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Title: 1940s Radio Christmas Carol Author: Jones, Walton Greenberg, Faye Publisher: Samuel French 2010 Description: roy Christmas - dramatic comedy - musical - friendship - war eleven characters six male; three female; two male or female (flexible casting) two acts 105 minutes; interior set; can be performed by children; lyrics by Faye Greenberg. The long-awaited sequel to the popular The 1940's Radio Hour. It's Christmas Eve, 1943, and the Feddington Players are now broadcasting from a hole-in-the-wall studio in Newark, NJ, and set to present their contemporary "take" on Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Whether it's the noisy plumbing, missed cues, electrical blackouts, or the over-the-top theatrics of veteran actor, but Title: 1984 Author: Icke, Robert Macmillan, Duncan Publisher: Oberon Modern Plays 2013 Description: roy drama - science fiction eight characters six male; two female one act Adapted from the novel by George Orwell. April, 1984. Winston Smith, thinks a thought, starts a diary, and falls in love. But Big Brother is watching him, and the door to Room 101 can swing open in the blink of an eye. Its ideas have become our ideas, and Orwell's fiction is often said to be our reality. This radical Title: 1984 Dalmar Biker War, The Author: McKerracher, Chris Publisher: Chris McKerracher Description: roy comedy - Alberta playwright - Canadian eight characters three male; five female three acts Running time: 90 minutes; 1 simple set. The staff of a small rural town must fend off an attack by a biker gang. The 1984 Dalmar Biker War is a great play for small town theatre troupes as it features characters and dialogue instantly recognizable by audiences in rural communities. This single-set play Title: 45 Minutes from Broadway Author: Rogers, June Walker Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 1973 Description: roy musical comedy - young adult thirteen characters; extras; chorus seven male; six female two acts Approximate running time: 80 minutes; George M. Cohan's musical adapted by June Walker Rogers. The irresistible excitement of George M. Cohan's music and the period charm of his most enjoyable libretto are put into a modern school situation and with this you have the best of all (musical) worlds! "Let's do a musical!" is the cry from the members of the school's drama club. The Title: 99 Histories in - Seven Contemporary Plays from the Korean Diaspora in the Americas / COL Author: Cho, Julia Publisher: Duke University Press 2017 Description: roy drama - Korea - family relations eight characters five male; three female two acts Cho tells us what is, in many ways a classic mother-daughter relationship story. When Eunice, the daughter shows up pregnant long after running away from home, the mother, Sah-Jin encourages her to look forward and to rebuild her life. But the daughter cannot move on without finding out about the past, especially about her mother's life in Korea and her father, who died abruptly in Los Angeles. By immigrating to the United States, Sah-Jin attempted to forget both her personal past and Korea's history, and Eunice ran away from her mother in order to escape her Title: Abracadabra, Aladdin! Author: Kelly, Tim Hughes, Pam Publisher: Pioneer Drama Service 1992 Description: roy children - musical - fantasy large cast flexible casting one act Music and lyrics by Pam Hughes. "Adventurous fun and engaging music are all part of this easy-to-stage adaptation. Aladdin’s mother and sister are trying to get him to stop tricking everybody. Then one day, Aladdin meets Princess Jasmine and vows to marry her. He’s visited, however, by evil Jammal and his wicked sister. The greedy siblings know that only Aladdin can enter a secret cave which houses a Title: Abstinence Author: Wilson, Lanford Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc. 1989 Description: roy comedy five characters two male; three female one act 1 interior. Comedic look at Manhattan's "smart set". Chaos reigns at charity party for Liars Anonymous. Title: Accidental Friends Author: York, Y Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 1996 Description: roy comedy - young adult - children - bullying four characters two male; two female one act "Twelve-year-old Jonathan, temporarily blinded by a head injury, sits alone in his hospital room wondering why his best friends haven't come to see him. Enter Hilda, a classic over-achiever geek, who has come to see why Jonathan hasn't answered the witty letter she was made to write in class. With Hilda's relentless encouragement, Jonathan realizes that he can get around his room quite well without his sense of sight. He also discovers that although Hilda may be unusual, she is also interesting and funny as she regales him with stories about herself and her twin sister, Holly. Still, when Jonathan gets back to school, he renounces her to his friends, Title: Accrington Pals, The in - Plays: 1 - Peter Whelan / COL Author: Whelan, Peter Publisher: Methuen