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ArcanaComedy/Drama. Short plays and monologues by John Longenbaugh. Cast: 2 to 7m., 4 to 14w. Bare stage. Approximate running time: 90 minutes (8 to 10 minutes per piece). Plays may be performed individually or in any combination. Six short plays and two monologues explore a variety of themes and genres, inspired by the Major Arcana figures in the Tarot. In Byzantium, a woman trying speed dating is frustrated by the fact that most men are intimidated by a strong femaleparticularly Empress of the Holy Roman Em-pire. In Petting Sounds, sounds of sex from a mans apartment turn out to have an unexpected source. The Picnic features a tableau from a Manet painting that comes to life. In Balance, a vegetarian tries to explain to her carnivore date why she agreed to go out with him. A Cry in the Forest concerns an intrusive aunt who finds out its best not to poke too far into her nieces imag-ination, while Affairs With the Moon reveals the thoughts of four women in different places as they talk to a debonair Moon. In A Wild River a reporter from Rolling Stone gets an interview with the new pope, whos got some pretty radical ideas, and Stardust slowly reveals the connection of two universal rites of passage between two different couples. Royalty: $75/performance. Individual royalties: $20/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: AK4.

ARK 5Drama. By Sandra Fenichel Asher. Cast: 2 to 3m., 3 to 4w., 3 or more gender neutral as de-sired. One int. set plus area staging. Approximate run-ning time: 90 minutes.The ARK System began taking control of Earth Enterprise in 2050 A.D. as a technical aid to global commerce, and its power is nearly absolute. People world over enjoy content-mentsheltered, useful lives that are stress and disease freeexcept for those who are deemed useless and face banishment to the Wilderness, or worse. Worldwide, much has been gained, but at what price? In this futuristic re-envisioning of the Joan of Arc story, Joan s mission is to fulfill an ancient prophecy and restore to power the wayward Charles, president of Earth Enterprise, thereby unifying the people of Earth Enterprise in their rebellion against the tyranny of the System. In the process, many questions are raised about the use and abuse of tech-nology, individual rights and responsibilities, the role of faith and the power of music. The answers are left open to interpretation. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: AK3.

AuraDrama. By Tommy Lee Johnston. Cast: 2m., 2w. Flexible set. Approximate running time: 75 minutes.Aura is the story of a pure soul, an eccentric man named Mike who can see color auras surrounding others, revealing their vitalityor imminent demise. It is a probing exploration of how Mike copes with knowledge that one should not even possess, let alone share. How does a thoughtful person live from day to day with a gift/curse of soul-wracking sensi-tivity and mind-numbing thoughtfulness such as this? Earl, a still young and vital senior struggling with his wifes recent death, meets Mike on his daily walk in the park, and Earls world is forever transformed. Amanda, a young mom, and Dr. Emily Wallace, a psychiatrist to whom Mike turns for help with his unique visions, are both profoundly affected by Mike and are drawn to this kind and peculiar man with unique gifts. Royalty $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: AK5.

The Bremen Town Musicians: Nothing Is Worthless Comedy. By Ric Averill. Cast: 2m., 1w., 32 to 46+ either gender (doubling possible for smaller cast). Area stag-ing. Approximate running time: 60 minutes.This play presents the classic fairy tale in delightful simplicity and then turns the same story into an urban fairy tale. In the classic fairy tale, a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster are kicked out of their homes as worthless. The animals find new strength and purpose as they band together, becoming

ARCANA

Short playS andmonologueS by

John longenbaugh

Drama by Sandra Fenichel Asher

An IRT/Bonderman semifinalistAATE Playwrights In Our Schools selection

ARK 5AATE Playwrights In Our

Schools selection and Unpublished Play

Reading Award

Bonderman Playwriting for Youth National Competition

& Symposium semifinalist

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Photo: Leg Lamp Productions, LLC at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City., featuring Jeremy Shinder and Ensemble. Photo: Carol Rosegg.

an orchestra with their bray, bark, mew and cock-a-doodle-doo. The cacophony of an impromptu concert frightens a robber so much that he abandons his ill-gotten gold, and the animal musicians retire happily. The urban fairy tale takes the same story but makes the characters human and sets them on the streets of a big city, where Jakes decrepit old junkyard is being condemned. Junkyard Jake takes in Fiona, a homeless woman, Sherri, a deaf girl selling flowers, and Pop-Head, a street kid. The street people band together playing junkyard instruments and fend off city bureaucrats de-termined to turn them out as worthless. Belief in their own worth and music allows them to convince the mayor that their junkyard is really an art park. Just like in the classic fairy tale, the four look to live happily ever after. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: BK7.

Cherokee Family ReunionComedy/Drama. By Larissa FastHorse. Inspired by the memoirs of Henry S. Timberlake. Cast: 11 to 19m., 8 to 9w., several minor roles either gender. One ext. set. Approximate running time: 75 minutes.This modern-day Brady Bunch blends two nearly grown families when a Cherokee man, John, and a white woman, Emma, get married and move into his small community, surrounded by his family. Before the wedding decorations are down, the two groups are thrown into planning the biggest family reunion in Cherokee N.C., complete with a historical reenactment! Looking for acceptance, Emma hopes that playing out the story of Henry Timberlake, a white explorer visiting the Cherokees in the 1700s, will help the kids realize what it is like to fit into a foreign world. Instead, cultures clash, young love blooms and history threatens to repeat itself. Through music, dance and some wild fights, everyone learns what it really means to be a family. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.25. Code: CP7.

A Christmas Story, The Musical Musical. Book by Joseph Robinette. Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Based upon the motion picture A Christmas Story, distributed by Warner Bros., written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark, and upon the book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash written by Jean Shepherd. Cast: 15m., 10w. May expand to 20+m., 15+w. Area staging. Approximate running time: 2 hours. This musical, which received rave reviews on its Broadway run, is based on the movie classic that runs round-the-clock on television every Christmas. Set in the 1940s in the fictional town of Homan, Indiana, the musical follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker and his quest for the Holy Grail of Christmas giftsan Official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot Range Model air rifle. Rebuffed at every turn with a similar echoing response, Ralphie plots numerous schemes to achieve his desperate desire for the coveted BB gun. All the iconic scenes from the movie are here: Ralphies friend, Flick, getting his tongue stuck to the flagpole; his brother, Randy, getting dressed in his snowsuit; the bullies, Farkus and Dill; the leg lamp award; the bunny suit; the Chinese restaurant; Christmas dinner; and many others. The delightfully versatile score ranges from gentle ballads to show-stopping full-ensemble numbers such as Ralphie to the Rescue, A Major Award, Up on Santas Lap, and the inevitable Youll Shoot Your Eye Out! A true gift! A sparkling new stage musical adaptation with a surefire charmer of a score. (New York magazine) Royalty on application, plus music rental. Price: $9.50. Code: CD2.

