A new musical comedy about the tall tale Texas cowboy Pecos Bill told through the eyes of Slue Foot Sue and her Hot Foot Granny. Production uses traditional cowboy songs.
Production History
2002 Omaha Theater Company (Youth production) 2000 Papillion La Vista Arts Network (Youth production)
Cast Size: 12-50 actors (5f/5m)
For a scene sample of Totally True Tall Tales of Pecos Bill: The Musical click here
A turn of the century medicine show troupe of players performs three patriotic tall tale hero stories: Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and Sally Fink.
Production History
2002 Omaha Theater Company (Mainstage professional production)
Cast Size: for a minimum of 5 actors (2f/3m)
For a scene sample of Tall Tale Heroes of Americana Show click here
An 1880’s medicine show sells its strength elixir by entertaining the crowd with tales of strong women who drank the elixir including Slue Foot Sue (the cowgirl); Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett (the Tennessee frontier gal) and Annie Christmas (New Orleans Keelboater).
Production History
2006 Papillion Arts Camp (youth production)
A beautiful, but pampered princess publicly humiliates all of her suitors, including a kind young prince. Then the princess is given a gift of a minstrel from an anonymous prince, she dismisses the minstrel and sends him to sing to the pigs. However, the minstrel eventually tricks the princess into kissing him. When her father catches them, the princess is forced to marry this poor minstrel. When she must work in the kitchen for the kind young prince whom she rejected earlier, her humiliation is complete. The humbled princess, though, still has one more surprise in store for her.
Production History
2007 Summer Camp Youth Production, Papillion NE
Cast Size: for a minimum of 4 actors (2f/2m)
For a scene sample of The Spoiled Princess: A Grimms Fairy Tale click here
Jane is a 14 year old who is dragged along on a family road trip following the route of the Corps of Discovery led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. History comes to life for her though when the family reaches Ft. Mandan, South Dakota, where Sacagawea, a 16 year old Shoshoni Native American, joined the 1804 expedition.
Production History
2003 Omaha Theater Company professional Black Box production and local tour; 2002 Omaha Theater Company Black Box professional production
Cast Size: for 3 actors (1f/2m)
For a scene sample of Sacagawea: Discovering History click here
A collection of skits, parodies, scenes and monologues exploring created by teens exploring the challenges and successes of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or straight allied teens
Production History
1999-present Omaha Theater Company (Teen productions)
Awards/Reviews
2006 National Education Association’s Human and Civil Rights Award Winner
Cast Size: 10-30 actors (6f/4m)
One Man show exploring 9 different tall tale heroes including Febold Feeboldson, Annie Christmas, John Henry, Sal Fink, Pecos Bill, Mose Humphreys and Paul Bunyan
Production History
2002-2003 Omaha Theater Company School Tour
Cast Size: 1 actor (1f/1m)
An aspiring film maker enacts a one woman found object puppet version of the classic Greek myth
Production History
2004-present Omaha Theater Company (School Tour)
Cast Size: 1 actors (1f/1m)
A TIE play where audience is put in role to help planners decide which famous Nebraskans to honor first in the theme park. (can be adapted for other state histories)
Production History
1999-present Omaha Theater Company (school tour)
Cast Size: for 3 actors (2f/1m)
For a scene sample of NEBRASKALAND! The New Nebraska History Theme Park click here
Adaptation of 3 popular picture books by Joseph Slate about a Border Collie Kindergarten Teacher and her 26 animal students
Production History
2009 Omaha Theater Company national tour; 2007 Omaha Theater Company Mainstage Production
Cast Size: for a minimum of 6 actors (3m/3f)
For a scene sample of Miss Bindergarten Welcomes You To Kindergarten click here
Three sisters lovingly exaggerate an old family story about their Grandfather who brings back millions of cats for his wife and the problems the cats cause.
Production History
2005 Omaha Theater Company (Professional Mainstage Production)
Cast Size: for a minimum of 5 actors (4m/1f)
Robin Hood uses many disguises to continually trick the Sherrif of Nottingham, his daughter Luciana, and Prince John. Robin Hood eventually needs HER merry band of outlaws and her childhood friend, the brave Maid Marian, to save her from the gallows.
Production History
2009 Omaha Theater Company Youth Production; 2003 Omaha Theater Company (Youth production) 2002 Papillion La Vista Arts Network Youth production
Cast Size: 8-30 actors (6f/2m)
For a scene sample of The Many Disguises of Robin Hood click here
World premiere stage adaptation of the Newberry Award winning book about a 13 year old Inupiat Eskimo girl who gets lost on the Alaskan tundra and must befriend a wolf pack for survival. Production is a heavily movement based show.
