Little Red Riding Hood: Grandmother's Tale

Product Code: LM5000

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 55 min.

This adaptation is based on the oral tale The Grandmother’s Tale (pre 1690); Little Red Riding Hood, by Charles Perrault (1697); and Little Red Cap, by the Brothers Grimm (1812). This play incorporates elements from all three versions but is primarily based on The Grandmother’s Tale, the closest version to the oral story. It is told with a direct focus on the overall meanings of the original tale as well as with a sense of mystery, play and humor.

Lasso of Truth

Product Code: LM4000

Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

Who is Wonder Woman and where did she come from? Lasso of Truth explores the knotty origin story of our preeminent female superhero, created by William Marston, inventor of the first lie-detector machine. This smart, seductive, wild ride features the two women Marston lived with in a polyamorous relationship—both of whom inspired the famous character—plus a girl in search of answers about her childhood heroine and a guy trying to hold on to his prized first issue.

US A Teen History

Product Code: U41000

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 75 min.

This story theatre-style show is a compilation of pieces about the teens who helped shape America. Did you know that the drummer boys in the Revolutionary War were as young as 11? Or that Caroline Pickersgill helped sew the flag that inspired “The Star-Spangled Banner” at 14? This show is incredibly flexible and adaptable to your space and audience, as we encourage you to write your own pieces about the forgotten teens of America.

Macabre: Tales From Edgar Allan Poe

Product Code: MR2000

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

This title consists of four one-act plays, inspired by Poe’s tales. The titles include a morality play, William Wilson (7m., 1w.); a science-fiction piece, The Valdemar Case (3m., 1w.); a murder mystery, The Imp of the Perverse (2m.); and Poe’s only comedy, The System (6m., 2w.). 

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Product Code: PM6000

Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

Frank and Cora, Nick’s young wife, quickly start a romance, and Cora convinces Frank the only way they can be together is to kill Nick and collect the insurance money. Cora and Frank stage an automobile accident, in which Nick is killed, but the suspicious district attorney pits the two of them against each other. Some legal maneuvering keeps them together and out of jail, but their dreams are shattered when a second automobile accident destroys any hope they have for a decent life.