One of the Top 10 Plays and Musicals of 2012. An unexpectedly delightful holiday musical with a slew of sprightly songs. Richard Zoglin, TIME magazine

The best darn musical Ive seen in years! ... Its the years home-run holiday show. David Richardson, WOR Radio 710

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The Color of StarsDrama. By Dwayne Hartford. Cast: 4m., 2w. Unit set. Approximate running time: 75 minutes. Set in Maine during World War II, The Color of Stars is a story of family, patriotism, fear and prej-udice. Eleven-year-old Eddie Winthrop has been sent to live with his grandparents on the family farm. Eddies father is fighting in the Pacific. His mother works at a shipyard and is concerned that Eddie needs more adult supervision. Missing his parents and friends, Eddie struggles to adjust to life in a small town. His grandparents, Luke and Mable, live a simple life that has been disrupted by the war. They do their part for the war effort at home: organizing metal drives, adapting to mandated rationing and watching the skies for enemy planes. Mables sister Isabel and her hus-band, Alfred, are the Winthrops neighbors. The two couples are very close, although the stresses of life during war cause some friction. When a stranger, Felix Stetler, arrives in town to survey the local woods for trees to use in building Navy minesweepers, events are set in motion that will challenge the ties of family and friendship and question the definitions of patriotism and civic duty. Eddie finds himself in the middle of it all and is faced with some difficult moral and ethical dilemmas. The Color of Stars resonates with current events The plays exploration of fear and prejudice in a time of war should spark meaningful discussion between parents and kids. (The Arizona Republic) Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: CP5.

The Edge of PeaceDrama. By Suzan Zeder. Cast: 5m., 6w. Area staging. Approximate running time: 90 minutes. The Edge of Peace is the third and final play in the acclaimed Ware Trilogy, which includes Zed-ers award-winning plays Mother Hicks and The Taste of Sunrise. It is set in the same tiny town of Ware, Illinois, and follows many of the same characters as they spin the conclusion of their stories.

Set in 1945 in the last desperate days of World War II, this play deals with the impact on a family and a community after a young man from the town is declared missing in action and the soldiers little brother refuses to believe what seems inevitable. In the visual poetry of sign language, Tuc, who is now a mechanic and the deaf postman for the town, takes us on a journey of hope through a landscape of loss. But there is suspicion and mystery afoot. A Ger-man prisoner of war escapes from a nearby camp. Up on Dug Hill, Nell Hicks is suspected of being a sympathizer because she listens to radio broadcasts in German. A recruiter from the Goodyear Plant comes to town with an offer for Tuc to leave home to join a Deaf community far away in Akron. Each of the plays in the Ware Trilogy can be produced independently, but taken together they lead us through three pivotal eras of American history as reflected in the lives of the families who live in Ware. At the core of each play are the human stories of longing and loss, humor and hope that will resonate with au-diences of all ages. Full of rich pathos, believable characters and a stunning storyline. (Austin Lifestyle Magazine) Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: E84.

HeliumComedy. By Julian Wiles. Cast: 3m., 3w. Unit set. Approximate running time: 90 minutes. Helium is the moving and uplifting story of a brilliant, humorous and creative chemistry teacher who braves the trials of frailty and aging, all the while keeping her imagination, charm and dignity intact. Hysterium and preposterous are two of the imaginary elements that Mrs. Molly King-sley, a former and beloved high-school chemistry teacher, discovers in the laboratories of her old age. Mrs. Kingsleys mind has begun to wanderan 80-year-old mind that is no longer bound by space and time. With the help of colorful bunches of helium-filled balloons, she takes off on imagi-native flights of fancy visiting the seashore of her youth, her old high-school chemistry classroomeven dropping in on an old episode of Star Trek. Back on Earth, Alice, Mrs. Kingsleys daughter, struggles to keep her headstrong mothers feet firmly on the ground and her mind solidly anchored in reality. It is a losing battle. As sparks fly between mother and daughter, Josh and Ethan, Mrs.

Each of the plays in the Ware Trilogy

can be produced independently, but

taken together they lead us through three pivotal eras of American

history as reflected in the lives of the families who live in Ware. At the core of each play is an issue important to Deaf and hearing cultures, but most important are the human stories of longing and loss, humor and hope

that will resonate with audiences of all ages.

By Suzan Zeder

The Edge of Peace

ByJulian Wiles

HELIUM

The Color of Stars

Drama by Dwayne Hartford


Kingsleys grandsons, watch in wonder and amazement as their mischievous grandmother, once a brilliant teacher of chemistry, slips away day by day into the mysterious and unfathomable clouds of dementia. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: HF9.

I Am GrockComedy. By Amanda Rogers. Cast: 3m., 4w. Unit set. Approximate running time: 90 minutes. Family therapist, Dr. Phoebe Gardner, has written a groundbreaking book entitled Brutal Hon-esty, which is about to be released nationwide. Anticipated to be the newest rage in pop psy-chology, a high profile television newsmagazine is planning a one-hour special at her home. A notoriously ruthless newswoman will interview Phoebe, her husband, Paul, and their 9-year old son, Jasper. Cameras will reveal them to the nation as the preeminent example of an emo-tionally and psychologically healthy familythe result of Phoebes work promoting uncensored, brutal honesty within the family unit. The morning of the interview, Phoebe is shocked by the unexpected arrival of her parents, grandmother, sister and brothers pregnant Japanese girl-friend. When the television newswoman finds out that Phoebes extended family is visiting, she insists that everyone must participate in the interview. Phoebe faces her family with all their amassed neuroses, psychoses and family secrets, and she is left with no choice but to heal her own family before the newswoman and cameras arrive. The problem is that she has only an hour and 20 minutes to do it. Intelligent, laugh-aloud theatre. (The Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.) Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.25. Code: ID7.

