The Not-So-Scary Nightmare Adventure — TYA
The land of sleep and dreams and all that can be found there make up this clever story of Bri, the Toothfairy, and her travels to save her ‘children.’
Category: Professional Theatre
Freedom Song — A Story of Hope — TYA
One of the most powerful and inclusive scripts on the Underground Railroad and the power of personal freedom we have ever come across
RUFF! by Jenifer Nii — TYA
Two dogs in an Animal Shelter — what better location for a play about prejudice and overcoming fear
The Little Mermaid’s Little Sister — TYA
A delightful twist on the fairy tale as both the mermaid and her prince have a younger, same-gender sibling who get them and others into trouble; but it’s the little sister who is at the center of this story.
The Zenith Escape — a short musical TYA
TV screens, computer screens, video screens, phone screens — what if they were the literal gateway to our scariest nightmares?
The Saga of Sasquatch C’lone – Doc Holliday’s Electronic Medicine Show
The Wild West and the Frontier are even wilder in this spoof on everything that is western-holy!
Christmas On The Blue — A New Musical for Christmas
1940s, World War 2, Big Band, Radio station on the brink of collapse musical! With a Christmas Theme to boot!
Cinnamon Stick — Short Musical
A short musical fable about the power of love!
Before Nevermore: A Poe Adventure — Short Musical
Where did Edgar Allan Poe get his ideas? Who was he before he became the successful writer? This is one likely (or unlikely) scenario that will delight your audiences!
The Riddle of the Sphinx and More of History’s Mysteries Revealed — TYA
Yeti, Sasquatch, Sphinx and Amazonian Queen make for mystery in the theatre; but then set it in a Carnival-type atmosphere and it becomes a Mystery Sideshow Theatre piece!
The Mummy’s Tale: And other Voices from the Great Beyond — TYA
The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Aztecs knew that Death was not a mystery! Or was it?
Atlantis, Lost! and Other Legends from the Strange Waves — TYA
Atlantis, Pirates, and Loch Ness are mysteries of our water-filled world. But when these tales are set in a Sideshow atmosphere, it takes the action up a notch!
Way Out West: The Journey of Lewis and Clark and Other Tales — TYA
The West of the U.S. frontier has spawned many tales, from Native American creation, to the Pony Express, along with the history of Lewis & Clark, the Mystery Sideshow Theatre has never been more full of fun and wonder!
Aesop’s Network — PLAY, TYA
An evening of Aesops’ characters told in the style of Network Television, with news and commercials. What a kick!
EUntitled — a short play
Those without choice, or voice, as to whether they live or die.
WILD DUCKS
Ibsen meets Brecht? This is a version of “The Wild Duck” that you will never forget.
El Bully — A Spanglish play with songs
Yes, another musical about bullying, but this one focuses on the Bully and his perception of himself. And what’s more, the show is told in both Spanish and English!
Lifelines — A Play
This is a provocative and healing story about surviving the suicide of a loved one.
Reindeer Games: A Christmas Panto for Young and Olde!
The delightful traditions and history of Christmas are brought to life in this fine little Panto!
Well-Behaved Women — A Play for TYA
Women’s Suffrage is keenly and insightfully explored for young audiences.
It’s Up To Me — A Musical Revue
If we are not involved in our own lives, leading to our own success, who will be? A reminder that is not just for young audiences, but adults as well!
Counter Intelligence — One-Act
No other person in the world is really very different from ourselves. It is amazing the things you can learn in a diner, and the possibilities that wisdom opens up!
A Day Without Palestine — One-Act
American/Arab/Israeli relations pose many questions, but also find some solutions. A fine little drama about a family on the brink of crisis.
The Sideshow — a musical
a musical about young people (and the grown-ups who teach them) by Mark Ogden WHAT ABOUT JOE AVERAGE? WHERE DOES HE FIT
Glorious Son of York — play
A 1 man 1 woman adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III
Caravan • a play
An enemy is someone whose story you do not know. This play brings Jews, Muslims, and Christians together in an almost sacred unity.
