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Full-Length Plays

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.

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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.

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JOAN by Donna Kaz

Dramedy. 60-80 minutes. 2-6 males, 3-10 females, 1-10+ either.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

JOAN is 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.

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One-Act Plays

The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Jonathan Josephson

Adaptation. 25-30 minutes. 4+ males, 1+ female.
Middle school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

A theatrical adaptation of Washington Irving's timeless tale of Ichabod Crane, the fair damsel Katrina Van Tassel, and the most feared spectre of the realm, the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.

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Ten-Minute Plays

Midnight Snow Falls Softly by Donna Stuccio

Drama. 9-13 minutes. 1 male, 1 female.
High school and older.

Christmas Eve, 1971: Amidst the pall cast by the Vietnam war, a pair of young lovers in a sleepy coal mining town struggle to find hope and common spiritual ground as they confront news which threatens to alter the course of their lives.

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An Old-Fashioned Christmas by Barbara Lindsay

Drama. 10-12 minutes. 1 male, 1 female.
High school and older.

A girl tries to make Christmas for her cynical brother in their elegant, cold New York apartment.

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