An Identified EnemyDrama. By Max Bush. Cast: 9 to 10 or more m., to 7 or more w. One ext., two int. sets. Approximate running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes. In 2009, Jamie Foster, age 23, an Iraq war veteran now enrolled in a university, tries to piece together the truth about what happened one day in Baghdad with his friend Jalil, a local Iraqi national. In flashbacks to 2007, during The Surge, we see the developing friendship between the 20-year-old American Army Private Foster and 21-year-old Jalil Khalifa Al-Majid, who oper-ated as a street vendor just outside the patrol base. Jamie replays scenes from that day over and over, looking for clues as to what exactly happened. He searches U.S. videos of that day, captured enemy videos and videos of terrorist interviews. He contacts people who knew Jalilincluding an American corrections officer who encountered Jalil in an Iraqi black-site prison. Jamie is particularly interested in an Al Arabiya interview with Shehedah Jawhar, a Palestinian terrorist who trained insurgents in Iraq during the time Jamie knew Jalil. Did Jalil know there was a roadside bomb? Did Jalil set it? Did Jalil train with Shehedah Jawhar? Was Jalil an ally? Did Jalil save Jamies life that day? Della, Jamies girlfriend, also an Iraq war veteran, seems convinced that Jalil is not as innocent as Jamie believes him to be and urges him to let it go and focus on his classes. But Jamie, struggling to believe in something, needs answers. First he must find Jalil, who seems to have disappeared. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: ID6.

Inga BingaComedy. By Julian Wiles. Cast: 4m., 2w. One int. set. Approximate running time: 2 hours. Intrigue, espionage and forbidden romance abound in Inga Binga, based on the amazing true sto-ry of Ensign Jack Kennedys World War II romance with a suspected Nazi agent and former Miss Denmark, Inga Arvad. When rumors that Kennedy was seen in the company of a beautiful blonde bombshell and alleged Nazi agent began to circulate around wartime Washington in 1942, the FBI was soon on the case. Jack and Inga arrange for a secret liaison in Charleston, S.C., check-ing into a hotel under assumed names. But FBI agents are in hot pursuit, setting up recording devices in the next room, where they begin to listen in on Jack and Ingas steamy tryst. When reporters from LIFE magazine show up, eager for a photo of the clandestine couple, the mak-ings of a full-blown farce are soon in the works. Based on declassified FBI files that were held in secret in the offices of J. Edgar Hoover for more than 50 years, Inga Binga is a fictional and farcical romp through this steamy footnote in American history. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: ID5.

I Am Grock

Comedy byAmanda Rogers

Drama by Max Bush

An Identified Enemy

ComedyBy Julian Wiles

Inga Binga


My Fair Share of the SunDrama. By Gordon LePage.Cast: 8m., 14w., 1 to 8 either gender. Area staging. Approximate running time: 60 minutes. Uncle Fy and his niece Zoe plant 14 white birches long the lonely dirt road to his cabin in the woods. Shortly thereafter, a violent storm destroys the house and uproots the elder trees, who were the beloved caretakers of these 14, leaving them to fend for themselves. Despite the best efforts of a few of the trees, the group splits into two rival groups, each living on opposite sides of the road, as they race to grow to the sky and crowd each other out in an insatiable hunger for sunlight. They descend into chaos and treachery but, in a momentous climax, achieve an ironic peacechained to the tiny society that defines their entire world, trying to decide who owns the sun. This is a symbolist play about usall of usand our struggle to be the social creatures we all know we have to be in order to live together on both sides of the road. Royalty: $75/perfor-mance. Price: $8.95. Code: MP1.

The Singin CowboyOriginal premise by Todd Mueller. Book by Todd Mueller and Hank Boland. Music and lyrics by Gregg Opelka.Cast: 6m., 5w., with a chorus of 3m. (expandable to 20) and 3w. (expandable to 20). Area staging. Accompaniment CD available. Approximate running time: 2 hours, 15 minutes. Jam-packed with gunfights, a hangin, a half-million-dollar bank heist, saloon girls and cowhands, a good-hearted Madam, hilarious dialogue and a wagonload of strummable, hummable tunes, The Singin Cowboy tells the tale of how the Singin Cowboy tames the fierce Tumbleweed Tammy and converts her gang of outlaws to the ways of goodness. Singin, as hes usually called, is the finest shot and the best musician in the Wild Wild West. When Singin is captured by Tumbleweed Tammy and her ragtag band of bandits, they force him to help them pull off Tammys biggest caper yetstealing a half-million-dollar payroll from the safe down at the town saloon. One by one, however, Singin converts Tammys gang from a life of thievin and killin to a life of song and harmonyusing nothing but his innate musical talents and his aw-shucks charm. However, Sheriff Potts is forced to do his sworn duty and hang his best friend Singin for taking part in the rob-bery. Has Singin sung his last stanza? One things for sure: your audience will go home singin the foot-stompin, shoot-em-up saloon and trail songs as well as the tender ballads from The Singin Cowboy. Royalty on application, plus music rental (scores or CD). Price: $8.95. Code: S1Q.

The Temperamental Artist or A Bucket of BloodComedy. By Mitch Brian. Adapted from the screenplay by Charles B. Griffith.Cast: 8m., 5w., 1 either gender. Two int. sets. Approximate running time: 90 minutes. In this dark comedy based on the classic cult movie A Bucket of Blood, Walter Paisley is a put-up-on bus boy at a beatnik caf whose greatest dream is to be an artist. When he accidentally kills his landladys cat, he covers it in clay and passes it off as sculpture. Finding himself an overnight artistic success, Walter feels the pressure to produce more work and a deadly accident with an undercover cop provides him with a human sculpture and even greater fame. As the police close in and the murders escalate, Walter zeroes in on the girl he loves, determined to make her his wife or his next sculpture. Tongue-in-cheek post-modernism gets a thorough workout [in this adaptation of] a horror flick that satirized beatnik culture and the modern art world. (Kansas City Star) Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.25. Code: TT8.

Two Witches, No WaitingComedy. By Pat Cook.Cast: 3m., 5w. One int. set. Approximate running time: 90 minutes. Arlene Marcus and her sister, Elzbeth, are known far and wide in South Texas as friendly, charita-ble and a little eccentric. This is understandable, because it is also known that they are witches. At least, thats the story, especially the one spread by housekeeper, Opal Dunn, just before she

Drama by Gordon LePage

My Fair Share of the Sun

My Fair Share of the Sun


vanished without a trace. Sheriff Jeb Abercrombie seems a little shy about investigating for some reason, which bothers Elzbeth, who has a crush on the lawman. Arlenes son, Jeremy, tries to keep a lid on things by trying to get the sisters to sell their house. And who wants desperately to buy the property? Eustace Sternwood, his fiancs father. Of course, Sternwood didnt reckon on dealing with people who read bumps on his head, a recipe book full of spells and potions and getting lost in Elzbeths mystery room. Jeremy already has his hands full, so what happens when he seems to be falling in love with Bonnie, the new housekeeper? And just who is she? And why does she keep making reports to someone over her cellphone? Its a heady brew of twists and turns, where barn owls spy on people through windows, closets fly open and even the house itself seems alive. Of course, its all par for the course, especially when you have Two Witches, No Waiting. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: TU1.