Facing East • The Play
A father and a mother confront the suicide of their adult gay son, whose male partner visits the gravesite at the same time, where they enact a mock funeral. The discussion follows the tack of seeing and hearing someone when they are still alive.
Mother Wove the Morning • a play
Up to 16 women search for the Feminine Face of God — The Divine Feminine.
misFitting In – An Anti-Bullying Musical – TYA
The bullied and the bullies in an intense musical for young audiences filled with pathos, humor and a contemporary score.
The World of Snow White — play
A re-telling of the Snow White story through collected tales from around the world.
Forest Secrets — TYA
Fairies, Nature and Environmental Awareness — what better way to talk to young people about these basic topics than onstage in a play?
Once Upon A Candlemas in Arthur’s Court — TYA
Three modern-day Junior High School students meet — King Arthur, the Briton Legend and find that there is more fact to the fiction then they had previously believed, in this insightful play.
The Sheriff of Nottingham — TYA
A rousing tale of Robin Hood for young actors and audiences. Adults may enjoy these roles, as well.
Galileo’s Pendulum — TYA
Galileo’s most important contribution to the world may not have been in pure sciences, but in the allowance and tolerance of Freedom of Thought. This play chronicles that journey with either young or adult actors for young audiences.
The Gypsy Tree — a play with songs
An original fantasy for teen and adult audiences.
Olympus On The Moon — One-Act Comedy TYA
Where did the Greek Gods go for sanctuary after their people no longer believed or trusted in them? How about the moon? A fantasy play based on Greek Myth and history.
The Doctor In Spite of Himself — Farce
A new adaptation of the classic Moliére farce!
Puzzles — a play
Missing his father, taken from him by a tragic car accident, a boy of 12 struggles to come to terms with death and his own autism in the searing play.
Crowns and Commoners — Premiere Play File (TYA)
A royal family must reconcile before the kingdom is bequeathed to the three daughters of the King in this play about love and loyalty — and life.
Awakening Galatea — play
The tale of Galatea and Pygmalion, based on the original work by Ovid, is at the center of this play about humanity and selfless love.
The Yearning Season — Premiere Play File
Loosely based on the Biblical story of Jacob, Leah and Rachel, this play of adolescent angst is universal in it’s theme to any time period –– but especially today.
Liberation — A Short Play
Personal freedom, identity, and duty are the focus of this play set in a small French village near the end of World War 2 as four young women confront a captured German soldier.
DeGruchy’s Mantle — A Verse Play
This award-winning French fantasy centers around the bequeathing of a magical gift by a mother to her daughters, and becomes a play of emotional complication.
Gathering Grimm — a play
For young or adult audiences this play uncovers some ‘facts’ about the Brothers Grimm: that most of their stories came from or through their sisters and female friends.
My Turn On Earth • The Classic Musical
What are we doing here on Earth? And where did we come from? This musical tells that story through a funny script and contemporary score.
Lightning Rod — A Play
A play about Benjamin Franklin, as you’ve never seen him before!
Treasure — A Play
Ambition. Greed. Lust. Recklessness. Righteousness. Honor. Betrayal. Potential. Before there was Broadway’s “Hamilton”, there was Tim Slover’s “Treasure”.
Columbus! • A Musical Adventure for TYA
Yes, we know that he did NOT land properly on the North American Continent; but he did voyage across the unknown to open the doors to a New World. This musical tells that story for young audiences using a small cast.
Alexander and the United Snakes of America — TYA
Homelessness, Tolerance and Trust are laid bare in this theatrical fable of snakes and humans.
Esther: The Musical Schpiel • The Perfect Kletzmer Musical for Purim, and other times of the year
Told traditionally this musical is NOT; but rich culture and tradition imbues every Kletzmer Song and Showtune in a fun and funny musical play.
