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By Suzan L. Zeder. Mystery Adventure. Multiple locations, special effects, period costumes. 5 men and 3 women, expandable to 8 men and 5 women.

A mystery within a mystery! An action adventure with a touch of Pirandello! This original play by Suzan Zeder weaves together characters and incidents from some of Arthur Conan Doyle's best loved stories and gives them a new twist as the world's greatest consulting detective matches wits with Doyle's most cunning villains including: Colonel Sebastian Moran, Dr. Grimsby Roylott, and, of course, Professor Moriarty. Non-stop action carries the plot through murder and mayhem right up to a stunning climax at the very edge of Reichenbach Falls as it explores the complex love/hate relationship between Sherlock Holmes and the man who made him.

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By Pat Hume. An outrageous cat whose talents include karate, custard pies, and audience participation adds new twists to a favorite tale. No sets. 14th-century costumes. 8 boys, 5 girls, slaves, mice. (Suitable for all-girl cast)

Dick and a haughtily disdainful Cat team up to seek their fortunes in London. A wealthy merchant hires Dick as a kitchen boy. The cantankerous cook makes life miserable for Dick and impossible for his Cat. "Pussycat" escapes by boarding the merchant's ship bound for Morania. Morania is plagued with mice. The Cat gets rid of them in an amusing way and becomes a Queen. The ship returns to London heaped with gold and jewels for Dick in exchange for his wondrous Cat. Charming music with clever character-lyrics.

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67 pages text
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By Arthur Scholey from Charles Dickens' classic, with traditional and new music arranged and composed by Norman Beedie and Margaret Lion. A lively, faithful, innovative and theatrical adaptation. Thrust stage platform. Costumes of 19th century England. 10 men, 8 women (doubling), chorus of children (with speaking parts)

In fog-shrouded nineteenth century London, miser Ebenezer Scrooge shuts out Christmas, which he hates. But on Christmas Eve the fearful specter of his dead partner, Jacob Marley, heralds the arrival of the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Future -- and Scrooge begins a journey that finds him wonderfully changed by Christmas Day morning. This skillful adaptation brings all the well-loved characters and scenes to theatrical life -- Bob Cratchit and his family (not forgetting Tiny Tim), the Fezziwigs and their famous Christmas Eve ball, Scrooge's delightful nephew and niece, as well as the phantoms and underworld characters. Carols interweave the action from Scrooge's schooldays to the terrible warning predictions of his future. The tree-lit party climax reaches out to involve the whole audience and cast—a joyful celebration of the true meaning of Christmas.

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By Edward Mast and Lenore Bensinger. A shadow-play with life-sized dinosaurs projected on a full proscenium screen, DINOSAURUS has broken box office records wherever performed. A remarkable fantasy. Three humans (gender neutral), and a minimum of three dancers to create dinosaur sounds. Of course the cast may be larger.

"There's a place down below where the dinosaurs live." Looking for oil underneath Wisconsin, two geologists stumble on a lost world of dinosaurs. Are the humans the heroes? No: this story is told from the viewpoint of the dinosaurs, who must struggle to deal with the intrusion of these pushy, noisy, trouble-making little humans. The dinosaurs try everything to get rid of the intruders, until finally history repeats itself with a solution that at first seems tragic - but just wait.

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39 pages text
Shortened version available: 30 pages text*
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Freely adapted from Moliere by Aurand Harris. Sharpened version of a charming French classic, adapted for today's producing groups. Three sets. Seventeenth century French costumes -- or modern if you prefer. 10 women, 9 men. (*Short version: 3 women, 6 men.)

Sganarelle, a shiftless woodcutter, quarrels with his wife, Martine, who vows to get even with him. Her chance comes when she meets two servants in search of a doctor to cure their master's daughter. Martine recommends her husband in the most glowing terms, as a doctor who can perform miracles, but warns them that he will have to be beaten into it. Armed with slapsticks, the two men hail Sganarelle as a great doctor, whack him roundly whenever he attempts to deny it, and thus force him into becoming a doctor in spite of himself. Fortunately, the master's daughter is only shamming illness to avoid a distasteful marriage. When Sganarelle is able to unite her with her own true love, she is miraculously cured -- and Doctor Sganarelle is richly rewarded.