Under a Midsummer MoonDrama. By Claudia Haas.Cast: 5m., 6w., 3 either gender, up to 10 extras. Area staging. Approximate running time: 70 minutes. Its the summer of 1969. Cities are crumbling, and the country is divided about the Vietnam War and the crushing economy. As the country prepares for the Apollo 11 moon landing, young people gather in a park to play, to protest and to work. Joe, testing self-discovery, tries on the guise of a mime, an explorer and a Shakespearean actor to discover who he is. Natasha is looking for friendship but cannot look up from reading War and Peace to connect with anyone. David comes to the park to work, but bittersweet memories keep him apart from his friends. Russell has created a group of dis-enchanted teens to protest the war and the wasteful spending of the moon landing. Sent to America to get out of the beginnings of the troubles in Belfast, Ireland, Madrigal recreates herself as a gift-giving sprite who designs a moon tree in celebration of the coming moon landing and devises a scavenger hunt with gifts for all. While the youngest in the park believe in the magic of the myste-rious fairy, the older ones fear her innocent offerings and resolve to capture the evil gift-giver. But with a little moon glow shining down on them, all discover truths about themselves and each other in this coming-of-age tale of surprising friendships, unexpected journeys and the awakening of new possibilities. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: U40.

Walking Toward AmericaDrama. By Sandra Fenichel Asher. Adapted from the memoirs of Ilga Katais-Paeglis Vise.Cast: 1w. Area staging. Approximate running time: 75 minutes. An intensely personal narrative, laced with warmth, humor, courage and determination, that explores all that it means to be an ordinary family caught up in extraordinary circumstancesThis is the event-filled story of the remarkable 500 mile journey of Ilga Katais Vise and her family. A child refugee during World War II, Ilga and her parents escape from Riga just as the Russians invade. They will spend the next six years trekking 500 miles across frozen, war-ravaged Germany, surviving a month in a brutal German forced-labor camp and strafing by Russian planes, and find their way to a refugee camp in western Germany before sailing through an Atlantic storm to safety and freedom in America. What makes Ilgas story unique and compelling is that she is a child witness to the devastation of war and the sources of strength that get her family through it. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: WG4.

Waste Mismanagement Comedy. By Dan Doyle.Cast: 7 to 9m., 3 to 4w., 1 either gender. Two int. sets. Approximate running time: 1 hour, 50 minutes. J.B. Hornsby, a marginally successful criminal defense attorney, pins his hopes for a brighter future on a fast-talking advertising agent. Then in walks a new client, Stacy Jenkins. Her stockbroker husband, Arnold, has vanished, and the cops, suspecting homicide, are breathing down her neck. Hornsby attempts to pin the murder on Vinny Varconi, a ruthless mob loan shark and hit man. He is shocked when, without explanation, the judge suddenly drops all charges against his client. In a startling twist, Beulah, the wildly eccentric psychic, employs her supernatural and mystical powers to bring about an astonishing conclusion! Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: WG8.

Under a Midsummer

Moon

Drama by Claudia Haas

Walking Toward America

Drama by Sandra Fenichel AsherAdapted from the memoirs of Ilga Katais-Paeglis Vise

Waste MismanagementA gritty comed

y

that isnt afraid

to get down and dirty.

The Rock River Times, Rockford

, Ill.

Comedy byDan Doyle


Danny, King of the BasementComedy/Drama. By David S. Craig.Cast: 2m., 2w. Modular set. Approximate running time: 55 minutes. tTen-year-old Danny Delco Carter is the king of moving. In two years, he and his unem-ployed mother have moved more times than most kids lose teeth; theres just never the money to pay the rent. But far from being overcome by his homelessness, Danny appears to be thriving. He can pack his bags faster than it takes to tie a shoelace. He can make a friend in a morning and a best friend in a day. When Danny moves into a basement apartment on upscale Clinton Street, the kids he meets have more material things, but they seem to have bigger problems than just being hungry. But Dannys imaginative play creates a sense of community that allows his friends to cope with their problems and, ultimately, to help Dannybecause Dannys challenge isnt losing a homeits gaining one. This heartwarming story about a boy who creates an imaginary world to deal with the instability and hardship of his daily life is a powerful, yet playful, play that truthfully explores issues related to child poverty and homelessness and ultimately demonstrates how the power of friendship can change lives. A winner of the Dora Mavor Moore Award (Torontos Tony Awards) for Outstanding Production in Theatre for Young Audiences and the Canada Council Childrens Theatre Prize. Everything that you want a show for young audiences to be written with insight and compassion. (Toronto Star) It succeeds in entertaining middle-schoolers while compassionately depicting challenges many children cope with daily, and silently. (The Seattle Times) Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.25. Code: DF2.

Don and Wally (A Comedy of an Accidental Visit)Comedy. By Gordon LePage.Cast: 4 to 7 m., 4 to 15w. Area staging. Approximate run-ning time: 80 minutes.Don and Wally, two low-level scouts of the Willandian spy service, are sent on a routine mission to a nearby moon. Through bad luck and very bad navigating, they wander way off course and touch down several galaxies away on planet Earth. Instead of landing on the desert moon and morphing into nomads, they crash-land in New Jersey and morph into fourth-graders who are forced to go to school. The misadventures start there and continue as they try to figure out human behavior with the help of the UBU-11, a powerful minicomputer that is supposed to be the database for all things in the universe. Un-fortunately, its not working quite as expectedand its battery is dyingleaving them with fewer and fewer choices as they try to make it out of fourth grade and back home to Willandia. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: DF3.

