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THE RABBIT WHO WANTED RED WINGS

This play for very young audiences is based on a charming southern folktale. It tells the story of Little Rabbit, who envies all the other animals he ...

THE RADIANCE OF A THOUSAND SUNS SOUND EFFECTS TAPE

Sound effects included on tape: intro music, sermon music, letter a, letter b, letter c, letter d, letter e, letter f, letter g, letter h, letter i, g ...

RADICAL WILL

Devised to meet Curriculum requirements for Shakespeare and to introduce the beauty of Shakespeare and show pupils how to appreciate what they mi ...

RADIUM GIRLS

In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them beg ...

RAINY DAY PEOPLE

Rainy Day People takes a comic look at love, sex and other antidepressants. Zack Wallis has turned misery into a paycheck, writing a wildly p ...

RALLY 'ROUND THE FLAG, BOYS!

When the U.S. Army decides to establish a missile base at Putnam's Landing, problems explode. Lt. Guido DiMaggio, a hometown boy, has been appointed p ...

RAMONA QUIMBY

Unpredictable. Exasperating. Boisterous and independent. That's Ramona Quimby for you. Always aggravating her older sister, Beezus, constantly getting ...

THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF

Based on O'Henry's humorous classic about Bill and Sam who make the mistake of kidnaping a brat known as "Red." Brought up by a skinflint uncle and me ...

RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER

Rappaccini's Daughter is a one-act study of romance, mystery and horror. Giovanni, a university student, has rented a room overlooking Dr. Rappaccini' ...

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE

This is a play concerning the emotional problems of young people that requires only a bare stage and a few representational props. In spite of a warni ...

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE SOUND EFFECTS TAPE

Sound effects included on tape: siren, again siren, car horn (set of three), planetarium music into morning song, door slam, alarm clock ringing, "chi ...

THE REBEL: JOHNNY YUMA AT APPOMATTOX

The author of the television series The Rebel presents his character, Johnny Yuma, in an original stage adaptation placing him in the thick o ...

THE RED HOUSE MYSTERY

The sudden violence of murder erupts at an English house party. To the police, it's obviously just another case of sibling rivalry. But a guest is sus ...

RED RIDING HOOD GOES OUT WEST
THE RED ROSE

The Red Rose is an innovative, entertaining and emotionally relevant treatment of the Beauty and the Beast theme for modern audiences of all ...

THE RED SHOES

The story deals with the waif Karen who has no shoes. Through the machinations of an Old Soldier she is led to secure red shoes by deceit. When she pu ...

REDUCED FOR QUICK SALE

Kathy is holding a "divorce sale" in her garage. After nearly three years of marriage, Jim left Kathy for "what's her name." The divorce is set to be ...

REHEARSAL FOR MURDER

This is a thrilling "theatrical" mystery in which your theatre becomes the set for the play. The playwright turns on the stage work light and prepares ...

REHEARSAL FOR MURDER SOUND EFFECTS CD

Sound effects included on CD: light switches, buzzer, applause, party ambiance with piano, thunder, applause (cast should add dialogue live), thunder, ...

RELIABLE JUNK

Eighth-grader Michael Ahrens has a lot on his mind: his grandfather has just been diagnosed with cancer. Michael spends time in science class trying t ...

REQUIEM FOR THE INNKEEPER

The old, old story seen in a new light, from the point of view of the innkeeper who told Mary and Joseph that there was no room in his inn. As an elde ...

RESPONSIBLE ADULTS

Responsible Adults is a one-act drama about a mother-daughter relationship. Caro and Mel have always been close, having been surrounded, by Fe ...

REST IN PEACE

In this delicious comedy, a man apparently witnesses the immediate aftermath of his own death. He's in a hospital, and as none of his relatives can se ...

REST STOP

Conservative Ben Gerard doesn't understand his 15-year-old daughter, Christi, who bitterly tries to exert her independence. Christi feels she has take ...

REVIVING OPHELIA

Based on Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, one of the seminal nonfiction books of our time, this is the gripping story ...

REVIVING OPHELIA (90-MIN)

Based on Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, one of the seminal nonfiction books of our time, this is the gripping story ...

RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI

Can Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a young mongoose, save the world—or at least his minute section of it? Rikki is the courageous mongoose who must defend the gard ...

RIP VAN WINKLE

Charlotte Chorpenning's magic touch brings Rip to life with sympathetic understanding of his frailties and his deep love for his daughter. A poetic pi ...

RIPE CONDITIONS

Set in rural Michigan, Ripe Conditions is about Lester and Buster, a pair of bumbling brothers, and Ann, the long-lost love of their lives, who eloped ...

RITES

Another celebration of young talent, this new, full evening of theatre was created, like Glimpses, by those participating in the Walden Theatre progra ...

RIVER RAT AND CAT

No one has ever understood the mysterious friendship of River Rat and Cat. From the day fastidious River Rat hauled a drowning sodden Cat from a sinki ...

RIVER RAT AND CAT (TOURING MANUSCRIPT)

No one has ever understood the mysterious friendship of River Rat and Cat. From the day fastidious River Rat hauled a drowning sodden Cat from a sinki ...

RIVERVIEW, TAPE 23

Kathy, a journalist frustrated by disappointments in her job and in her personal life, is sent to a nursing home to interview the residents about "the ...

ROBIN HOOD

A lively, action-packed panto. The script traces Robin Hood's attempts to outwit the scheming Sheriff of Nottingham and claim the lovely Maid Mar ...

ROCK SHORE

Saranac Lake, New York, 1913. For the ෎lungers෎ at Rock Shore Cottage Sanatorium for the Tubercular, each day is a predictable blend of pu ...

THE ROCKING-HORSE WINNER

The play centers around a boy who feels the covert dislike of his beautiful, luxury-craving mother and strives to win her love by being lucky. He asso ...

ROME IS WHERE THE HEART IS

In comedy, all roads lead to Rome and Plautus, and this lively, modern adaptation suggests why. Charinus is a nice Roman boy who has fallen in love wi ...

ROMEO AND JULIET

Yes, the girl on the balcony is Juliet and the young man she just met at the dance, and promptly fell in love with, is Romeo. And of course, the other ...

ROMEO AND JULIET OR THE OLD "YOU-KNOW-I-REALLY-LOVE-YOU-BUT-MY-FATHER-REALLY-HATES-YOU" BLUES

Teenagers. What are ya gonna do. They fall in love at the drop of a hat—always with the very person Mom and Dad can't stand. And in the case of Romeo ...

ROMEO AND JULIET—TOGETHER (AND ALIVE!) AT LAST

The road to farce is paved with good intentions. Eighth-graders Pete Saltz and Anabell Stackpoole are in love, but terribly shy, so shy they can’t eve ...

A ROSE FOR EMILY

William Faulkner's most famous short story has become a powerful play of exquisitely revealed characters and a strong sense of a time and place in Ame ...

ROUGH NIGHT AT THE NORTH POLE

A naughty little boy and his reluctant companion come to the North Pole to get even with Santa Claus. The boy wants revenge because Santa put coal in ...

ROYAL RUCTIONS
RUMPELSTILTSKIN

Rumpelstiltskin, the last of his kind, dances alone in the darkness before a leaping fire, casting a giant shadow on a craggy mountain face as he rela ...

RUMPLESTILTSKIN
RUNAWAYS

Runaway House is a haven for young people in distress, and it is the setting for this play that deals dramatically and constructively with the growing ...

RUNAWAYS SOUND EFFECTS TAPE

Sound effects included on tape: traffic, horn, phone (8 rings), traffic, again traffic, phone ( 6 rings), again phone (6 rings), traffic, phone (4 rin ...