ready for some fresh necks. So you can imagine the excitement when ten - dare we say, red-bl more...

	SATURDAY NIGHT at the DRIVE-IN Comedy By Pat Cook 10-15 m, 10-18 w, doubling possible Script: 71 pages It's the 1950s and you're all set for a big night at the drive-in movie! Roll down your car window, hook up the speaker, and hear the movie manager, Mr. Gleason, announce the rules to enjoy yourself, "in the comfort of your own car!" Upcoming attractions are acted out ons more...

	GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Comedy/Drama By Rob Frankel Flexible cast from 10 to 40 Script: 71 pages If drama has always taken a back seat to athletics at your school, it's time to bring all those sports nuts into your theatre. From baseball to football to tennis to chess and beyond, you'll find scenes about every aspect of sports -and life - the good, the bad, the ugly, and t more...

	PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER Comedy By Burton Bumgarner Based on the story by Mark Twain 14 m, 7 w, 9 flexible, doubling possible Script: 72 pages A young girl visits the White House on a school tour and is mistaken by the Secret Service for the mischievous daughter of the President. She is escorted to the family quarters, where she inadvertently meets the real First Daughter wh more...

MY UNCLE SHAKESPEARE	MY UNCLE SHAKESPEARE Drama By Gad Guterman Widely flexible cast, much doubling possible Script: 60 pages When William Shakespeare leads Margaret Douglas to Memory, a place where only those remembered can live, she is confused as to her whereabouts. Shakespeare eagerly tells her two stories to help her answer her questions. The first is that of Thomas Hart, Shakespeare more...

LOUISA'S LITTLE WOMEN	LOUISA'S LITTLE WOMEN Classic Adapted by Beth Lynch and Scott Lynch-Giddings 12 m, 9 w, 6 or more women as extras, doubling possible Script: 75 pages By itself, the sweetness and wholesomeness of "Little Women," the story of a tomboy and her three sisters coming of age during the Civil War, might be a little too saccharine for a cynical modern audience. But this warm, more...

	GREAT CAESAR'S GHOST! Comedy By Craig Sodaro 10 m, 12 w, 5 flexible, doubling possible Script: 68 pages Caesar is sent back to earth in human form to find out what true love is all about. His job: make sure Diana Flinchart, a sophomore at Rome College, is happy. Diana is pledging a sorority headed by Lisa Lennox, the campus goddess who is going with Dexter, the "Big Ma more...

	DIRTY ROTTEN TRICKS Comedy Comedy by R. Eugene Jackson 6 m, 10 w, 6 flexible, extras Script: 65 pages Trixie Mindstem is a bright and friendly, if not particularly attractive, senior at Noodlenick High School. Like many other girls, she has become a victim of the handsome and rich but deceitful Mark Toppledander. He steals her term papers and passes them off as his own; more...

	TEMPEST, THE Shakespeare Adaptation Adapted by Trish Black Melehan From the play by William Shakespeare 9 m, 8 w, 5 flexible, extras Script: 58 pages. A ship at sea is suddenly swept up in a fierce tempest. The King of Naples, the Duke of Milan, and others become shipwrecked upon a mysterious island. Unbeknownst to them, the island is ruled by Prospero and Prospera, the rightfu more...

	FOUR BIGGEST GUYS IN ROCK.... Comedy By Robert Mattson Flexible cast of 28 (Minimum: 4m, 4 w) Script: 60 pages Their adoring public never suspects these four great men in rock are bored senseless and challenge each other with daily mind games. And with these famous guys, anything goes, from historical trivia to famous quotes. This ten-minute play is just one of 10 in this collec more...

	FOOTBALL THEATRE Comedy By Rob Frankel 9 m, 16 w, 7 flexible, 6-12 optional Script: 72 pages When millionaire Peter Graham dies, he leaves most of his estate to his daughter, Popper; something for his two sisters and brother, and a whopping $5 million endowment to the football program run by his old friend, Coach Cougher. There's a catch, though: Coach must succes more...