Production History
2000 Omaha Theater Company (Professional production on Mainstage)
Cast Size: 6 actors (3m/3f)
Laura gives her new Cat a cupcake. The Cat is so excited and happy, but he then asks for sprinkles. Laura gives him sprinkles, but the Cat makes a huge mess. Cleaning up the mess will get him wet, so Laura gives him a bathing suit….which leads to crazy adventures to the beach, the gym, a mountain, a lake, and a museum..
Production History
2010 Omaha Theater Company Main-stage Production; 2010-2011 National Tour
Cast Size: 3-8 actors (1m/1f/1e)
An original story of two kids battling leukemia who use imagination to help them deal with the fear and pain of chemotherapy.
Selected Production History
2010 Students Providing Innovative Theater, Iowa City, 2003 Omaha Theater Company (Teen Production) 1997 Macon College, Georgia (College production); 1996 University of Texas at Austin (University touring production)
Awards: 1997 Southwest Theatre Association’s New Children’s Theater Script, Nebraska Arts Council 2002 Individual Artist Award
Cast Size: for a minimum of 4 actors (2m/2f) can be expanded to 6-8
Click here to read a sample scene from King Chemo 9
Visit Dramatic Publishing for perusal copies and royalty information
The Mysterious Case Files of Silver Cash, Money Detective was recently featured at a national financial literacy conference in Los Angeles California. This interactive theater in education play focuses on Silver Cash, a fourth grade money detective who helps students with their money problems. The audience helps solve The Case of the Closed Coin Purse, The Case of the Missing Money and The Case of the Most Important Client Ever as they learn about budgeting expenses and income and cost comparison. The play tours into 60 elementary schools in Omaha every year.
Haley, a thirteen year old girl, is the only human being; everyone else in the entire world are aliens in disguise as humans sent to Earth to create her world.
Production History
2010 Papillion La Vista Network (youth production), 2008 Phoenix Theater (youth production), 2003 St. Joseph’s School San Jose CA (staged reading), 1999 Omaha Theater Company (Teen Production) 1997 University of Texas at Austin ( Lab production)
Awards
2003 Children’s Theater Foundation Playwrights in Schools selection
Click here to read a scene sample from Creating Haley’s World
Go to the contact page to request a perusal copy of the play or inquire about royalties
An interactive play about the problems of bullies in the schools. Audience watches the problem filled pilot of a new game show Who Wants to be a Bully? Published by Dramatic Publishing
Awards: 2002 Kennedy Center New Visions/New Voices selection
Selected Production History
2009 Lexington Children’s Theater; 2005 South Carolina Children’s Theater (school tour) 2003- present, Omaha Theater Company (school tour), 2012 Rochester Children’s Theater,
Cast Size 2m/1f, has been done with 2f/1m, can be performed with with 5-10 performers
Sample Scene from The Bully Show
To order a full play or to produce this script go to the Dramatic Publishing website
Adaptation of the classic Grimms Fairy Tale of a meek little tailor who kills 7 flies in one blow. A small misunderstanding leads the tailor into the challenge of fighting giants, dragons and an evil king to win the hand of a princess.
Production History
2008-9 Walnut Street Theater (professional touring production for 4 actors), 2008 Town Hall Theater (Dayton, OH) large youth and community show and professional touring show), 2005 Omaha Theater Company (professional production in black box), 2009 Omaha Theater Company (large youth cast summer camp production), 2008 Papillion La Vista Arts Network Nebraska (large youth cast summer production)
Cast Size: for a minimum of 4 actors (2m/2f) can be easily expanded to 16+
For a scene sample of Brave Little Tailor 4.05 click here
Go to the contact page for a full perusal copy or to inquire about royalties
Bobby Goodspeed is a soft-spoken 7th grader who survives his mixed-up preadolescent life with the unwavering support of his three best friends: the outspoken Addie, the flamoyant Joe, and the tough Skeezie. Everything changes when Addie decides that the four of them should run against more popular peers in the upcoming student council election on a No-Name Calling platform.
In 2004, the book inspired GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) and Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing created a national No-Name Calling Week. The project seeks to focus national attention on the problem of name-calling in schools, and to provide students and educators with the tools and inspiration to launch an on-going dialogue about ways to eliminate name-calling in their communities
Production History: 2011 Omaha Theater Company Main stage Production
Cast Size: A minimum of 5m/2f (with doubling), can be expanded to 9m/4f currently (working on a new draft for a larger youth cast of 10m/7f with possible chorus)
Go to the contact page to get a full perusal copy or inquire about rights.