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Printed Music Score (piano/vocal) $50.00
45 pages text
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Book and lyrics by Carol Lynn Pearson. Music by JAC Redford. Commissioned by Robert Redford's celebrated Sundance Theatre, and acclaimed as "a play destined to become family theatre's favorite around the country," here is a charming musical version of best-loved fairy tales. CAST: 12 or more (Either).

I BELIEVE IN MAKE BELIEVE delightfully presents five world favorite fairy tales by the brothers Grimm in an irresistible musical setting. Beginning and ending with the story of the princess who wouldn't laugh, we experience the adventures of the shoemaker and the elves, the Bremen Town musicians, the seven soldiers, and that lovable dunce, Simpleton. Chock-full of audience participation opportunities (options), and with plenty of excitement for children and plenty of wit for the grownups, this is a fresh musical show not to be missed.

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Printed Music Score (piano/vocal/instrumental) $50.00
49 pages text
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By Charles Jones and Johathan Cole. Beware! The horseman rides through a hallow that is anything but sleepy in this nimble new musical. Space staging. CAST: 10 + (4 F, 6 M) with option to expand cast number.

Imaginative traditional costumes.The classic tale of Washington Irving emerges transformed by the theatrical genius of Jones and the musical talent of Cole. We are challenged to look our fears squarely in the face - - or hoof, as the case may be. Schoolmaster Ichabod offers a new twist in teaching as his students sing of their unbridled love for math, history, and geography in a show filled with surprise, novelty, and glorious music.

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27 pages text
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By Johnny Saldana, Louis Moloney, Joyce Selber, Rachel Winfree. A light hearted revue of first facts, selected oddities and world records. Neutral costumes and accessories. CAST: 5 (2 F, 2 M suggested, 1 Either).

Bare stage, ensemble costuming, assorted percussive instruments for accompaniment. Music included.The GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS, the most popular reference book for young people, is now incorporated in this creative and exciting new comedy for children. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT! taps the "trivia" craze sweeping the nation by presenting over 50 startling facts in a 35-minute revue. Audiences have "oohed" and "ahhed" in amazement to learn such fascinating facts as the first policewoman, the origins of superstitions, and the world records for leapfrogging, sneezing, egg-laying. Rapidfire sketches and songs plus total reliance on ensemble acting make this revue both simple and challenging to stage -- and a world winner with young audiences.

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26 pages text
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Adapted by Aurand Harris from the play by Oscar Wilde. This superb adaptation is ideal for high school one-act play contests, classroom studies, and mini-productions. 1895 English fashionable costumes. Simple setting.CAST: 9 (4 F, 5 M).

A masterpiece of high comedy. All of the high lights of the play are retained in this short adaptation -- the plot's unexpected farcical twists, the characters, and the dialogue -- sparkling with provocative observations. Wilde called his play "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People." He commented that the first act is "ingenious," the second act "beautiful," and the third "Abominably clever." Audiences and critics alike applaud the play as a celebration of wit.

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28 pages text
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Developed from history by Charlotte B. Chorpenning. A dramatic incident taken from the actual history of the Seneca Indians. Two sets. Pioneer and Indian costumes. CAST: 10 (5 F, 5 M) with doubling, or up to 11 (3 F, 3 m, 3 G, 2 B).

A little pioneer girl is captured by Indians, and taken to their camp by Chief Cornplanter. At the Indian camp, she is regarded with distrust, and there is a gripping and dramatic scene where her courage is tested by fire. When her spirit proves firm, she is adopted with high ceremony into the Seneca tribe. The Senecas teach her their ways and customs, and grow to love her -- so much, that when Eleanor's mother comes to seek her, they disguise Eleanor, and threaten to kill her mother if the child makes any sign of recognition. There is a tense scene, where Eleanor keeps faith with the Indians, while longing to make some sign of love to her mother. Cornplanter finally realizes that her happiness lies with her own people, and with a heavy heart he lets her go.

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Printed Music Score (piano/vocal) $50.00
60 pages text
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By Suzan L. Zeder in collaboration with Metro Theatre Circus. Single set. Modern Costumes. Tours beautifully. CAST: 5 (2 F, 3 M).

Suddenly, five adults find themselves in a room somewhere; a room with no windows, no doors, and only the vastness of space where the ceiling ought to be. When they begin to find relics from their own childhoods, they discover that the only way out of the room is to journey through their own pasts. This powerful play of great humor, warmth, and emotional intensity is the result of a three year collaboration between this award winning playwright and the gifted Metro Theatre Circus ensemble. It breaks new ground in the theatre for young audiences.

IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S PURSE
A Game For Children And Their Parents

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21 pages text
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By Eric Bass.  In the play, a young boy and his mother play a game in which they build a list of things they both imagine to be in “grandmother’s purse.”  Each new item sets off a world of fantastic adventures.  Simple, tourable set.  Contemporary and fantasy costumes. CAST: 4 (2 F, 2 M) plus hand puppets, or 2 (2F) with hand puppets and the two male characters played by life-sized puppets.

