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52 More Full Lengths

A Thai Tale

Comedy/Drama | Cast: 2m., 3w., 3 either gender | Unit set | Run time: 55 min.
Code: TV4000
Lĕk, the egotistical first-bird-in-waiting to the queen of Thailand, has been kidnapped and
is stuck in a giant banyan tree. Sumalee, third-bird-in-waiting, comes to rescue her but is
caught and ends up trapped too. When Chatchom, a wanderer of the world, singer of song
and shape-shifting magician supreme, arrives, he might be their best and only chance at
freedom, but Lĕk refuses to listen to one who is of lesser birth than herself. In the end, Lĕk
realizes that you can learn from everyone and that everyone and everything has worth and
value. By Nikki Harmon.

To See the Stars

Drama/Melodrama | Cast: 8m., 10 to 13w., with doubling. May be expanded. Strong
Flexible staging | Run time: 75 min. | Code: TC7000
It’s 1909 and the young shirtwaist factory girls band together and take on the male-dominated roles for
union. They endure beatings, starvation and even prison but ultimately prevail and win
the first industry-wide strike in American labor history. However the girls’ real victory is in women
changing the way they see themselves—not as victims, but as fighters—and in discovering
the power of sisterhood. By Cynthia Mercati.

Triangle

Drama | Cast: 4w., plus an ensemble of at least 4m., 4w. (may be expanded).
Unit set | Run time: 75 min. | Code: TK6000
Set against the backdrop of the historic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911, this stylistically
thrilling play explores the immigrant experience then and now through the tragedy of the
“fire that changed America.” Sophie, a 16-year-old seamstress who died in the fire, haunts
Malena, a modern Hispanic girl who is in conflict with her sister, Isabel. In this tale of regret,
responsibility and forgiveness, Sophie finds peace while helping Malena see her sister in a
new light. By Laurie Brooks.

Up the Down Staircase
Comedy | Cast: 12m., 18w. (smaller with doubling.) | One int. unit set
Run time: 100 min. | Code: U12000
“Hi, Teach!” are the first words to greet attractive Sylvia Barrett. Soon she finds herself the
most involved person in the school—involved in the start of a romance and in a near war
with a discipline-over-everything administrator, but, most of all, involved in the unexpected,
sometimes heartbreaking problems of her students. By Christopher Sergel. From the book
by Bel Kaufman.

US A Teen History
ACCOMPANIMENT CD AVAILABLE Comedy/Drama | Cast: 8 to 25m., 8 to 25w., expandable,
extras as desired. | Simple set | Run time: 75 min. | Code: U41000
This story theatre-style show is a compilation of pieces about the teens who helped shape
America. Did you know that the drummer boys in the Revolutionary War were as young as 11?
Or that Caroline Pickersgill helped sew the flag that inspired “The Star-Spangled Banner” at 14?
This show is incredibly flexible and adaptable to your space and audience, as we encourage you
to write your own pieces about the forgotten teens of America. Accompaniment CD available.
Book by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. Lyrics by Flip Kobler. Music by Dennis Poore.