Your Worst Knightmare
Knights, Intrigue, Murder, Mystery, and the hand of a young maiden keep this wacky play going while the audience guesses whodunnit!
Terrorfest
What’s on the screen can be terror-full, but nightmares and murder happen off-screen as well in this interactive murder mystery.
Space: The Fatal Frontier
Who knew that out there, among the stars, there would be murder and a mystery to solve — and an audience just waiting for the chance to decipher the clues.
Murder Under The Mistletoe
Murder may not be a very nice Christmas gift — but your audience will still love to figure our who did it!
The Morgue, The Merrier
A convention for … well not the dead, but those who care for the dead, and someone dies –– well, is murdered. Your audience will love to figure out which demented doctor did it!
Ghostwriters and Ghost Riders
Everybody loves trains and train rides. Writers and the murderers they write about, do, too.
Fraternal Disorders
Those ol’ Frat Boys are sure full of surprises, eh? Ever dreamed of recounting a number of murders at a Frat Reunion and finding yourself dead, too? Let your audience figure this one out!
Doomed On The Desert’s Edge
The flora and the fauna of the Desert’s Edge are more than just toxic as the leader of a University expedition winds up dead. Who will figure it out? Someone in the audience!
American Medical Assassination — Musical
Talk about dying under the knife! But the audience will figure it out!
‘Til Death Do Us Part
What would an Italian Mob Wedding be without a little murder? Nothing that the audience could figure out.
That’s The Way The Fortune Cookie Crumbles — Musical
Espionage and a USO Show. Who knew it could lead to murder? The audience, of course, they paid to come and figure it out!
Slaughter On The Strip — Musical
The kick-line will be one short tonight as a Vegas Showgirl misses her entrance –– because she’s de-ad! So, who does the audience choose as the murderer?
Showdown At Gambler’s Gulch
In the Old West town of Gambler’s Gulch the Mayor is murdered. Which one of those contending for his office in the election did it? The audience will find out!
An Heir of Mystery
A will is nothing to die for — unless you’re a Winslow! Who did it? The audience knows!
Hail To Thee, Dear Alma Murder
High School Reunions just aren’t what they used to be, what with choosing the punch, sending the invitations and finding the murderer of one of the alumni. But that’s what the audience is for!
Death On Deck
A Cruise ship? Pirates? Murder? Mayhem? The crew, the guests, and the pirates are at a loss — but the audience isn’t!
Irving Berlin: In Person — A Bio-musical
A man and a piano player. That’s all the cast you need for this musical. The man? Irving Berlin, of course. Who else do you need?
Tangents — A Play
A psychodrama where six actresses play the self and 5 personalities of one college-aged patient while the staff doctor tries to straighten out the tangents.
The Political Tinker • The Holberg Acting Edition
What qualifies someone for a public office? Not much in this case, according to Danish-Norwegian playwright, Ludvig Holberg. Sadly, not much has changed since Holberg wrote this delightful play 300 years ago.
Equality of Rights • The First Women’s Rights Convention
The pivotal time in the Women’s Rights movement was it’s first convention in 1848. It set in motion all that would come after. This play presents the drama of the beginning of a dream.. that gratefully became a reality.
Jean de France • The Holberg Acting Edition
The Danish-Norwegian playwright, Ludvig Holberg wrote so universally that his plays hold up for today’s theater audiences.
Jeppe of the Hill • The Holberg Acting Edition
The Danish-Norwegian playwright, Ludvig Holberg wrote so universally that his comic plays hold up for today’s theater audiences.
Seigfried Idyll — A Play
Wagner’s Ring Opera was never imagined as a modern-day play with a political statement — until now.
The Immortal — A Play
The more true the story, the more strange and inviting the play version can be
Crime and Punishment — A New Play
Dostoevsky’s masterful novel given a stunning stage play adaptation by a Russian-speaking Master-Playwright.