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ACT The Complete History of Theatre (abridged)
Comedy/Farce | Cast: 2m., 1w., up to 10 either gender. | Bare stage, minimal set
Run time: 45 min. | Code: CR8000
Theatrical greats William Shakespeare, Sarah Bernhardt and Constantine Stanislavsky
lead a journey through the history of theatre. Explore Greek theatre, Kabuki, mime, the
gladiators of Rome and speculation on the real author of Shakespeare’s plays. Finally,
the cast realizes that the playwright hasn’t written an ending, and they have to ask the
ALT. VERSION audience to help! This interactive farce keeps the audience in stitches at every turn!
AVAILABLE
By Matt Thompson.

Digging Up Dessa
Comedy/Drama | Cast: 1m., 3w. | Flexible set | Run time: 75 min. | Code: DH2000
Dessa is a 21st-century girl with no shortage of struggles, secrets and mysteries to
solve. After a museum field trip reveals that the pioneering 19th-century paleontologist
Mary Anning’s legacy has been buried by history because of her gender and lack of
formal education, Dessa decides that she’s going to fight to earn her friend the credit
she deserves. With help from her once-rival, Dessa sets to work unearthing the secrets
hidden beneath the surface of the past and present for Mary’s history and her own
future. By Laura Schellhardt.

Eternity

Comedy | Cast: 5 to 6m., 4 to 5w. | Simple set. | Run time: 90 min. | Code: E94000
Abe, an angel of death, decides to move a client appointment in favor of getting an ice
cream sandwich. The only problem is that his “appointments” are to greet the newly
deceased and take them to the next stop. Things quickly spiral out of control when
Abe’s repeated attempts to “bump off” his delayed appointment fails, and the real
threat of a new “unauthorized life” will occur unless Abe gets everything back on track.
A surprise visit from the boss helps Abe rediscover the real meaning of life and death.
By Michael Cochran.

Ever in the Glades
2019 AATE DISTINGUISHED PLAY AWARD WINNER Comedy/Drama
Cast: 5 to 8m., 2 to 5w. | Flexible set | Run time: 75 min. | Code: E95000
On an isolated island deep in the heart of the Everglades, five teenagers struggle
to survive in a land where the adults are as dangerous as the gators. When one of
the kids returns from juvenile detention to help the rest escape to the mainland, it
seems their prayers have been answered. There’s only one problem: they need a boat,
and they need it before the adults catch wind of their plan and end it—or end them.
By Laura Schellhardt.