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The Children's Theatre Company (mainstage) (Minneapolis, MN, United States)

1991

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Playscripts, Inc

2004

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Comedy/Drama

Comedy

6

3

3 females, 6 males; Running time: 85-100

Notes: -

Synopsis: A no-nonsense American family buys an old mansion in rural England, scoffing at warnings of a fierce and violent resident ghost. The spirited Americans -- Mother, Father, young Virginia, and her mischievous little twin brothers -- may have found their match in the equally spirited and clever ghost, who is determined to scare them out or worse. He's outnumbered, however, and in the end, kind-hearted Virginia helps him fulfill the terms of the legend that allow him release into the afterlife.

Phoenix Theater (Red Wing, MN, United States)

2000

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Playscripts, Inc

2003

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Family drama

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5

4

10 either

Notes: Running time: 75-90

Synopsis: Toby McGarvey returns from his first semester as a freshman at New York University, home for the holidays to the small town of Hopely, Minnesota. He expects to find Hopely preserved as he left it, but now in awe of him. A rude awakening: His girlfriend has dumped him for his brother, and his dad has published in the town paper the letters he wrote home, exaggerating his adventures in the big city and sneering about his hometown to cover up his profound homesickness. Toby is in for a discomfiting but humorous journey toward rediscovering his home. Can he rise above his boiling anger as he watches his brother's demonstrative affection toward his old girlfriend? Is he falling in love with his eccentric old grade school teacher? Can the secret life of Christmas be just as good as or even better than the sentimental Christmas everybody's supposed to want?

Horizons Theatre (staged reading) (Washington, DC, United States)

1990

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Playscripts, Inc

2005

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Play/Drama

5

5

10-13 actors possible

Notes: -

Synopsis: intertwines the beloved story of "Little Women" with what actually went on in the family life of the novel's author, Louisa May Alcott. Living in the intellectual hub of Massachusetts, circa 1840, young Louisa strives to keep her family together and safe from starvation, despite the harebrained schemes of her father, the Transcendentalist philosopher Bronson Alcott, who has sworn off working for money. At points of unbearable tension, Louisa retreats to an imaginary world -- the harmonious family life of her novel, "Little Women" -- whose publication ultimately leads to a precipitous and ironic rise in her real family's fortunes.

Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis, MN, USA >>>

1986

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Playscripts, Inc.

2003

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Drama

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4

7

7 females, 4 males

Notes: Running time: 100-110 mins

Synopsis: Under the guidance of their beloved mother, the four young March sisters -- tempestuous Jo, motherly Meg, shy Beth, and spoiled baby Amy -- struggle to keep their family going while Father's away in the Civil War. In this beautifully dramatized adaptation of the classic novel, even as privation, illness, and sibling rivalry cast their shadows, each girl strives to find her true self. (A one-act version of this play is also available.)

N. B. Forrest High School (Jacksonville, FL, United States)

2006

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Playscripts, Inc.

2006

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Drama

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4

7

7 females, 4 males

Notes: Running time: 35-45 mins

Synopsis: Under the guidance of their beloved mother, the four young March sisters -- tempestuous Jo, motherly Meg, shy Beth, and spoiled baby Amy -- struggle to keep their family going while Father's away in the Civil War. In this beautifully dramatized adaptation of the classic novel, even as privation, illness, and sibling rivalry cast their shadows, each girl strives to find her true self. (A full-length version of this play is also available.)

The Children's Theatre Company (national tour) (Minneapolis, MN, United States)

1993

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Playscripts, Inc

2004

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Play/Drama

5

9

9 females, 5 males; Running time: 110-125

Notes: -

Synopsis: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm tells the story of a wild and mischievous girl who eventually wins the hearts of not only her doting Aunt Jane but her severe Aunt Miranda. Rebecca leaves her widowed mother, her six brothers and sisters, and her beloved farm to go live with her aunts in town and get an education. A spirited girl, she gets herself into all sorts of scrapes, to her Aunt Miranda's disgust and dismay. At the heart of the play is a debate: whether or not children are basically good at heart, and whether or not it's a sin to be poor.

Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, USA >>>

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Dramatists Play Service, NY

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Play/Drama

3

1

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Notes: -

Synopsis: As the play begins, Eve, arriving home in the late evening, is seized by a man in a ski mask who forces her to take him to her apartment. Once there he rapes her-and announces that, as she has ripped away his mask, he will have to kill her. But first there is a chilling pas de deux in which Eve stalls for time and the rapist (Joe) reveals that he has been watching her for months from a nearby rooftop and knows even the smallest details of her daily life. Controlling her fear and loathing, Eve tries to convince Joe that she finds him attractive, that she is ready to give herself to him willingly. Although suspicious at first, Joe's vanity overrules his caution, and Eve seizes the moment to flee, fortunately into the hands of two policemen who are patrolling outside her apartment. The trapped Joe tries to convince the officers that Eve is hysterical, that she has invited him to her apartment, but the ruse fails, and he is taken off. Yet the ordeal is not over, for Eve must exorcise the shock and repugnance whic

The Children's Theatre Company (Minneapolis, MN, United States)

1988

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Playscripts, Inc

2003

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Play/Drama

4

30

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Notes: Running time: 90-100

Synopsis: In this adaptation of the first nine chapters of Charlotte Bronte's masterpiece, 10-year-old Jane Eyre is driven from Gateshead Manor, where she lives as a despised poor relation, to a harshly disciplined boarding school where she nevertheless makes true friends, faces her past, and prepares herself for an independent future as a governess.