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28 pages text
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Adapted by Helen P. Avery from Oscar Wilde's whimsical, shivery and moving story about a Ghost who is tired of haunting. One set. Period costumes. CAST: 12 (5 F, 5 M, 1G, 1B.)

A Sixteenth-Century Ghost, Sir Simon, haunts his family mansion, periodically terrifying its inhabitants. Around 1900 the house is sold to an American businessman and his family who refuse to be scared by strange apparitions. Mr. and Mrs. Otis offer the Ghost oil for his chains and medicine for indigestion, and the children pester him with mischievous pranks. Only Virginia, the courageous older daughter attempts to understand the Ghost's problems. After Sir Simon helps her rescue from some thieving gypsies, Virginia is able to assist him in finding rest at last.

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39 pages text
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By Rosemary G. Musil. A mystery play, with highlights of irresistible comedy.Two sets. Modern costumes. CAST: 8 (4 M, 2 G, 2 B).

Playing with her friends in the abandoned stable of the old Penny estate, Sally discovers an easy-going tramp. Her nimble imagination conceives him to be the long-lost Mr. Penny. With the aid of a little circumstantial evidence, she persuades her friends to accept him as Mr. Penny, too. Late that night, they all creep into the old Penny house to help "Mr. Penny" recover the hidden treasure with which Sally's imagination has provided him. In the spooky house they get separated, each thinks the other is a ghost, and the custodian of the house is nearly driven out of his wits by the strange happenings. They find no treasure, but "Mr. Penny" finds proof of Sally's parentage, and the next morning, when she is about to be taken off to the orphan's home, it is "Mr. Penny" who saves the day.

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61 pages text
Approx. run time: 55 min+
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By Max Bush.  Commissioned and successfully premiered by the Grand Rapids Circle Theatre, here is a haunting and beautiful story of a child who is seeking her father's love. With the help of her grandfather, she finds healing and the courage to be herself. One set.  Contemporary costumes. CAST: 5 (2 F, 3 M.)

Ten-year-old Jenny chases after her father, brother and grandfather, hoping to go fishing with them.  But her father says he wants to fish with her brother, and leaves Jenny hurt and confused beside the ruin of the old, river house homestead.  Grandpa George stays with Jenny, despite her father’s protests, and listens as she tearfully shares feelings of being unloved.  Together they explore the old homestead and encounter the ghost of a beautiful young woman, Jenny’s great-great aunt Sondra.  Sondra reveals secrets from the family’s past and gifts Jenny with part of the lost family treasure.  Ultimately, with Sondra’s affirmation and Grandpa’s support, Jenny begins to realize her worth and understand a past that echoes still within herself and her difficult relationship with her father.

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34 pages text
Approx. run time: 35-40 min
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Script and Lyrics by David F. Eliet, Music by Nancy Rosenberg. Fantasy and reality mix as a little girl learns that giving is more magical than having all the toys in the world. A musical play for all times of the year, especially the holiday seasons of gift giving. Setting: The play is written to be done as simply as possible for quick transitions between interior and exterior scenes. (Non musical productions will not be licensed.) Cast: 4 (with doubling) to 12 (or more). Gender of the characters may be adapted to needs.

A Little Girl is unwilling to share her toys with anyone. She is so possessive she doesn't want to ever leave her room or go to sleep for fear that someone will steal them, or touch them, or even breathe on them. When her mother tells her she must give some of her toys away to those less fortunate than herself---or else---the Little Girl takes them into the woods and buries them under an oak tree. Only this is not an ordinary oak, this is Obidiah Oak, a magical talking tree who eventually teaches the LIttle Girl the true joy of sharing with others.

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43 pages text
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By Rita Grauer and John Urquhart. Yet another popular participatory play of the highest quality for children of Kindergarten-third grade. As always the characters, story, and plotting attract all ages, a hallmark of the Yellow Brick Road shows of these talented collaborators. Designed to tour with simple sets and suggested costumes. CAST: 4 +(Either).

Old West history and legend are humorously and imaginatively blended to make a powerful statement about the conflict between personal greed and compassion for others. Set in the historic California Gold Rush, GOLD FEVER brings together Ben Halladay, "King of the Stage Lines," and a notorious highwayman known as Black Bart, a "forty-niner" who failed to find riches in the gold fields. Now he turns to robbing Halladay's stagecoaches. Their ensuing misadventures reveal to both that "Gold Fever can make a man mad!"

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Vocal/instrumental score is incorporated
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55 pages text
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By Alan Cullen. From England. Ballad-style play-out of the legendary tale of "Jason and the Golden Fleece." Bare stage, which lends itself to various settings. Ancient Greek costumes. CAST: 15 (5 F, 10 M.)

The sea runs high, and though their families are hungry, for days the fishermen have been unable to launch their boats. Father Poseidon is angry. To appease him, the fisher-folk decide to sing and play for him something big, an epic about a big man, like Jason. Beginning with song, they don homely costume touches, and picking up a few handy props, they improvise the King's court at loichos. From there, caught up in the vast sweep of Jason's adventures, they quite forget the high seas, as they pursue this enthralling tale.

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30 pages text
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By Irene Kirstein Watts. A true story of hope in a time of terror, this play won the Jessie Award of Canada after a successful premiere by the Carousel Theatre in Vancouver.  Set in Germany in the days immediately following the Nazi-fostered Night of the Broken Glass (November 9, 1938), GOODBYE MARIANNE is powerful theatre based on the author’s childhood experience in Nazi Germany.  Flexible set. 1930's European costumes. Suitable for touring. CAST: 7 (2 F, 2 M, 2 G, 1B) or 3 minimum (2 F, 1 M) with doubling.

