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Dear Maudie by Michele Willens

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 55 - 60 minutes
  • 15 W, 6 M,  (11-21 actors possible: 8-15 W, 3-6 M)
Productions (9)
(2)

At age 9, Nicki and Maudie become instant best friends, vowing to keep writing notes and emails until they turn 13... "or one of us gets a... Read more

At age 9, Nicki and Maudie become instant best friends, vowing to keep writing notes and emails until they turn 13... "or one of us gets a... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

The Christmas Carol Rag by Norman Allen

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 6 W, 3 M,  (9-15 actors possible: 6-11 W, 3-5 M)
Productions (13)
(2)

In a spunky take on the Dickens classic, the story of Scrooge's redemption is set in the exciting, ragtime world of New York, circa 1911. Evelyn... Read more

In a spunky take on the Dickens classic, the story of Scrooge's redemption is set in the exciting, ragtime world of New York, circa 1911. Evelyn... Read more

The Miracle of Chanukah by Sheri Wilner

  • Drama
  • |
  • 10 - 12 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 
Productions (10)
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Ryan's mother Marilyn has invented a Chanukah ritual to ensure her family acknowledges the holiday's true meaning; after the first candle is lit,... Read more

Ryan's mother Marilyn has invented a Chanukah ritual to ensure her family acknowledges the holiday's true meaning; after the first candle is lit,... Read more

Knowing Cairo by Andrea Stolowitz

  • Drama
  • |
  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 3 W, 
Productions (12)
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Rose, an elderly German-Jewish New Yorker, is a screamer. Approaching the big 8-0, she has managed to scare away an array of caretakers with her... Read more

Rose, an elderly German-Jewish New Yorker, is a screamer. Approaching the big 8-0, she has managed to scare away an array of caretakers with her... Read more

Holier Ground by Jonathan Denn

  • Drama
  • |
  • 22 - 30 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 1 Any (2-4 actors possible: exactly 1 W, 1-3 M)
Productions (5)
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The Security Barrier now complete, a heart-broken Palestinian girl struggles to overcome religious turmoil and the loss of her family as she... Read more

The Security Barrier now complete, a heart-broken Palestinian girl struggles to overcome religious turmoil and the loss of her family as she... Read more

A Backward Glance by Julie McKee

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 10 - 20 minutes
  • 2 W, 
Productions (6)
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Auckland, New Zealand, 1979. A cheerfully heavy-drinking divorcee spots her former neighbor's daughter taking a peek around the old neighborhood,... Read more

Auckland, New Zealand, 1979. A cheerfully heavy-drinking divorcee spots her former neighbor's daughter taking a peek around the old neighborhood,... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

Lemkin's House by Catherine Filloux

  • Drama
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M, 
Productions (9)
(1)

In 1944, Raphael Lemkin invented the word "genocide" and spent his life fighting to have it recognized as an international crime. But when the... Read more

In 1944, Raphael Lemkin invented the word "genocide" and spent his life fighting to have it recognized as an international crime. But when the... Read more

Patriot Act by D. Tucker Smith

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 15 - 20 minutes
  • 1 W, 1 M, 
Productions (1)
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In the summer of 1975, Judith, a bright-eyed American volunteer and Tzvika, an Israeli kibbutznik, find themselves in a watermelon field beneath... Read more

In the summer of 1975, Judith, a bright-eyed American volunteer and Tzvika, an Israeli kibbutznik, find themselves in a watermelon field beneath... Read more

The First Night of Chanukah by Sheri Wilner

  • Drama
  • |
  • 15 - 20 minutes
  • 2 M, 
Productions (4)
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It's the first night of Chanukah and David Schwartz is stranded in the Devil's Lake, North Dakota airport. As he bemoans his fate of being "the... Read more

It's the first night of Chanukah and David Schwartz is stranded in the Devil's Lake, North Dakota airport. As he bemoans his fate of being "the... Read more

Leah's Train by Karen Hartman

  • Drama
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M, 
Productions (5)
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When Ruth, a young doctor, skips her grandmother Leah's funeral, she ignites three generations of love and secrets. Her boyfriend walks out, her... Read more

When Ruth, a young doctor, skips her grandmother Leah's funeral, she ignites three generations of love and secrets. Her boyfriend walks out, her... Read more

Hidden: Stories from the Dutch Resistance by Jamie Bruss

  • Drama
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 4 W, 3 M, 
Productions (2)
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Seven lives intersect in this compelling drama inspired by the true stories of rescuers and hidden children in Nazi-occupied Holland. The voices... Read more