House of CardsDrama. Conceived by Stephen Gundersheim.Written by Seth Aganski, Tom Austin, Tara Bowman, Sarah Corbin, Emily Dig-nan, Lee Gabriel, Greg Hall, Amanda Hannoosh, Jaci Keimach, Chris Keyser, Dan LaBroad, Brian Lee, Jennifer MacLean, Andrew Markos, Emily Pierce, Phelan Wolfendon, Adam Yeremian, Amy Bartlett, Anthony Beatrice, Jess Bryant, John Clevesy, Brian Fitzgibbons, Rachel Keimach, Peter Leonard-Solis, Kristin Minichi-ello, Tiffany Owsiak, Kerrin Rhuda, Cathy Thomas and Stephen Gundersheim. Cast: 7m., 8w., 3 either gender. Minimal set. Approximate running time: 50 minutes. Seventeen students arrive at school in the morning and go through their day from opening their lockers, to passing in the hallways between classes, to lunchroom encounters, to their exit at the end of the day. Each character is a number representation from a deck of cards, and that number is their character name and value in the hierarchy of the student body. With ace being the lowest and king being the highest, we see, through intermingled scenes and monologues, the characters expressing their individual positions and feelings as to what it is like to be the value of the card that they represent. The entire action of the play is controlled by a joker who serves as the nar-rator. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.25. Code: HG2.

Recipient of the Aurand Harris Memorial

Playwriting Award from the New England

Theatre Conference.

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A Lonely Boys Guide to Survival (and Werewolves)Comedy. By Ernie Nolan.Cast: 3m., 1w.with doubling. May be expanded to 4m., 2w. with extras. Unit set. Approxi-mate running time: 50 minutes. Its 1954, and even though he has just become a Badger Scout, young Skipper McCreadys life is a big mess. His grumpy next-door neighbor is upset with him all the time; his friend Sally Ann is obsessed with being a girl detective; and his best friend, Lucky, a dog, has gone missing. To top it all off, his mother wants him to befriend the new weird kid in Rolling Meadows, Jonathan Van, a bookish boy with outlandish tales of his monster-hunting father. With his scout survival guide in hand, Skipper sets off with his friends to solve the mystery of Luckys disappearance. Is it really possible theres a werewolf loose, or are Jonathans monster-filled tales too incredible to believe? Exploring the topics of friendship, self-reliance, loss and grief, Skipper begins to wonder if the answers to lifes uncertainties may be found in his Badger Scout survival guide or if anythingor anyoneis truly what they seem. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: LK7.

Pedro and the War: A Cantata Drama with music. By Mara Ins Falconi. Translated and adapted by Manon van de Water and Andy Wiginton. Cast: 3m., 1w., up to 18 either gender. Area staging. Approximate running time: 50 min-utes. Pedro and the War: A Cantata transports young audiences to a world in which young people ne-gotiate with war in order to grow up. When the village learns that their country is at war, the villagers first continue with their daily routines in spite of the war planes passing overhead. The children play ftbol, pull ponytails, attend school, pick tomates and help their parents raise ove-jas (sheep). After a bombing raid that destroys the only school, a frightened Pedro finds himself trapped in the rubble with an elderly neighbor, Don Jos. Through a tender exchange of stories with Don Jos, Pedro learns about the resiliency of the human spirit and the power of imagination to restore and sustain humanity even in times of crisis. When Pedro awakes in the hospital, he searches high and low for Don Jos, but he doesnt find him. Was Don Jos really there? Did he imagine the stories underground? Did he dream the entire poignant exchange? The play artisti-cally peppers in Spanish language from a variety of countries and pan-Latin traditions in order to establish a realistic, yet highly theatrical setting where kids and adults alike learn that even in the horrors of war, the human imagination is a powerful tool for both physical and psychological survival. The unscored songs and loose stage directions offer much creative freedom for a tight ensemble cast. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.25. Code: PL2.

The Pied Piper of HamelinMusical. Book and lyrics by Ric Averill. Music by Adrian Rees. Cast: 2m., 1w., 26 to 43+ either gender. Unit set. Accompaniment CD available. Approximate running time: 60 minutes. Falstaff, a theatre cat, is kicked into the alley after sneaking an unearned bow with the cast of a production of Romeo and Julieta scene the audience sees from a backstage perspective. Threatened by mean street rats and defended by alley cat allies, Falstaff narrowly averts an all-out war by inviting both groups to join him backstage to perform his own version of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Macheath, the rough and tumble leader of the rats, is cast as the mayor, other rats as his accomplices and the rest of the rats as the plague-carrying scourge of Hamelin. The cats are cast as the townspeople, including the big-eyed heroine, Lisette, and her counterpart, the warlike Chedwick. Falstaff, of course, takes the role of the Pied Piper. Mayhem ensues as Falstaff attempts to create believable performances from this raucous group. Delightful songs carry the story forward, from Lisettes Something Stinks to the rousing Rat Song Falstaff ultimately lures the rats into the river and saves the day. The stage doorman invites Falstaff back into the theatre, and this time he gets a curtain call. Royalty on application, plus music rental. Price: $9.50. Code: PL3.

A Lonely Boys Guide to Survival (and Werewolves)

Comedy by Ernie Nolan

Pedro and the War:

A Cantata

Adapted by Manon van de Water and Andy Wiginton

Based upon the original play by Mara Ins Falconi

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Book and lyrics by Ric Averill

Music by

Adrian Rees


The Transition of Doodle Pequeo Comedy. By Gabriel Jason Dean. Cast: 4m., 2w. Unit set. Approximate running time: 60 minutes. Doodle Pequeo and his Mam recently moved to a cramped apartment in a quadruplex after Pap was deported to Mexico. Anxious to trick-or-treat, Doodle comes home from school to discover that Mam is unexpectedly working overtime at her new job. Forlorn, he summons Valencia, his imaginary trilingual goat, to keep him occupied. While Valencia is teaching Doodle to speak Goat, Reno, a kid in the quadruplex comes to welcome Doodle to the neighborhood. Reno is a self-described vaudeville vampire, which means that, in addition to his fangs, he dons a tutu. Although Doodle doesnt quite know what to make of his eccentric new friend, Reno convinces Doodle to wear a skirt of his own and go trick-or-treating with him. They encounter Topha cow-boy bandit third-grader, and Marjorama sans-costume sixth-grader, who have a history of bully-ing Reno for his dress-wearing proclivities. They hurl hurtful words they dont quite understand, and, when the bullies turn to Doodle to ask him why hes also wearing a dress, Doodle betrays his new friend, saying No. No. Reno made me. I didnt wanna wear it. After an epic head-butting battle with his imaginary goat and a visit from a troll named Baumgartner, Doodle understands that difference is to be celebrated. The Transition of Doodle Pequeo is a magic-filled, multiple award-winning play that examines the consequences of misused language, provides insight into the lives of Mexican-immigrant children and interrogates the issues of gender-identity and ho-mophobic bullying. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: TT5.

