The War Prayer — A Short Play
Adapted from Mark Twain by Charles W. Whitman and C. Michael Perry A stirring adaptation of Twain’s somber and disturbing ode to war….
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Entertaining Mark Twain • A Musical Revue
Book by Charles W. Whitman Music and Lyrics by C. Michael Perry Additional Material by Michael Evenden Thrill to the “War Prayer”! Laugh and…
The Last Baron of Arizona • A Play
by Joanna H. Kraus The largest land swindle in the history of the United States! It was perpetrated by dreamer and con-man, James…
How Do We Feel Right Now? • A Monologue Play
a collection of raw thoughts in the aftermath of senseless tragedy by Stacey Tirro On May 25, 2020, amidst a pandemic that shut…
Clara and the Mermaids • A Radio Play
by J. D. Newman Episode 3 of the Sandy Hunter Saga Twelve-year-old Clara doesn’t know what she wants to be, but she knows…
Merlin’s Apprentice • Welcome to the Magic!
Welcome to the Magic! Book by SUSAN KIM Music by MATTHEW MARTIN WARD Lyrics by STEPHEN COLE Trying to fit into a new…
FIVE Small Cast Touring Plays for Young Audiences • Volume 13 in the Theatre For Young Audiences Series
#13 — FIVE Small Cast Touring Plays for Young Audiences (Order #5031) (5×8) (COMING SOON) The Emperor’s New Clothes by E. Gray Simons…
Plays of the Sandy Hunter Saga by J.D. Newman • Volume 12 in The Theatre for Young Audiences Series
Volume 12 — Plays of the Sandy Hunter Saga by J.D. Newman (Order #5030) (5×8) (COMING SOON) Clicking on any title below will…
The Odyssey • Full-length Play
by Eric Samuelsen (For production by Professional Groups, Colleges and Universities, Community Groups, and adventurous High Schools.) A faithful, action oriented adaptation of…
Superpowers • TYA
A SUPER Play for Young Performers! by J. D. Newman Part of the Noorda Theatre Youth Plays Three groups meet for the first…
Time Mirrors • TYA
by Drew Chappell Part of the Noorda Theatre Youth Plays The town of Shoreville is situated close to a dam that was built…
The Hornswoggle Jig • TYA
by Wendy Gourley Part of the Noorda Theatre Youth Plays Ingredients: (a) pirates (b) commedia dell’arte (c) a fight sequence (d) one large…
Noorda Theatre Youth Plays • Five Age Appropriate Scripts for Young Actors • Volume 9 Theatre For Young Audiences Series
And the curriculum/program that created them! Volume 9 of the Theatre for Young Audiences SERIES Edited by J. D. Newman “Theatre groups and…
Reflection • The Trauma of Medusa
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) In this tragic retelling of the story of Medusa, Medusa’s traumatic backstory is…
A.I., Too • A Search for Life
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) A.I., TOO presents a married couple of the near future, recently having purchased…
Servers • A New Musical
Book and Lyrics by Mahonri Stewart Music by Jason Fullmer (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) The humor and the pathos of…
Our Mutual Friend • Charles Dickens’ New Musical
Book and Lyrics by Mahonri Stewart Music by Nathaniel Drew (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) The colorful characters of Charles Dickens’…
Manifest • Tales That Forged Humanity
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Man and Woman are lost and confused in a dark and terrifying world…
The Snow Queen • A Short TYA Play
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) The classic fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen is retold…
Jinn • A Fantasy
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) To avoid the emotions of her life—even the joys—Calypso explores shops in the…
Immortal Hearts • A Short Play
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) A young man comes to grip with a break up with the woman…
The Death of Eurydice • The Greek Myth Explored
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) In this successful and beautiful short play that has been performed in theater…
Sense and Sensibility • Jane Austen’s Classic, adapted for the stage
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) In this adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel, sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood…
The Trojan Children • TYA
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) After the fall of Troy, a group of refugee children must rely on…
Haunt • Halloween TYA
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) A group of children in San Diego sneak into an abandoned house only…
Uneaten Cantaloupe • A Play
