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Adaptations/Literature-Based


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   Full-Length Plays  

Alice in Wonderland (and back again) by Randy Wyatt

Adaptation. 75-90 minutes. 4 males, 4 females, 21+ either.
Suitable for all ages.

Alice chases a White Rabbit down a hole to a world in which she encounters strange creatures and even stranger poetry.



A Christmas Carol by Roger Butterley and Tom Smith

Drama. 90-100 minutes. 5+ males, 5+ females.
High school and older performers, middle school and older audiences.

When four ghosts visit Ebenezer Scrooge, he is forced to look at his life—past, present and future—and witness the effect he has on others. 



Great Expectations by Rocco P. Natale
Drama. 75-90 minutes. 1-5 males, 1-7 females.
High school and older.

An orphan named Pip overcomes adversity for the sake of childhood love in this timeless story of the enduring power of the human spirit.



Harry's Hotter at Twilight by Jonathan Dorf

Comedy. 90-100 minutes. 5-25 males, 6-25 females.
Middle school and older.

Everyone's favorite vampires, wizards and werewolves battle lots and lots of evil in this crazed mash-up parody of the two biggest megahits of recent years, Harry Potter and Twilight.



Juliet and Her Romeos by Trevor Suthers
Drama. 100-110 minutes. 21 females.
Suitable for high school and older.

A group of teenage girls, all excluded from their mainstream schools, are inspired by their English teacher to mount an all-female production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.



The Jungle Book by Callan Stout

Adaptation. 70-75 minutes. 6-22 males, 2-8 females.
All ages.

Mowgli, a little boy raised by wolves, learns the Law of the Jungle as he is kidnapped by lawless monkeys, watches the elephants dance and comes face to face with his arch-enemy, Shere Khan, the tiger who is trying to eat him.



Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Ed Shockley
Drama. 105-115 minutes. 6 males, 4 females, 4-30 either.
Middle school and older.

A young girl comes of age in Jim Crow Mississippi in this authorized adaptation of the Newbery Award-winning classic.



The Snow Queen by Ruth Cantrell

Young Audiences. 60-65 minutes. 5-6 males, 6-9 females, 8 either.
All ages.

Facing frozen monsters, freezing weather, and the evil Snow Queen, young Gerda searches the northern tundra to save her brother Kai in this adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen story.



War of the Buttons by Jonathan Dorf

Drama. 90-100 minutes. 10-14 males, 2 females.
Middle school and older.

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.




   Musicals  

Alice on the Other Side by Matt Buchanan
Musical. 90-100 minutes. 10+ males, 10+ females, 10+ either.
Middle school and older.

Follow Alice as she discovers the bewildering world on the other side of the mirror in this musical adaptation of Lewis Caroll's Through the Looking Glass.



Alley Dog by Paul Lewis

Musical. 110-125 minutes. 5-20+ males, 5-20+ females.
High school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

A musical, modernized retelling of a story from The Odyssey, in which a dog stubbornly awaits a missing soldier's return from the Korean War, long after everyone else has lost hope of ever seeing him again.



The Secret Garden by Miriam Raiken-Kolb

Musical. 105 minutes. 5-16+ males, 8-16+ females.
Middle school and older.

A girl who has never been cared for by her parents experiences love for the first time when she discovers an abandoned secret garden, and helps to bring it back to life.




   One-Act Plays  

Alice in Wonderland by Randy Wyatt

Adaptation. 35-45 minutes. 2 males, 2 females, 14+ either.
Suitable for all ages

Alice chases a White Rabbit down a hole to a world in which she encounters strange creatures and even stranger poetry.



Dandelion by Wysteria Edwards
Young Audiences. 10-15 minutes. 1-5 males, 1-5 female.
Elementary school and older.

Dandelion overdresses for a come-as-you-are party and is turned away because the hostess does not recognize him in this adaptation of the Don Freeman book.



Goldilocks In Nurseryland by Trevor Suthers

Comedy. 30-40 minutes. 5-8 males, 6-7 females.
Middle school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

In the spirit of Shrek, this fractured fairy tale comically chronicles the exploits of Goldilocks as she flees the Three Bears and seeks asylum with the compulsive kisser Georgie Porgie and a host of nursery rhyme characters.



In the Village of the Brothers Grimm by Claudia Haas

Dramedy. 50-60 minutes. 3-29 males, 4-35 females.
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

A play rich with the finely-drawn characters from the Brothers Grimm entices you into a magical world of once upon a time.



The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Jonathan Josephson
Adaptation. 25-30 minutes. 4+ males, 1+ female, 4+ either.
Middle school and older performers, elementary school and older audiences.

A theatrical adaptation of Washington Irving's timeless tale of Ichabod Crane, the fair damsel Katrina Van Tassel, and the most feared spectre of the realm, the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.



Manuelo, the Playing Mantis by Wysteria Edwards
Young Audiences. 10-15 minutes. 1-6 either.
Elementary school and older.

After many failed attempts, Manuelo the praying mantis learns to make a cello with the help of his friend the spider in this adaptation of the book by Don Freeman.



Mop Top by Wysteria Edwards
Young Audiences. 10-15 minutes. 2-4 males, 1-3 females.
Elementary school and older.

An almost-six-year-old with a mass of floppy red hair tries to postpone the inevitable trip to Mr. Barberoli's barber shop in this adaptation of the Don Freeman book.



A Pocket for Corduroy by Wysteria Edwards
Young Audiences. 10-15 minutes. 1-3 males, 2-4 females.
Elementary school and older.

When a curious stuffed bear is left at the Laundromat, many adventures await him in this adaptation of the Don Freeman book.



Puss N. Boots by Ruth Cantrell

Young Audiences. 50-55 minutes. 5-10 males, 8-13 females.
Middle school and older performers, middle school and younger audiences.

Puss N. Boots leads a ragtag group of misfits to help Robert, Duke of Wessex, regain his dukedom from an evil Ogre.



Two Dudes from Daytona by Matt Buchanan
Comedy. 55-65 minutes. 6-11 males, 7-12 females, 5+ either.
Suitable for high school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.

Two young men trying to make it in the big, bad city fall for the same girl - with hilarious results.



The Unscary Ghost by Matt Buchanan
Comedy. 40-50 minutes. 3+ males, 5+ females, 8+ either.
Middle school and older performers, audiences of all ages.

What do you do when you're a ghost, but nobody is afraid of you?



 
 
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