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83 pages text
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Adapted from Cervantes by Arthur Fauquez. Translated from the French. A moving drama, highlighted with humour, tracing the adventures and mishaps that befell the romantic hidalgo who tried to reform the world through chivalry. Four sets with entr'acts. 16th Century Spanish costumes. 2 women, 8 men, extras if desired.

To the least child in the audience, this play says very simply and amusingly "It is possible for a man to believe in a thing he cannot prove, and be laughed to scorn, and lose every battle, and die of despair -- and still to be right." Humour, insight, compassion, and knowledge of the world underlie this dramatization of the great Cervantes classic. Its truth has special pertinence in the world we have fashioned for our young people.

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By Carol Lynn Pearson, with music by JAC Redford. A tour de force of Aesop's world. This musical with participatory options involves every age in tuneful pleasure, making audiences into actors. No setting. Animal costumes. Flexible cast, 10 or more.

Aesop was never so charming! Clever lyrics, singable modern music -- ancient wisdom and today's wit is an irresistible attraction as confected by Carol Lynn Pearson and JAC Redford. Highlights: the famous race of tortoise and hare ("You got to keep on keeping on"); a soft shoe number by the fox ("Flatter them, and you'll walk away with the cheese"); a rousing peasant dance in the bundle of sticks ("The trick is to stick together"); a chorus line of sheep ("If he's got fleece but the wrong kind of nose, maybe he's simply a wolf in sheep's clothes"). A joy for all as its production record shows.

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41 pages text
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By Suzan L. Zeder. A powerful and sensitive contemporary play about a boy and his parents on the day of their separation. A celebrated work by America's most produced new playwright for young people. One set. The present. 3 men, 1 woman.

Twelve-year old Jeff and his parents on the day of their separation: before Jeff can deal with the impending divorce he must face and play out his fears and his fantasies with his best friend, Sandy. Although the situation of the play involves separation and divorce, the subject of the play deals with the importance of talking and listening. Once the unspoken is finally out in the open, the whole family can begin to heal. An emotional yet humorous work, beloved by audiences and actors alike.

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30 pages text
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By Dudley Saunders. Modern mystery comedy built around the classic Dracula character, which has provided the theatre some of its most thrilling moments. One interior set. Modern costumes. 3 women, 5 men.

The Boone family has taken over an old house that has been unoccupied for ten years, and employs a housekeeper to clean, and a carpenter to repair the broken woodwork. But they keep disappearing behind sliding panels and vanishing walls -- and a secret room is revealed containing a chained coffin that knocks. In the night, Dracula emerges from the coffin, and hovers ominously over Nancy, but hides in the window seat when a dark figure enters furtively through a window. Etc. So it goes for two acts, until Dracula hypnotizes the young people who have discovered his treasure, and very nearly succeeds in luring them down through the tunnel into his underworld, but is foiled in the nick of time.

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43 pages text
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Dramatized by Irene Elliott from the popular book by Anne McCaffrey.  A fantasy, coming-of-age story in which teenaged Menolly breaks away from a small-minded, abusive village and becomes apprenticed to the planet’s master harper.  Music and fire-lizard puppets are integral.  Single, flexible set.  Costumes: Fantasy/Medieval.  Cast: 6 F, 7 M, + chorus. Extras may be used. 11 puppets operated by cast.

A space/time journey to Pern. Menolly is a gifted musician, but in her fishing village girls do not become harpers, nor boys dragonriders!  When T’Gellan, a real dragonrider, arrives looking for recruits, young Tirolt wants to go, and Menolly is inspired to create a song.  She receives harsh and unfair punishment for this and runs away.  Alone, she encounters newly-hatched fire lizards who learn to sing with her and give her hope.  Then, caught in a threadfall storm, T’Gellan rescues her on dragonback and takes her to the dragon-training village of Benden Weyr.  There she witnesses a dragon hatching and meets up again with Tirolt.  Menolly encourages Tirolt as a budding dragonrider, but begs him to keep her identity a secret, fearing she will be sent home.  The kindly villagers discover her gift and encourage her to sing.  Menolly refuses until she finds herself swept into a joyous sing-along led by the master harper Robinton.  Recognizing her true talent, Robinton invites her to become his new apprentice.