ALICE ON THE OTHER SIDE
(Musical. Flexible ensemble cast. About 100 minutes.) A musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. All the favorite characters and 13 original songs make this a fun night out for the audience and an exciting challenge for young performers. By Matt Buchanan. MORE INFO / TO ORDER |
BOBOS
(Musical. Ensemble Cast. About 2 hours.) This sung-through urban opera deals with the tough choices facing youth in the streets of Philadelphia. The premiere production set a box office record at American Music Theatre Festival, then went on to win several major awards including the Richard Rodgers Award (the American Academy of Arts and Letters), and the Stephen Sondheim Award for Outstanding Contributions to American Musical Theatre. By Ed Shockley and James McBride. MORE INFO / TO ORDER |
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THE BOX
(Cast of 5 plus chorus. 90 minutes.) A wacky allegorical comedy inspired by the myths of Pandora and Prometheus mixed with modern cartoon references. Epth is deposited on a quiet beach by a mysterious ferryman and then encounters a succession of zany characters each prodding him on toward some elusive self discovery. By Ed Shockley MORE INFO / TO ORDER |
DAY ONE
(Musical. 3M, 5F plus flexible ensemble. About 90 minutes.) Some people wish high school would last forever. Others would do anything to get it over with. Who will win out in this new musical? Commissioned by the Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Arts Conservatory as a new musical written specifically for teen performers. Book and Lyrics by Jon Dorf, Music by James Balmer and Mary Nelson. MORE INFO / TO ORDER |
HIGH SCHOOL (NON) MUSICAL
(Comedy. 6M, 5F, plus flexible ensemble. About 90 minutes.) A zany parody of Disney's High School Musical, but the play stands on its own even with actors and audiences who don't know the Mouse's monster hit. By Jon Dorf MORE INFO / TO ORDER |
IRENE AND CURDIE
(6 female, 9 male, plus flexible ensemble. About 75 minutes.) Freely adapted from George MacDonald's The Princess and the Goblin. A young princess and a young miner prove more than a match for a society of twisted goblins bent of destroying their world. A fairy tale about trust and self-reliance. Wonderful for family audiences. By Matt Buchanan MORE INFO / TO ORDER |
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LITTLE WOMEN
(Ensemble Cast. About 2 hours.) Adapted from the novel by Louisa May Alcott. This adaptation sticks very close to the original text, and is especially popular with those who truly love the book. By Matt Buchanan MORE INFO / TO ORDER |
PRINCE UGLY (the musical)
(Musical. Flexible Ensemble Cast. About 85 minutes.) What is a true friend? Prince Ugly is a fun, often zany contemporary fairy tale about identity and friendship. With ten original songs, all well-suited to be performed by young voices. By Matt Buchanan Prince Ugly is also available in a non-musical version. (About 40 minutes.) MORE INFO / TO ORDER |
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ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY
(4F 6M, plus expandable chorus. 120 minutes.) Authorized adaptation of Mildred D. Taylor's Newberry Award winning novel set in Jim Crow Mississippi. By Ed Shockley MORE INFO / TO ORDER |
STRANGER ON THE BUS
(Expandable cast of 12-50. About 2 hours.) Fantasy and reality blend together in this award winning historical dream play about a landmark desegregation case, Swann v. Charlotte/Mechlenberg Board of Education. By Ed Shockley MORE INFO / TO ORDER |
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WAR OF THE BUTTONS
(10M 2F. About 100 minutes.) Freely adapted from the novel by Louis Pergaud. 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. By Jon Dorf MORE INFO / TO ORDER |