Four Bio-Musicals by Chip Deffaa • Playwrights on the Page Series • Book 14
by Chip Deffaa The Fanny Brice Story The Irving Berlin Story Yankee Doodle Dandy The Seven Little Foys: An American Vaudeville Chip Deffaa…
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Kimchi Kid • TYA Family Play about the power of Adoption
by Joanna H. Kraus When Hak Soo, a nine-year old Korean boy, arrives at a New York airport, he’s frightened by the excited…
For The Glory • A Play
by Joanna H. Kraus (with Hobart Brown) Dawn, wanna-be journalist, is tired of being an Indy 500 driver’s trophy girlfriend. Instead, she’ll cover…
Play Ball! • Reflections on the Origins of Baseball
by E. Gray Simons III PLAY BALL! blends history, poetry, and a fantastic sense of humor to create an exciting and hilarious play….
River.Swamp.Cave.Mountain. • TYA (Grades K-3)
by Elaine Jarvik This is the story of five-year-old JJ (who has lots of questions) and eight-year-old Izzy (a know-it-all who…
Esther: Queen of Courage • One-woman Show
by Myrth Elizabeth Burr Ask yourself, “Do I have the courage of a Queen to stand firm for what I believe, EVEN IF…
Ruth and Naomi • One-woman Show
by Myrth Elizabeth Burr A Story of love filled with heartache, strife and drama. Many believe that Ruth gleaning in the fields…
Papa Married A Mormon • The Play
by John D. Fitzgerald. Adapted for the stage by Rodger D. Sorensen. (For production by Professional Groups, College/University Groups, Community Groups, High Schools,…
Huebener • The Classic LDS Play
by Thomas F. Rogers (For production by Professional Groups, College/University Groups, Community Groups, High Schools, LDS & Other Church Groups, Youth Theatres) During…
Storm Boy — Book 11 of The Playwrights on the Page Series
BOOK 11 Storm Boy: A Devastating Tale of Brotherhood, Love, and Loyalty by Steve Eaton Evans with Tim Laycock KINDLE Version TBD future…
My Travels With Cecil — a short play
The search for the English folk song in American folk music. by R. Rex Stephenson Great for groups, amateur, professional or educational, who…
Whatsoever • Original Cast Live Performance CD
THE MUSICAL STORY OF ABRAHAM The Quintessential Man of Faith Book, Music and Lyrics by Mark Ogden From the city of Ur to…
The Ruckus At Machias — a play
The retelling of a true tale about the first naval battle of the American Revolution.
Chosen: Stories On Adoption — play
A warm, moving, and sometimes funny look at adoption from the minds and hearts of the adopted and those who adopt them.
Mrs. Smith Goes To Washington — One Woman Play
A Tour-de-Force for a solo actress portraying Margaret Chase Smith, first female Senator from Maine
An Allagash Haunting: The Story of Emile Camile — play with songs
The North Maine Woods are many things — haunted is one of them; as 10-year-old Olivia soon finds out.
Storm Boy – A Devastating Tale of Brotherhood, Love, and Loyalty
A re-telling of the true story of a lifeboat crew on the north coast of Devon and what it costs to be a lifeboatman.
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
Julius Caesar: A Confederate Conspiracy
Shakespeare’s classic edited for time and archaic expressions, plus a setting of the U.S. Civil War.
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!
The Plays of Thomas F. Rogers Volume 2: Personal Journeys
Plays of conscience, choice, crisis, and personal identity from a master playwright.
The Plays of Thomas F. Rogers Volume 1: Perestroika and Glasnost
East-West tensions that brought about the Cold War, plus living under and after the walls came down, make for compelling theatre from a master playwright who has been produced in Russia, as well as here in the US.
Well-Behaved Women — A Play for TYA
Women’s Suffrage is keenly and insightfully explored for young audiences.
The World Is My Parish — Play
The religious journey of John Wesley, father of the Methodists.
We Band of Brothers — Musical Farce
Buffalo Bill Cody, Wild Bill Hickok, and Texas Jack are drawn to Chicago by a shrewd promoter to perform in a show about Buffalo Bill Cody, Wild Bill Hickok, and Texas Jack! And it based on an historical incident — a true story!
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.
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.
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.
Treasure — A Play
Ambition. Greed. Lust. Recklessness. Righteousness. Honor. Betrayal. Potential. Before there was Broadway’s “Hamilton”, there was Tim Slover’s “Treasure”.
Columbus! The Discoverer– 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.
Esther: The Musical Schpiel
Told traditionally this musical is NOT; but rich culture and tradition imbues every Kletzmer Song and Showtune in a fun and funny musical play.
Whatsoever: The Musical Story of Abraham
What’s Abraham got that we haven’t got? Lot’s Wife, for one! This musical will propel you through the Biblical story with wit and a LOT of good music.
Esther — The Musical
A Broadway-style musical treatment of the Biblical story of Esther, Queen of Persia, and all the intrigue of the court.
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?
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.
The Immortal — A Play
The more true the story, the more strange and inviting the play version can be
The Irving Berlin Story — A Musical
The musical story of America’s Greatest Musical Theatre Composer, given the Broadway-style musical treatment using his own music!
One Night With Fanny Brice — A One Woman Musical
Fanny Brice spent years on stage as a solo act. Her private life was sometimes also a solo act. Here she is, live onstage, in a dynamic, musical theatre, one-woman performance.
Different Equals Amazing – A play about bullying
Anyone can feel ‘different’ from others at times. It is never a small thing. This short play celebrates difference and allowing difference and tolerance, no matter what.
Song-and-Dance Kids: The Musical Story of The Seven Little Foys
A large cast musical about Eddie Foy with his 7 vaudevillian youngsters and their life on the stage.
The Seven Little Foys — A Musical Fable of Vaudeville
Eddie Foy and the seven ‘Little” Foys were a Vaudeville sensation. This is a small-cast Broadway-style musical telling their story.
Miasma • A Play
Discover how a family can be ripped apart by a father’s corporate vision through greed and abuse of the workers in his plant, in the play with ripped-from-the-headlines themes.
The Fanny Brice Story — A Musical
The musical story of the life of Fanny Brice, with a score filled with songs of the period, will enchant audiences–old and young alike.
The Second Priest — A Play
A play of political intrigue that is even more timely today than when it was written, because playwright Thomas F. Rogers is a man of vision.
Yankee Doodle Dandy — A Musical
Book by Chip Deffaa Music and Lyrics by George M. Cohan (and others) (For production by Professional Groups, College/University Groups, Community Groups, High…
Geeks and Gangsters — A Play
by Rob. Lauer (For production by Professional Groups, College/University Groups, Community Groups, High Schools, Middle Schools/Junior High Schools, Church Groups, Youth Theatres) Inspired…
Gentle Barbarian — A Play
by Thomas F. Rogers (For production by Professional Groups, College/University Groups, Community Groups) Based on the life of Russian author, Ivan Turgenev, this…