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Treehouse
WINNER OF THE AACT NEWPLAYFEST Comedy/Drama | Cast: 3m., 3w. | Simple set
Run time: 85 min. | Code: TV6000
Johnny could be a typical 17-year-old boy, hanging out in his treehouse and dreaming
of talking to the beautiful Alana, were it not for his insistence that he has the mind of a
53-year-old. As Johnny persists in his claim that he’s an old man in a teenager’s body
and conversations in the treehouse become increasingly peppered by the words of the
Bard, Johnny grapples simultaneously with adolescence, love and the mind’s ability to
heal from great loss. By Joe Musso.

University: A New Generation
AN EVENING OF MINI-PLAYS Comedy | Cast: 6m., 10w., with doubling. May be expanded.
Bare stage with props Run time: 70 min. | Code: U43000
Jon Jory’s University has been providing young actors with challenging roles for
decades. Now in University: A New Generation, that same versatility and emphasis on
acting is available for a new generation of actors. Combined, the mini-plays create an
evening of theatre that explores the college experience from the perspective of the
modern student. The individual pieces follow students through a year from orientation
to packing up and going back home. By Jon Jory.

ONE World of Wonder
ACT
ACCOMPANIMENT CD AVAILABLE Drama | Cast: 3m., 4w., 6 to 12 either gender. | Unit set
Run time: 45 min. Code: WK1000
At 2 years old, Noah is diagnosed with autism. He stops talking, won’t look people in the
eyes and doesn’t wish to be touched. Jenny, Noah’s older sister, journeys into Noah’s
world and finds the courage and strength to understand and support his struggles. The
family comes to understand that autism is not a death of dreams but another way to live
and that Noah is different but not less. World of Wonder invites all to join the adventure
and take the first step in understanding autism. Book and lyrics by Tonya Hays. Music
and lyrics by Genesis Be.

Writers’ Runaround

ALLOWS FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF CASTING Comedy/Farce
Cast: 2 to 9m., 2 to 9w. | Area staging | Run time: 90 min. | Code: WJ8000
The literary world is turned upside down in this funny and clever program of six comic
playlets that allows for a wide variety of casting. Jane Austen, Ernest Hemingway,
Dorothy Parker and Oscar Wilde argue about Star Wars and Harry Potter in a sports
bar; Homer confronts his agent about his new epic poem; Edgar Allan Poe and Emily
Dickinson meet through a computer dating service; a contemporary couple encounters
literary nonsense in a library; and some historians learn details about Shakespeare’s
life by going through his trash. By Thomas Hischak.