Grandma and Grandpa are now just fond memories for Mom, so she engages her son, Sonny Boy, in a game to help him create a story of his grandmother whom he is too young to remember.  For the boy, she is an adventuress, a fighter of knights and tigers.  For the mom, she is the parent who left to go adventuring a bit too often.  With each new item “found” in Grandmother’s purse, a fantasy adventure ensues with Grandma and Grandpa appearing and interacting with Mom and Sonny Boy.  Sonny Boy convinces Mom that she should be more like his strong and brave Grandma, so Mom spontaneously takes off on an adventure of her own.  At first, Sonny Boy is proud as a peacock of his brave new mother.  But as night falls, he grows scared. Realizing how much he needs her, he just wants Mom to come back!  Sonny Boy’s fantasy brings Mom back in the form of a dancing knight who has learned the importance of getting away for an adventure now and then.  Grandma’s story ends as she transforms into a wild swan and flies away, a very good fantasy.  Sonny Boy is left with Grandmother’s purse... and his caring Mom, a very good “real thing.”

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45 pages text
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By Shirley Pugh. A collection of little-known folk and fairy-tales, designed for "story-theatre-type" use. Unit set. Basic costumes. CAST: 6 (3 F, 3 M), or up to 62 (30 F, 32 M suggested) with roles distributed.

This is a series of twelve relatively obscure old tales, dramatized with artful simplicity, for production in the story-theatre style. This collection offers the Producer a wide variety of material, allowing him a generous choice to comprise a full-length entertainment. Each play may be used singly, in which case royalty may be adjusted, upon application.

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31 pages text
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By Sharon Elizabeth Doyle. A new form of play proven in professional and amateur performance. Designed to stimulate the creative actor and delight the child in all of us with human cartoons. Simple set, ensemble costumes, maximum imagination. CAST: 6 + (Either), with option to add more.

Join Professor Fleetfoot and his madcap friends on a zany exploration of communication. The acting ensemble transforms itself from the alphabet to geese honking southward to a string quartet. Baby discovers her First word, and Gunkymuck, head caveperson, discovers words in the first place. Finally, Adolphs Ignatius Fentwhistle, who only talks, and Sylvia Syllabub, who only dances, find out what real communication is when they begin to pay attention to each other. Ideal for either in-school or theatre performance.

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Printed Music Score (piano/vocal) $40.00
75 pages text
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By William Lavender. A lively romp filled with songs and fantasy.  A village of colorful characters, the Invisible People exist only in the imagination of the children who invented them.  Simple or elaborate setting and colorful costumes. Present Time. CAST: 8 + (2 F, 2 M, 4 Either), plus extra villagers.

Cindy’s two special invisible friends are a fun-loving pair named Nubbins and Glopp who entertain her with song and dance.  When Cindy asks to visit their Invisible Village, the two are skeptical, but agree to take her.  There she meets the colorful Invisible Villagers, all invented by children like Cindy.  All is well until General Grumpdump decides he must capture a Real Person in order to become Dictator. Cindy is the unlucky candidate, and must stay in a picket-fence prison while Nubbins and Glopp work to free her.  They discover that when an Invisible Person touches the shoulders of a real person, it changes their character.  With nothing to lose, they devise a plan to trick old Grumpdump into undergoing a character change.  The plan works as Cindy is freed and Grumpdump is transformed into a generous sort.  At summer’s end, Cindy realizes she’s too old for Invisible Friends, and bids Nubbins and Glopp goodbye.  Luckily, they are quickly re-invented by a younger child in need of some “true and faithful friends” who will be there “through thin and thick!”

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45 pages text
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By Paul Crabtree. Original musical comedy about ghosts and people. Two sets. Modern costumes. CAST: 17 + (9 F, 8 M) with option to add ghosts and spirits.

Unknown to the Exex family, their house is occupied by a whole company of ghosts. Very lively ghosts they are too, who only tolerate the people of the house as intruders, and turn the human conversation on or off, at will. The Head Ghost has declared that a new recruit must be initiated into their society before their fiscal year expires at midnight - - and when Wilma Exex's young man smashes his car into a tree, the Head sizes on this happy event, and signs Billy Joe into the organization before he is even dead. But this is illegal - - and the whole plan is foiled when Billy Joe decides not to die.

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59 pages text
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Based on the Russian Folk Tale by the English author David Foxton. A tale of a thrilling and amusing chase to catch the fabulous Firebird and release her from the wicked Czar. Costumes: Russian Folk style. Setting: three specific sets plus a common area to all. CAST 19: (4 F, 15 M) with doubling, or up to 25 +( 6 F, 19 M) plus extras.

A puppeteer and his assistant begin their performance of "Ivan and the Firebird" but switch to using the full stage when it becomes apparent that the puppets are too small for the audience to appreciate. Czar Vyslav, nagged incessantly by his wife over their country's shortcomings, is overjoyed when his gardener, Simeon, produces an apple tree bearing golden fruit. Before he can use this "miracle" to his country's good the golden apples are stolen by the Firebird. Vyslav's three sons undertake to retrieve the apples, and the victor is promised that he will be heir to the throne. Their adventures are chronicled by the puppeteer, who controls the action of the play throughout, frequently "freezing" the performers to change the course of the storyline. An action-filled play with considerable opportunities for audience involvement and participation.