Walk Two MoonsDrama. By Tom Arvetis. Based on Sharon Creechs Newbery Medal-winning novel. Cast: 4 to 8m., 5 to 8w., 5 either gender. Unit set. Approximate running time: 90 minutes. Dont judge a man until youve walked two moons in his moccasins. Walk Two Moons is lovingly adapted for the stage with the same nuance and surprises offered by the original book. Utilizing multiple narrative frames, the play leaps back and forth through time and memory as 13-year-old Sal tells the story of the disappearance of her best friend Phoebes mother. Determined to find her, the two girls begin seeing murderous plots and schemes around every corner. Sal shares these conspiracy theories with her Gram and Gramps during a cross-country road trip to confront her own mother, who left her and her father a year ago. But it is only through telling Phoebes story that Sal truly understands why her mother left and whether or not theyll ever be together again. By employing both present-tense action of the trip Sal takes with her grandparents (which has a dramatic conclusion) and Sals memories of her experiences with Phoebe, Tom Arvetis allows the audience to see not only how Sal is processing her mothers absence but also how she accepts it. (Time Out Chicago Kids) Flawlessly adapted from strong source material, Walk Two Moons challenges [its viewers] to examine their own reactions and emotions, to look outward into a world where everyone suffers but has the immense power to help one another. (Chicago Theater Beat) Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.25. Code: WG3.

The Wind in the Willows Book by Scot Copeland, W.S. Gilbert and Kenneth Grahame. Music by Paul Carrol Binkley and Sir Arthur Sullivan. Adapted from the book by Kenneth Grahame and the songs of Gilbert and Sullivan. Cast: 7 to 10 either gender, extras as desired. Area staging. Accompaniment CD avail-able. Approximate running time: 65 minutes. Had Gilbert and Sullivan adapted Grahames classic book for the stage it would have lookedand soundeda lot like this bubbling confection of a musical. Little Mole tries to tend to his cleaning, but it is spring, the wind is sighing in the willows and the piper at the Gates of Dawn calls him to dance! Embracing the reawakening world, Mole is introduced to the delights of life along the river by his new friend, Rat. Together, they trot off to Toad Hall to visit Mr. ToadToady, if you please! But, just as they are about to embark in a canary-yellow gypsy wagon to see the wide world, an unfortunate collision with an automobile has Toady off on yet another dangerous craze, careening down the byways in motorcar after motorcar, disrupting the peace in joyful delight. Young Mole and Rat venture into the Wild Wood to enlist the help of wise old Badger, but despite all of their best efforts to save him from himself, Mr. Toad is condemned to prison, and Toad Hall is taken

The Transition of Doodle Pequeo

Comedy byGabriel Jason Dean

The Wind in the Willows

Book by Scot Copeland, W.S. Gilbert and Kenneth Grahame

Music by Paul Carrol Binkley and Sir Arthur Sullivan

Adapted from the book by Kenneth Grahame and the songs of Gilbert and Sullivan

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over by weasels. One clever jailbreak and a daring midnight raid later, and the world is once again set aright. Its Toads Great Day, sings Mole. No, its Moles great day, says Ratty, and what a fine fellow youve turned out to be! [The] libretto and music are a mix of [original] work and the light-opera larks of Arthur S. Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert. [Their] sparkling melodies along with original compositions and words for this version, add just the right lyrical flourishes. Nashville Childrens Theatre has once again shown its the jewel in Nashvilles theatre crown. (ArtsNash.com) Royalty on application, plus music rental (scores or CD). Price: $8.95. Code: WG7.

With Two WingsDrama. By Anne Negri.Cast: 3m., 2w. Unit set. Approximate running time: 50 minutes. In a fantasy world where people have wings, a young boy named Lyf lives an isolated existence with his parents in the safe nest of their home deep in the woods. Although loving, Lyfs parents have strict rules he must follow about avoiding strangers, covering his wings with a cloak and al-ways observing rule number one: never, ever try to fly. One day a precocious, inquisitive girl from the outside world, Meta, bursts into the backyard, and she and Lyf become fast friends. Meta tells him about the ocean and the world out there beyond the nest. Lyf also learns that fledglings in the outside world all learn to fly. In fear of becoming a forever flightless dodo, Lyf begs Meta to teach him some flying moves. Suddenly, Metas nosy wannabe-reporter twin brother, Taur, crashes in, challenging Lyf to answer questions about his life and his mysterious parents. When Lyf dis-covers a secret invention in his fathers workshop, he must confront both of his parents about the truth theyve hidden from him all these years. Will Lyf be grounded forever, or will the truth he discovers empower him to take flight? This coming-of-age story puts a unique twist on the Greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus. It is a bittersweet, yet hopeful, tale that tackles the issue of parental disability with gentleness and grace. Thoughtful and engaging the kind of show that will give parents and kids something to talk about. (The Arizona Republic) Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.25. Code: WG5.

CheatersDrama. By Don Zolidis.Cast: 18 either gender. May be cast with mixed genders or all women or all men. Area staging. Approximate running time: 40 minutes. Someone cheated on the test. And if the cheater doesnt confess, the entire class will fail. Those are the rules set out by the assistant principal and their teacher as the students walk out of the room. Now the entire class is forced to play detective and discover the cheater before its too late. But what if everything isnt as it seems? Who are the liars and who is telling the truth? Was the cheater working alone? Was there more than one? And how can they possibly get a confession? With the pressure on, the class fragments into warring factions with each student trying to figure out the mystery. But with each revelation of cheating, the fissures grow wider, and the simple act of trying to discover the truth might rip the entire class apart. A Kafka-esque nightmare of betrayal and conflict under extreme circumstances. Royalty: $35/performance. Price: $5.95. Code: CP6.

The Firecracker IncidentComedy/Drama. By Don Zolidis.Cast: 4 to 10m., 5 to 10w., up to 10 either gender. Area staging. Approximate running time: 40 minutes. Fourteen-year-old Joes parents are pretty tough. First, they moved his bedroom into his little sisters closet. Then they took away his door. And then, after he just happened to tie one of her Barbie dolls to black cat firecrackers and exploded them in the back yard, they grounded him for the entire summer. But when his only friend breaks him out in the middle of the night, he embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, which may mean the difference between life and death. Royalty: $35/performance. Price: $5.95. Code: FE9.

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First Person ShooterDrama. By Don Zolidis.Cast: 5 to 10m., 4 to 10w., up to 10 either gender. Minimal staging. Approximate running time: 40 minutes. After a horrific school shooting, a community is left to pick up the pieces. Why did this happen? The only friend of the shooter, Tad, who managed to stop the killer early in the rampage, blames himself. Whats it like to be the best friend of a killer? Tortured and guilty, Tad is forced to ex-amine his life and his relationship with his best friend, and where it went wrong. Could he have stopped the shooting before it happened? Could he have talked his friend out of it? First Person Shooter is a difficult and complex look at emotional abuse, bullying and the tragedy of being an outcast. Royalty: $35/performance. Price: $5.95. Code: FE8.

