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DWAYNE YANCEY
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Dwayne Yancey is a journalist by profession and a playwright by avocation. Most of his time is spent directing news coverage as assistANT managing editor of the Roanoke Times. He took up playwriting several years ago to amuse himself and has been pleasantly surprised to find that others have enjoyed his work, as well. He lives in Fincastle, Virginia with his wife and two children, all of whom are veterans of the local community Theatre stage.
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Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
Amazing And Horrifying - Not To Mention Fantastical - Tale Of the Halifax And the MermAIDS, The
Animal Instinct
Apollo 21 Or 22
Beautiful Ogre
Behind the Muses: the Weird Sisters Story
Belinda's Blind Date
Black Market of Memories, The
Buzzards
Chicken
Code 40 Verona
Curious Tale Of Dr Lescarbault And the Planet Vulcan, The
Escape Velocity
Eve's Applestand
Gentle, Violent, Imperial, Revolutionary, Complete, Abbreviated History Of Tea, The
Good Year For Limas, A
Great Eclipse Of 1878, The
Hamlet on Spring Break
Honeymoon In La Paz
Horoscope, The
Jefferson And Napoleon
Jenna and Her Prize-Winning Pig Change the Course of History
Jose And Maria
Kissing Consultant , The
Last Flight Of Irina Ivanova, The
Last Man On the Moon Blues, The
Last Zeta Of 38 (Female Version), The
Last Zeta Of 38 (Male Version), The
Lemmings
Leverrier's Planet
Life, Legend And Little-Known War Of John Mcneill, The
Lucy
Making Of the King 1483, The
Making Of the King 1483-1485, The
Making Of the King 1485, The
Man Who Saved the World
Melanie's Laws Of Emotion
Mermaids Of Turn Three, The
Miss Mitchell's Comet
Monument Avenue
My Brother's Stupid Hamster
My Girlfriend's Stupid Talking Parrot
Night Cops
Now Hiring For Tooth Fairy
Occupations
Pass the Pepper, Please
Pi Of Maggie (Fifteen-Minute Version), The
Pi Of Maggie (Five-Minute Version), The
Plantagenet Vs Shakespeare
Polly Sigh Meets Her Maker
Polly Sigh, Punk Cellist
Press Release, The
Pumpkin Launcher, The
Reading Between the Lines
Red, Ripe And Round
Rolled
Santa Claustrophobia
Secret Life Of Charlotte Maria Stuart, The
Sex Life Of the Praying Mantis, The
Shakespeare's Lost Play: the Tragedy Of King Harold
Sirens Sing the Blues And Other Old Favorites, The
Sunday Morning In the Coffee Shop
Three Not So Wise Men, The
Virginia's Real
Weird Sisters Re-Live, Regret And Reconsider their Youthful Indiscretion' With Macbeth, The
Wolves At the Spaceship Door, The
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
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Amazing And Horrifying - Not To Mention Fantastical - Tale Of the Halifax And the MermAIDS, The
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the starving sailors of an ocean voyage in the 1700s haul in a catch of three mermaids
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Animal Instinct
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Macabre, zany, sardonic, this collection of five short plays offers a unique look at death and all its horrifically comical trappings. In 'Lemmings,' three lemmings perched on a cliff off the coast of Norway discuss how to jump off?cannonball, head first, or swan dive. In 'Chicken,' two hungry people stare into an empty chicken coop and debate whether to cook and eat a nonexistent chicken. In 'Praying Mantis,' Amy bites the head off of her boyfriend and then seeks solace from her friends to assuage her guilt. In 'spiders,' a group of arachnids plot revenge against humans and their most deadly spider-killing weapon?the daily newspaper. And in 'Buzzards,' two cowboys stranded in the desert watch as hungry buzzards circle above. the men must find a way to kill the birds before the buzzards make a quick meal of them.
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Performance Time: Approximately 75 minutes, includes Buzzards, Lemmings, the Sex Life of the Praying mantis And Chicken
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Black Comedy/theatre of the Absurd Comedy
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Male: 8 Female: 10 Other: 3 flexible, extras (With doubling 4 M, 4 F)
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Apollo 21 Or 22
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A woman in Iceland has raised her daughter to believe her Father was one of the American astronaut who trained on the lavafields there in preparation for the moon landings
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Beautiful Ogre
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Manny Fried Theatre, Buffalo 30 Apr 2009
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Subversive Theatre Collective
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Behind the Muses: the Weird Sisters Story
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Belinda's Blind Date
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Synopsis: A woman fools her blind date into buying her lots of presents.
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Black Market of Memories, The
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A young woman wakes up in a strange place -- and discovers she's had her memories stolen. Now that doctors have devised a way to transplant memories, there's a lively market for memories -- and a black market of stolen ones.
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part of Vignettes for the Apocalypse V, the 5th Annual edition of New York's oldest And largest Sci-fi/Horror themed theater festival
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short sci-fi/horror
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Buzzards
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Two cowboys, dying in the desert, discuss the buzzards circling overhead.