	HO HUM HIGH Comedy By Rob Frankel Flexible cast, approx. 9 m, 13 w Script: 72 pages At Hollister Hummelforth High, better known as , the geeky trigonometry teacher carries around a rubber chicken, the science teacher talks to her pet shrimp, and the principal is straight from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. No wonder the kids only show signs of life when they' more...

	BEAUTY AND THE CREEP Comedy By Craig Sodaro 4 m, 17 w, 2 flexible Script: 60 pages Jimmy Martin's the coolest cat in the class of '63 at Buddy Holly High, until he's turned into a real creep--a classic nerd named Clarence Doogle. And his cool friends are turned into his school supplies! The spell will last until a "fair damsel" asks Clarence Doogle out. A more...

	DEFINING MOMENTS Drama By Bryan McCampbell Flexible cast, approx. 11 m, 14 w, extras, doubling possible Script: 52 pages This play forces us to examine the points in our lives when we make decisions - right or wrong, good or bad - that will define our own future as well as the lives of others. Built upon a series of monologues and scenes, the play depicts young ad more...

	DAVID COPPERFIELD Classic Adapted by Craig Sodaro from the novel by Charles Dickens 15 m, 13 w, 7 flexible, extras, doubling possible Script: 67 pages A coming-of-age story of a boy in 19th century. A young hero battling a difficult youth, we see David's struggles from his childhood days at the family's estate in Blunderstone, to his early life of poverty a more...

	ROMEO AND JULIET Shakespeare Adapted by Tim Wright Cast of 23 or more. Simple settings. Script: 56 pages. About 90 minutes. The immortal tale of the star-crossed lovers finally comes to the stage in a manageable adaptation. All of the romance, action, suspense, comedy, drama and beautiful imagery is here, condensed without affecting the enjoyment of the Bard's origi more...

	ENTER FAIRY GODMOTHER Fairy Tale By Eric Senne 9 m, 9 f, 8 flexible, doubling possible Script: 52 pages Seeking comfort from her miserable life and an easy ticket to the prince's ball, our heroine Ashenputtel cries out for her Fairy Godmother. The magical matriarch who arrives, however, is a no-nonsense narrator who works her magic by giving lesser-known folktales a playfu more...

	MAGIC ISLAND Mystery By David Meyer Flexible cast of 21 (from 12 m, 9 w to 7 m, 14 w) Script: 59 pages Maxwell the Magnificent, the famous magician, has just completed a gruelling world tour. His entire production company has returned to Max's private island estate to collect final paychecks and head for home. It is here, while checking over props, that Ma more...

	CATCH, THE Comedy By John W. Rutherford 8 m, 10 w, extras and voice-overs Script: 75 pages. Katie Grove has been recruited to the exclusive private Coolidge Academy because of her incredible talent as an ace softball pitcher. But not everyone is happy to have her onboard, especially a prima donna pitcher who has no intentions of allowing Katie to replace her. Ka more...

COUCH POTATOES	COUCH POTATOES Satire By Jeff Whipple 15 m, 12 w, 6 flexible, extras (minimum of 4 m, 4 w can double in all the roles) Script: 64 pages At the dawn of the 22nd century, most human beings have become practitioners of Spudism. They've done away with their physical bodies, preferring to inhabit potato-like hosts perched on sofas in front of TV sets. Hank and Bertha more...

	LIBERTY STREET Drama By Craig Sodaro 12 m, 13 w Script: 74 pages Katie O'Brien and her four daughters land in America with plenty of hope and little else. They quickly fall prey to a scheming landlord, but despite this, one of Katie's daughters, Colleen, falls in love with his son -only to realize he may be as conniving as his father. Another daughter, Mary more...

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR BRIDGE	AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR BRIDGE Comedy By Frank V. Priore 8 m, 10 w, 3 flexible, doubling possible Script: 64 pages Bridey Stands conned General Washington into making the female-run town of Bridey's Haven its own country, totally separate from the United States of America. But even Bridey realized the 18th century wasn't quite ready for a country run entirely by women. So more...