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The Happy Prince: A Radio PlayOne-Act Drama. By Andrew J. Fenady and Duke Fenady. Based on a tale by Oscar Wilde. Cast: 7m., 6w., doubling or extras possible. One int. set. Approximate running time: 35 minutes. High above the city, on a tall column, stands the statue of the bejeweled happy prince overlooking a once shining city whose residents no longer believe in Christmas or themselves. The people of the city are despondent. Many are leaving, as is a young minister who has been offered a prosperous parish far away. The prince, once a selfish man, now turned to stone, implores of a migrating swallow, Little swallow, will you not stay and be my messenger to the good people in this city? The swallow delivers the ruby from the princes sword, the gold leaves that cover the princes body and the sapphires that are his eyes before the freezing weather takes her life. This kindness has a far-reaching effect on the residents of the city, especially the disillusioned minister, who decides to stay and help make it, once again, a shining city on the hill. This expanded version of the Oscar Wilde classic has a larger, more encompassing story with an uplifting ending, and the swallow, on its way to a warmer climate, is now a female. Royalty: $35/performance. Manuscript: $12.50. Code: HG1.

Carrying OnOne-Act Drama/Comedy. By Harry Bagdasian. Cast 3m., 3w. Unit set. Approximate running time: 45 minutes. Royalty: $35/performance. In 1964, his family and friends in rural Edgewater, Maryland, dismiss 20-year-old Davey Woodfield as borderline retarded. Davey may be a little slow, but hes a genius with automobiles. He is resilient and he believes in himself. Davey is very frustrated with peoples misperception of him and with being oppressed by his guardian, his Aunt Augusta. He wants to take his savings, leave this small town auto repair shop and move to the city, where he is positive that he will be well paid for his talents. On this particular afternoon, however, he finds that his boss has sold the repair shop, taken all of the money (supposedly including Daveys money in the payroll savings plan) and left for Alaska. The situation is complicated by family politics and Daveys dom-ineering Aunt Augusta. Then a customer arrives at the shop. Who would have thought that Daveys savior would be a cosmetics saleswoman with a broken down VW Beetle? Royalty: $35/performance. Price: $6.95. Code: CP9.

The Daly NewsMusical. Story, book and lyrics by Jonathan Gillard Daly. Music by Gregg Coffin and Larry Delinger. Musical arrangements by Gregg Coffin. Cast: 3m. and an on-stage pianist (or 3 m., 2 of whom play piano). Unit set. Approximate run-ning time: 1 hour, 35 minutes. The Daly News is a musical memoir about love and distance between fathers and sons. The source material is Martin J. Dalys World War II-era newsletter The Daly News, written from 1943 to 1946 and distributed to Martins children, who were scattered all over the globe in the service of their country. The story of the play derives from letters from the home front, as well as missives from the boys overseas. Throughout the play, a contemporary character, Martins grandson, Jon, relates personal re-membrances of his own relationship with his father, Bob, Martins oldest son. Martins dogged determination to hold his family together during wartime, while at the same time widening the emotional distance from his sons, provides the tension in this warm, gentle play. Jons own relationship with his father mirrors Martins relationships with his sons, and provides the link that transports this story into the current time. Fourteen original songs range from wartime boogie-woogie to vaudeville patter and contemporary ballads and up-tempos. Royalty on application, plus music rental. Price: $9.50. Code: DF5.

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The Dancing Princesses or The Worn-Out Dancing ShoesFairy tale. Adapted by Max Bush from a story by the Brothers Grimm. Cast: 6 to 12m., 8 to 16w., 3 to 6 either gender. One ext., two int. sets. Approximate running time: 65 minutes. Here is a magical tale of dance and romance. A mystery threatens the security of the kingdom: where do the princesses escape to every night, and why are their dancing shoes worn out each morning? Why do they sleep through their princess duties each day? The king, who was wounded in the war, desperately tries to solve the mystery by proclaiming that any man who can solve it will marry the daughter of his choice and become the future king. An old woman servant, Ursula, who is much more than she appears to be, decides to act to solve the mystery and restore balance and security to the kingdom. Ursula seeks out a suitable husband and heir for Amalia, the oldest daughter. She chooses Gunter, a simple soldier with a good heart, and provides the information he will need to solve the mystery. As Amalias affection for Gunter grows, he follows the princesses down into the underground where he witnesses the dreamlike dances of the princesses. The script focuses on six dancing princesses, although there can be more or fewer. The suggested music comes from the time period of the tale and includes pieces by Handel, Gluck and Stamitz. The choreography aboveground focuses on classical dance, while the dances in the underground reflect less the baroque style and much more the romantic fantasies of the princesses. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.25. Code: DF4.

Great ExpectationsDrama. Adapted by Gale Childs Daly from the book by Charles Dickens. Cast: 4m., 2w. Unit set. Approximate running time: 2 hours. In Great Expectations we are taken into the world of 19th-century En-gland. Packed with curious and fascinating characters, enchanting and dangerous places and situations that are at once exhilarating and horrify-ing, Great Expectations is a literary gem. Pip, an orphan boy, has a life-chang-ing encounter one day on the moors when he helps an escaped convict named Magwitch by getting him food and a file for his leg-irons. From this one act of kindness, Pip starts on a journey to manhood that is full of twists and turns. He dreams of being a gentleman, and miraculously an opportunity is presented that allows him to bring his dream to life. By inheriting a large sum of money, Pip advances in society and all of his expectations seem to come true, but in a way that is, at once, mysterious and disturbing. Ultimately, Pip learns some important lessons about love, forgiveness and redemption. This story is full of surprises, and Dickens masterfully guides us through a world of shadow and light to an ending both poignant and satisfying as Pip realizes his great expec-tations. Gale Childs Dalys exceptional new adaptation is uncommonly tight and suspenseful. With their multiple plots, Dickens novels often are tough to adapt. This one keeps the storytelling, and the hero, front and center. Truly, its a riveting cutting and shaping that is never dull for a moment. (Chicago Tribune) [A] flawless adaptation The show is a stunner on every level. (Chicago Sun Times) Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: GC7.