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Harrisonburg: James Madison University, VA, USA 1979
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Drama Ten Min
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Chicken
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Two hungry characters discuss whether, and how, to eat a non-existent chicken
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Harrisonburg: James Madison University, VA, USA 1979
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Code 40 Verona
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the police investigate the deaths of Romeo and Juliet and get everything wrong.
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South Caldwell High School, Hudson, N.C. 2003
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Comedy
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Male: 5 Female: 2 Other: 13
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Curious Tale Of Dr Lescarbault And the Planet Vulcan, The
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Synopsis: Based on the true story of the French country doctor in the 1800s who thought he had discovered a new planet.
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Escape Velocity
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A female science nerd helps two ne'er-do-well young men launch their bottle rockets, much to he chagrin of one of them.
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No Shame Theatre, Roanoke, Va. 2003
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Eve's Applestand
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Eve peddles apples.
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No Shame Theatre, Roanoke, Va. 2003
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Gentle, Violent, Imperial, Revolutionary, Complete, Abbreviated History Of Tea, The
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A teen-age girl fools a visitor into thinking she has a twin sister.
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Good Year For Limas, A
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A girl in the rural South follows the Viking spacecraft exploration of Mars in 1976.
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Great Eclipse Of 1878, The
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Based on the true story of astronomers who gathered in the Rockies in 1878 to witness a solar eclipse.
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Hamlet on Spring Break
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Instead of returning home to Elsinore, the Prince of Denmark heads to the beach with his girlfriend Ophelia, his buddy Horatio, and his classmates Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. When Horatio finds out that the king of Denmark has died and the queen has suddenly re-married, he desperately tries to hide the news from Hamlet until the end of the vacation. But it's not the easiest task with so many other beach-goers getting in the way, including the Weird Sisters of Macbeth and the daughters of King Lear.
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Henrico High School (Richmond, VA, United States) 2002
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30-35 min Comedy
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Male: 4 Female: 7 Other: 4 males, 7 females (11-12 actors possible: 3-4 males, 7-8 females)
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Honeymoon In La Paz
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A female astronomer honeymoons in Bolivia, home of clear Southern hemisphere skies
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Horoscope, The
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A newspaper clerk makes up her own horoscope, which starts coming true.
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Morehead High School, Eden, N.C., and James River High School, Buchanan, Va., in Virginia High School League festival. 2003
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Jefferson And Napoleon
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A playful (but historically accurate) look at how the Louisiana Purchase really came to be, with Jefferson and Napoleon each trying to snooker the other side.
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Jenna and Her Prize-Winning Pig Change the Course of History
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While sitting by her hog exhibit at the county fair, Jenna's boredom and her love of tall tales get the best of her when an opportunistic TV crew and a couple of glad-handing politicians pass by. Seeing it as the perfect opportunity to ply her trade, she asks each of the politicians to weigh in on an entirely fictitious new bill. Soon, she's wreaking havoc as the candidates and crew work themselves into a furor over the one question that might actually be unanswerable: Do you support the Pork Producers Protection Act?
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25-35 min Comedy
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Male: 3 Female: 3 Other: 3 males, 3 females, 4 either (9-14 actors possible: 2-7 males, 3-7 females)
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Jose And Maria
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the birth of Jesus, in a modern setting
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Attic Productions, Fincastle, Va. 2004
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Kissing Consultant , The
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A woman plots revenge against her former high school friend, who is getting married.
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Last Flight Of Irina Ivanova, The
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A Russian woman who failed to make the cut as the first female cosmonaut looks back on her life, with regret.
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Last Man On the Moon Blues, The
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She wants to talk about the moon, but he thinks she's talking about sex.
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No Shame Theatre, Roanoke, Va. 2003
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Last Zeta Of 38 (Female Version), The
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A college prank from the '30s has consequences to this day.
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Last Zeta Of 38 (Male Version), The
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A college prank from the '30s has consequences to this day.
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Lemmings
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Three lemmings on the coast of Norway discuss whether to jump off the cliff.
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Roanoke: No Shame Theatre, Mill Mountain Theatre, VA, USA 2004
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Leverrier's Planet
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Based on the true story of the discovery of Neptune in the 1840s, a subject of much intrigue and controversy.
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Life, Legend And Little-Known War Of John Mcneill, The
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Based on the life of John McNeill, a Confederate guerrilla captain who fought mostly in his native West Virginia, raiding Federal supply wagons and passing freight trains
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Lucy
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the devil wants a book written about herself - yes, herself - so she kidnaps a writer and brings him to hell for an interview
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Comedy
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Making Of the King 1483, The
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A modern telling of the rise of Richard III, complete with faxes and cellphones.
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Making Of the King 1483-1485, The
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A modern telling of the rise and fall of Richard III, complete with pollster and press secretaries.
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Making Of the King 1485, The
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A modern telling of the demise of Richard III, complete with faxes and cellphones.
