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The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Comedy | Cast: 8m., 8w., with doubling, expandable for large and flexible cast.
Area staging | Run time: 70 min. | Code: P52000
The comic essence of the marvelous film with all its verbal and visual humor has been
captured here in an entirely practical play that is both easy and fun to stage. The world’s
most unusual criminologist, Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau, fights for his life and for the
future of all mankind in the most bizarre and dangerous caper of his brilliantly successful
and utterly clumsy career. By William Gleason. Based on the film by Blake Edwards and
Frank Waldman.

Pinkerton!!!
Comedy | Cast: 3m., 5w., 14 to 30 either gender. | Area staging | Run time: 75 min.
Code: PM7000
After tearing up a newspaper when told to “fetch” and affectionately licking the invader
when told to “get the burglar,” Pinkerton receives an “F” in obedience training. Later, as
Emily prepares to make up for another one of Pinkerton’s mistakes, everyone notices the
precious Pepperwill diamond is missing! And there’s the burglar. Pinkerton springs into
action at Emily’s command to “fetch,” throwing the burglar to the ground and sitting on top
of him. The day is saved as all celebrate Pinkerton! Adapted by Linda Daugherty. Based
upon A Rose for Pinkerton, Pinkerton, Behave! and Pinkerton & Friends by Steven Kellogg.

The Postman Always Rings Twice
Drama | Cast: 6 to 14m., 2 to 3w. | Multiple simple sets | Run time: 90 min. | Code: PM6000
Frank and Cora, Nick’s young wife, quickly start a romance, and Cora convinces Frank the
only way they can be together is to kill Nick and collect the insurance money. Cora and Frank
stage an automobile accident, in which Nick is killed, but the suspicious district attorney pits
the two of them against each other. Some legal maneuvering keeps them together and out
of jail, but their dreams are shattered when a second automobile accident destroys any
hope they have for a decent life. Adapted by Jon Jory. From the novel by James M. Cain.

The Quest for Don Quixote
Comedy | Cast: 4m., 2w. | Unit set | Run time: 90 min. | Code: QHF000
Playwright Ben Eisenberg sits in a Starbucks on the eve of the first rehearsal of his stage
adaptation of Don Quixote. There’s just one problem—he hasn’t written it. He hasn’t written
anything in years, and his status as wunderkind playwright is quickly fading to has-been
hack. But then—whether from a stroke of genius or a near-lethal dose of caffeine and
Xanax—Starbucks itself begins to transform, and the errant knight arises in this delightfully
theatrical and hilarious retelling of Cervantes’ classic tale. By Mark Brown. Inspired by the
novel The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes.

Rehearsal for Murder

Melodrama | Cast: 9m., 6w. | One simple set | Run time: 90 min. | Code: R36000
This is a thrilling “theatrical” mystery in which your theatre becomes the set for the play. The
actors, producer, director and others connected with the show come onto the stage and we
discover that everyone was also involved with another play by the same playwright. At its
opening night, exactly a year ago and in this same theatre, the beautiful leading lady, who
was also the playwright’s fiancee, was murdered! As these people start with the new play,
startling connections to the murder begin to unfold. Adapted for the stage by D.D. Brooke.
From the television play by Richard Levinson and William Link.