Young Marianne Kohn arrives a few minutes late to school one morning to find that Jewish students are no longer permitted to attend.  On her way home she makes an unexpected friend, Ernst.  When Ernst discovers Marianne is Jewish – and she finds that he belongs to the Hitler Youth – they quarrel bitterly, leaving Marianne with little hope for the friendship.  Though Mrs. Kohn wants to shield and protect Marianne from the truth of the danger they are in, the time for honesty has come.  She reveals to Marianne that her father is not away on business as Marianne has been led to believe, but is hiding from the Gestapo after escaping a Nazi prison camp where he was nearly beaten to death.  Marianne’s escape to Canada is arranged through the Kindertransporte underground rescue mission.  As she leaves, Ernst gives her a gift that renews her hope for the future, and helps her see that all people are not the same.

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Printed Music Score (piano/vocal/instrumental)
by Eleanor Harder $40.00
56 pages text
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Dramatized by Eleanor and Ray Harder, from Frank Stockton's "The Griffin and the Minor Canon," an inventive legend of how the last living griffin visited a conservative little town and shook its citizens out of their complacency. One set, with two scenes played on forestage. Medieval or contemporary costumes, as desired. CAST: 13 (3 F, 5 M, 5 Either.) Extra townspeople may be added.

The Minor Canon, the cleric of a small village church has his hands full serving cowardly, selfish and small-minded townspeople. When the Mayor demands that the historical statue on the church, of a griffin, be replaced with his own likeness, the Canon protests. Just in time, too, because a real Griffin arrives shortly in search of the statue. It seems the Griffin has never seen its own reflection in three thousand years, and has decided to stay for an extended visit in order to contemplate the statue. The townsfolk are terrified and insist the Canon get rid of the Griffin. Only the Canon will speak to the Griffin, or even come near. Ultimately, the fownsfolk, led by their Mayor, exile the Canon to the Dreadful Wilds in hopes that the Griffin will follow him. But the Griffin does not follow. Instead, it takes on the Canon's good work, and under its charming influence, the town begins to mend its ways. The Griffin then departs for the Dreadful Wilds, and with a great sacrifice, sends the Canon home to a changed town.

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37 pages text
Approx. run time: 40 min.
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By Julia Flood, is a fresh and energetic adventure into the fantasy of stories told through books and the power of discovery that is unlocked through reading and learning. This play was originally presented by Eckerd Theater Company in Clearwater, Florida. Setting simple or elaborate, as desired. Suitable for touring. Costumes styles are contemporary, enchanted, and animal. CAST: 5  (1 F, 1 M, 3 Either) with doubling or up to 9 (1 F, 1 M, 7 Either) with roles distributed.

On a rainy afternoon, Alex comes home from school looking forward to playing video games before his mom gets home from work.  When the power goes out and his only entertainment option is to read, Alex feels certain that he will die of boredom.  Enter Zora, the new girl next door who is determined to go on an adventure.  Zora discovers that Alex’s old picture book, The Great Alphabet Adventure, is mysteriously blank and that their job as explorers will be to find the missing letters and return them to the book.  Alex’s ordinary room begins to reveal extraordinary hidden worlds and a cast of colorful and wacky characters who lead Alex, Zora and the audience on a treasure hunt through the alphabet.  In the end, Alex and Zora learn something about the fun of reading and about the value of friendship.

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56 pages text
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Adapted by Alan Broadhurst. From England. A lark, a merry chase, peopled with human-like animals who make better sense than people. One exterior set, with interchanging set-pieces. Animal and people costumes. CAST: 20 (6 F, 5 M, 9 Either.)

Assembled for Sports Day, the animals can find nobody to compete with the fleet Hare in the cross-country race until the slow-moving Tortoise agrees to challenge him. In the course of the race, the scatter-brained hare tends to get diverted by his encounters with members of the human race -- stopping to gorge on a Fisherman's picnic lunch, getting trapped in the urban-Notcouths' poaching bag, pausing to spy on a pair of "Soppy Dates," finally getting pinned up by the ears to Mrs. Stainer's clothes line -- while the Tortoise plods steadily and relentlessly on to the finish line. Only the animals speak intelligible language. The humans' gobble-de-gook is as incomprehensible to us as to our animal friends.

Booklet of costume-make-up designs by Irene Corey, complete with sketches and instructions available with Production Pack order.

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84 pages text
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Lowell Swortzell has dramatized the Swift classic for family audiences. It makes the four famous journeys of Gulliver, and full directions are supplied for simple staging. One basic setting for the fantasy and real worlds of the early 1700s. CAST: 13 (4 F, 9 M) with doubling, or up to 20 with roles distributed.

"Gulliver transcends barriers of age," wrote the enthusiastic reviewer of The Capital; "... this is not simply children's theatre. The play works on several levels. Swortzell's adaptation of Swift's classic offers flash and fun for those who don't look deeper, and social commentary for those who do. This is a great show for theatres great and small." The play takes audiences on all four famous voyages, from Lilliput to Brobdingnag to outer space and to the land of the noble Houyhnhnms and the comic Yahoos. A joy for actors and audiences everywhere.