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Man Who Saved the World
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1983. the Kremlin believes that the Americans have launched nuclear weapons and Stanislav Petrov is ordered to retaliate. He refuses as he thinks it is a computer error. He was right and was dismissed from the military
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Melanie's Laws Of Emotion
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Two women discuss their love lives, while Isaac Newton shoots pool in the background.
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Mermaids Of Turn Three, The
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Some friends at Daytona Beach for the Daytona 500 find some mermaids that have washed ashore.
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Miss Mitchell's Comet
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Based on the life of Maria Mitchell, America's first female astronomer.
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Monument Avenue
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Two women in their 20s -- one from the North, one the South -- debate relationships and the Civil War.
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My Brother's Stupid Hamster
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My Girlfriend's Stupid Talking Parrot
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A woman buys a talking parrot, which causes a rift with her boyfriend.
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Night Cops
Synopsis:
A look at the worst job in the newspaper business -- the night police reporter.
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James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va. 1988
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Now Hiring For Tooth Fairy
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Three women are interviewed for the job of tooth fairy.
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No Shame Theatre, Roanoke, Va. 2003
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Occupations
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When their mother becomes terminally ill, three adult siblings return home - each attempting to conceal their occupation.
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Pass the Pepper, Please
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A farce about a grocery store clerk, who finds herself re-stocking the spice shelf.
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Pi Of Maggie (Fifteen-Minute Version), The
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Three female astronomers sit around the observatory one cloudy night and compare tattoos - and the stories behind them
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Pi Of Maggie (Five-Minute Version), The
Synopsis:
A woman has pi, calculated to 200 places, tattooed on her back.
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No Shame Theatre, Roanoke, Va. 2003
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5 min Comedy One Act
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Plantagenet Vs Shakespeare
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the historical Richard III sues Shakespeare for defamation.
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Buffalo Gap High School, Swoope, Va. 2002
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Polly Sigh Meets Her Maker
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A fast-talking young woman shows up at the gates of heaven and befuddles St. Peter.
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Polly Sigh, Punk Cellist
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A motormouth young woman, who happens to play the cello, shows up at auditions for a punk band and tries to talk her way in
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Press Release, The
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the angels in the marketing department debate how best to stage the announcement of the
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Pumpkin Launcher, The
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An absurdist look at following instructions - and pumpkins.
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Reading Between the Lines
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A newspaper suddenly finds itself printing papers where readers can literally read between the lines of stories.
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Red, Ripe And Round
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This play is a fun way for children to learn more about American history through the unlikely history of one of our favorite foods: the tomato. the story traces the humble beginnings of the tomato from its 'discovery' by Spanish conquistadors in the New World to its arrival in Spain, North America, and even the moon! Kids will love rapping along with the Tomato Revue and learning fun tomato facts. Thomas Jefferson and the Queen of Spain make special appearances, and the finale features the answer to the timeless question: Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Well, you'll just have to wait and see. . ..
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Rolled
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Three engineers discuss the best way to move the stone from in front of the tomb of Jesus.
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Santa Claustrophobia
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A grumpy substitute teacher moonlighting as a shopping mall Santa Claus gets trapped in a mall elevator with an overly cheerful Elf, a Christmas shoplifter, a cell-phone addicted cashier, a worn-out mom, a man giddy that he has a temporary respite from shopping with his wife, and two kids determined to find out if Santa is a fake. It doesn't take long for this set of quirky captives to get on each other's nerves, but when the elevator doors are finally pried open, the chaos only escalates as they find themselves mobbed by a crazed crowd of disgruntled Christmas shoppers. This witty play is chock-full of wordplay, one-liners, and double-entendre to delight audiences.
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Secret Life Of Charlotte Maria Stuart, The
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A teen-age girl doesn't realize she's the secret heir to the British throne.
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Sex Life Of the Praying Mantis, The
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Amy bites off her boyfriend's head, and regrets it.
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Staunton: Mary Baldwin College, VA, USA 2005
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Shakespeare's Lost Play: the Tragedy Of King Harold
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the story of the Norman Conquest, written in blank verse as Shakespeare himself might have done.
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Sirens Sing the Blues And Other Old Favorites, The
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A romp through mythology, featuring the sirens - and what happened to them after Ulysses successfully sailed by their rock by tying himself to the mast of his ship.
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Sunday Morning In the Coffee Shop
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Is that Jesus in the coffee shop?
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Three Not So Wise Men, The
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Three farmhands watch a strange star appear in the sky, but dismiss its importance.
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Virginia's Real
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A Southern family is divided over what to do with the family farm when the patriarch retires.
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Weird Sisters Re-Live, Regret And Reconsider their Youthful Indiscretion' With Macbeth, The
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the three witches interrupt a performance of Macbeth to complain about the way Shakespeare has portrayed them
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Wolves At the Spaceship Door, The
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Based on the true story of Voskhod 2, a Soviet space mission in 1965, which landed off-course in a wolf-infested forest.
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