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Adam Goldberg represented Emerson College at the 2010 College Union Poetry Slam Invitational!
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Alice in Wonderland (and back again) by Randy Wyatt  Adaptation. 75-90 minutes. 4 males, 4 females, 21+ either. Suitable for all ages. Alice chases a White Rabbit down a hole to a world in which she encounters strange creatures and even stranger poetry. The Baseball King by Amelia Ross Comedy. 80-100 minutes. 4-25 males, 2-25 females. Middle school and older. A modern retelling of the famous friendships, family, and feuds between David, Jonathan, and King Saul—baseball style. A Christmas Carol by Roger Butterley and Tom Smith  Drama. 90-100 minutes. 5+ males, 5+ females. High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences. When four ghosts visit Ebenezer Scrooge, he is forced to look at his life—past, present and future—and witness the effect he has on others. The Christmas Princess by Arthur M. Jolly  Fairy Tale. 60-80 minutes. 4-5+ males, 4-8+ females. Middle school and older. A spoiled princess must find three magical Christmas gifts for her parents if she is to escape an arranged marriage to the world's stupidest prince. Crossing the Threshold by Maura Campbell Dramedy. 60-70 minutes. 6-10 males, 6-10 females. Middle school and older. Despite cerebral palsy, a family who can't understand her and the bullying girls at school, the gift of a Morgan horse she names Ringo may make all the difference for fifteen-year-old Sarah as she fights to find wholeness in her body and spirit. Golden Ladder by Donna Spector Dramedy. 95-110 minutes. 2-4 males, 4-8 females. High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences. Coming from a family of mixed religions, Catherine discovers friendship, sex and love in this bittersweet comedy as she explores various religious beliefs in order to find her own identity. Great Expectations by Rocco P. Natale Drama. 75-90 minutes. 1-5 males, 1-7 females. High school and older. An orphan named Pip overcomes adversity for the sake of childhood love in this timeless story of the enduring power of the human spirit. The Hanging of the Greens by Claudia Haas  Young Audiences. 60-70 minutes. 3 males, 8 females, 9 either. Elementary school and older. If children play instead of hanging up the evergreens for winter protection, they are in danger of being kidnapped by Pinella, the Winter Witch. Harry's Hotter at Twilight by Jonathan Dorf  Comedy. 90-100 minutes. 5-25 males, 6-25 females. Middle school and older. Everyone's favorite vampires, wizards and werewolves battle lots and lots of evil in this crazed mash-up parody of the two biggest megahits of recent years, Harry Potter and Twilight. JOAN by Donna Kaz  Dramedy. 60-80 minutes. 2-6 males, 3-10 females. High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences. A dynamic and exhilarating modernization of the story of the peasant girl who led an army to help crown a king and was burned at the stake for her efforts. Juliet and Her Romeos by Trevor Suthers Drama. 100-110 minutes. 21 females. Suitable for high school and older. A group of teenage girls, all excluded from their mainstream schools, are inspired by their English teacher to mount an all-female production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The Jungle Book by Callan Stout  Adaptation. 70-75 minutes. 6-22 males, 2-8 females. All ages. Mowgli, a little boy raised by wolves, learns the Law of the Jungle as he is kidnapped by lawless monkeys, watches the elephants dance and comes face to face with his arch-enemy, Shere Khan, the tiger who is trying to eat him. Lockdown by Julia Edwards  Dramedy. 75-90 minutes. 4-6 males, 9-11 females. High school and older. When the doors of the CliffNotes Library suddenly lockdown and someone hears a gunshot (he thinks), a motley crew of students and one freaked out substitute teacher must rise about the social chaos to save a life—and maybe learn a little about tolerance along the way. The Locker Next 2 Mine by Jonathan Dorf  Dramedy. 80-90 minutes. 5-12+ males, 8-16+ females. High school and older.
Alisa arrives at a new high school in the middle of the year to find her locker next to a shrine for a popular lacrosse player who's died in an auto accident, but as she digs deeper, she discovers another loss that no one talks about, even as it's left many of the school's students trying to pick up their own pieces. Love (Awkwardly) by Maryann Carolan and John Rotondo  Comedy. 90-100 minutes. 4 males, 4 females, 3-6 either. High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences. Eight juniors and seniors navigate the wonderful, painful, exhilarating and awkward minefield of high school relationships and the moments that matter the most: the first kiss, flirting, dating, breaking up, going to college and what goes through their heads as they sit in the most boring class ever. Masks by Paul E. Doniger  Comedy. 100-120 minutes. 5 males, 6 females, 8-14+ either. High school and older. Facing indifferent audiences and inner turmoil, a struggling Commedia dell'Arte troupe battles to live up to that old saying, "The show must go on." Miracle in Mudville by D.W. Gregory  Comedy. 60-70 minutes. 5-11+ males, 13-17+ females. Middle school and high school. With the help of a ghostly librarian, a frustrated little league ballplayer and his friends take an unexpected trip into their parents' past to fix the present.
One Good Thing by Don Zolidis Drama. 120-130 minutes. 8-25 males, 13-30 females. High school and older. Two teenagers who don't know each other deal with tragedy and struggle in the search for one good thing. Robin Hood and the Heroes of Sherwood Forest by Randy Wyatt Adventure. 60-70 minutes. 9-30 males, 6-24 females. Middle school and older. A fresh spin on the classic tale of the rogue Robin Hood and the entire community of heroes he inspires to save Nottingham from the greedy Prince John. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Ed Shockley Drama. 105-115 minutes. 6 males, 4 females, 4-30 either. Middle school and older. A young girl comes of age in Jim Crow Mississippi in this authorized adaptation of the Newbery Award-winning classic.
The Snow Queen by Ruth Cantrell  Young Audiences. 60-65 minutes. 5-6 males, 6-9 females, 8 either. All ages. Facing frozen monsters, freezing weather, and the evil Snow Queen, young Gerda searches the northern tundra to save her brother Kai in this adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen story.
The Stalking Horse by Ed Shockley Drama. 90-110 minutes. 5-20 males, 5-20 females. High school and older. A bilingual fable of young hunters competing for leadership of an ancient society which is threatened by a mysterious beast. A Stranger on the Bus by Ed Shockley Drama. 110-125 minutes. 7-25 males, 5-25 females. Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages. A young African-American girl takes an epic fantasy journey set against the backdrop of the busing movement, as two families, one on each side of the racial divide, grow to discover their love for each other. Tales of the Windship by Fengar Gael Young Audiences. 75-80 minutes. 3-25+ males, 3-25+ females. All ages. Step aboard the Windship, then set sail with a lost girl seeking a home somewhere in the wide world of fairy tales. Telling William Tell by Evan Guilford-Blake Dramedy. 80-85 minutes. 7-11 males, 4-10 females. Audiences of all ages, high school and older performers (with some child roles). The story of the Swiss hero (famed for shooting an apple off his son's head), his son, and Switzerland's quest for independence, framed by a fictionalized story of Rossini writing his famed opera. War of the Buttons by Jonathan Dorf  Drama. 90-100 minutes. 10-14 males, 2 females. Middle school and older. The youth of a town on the brink of ruin battle the students of a local prep school that is gradually buying up their town, all the while protecting one of their own whose parents have abandoned him.
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