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Siblings, Oscar and Joan Godfrey are returning from their father’s funeral when they…
Swallow The Sun: The Early Life of C. S. Lewis • A Play
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) C.S. “Jack” Lewis became an internationally renowned author, famed creator of Narnia, and…
Secrets of Sleepy Hollow • A Thrill of a Ride
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Ichabod Crane is dead! He is the second school teacher in Sleepy Hollow…
Rings of the Tree • A Play
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Diana Applesong is a Victorian woman who has experienced tragedy after tragedy in…
Prometheus Unbound • A play of Greek proportions
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Phoebe faithfully serves at the temple of Delphi. There, she has a vision…
March of the Salt Soldiers • History Play
byJames Arrington and Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Commissioned by the Utah War Sesquicentennial Committee, this play takes a…
Legends of Sleepy Hollow • Halloween/Suspense
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Ichabod Crane has come to Sleepy Hollow to replace the former school mistress…
The Drownéd Book • Or, The History of William Shakespeare, Part Last
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) William Shakespeare has come home—but is he welcome back? Having traveled between London…
Cyrano From Nowhere • A Sci-Fi Comedy
by Mahonri Stewart (Under license from Prospero Arts and Media) Cyrano, From Nowhere is a meaningful, metaphysical comedy, the classic story of Cyrano…
A Dickens Of A Tale • A Mono-Play
An Evening with 8 Characters of “A Christmas Carol” by Geoff Callaway It is ten years after Ebeneezer Scrooge’s “Great Epiphany” and he…
The Premature Burial • Radio Poe RADIO HOUR 1 • Part 2
by Cheryl Ann Cluff Three actors and a sound effects artist perform an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Premature Burial”. If…
The Tell Tale Heart — Radio Poe RADIO HOUR SERIES part 1
by Cheryl Ann Cluff Three actors and a sound effects artist perform an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Tell-Tale Heart”. If…
The Funny Little Woman and Her Dumpling • A Short Play for Children
by George King and Gayanne Ramsden King Based on the Japanese Fairy Tale : The Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings When this Japanese…
The Ugly Duckling • A Short Musical for Children
Book and Lyrics by George King and Gayanne Ramsden King Music and Additional Lyrics by C. Michael Perry & Mylee Bell Especially designed…
The Gift of the Magi • Part 1 of Yuletide, of the RADIO HOUR Series
by Matthew Ivan Bennett O. Henry’s classic Christmas story “The Gift of the Magi,” originally published in 1905, it is a straightforward adaptation…
The Man Behind The Curtain • L. Frank Baum • One-man Show
by J.D. Newman (Perfect for Professional, College/University, Community, High School, Middle School, and other Youth Theatre Groups) A one-man play that tells the…
Magnificence • A Medieval Morality Play
by John Skelton. Translated and Adapted by Eric Samuelsen This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part…
Dreamers • a Ten-minute play
a ten-minute play by Eric Samuelsen Three English speaking friends, newly arrived in America, are searching the web for a school, an internship,…
Bumps • a play for Young Audiences • TYA
a play by Eric Samuelsen About the social order of a playground, along with the attendant bullying, BUMPS presents a microcosmic view of…
Foursquare • a Ten-minute play • TYA
a ten-minute play by Eric Samuelsen Slightly amended from its appearance in the longer play, BUMPS, this play about the social order of…
Little Men • A New Musical
Based on “Little Men” the sequel to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” Book, Music and Lyrics by C. Michael Perry Jo and Professor…
The Theft of Thor’s Hammer •TYA • World Tales
by Genevieve Aichele As Thor, the God of Thunder sleeps, the Ice Giants sneak in and steal his mighty hammer, symbol and source…
The Princess and the Pea • TYA • World Tales
Adapted from the Hans Christian Andersen tale by Genevieve Aichele The typical array of princesses––all royal, all wrong. But when Prince Emory meets…
The Girl Who Found Fear • TYA • World Tales
A Turkish Fairy Tale adapted by Genevieve Aichele Fear. We all know about it, have even experienced it in our lives. But we…
Persephone • TYA • World Tales
Adapted from the Greek Myth by Genevieve Aichele Kidnapping. Heartbreak. Evil exacting a price. Sounds like the 5 o’clock news? Well, no —…