Seven lives intersect in this compelling drama inspired by the true stories of rescuers and hidden children in Nazi-occupied Holland. The voices... Read more

The Lynching of Leo Frank by Robert Myers

  • Drama
  • |
  • 90 - 100 minutes
  • 2 W, 10 M,  (12-26 actors possible: 2-5 W, 10-21 M)
Productions (2)
(1)

When Mary Phagan, a white child-laborer at a pencil factory in Atlanta, is found murdered there in 1913, Leo Frank becomes the primary suspect.... Read more

When Mary Phagan, a white child-laborer at a pencil factory in Atlanta, is found murdered there in 1913, Leo Frank becomes the primary suspect.... Read more

Annushka's Voyage adapted by Edith Tarbescu

  • Drama
  • |
  • 40 - 50 minutes
  • 3 W, 2 M,  (5-15 actors possible: 3-5 W, 2-10 M)
Productions (4)
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Looking for a better life for his family and an end to persecution, the father of young Anya and Tanya leaves Russia for New York City, promising... Read more

Looking for a better life for his family and an end to persecution, the father of young Anya and Tanya leaves Russia for New York City, promising... Read more

Secret Things by Elaine Romero

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 75 - 80 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M, 
Productions (9)
(1)

When Delia, an ambitious journalist, receives anonymous articles about Mexican-Americans claiming to have hidden Jewish roots, she is intrigued... Read more

When Delia, an ambitious journalist, receives anonymous articles about Mexican-Americans claiming to have hidden Jewish roots, she is intrigued... Read more

Available as eScript

The Oy of Sex by Len Richmond

  • Comedy
  • |
  • 100 - 110 minutes
  • 3 W, 4 M, 
Productions (3)
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After leaving her cheating husband, Bea discovers, to her horror, that her nice Jewish son Hal has secretly been running a sex shop in London's... Read more

After leaving her cheating husband, Bea discovers, to her horror, that her nice Jewish son Hal has secretly been running a sex shop in London's... Read more

Available as eScript

A Happy End by Iddo Netanyahu

  • Drama
  • |
  • 80 - 90 minutes
  • 3 W, 3 M, 
Productions (8)
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The Erdmanns' life in Berlin is tinged with denial. Not only does acclaimed physicist Mark refuse to admit that his marriage to Leah is coming... Read more

The Erdmanns' life in Berlin is tinged with denial. Not only does acclaimed physicist Mark refuse to admit that his marriage to Leah is coming... Read more

The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall by Sam Forman

  • Comedy
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  • 110 - 110 minutes
  • 2 W, 3 M, 
Productions (3)
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Henry is a hungry librettist with skyscraper ambitions in this hilarious tale about the pursuit of fame and fortune on Broadway. With a great... Read more

Henry is a hungry librettist with skyscraper ambitions in this hilarious tale about the pursuit of fame and fortune on Broadway. With a great... Read more

Manna by Cheri Magid

  • Drama
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  • 120 - 130 minutes
  • 5 W, 4 M,  (9-14 actors possible: 2-7 W, 2-7 M)
Productions (3)
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Madeleine thinks she's found God through the act of baking. Jobless and spiritually lost, she tries mixing her blood and prayers into a batch of... Read more

Madeleine thinks she's found God through the act of baking. Jobless and spiritually lost, she tries mixing her blood and prayers into a batch of... Read more

Streaming Rights Available

Hanging Lord Haw-Haw by Jeffrey Hatcher

  • Drama
  • |
  • 120 - 120 minutes
  • 2 W, 4 M,  (6-26 actors possible: 2-6 W, 4-20 M)
Productions (1)
(0)

Pro-Nazi broadcaster William Joyce (known as Lord Haw-Haw by the British) is brought to vivid life in this imaginative depiction of his career... Read more

Pro-Nazi broadcaster William Joyce (known as Lord Haw-Haw by the British) is brought to vivid life in this imaginative depiction of his career... Read more

Holiday Shmoliday by Lynne Elson

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • |
  • 90 - 90 minutes
  • 9 W, 5 M, 3 Any (7-20 actors possible: 4-12 W, 3-8 M)
Productions (2)
(1)

Samson is forced to find a "cool" Chanukah song for his choir to sing or else the school bully will beat him up. At first Samson is reluctant to... Read more

Samson is forced to find a "cool" Chanukah song for his choir to sing or else the school bully will beat him up. At first Samson is reluctant to... Read more