Highly Recommended Flawless adaptation ... easily

among the finest shows of the year. ... The show is a stunner

on every level. Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times

Gale Childs Dalys exceptional new adaptation

is uncommonly tight and suspenseful ... a riveting

cutting and shaping that is never dull for a moment.

Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

sSheer artistry in story telling

... a Theatrical experience. Alan Bresloff, Around The Town Chicago

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If you love to laugh then Some Sweet Day is must see

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Knightsbridge Theater, Los Angeles, Calif., production of Some Sweet Day featuring (l-r) Anadel Baughn and Jessica Stone. Photo: John Dlugolecki.

Some Sweet DayComedy. By Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. Cast: 3m., 4w. One int. set. Approximate running time: 1 hour, 50 minutes. Ever wonder what if? Wish you could go back in time and fix your mistakes? Some Sweet Day is a full-throttle romantic com-edy where one man is given the chance to do just that. Penned by veteran Disney writers Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus (The Lion King II: Simbas Pride and Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas), Some Sweet Day is a comic romp that explores a love triangle be-tween two people. Ken regrets losing the girl of his dreams 24 years ago. Hes obsessed with building a machine that will take him back in time to fix his mistakes. When fate grants his wish, he finds himself 25 years in the past. With the help of his best friend Greta, he plays Cyrano to himself, desperate to get his younger version to mar-ry Jenny. But his younger self is just as stubborn as the old-er version and refuses to listen to advice from an old man. As he tries to bring the lovebirds together, Ken falls for Jenny all over again and is now try-ing to woo the girl away from well, himself! Kens business partner, Reece, Gretas grano-la-mom, Stormy, and shrewd entrepreneur, Emma, all add to the confusion and the fun. A high-octane romantic comedy, that takes a serious look at life, our time on this planet and the price we pay for regret. Hilari-ous and brilliant. (Burbank Entertainment Industry Examiner)

Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: S1T.

Teen Brain: The MusicalMusical. Book by Linda Daugherty. Music and lyrics by Nick Martin. Cast: 3m., 5w. Area staging. Accompaniment CD avail-able. Approximate running time: 55 minutes.

At last its Friday night for eight teens! After careening through a stressful week of schoolwork, difficult choices

and dramas surrounding family and friends, theyre ready for an unchaperoned party. The impulsive decisions of all eight young peo-ple result in a consequence that might have been foretoldeven preventedwere it un-derstood that teens are working with a brain revealed by the latest neuroscience to be, at best, a work in progress. The play dama-tizes how the neural gawkiness of the beau-tifully mysterious, rapid-speed, impulsive teen brain often results in vexing and incon-sistent behavior, occasional misfires and, all too often, tragic consequences. This enter-taining and honest look at the rich complex-ities of teen behavior contains fast-paced scenes along with sharp dialogue and a hip, memorable, eight-song score that includes Like Me, Like Me, an ode to Facebook and Work in Progress, a mad scientists vision of the teen brain. The dialogue, action and spirit of Daughertys teen issue plays have always rung true to teens, their families and the therapeutic community. Nothing gets in the way of the intended message. The work is engrossing and entertaining theatre. Nick Martins smart songs provide an enhanced experience that will leave teens with a better understanding of themselves, adults with a better understanding of their teens and both with the tools to change dangerous behaviorsand perhaps save a life. Teens of Teen Brain: The Musical pack a powerful punch a cautionary look at high school that plays like an emotional roller coaster. (The Dallas Morning News)

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Exit LaughingComedy. By Paul Elliott. Cast: 1m., 4w. One int. set. Approximate running time: 90 minutes. When the biggest highlight in your life for the past 30 years has been your weekly bridge night out with the girls, what do you do when one of your foursome inconveniently dies? If youre Connie, Leona and Mil-lie, three southern ladies from Birmingham, you do the most daring thing youve ever done. You borrow the ashes from the funeral home for one last card game, and the wildest, most exciting night of your lives involves a police raid, a stripper and a whole new way of looking at all the fun you can have when youre truly living. Royalty: $75/performance. Price: $8.95. Code: E86.

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New One Act Plays from Dramatic PublishingCarrying On CheatersThe Firecracker Incident The Happy Prince: A Radio Play First Person Shooter

New Plays and Musicals coming Spring of 2014Carrying On The Daly News The Dancing Princesses or The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes Great Expectations Some Sweet Day Teen Brain: The Musical

New Titles by GenreComedyArcanaBremen Town Musicians...Cherokee Family ReunionDanny, King of the BasementDon and Wally (A Comedy of an Accidental Visit) Exit LaughingFirecracker Incident, theHeliumI Am GrockInga BingaLonely Boys Guide to Survival (and Werewolves), ASome Sweet Day Temperamental Artist ... or A Bucket...Transition of Doodle Pequeo, TheTwo Witches, No WaitingWalk Two Moons Waste Mismanagement

DramaArk 5AuraCarrying OnCheaters Color of Stars, TheEdge of Peace, TheFirst Person Shooter Great Expectations House of Cards Identified Enemy, AnMy Fair Share of the SunPedro and the War: A Cantata Under a Midsummer MoonWalking Toward AmericaWith Two Wings

MusicalsChristmas Story, The Musical, APied Piper of Hamelin Musical, TheThe Singin' CowboyTeen Brain: The Musical Wind in the Willows Musical, TheDaly News, The

Collections, Short Plays and MonologuesArcana

Radio PlaysHappy Prince: A Radio Play, The

Fairy talesDancing Princesses or The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes

Arcana more: Ark 5 more: Bremen Town Musicians 2: Aura: Cherokee Family Reunion more 2: A Christmas Story more 2: Edge of Peace more: Helium more: Color of Stars more: I Am Grock more 2: Identified Enemy more 2: Inga Binga more 2: My Fair Share of Sun more 2: Singin Cowboy more 2: Temperamenta Artist more 2: Two Witches No Waiting more 2: Under A Midsummer Moon more 2: Walking Toward America more 2: Waste Management more 2: Danny King of the Basement more 2: Don and Wally more 2: House of Cards more 2: Lonely Boys Guide more 2: Pedro and the War more 2: Pedro and the War more 3: The Transition of Doodle Pequeno more info 2: Walk Two Moons more info 2: Wind In the Willows more 2: With Two Wings more 2: Cheaters more info 4: Firecracker Incident more info 4: First Person Shooter more info 4: The Happy Prince more 2: Carrying On more 2: The Daly News, Musical more 2: Dancing Princesses more 2: Great Expectations more: Some Sweet Day more 2: Teen Brain: The Musical more 2: Exit Laughing more 2:

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