Drama 2003 Description: roy drama - historical - biography - 20th century - war - Britain ten characters five male; five female two acts 1 setting. The fate of the "Accrington Pals," a battalion of working-class volunteers from Lancashire decimated at the battle of the Somme in 1916, is linked to private lives of the women they left behind. Title: Acquiesce Author: Yee, David Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2017 Description: roy comedy - Canadian - self - family - spirituality ten characters three male; one female (doubling) two acts A moving story of tradition, family, and pain passed down through generations. Plagued by the success of his first book and haunted by his past, Sin Hwang arrives in Hong Kong with some unusual cargo and a lot of emotional baggage. Featuring a surreal cast of characters, from a foul-mouthed Paddington Bear to a wisecracking Buddhist monk, this sharply comedic and heartbreakingly poignant tale of self, familial, and spiritual discovery reflects the cycles from which we must all break free as we find our way. Title: Adam's Apple Author: Gralley, Jean Publisher: Dramatic Publishing Company 1981 Description: roy comedy - satire eight characters one male; seven female (flexible) one act Approximate running time: 35 minutes. God creates fem in Her own image and then She decides fem needs a playmate, and so She creates male-fem. This witty satire has fun with the roles and attitudes of men (male-fems) and women (fems). Adam's Apple is a lively, hilarious jaunt through an inverted world. Adam, our poor protagonist, must learn his place in this society through three arenas of life: the Sunday School Title: Admirable Bashville; or, Constancy Unrewarded, The in - Selected Short Plays / COL Author: Shaw, Bernard Publisher: Penguin Books 1988 Description: roy romantic farce eleven characters; extras nine male; two female three acts 3 interiors; 1 exterior. Farcical romantic comedy in Shakespearean blank verse based on Shaw's novel Cashel Byron's Profession. British prizefighter falls in love with noblewoman. Title: Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, The in - Up the Garden Path and The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God / Author: Codrington, Lisa Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press 2017 Description: roy Canadian playwright - women - God fifteen characters eleven male; four female (doubling possible) one act (five scenes) Running time: 45 - 60 mins Based on Bernard Shaw’s short story, The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God follows a black girl who is abandoned by a white missionary for asking too many questions. Taking matters into her own hands, the Black Girl sets off to find out who or what God really is. Along the way she meets a number of characters who have very different views on God, but the Title: Agatha Christie Made Me Do It Author: Cope, Eddie Publisher: I. E. Clark 1975 Description: roy comedy - spoof - playwriting - murder mystery eleven characters six male; four female three acts Police Officer Hootspah, tired of being a cop, decides the quickest way to riches and life of ease is to write a murder mystery. Never having written anything before, he seeks help from a hypothetical book which analyzes Agatha Christie's methods as a mystery writer. In spite of his bumbling manner, his obvious ineptness for the task, and the fact that his people frequently get out of hand, Hootspah manages to put together a play with a barrel full of laughs, enough suspense to trigger the interest of any audience and a cast of high-calibre characters. He blithely Title: Airness in - Humana Festival 2017 / COL Author: Marcantel, Chelsea Publisher: Playscripts, Inc. 2018 Description: roy comedy seven characters five male; two female one act Running time: approximately 100 minutes. When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds all committed to becoming the next champion, she discovers that there’s more to this art form than playing pretend; it’s about finding yourself in your favorite songs, and performing with raw joy. Will Nina be able to let go and set herself free Title: Aladdin Author: Porter, Robert Neil Perry, Jack Publisher: Pioneer Drama Service 1979 Description: roy musical - young adult - fantasy eleven characters four male; seven female one act Music and lyrics by Jack Perry. "This is the classic story of Aladdin and his magic lamp. Aladdin discovers a magic lamp and, with the aid of the Genie, wins the hand of the lovely Princess Balmyra. But the evil Turkish Magician gains control of the lamp and instructs the Genie to bring the Princess to him in his palace. Aladdin (with the help of Balmyra’s cat, Tiger Lily) finds the magician and rescues the Title: Aladdin A pantomime Author: Morely, John Publisher: Samuel French 1981 Description: roy comedy - pantomime nineteen characters; extras; dancers; chorus twelve male; seven female (flexible casting) two acts Aladdin is a comedy-adventure pantomime for nineteen principals, dancers and chorus.