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Dramatic Publishing Plays and musicals for every cast size, skill level and audience!

09/22/2026

Bilbo, one of the most conservative of all Hobbits, is asked to leave his large, roomy and very dry home in the ground in order to set off as chief robber in an attempt to recover an important treasure. It's the last thing that any sensitive Hobbit would want to do, but great benefit eventually results—not only for Bilbo but for all of the Hobbits who inhabit Middle Earth—and the hearts of those children and adults who continue to enjoy this kind of magic.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

Learn more: www.dramaticpublishing.com/browse/the-hobbit-20037

09/21/2026

It's 1899 in Chicago, and Frank Baum is putting the finishing touches on 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘞𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘻, but is missing a few key elements…the title and the ending! Suddenly his Victorian study becomes a magical land. In the heart of this frenzy is the whole creative process, and in the end we realize that Baum is the real wizard of Oz, but he needs an assistant … our imaginations.

Learn more: www.dramaticpublishing.com/browse/oz

09/18/2026

In a story filled with danger and courage, Johnny, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in a dramatic involvement with John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere and Dr. Joseph Warren in the stirring events that lead to the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington. The play recreates Forbes' brilliant historical fiction for young people, portraying the turbulent times of Revolutionary Boston as a living drama through the like of a boy who, without family, must make his own way and find the courage of his own convictions; a young man who will never let us forget that we all must be prepared to fight "so that a man can stand up."

Learn more: www.dramaticpublishing.com/browse/johnny-tremain

09/17/2026

Disgusted with the state of current entertainment, Dionysus, god of wine and poetry, decides it's time to retrieve Shakespeare from the underworld. His plan goes horribly awry as he's captured by a chorus of reality-television-loving demon frogs. The frogs put the god on trial and threaten him with never-ending torment unless he brings more reality shows into the world!

Learn more: www.dramaticpublishing.com/browse/frogs-a-modern-adaptation

09/16/2026

𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘯 is a story about people from a small town. A young boy and girl fall in love, a cantankerous grocery store owner copes with change, a son returns home while a daughter thinks about leaving, a beauty queen and a drum major strike up a friendship, and a handyman takes it all in while he fixes what is broken. These stories and more are filled with fun characters, lots of humor, plenty of heart and the theme that change comes for us all, whether we are ready or not.

Full-length version: www.dramaticpublishing.com/browse/one-stoplight-town

One-act version: www.dramaticpublishing.com/browse/one-stoplight-town-one-act

09/15/2026

This stage version of S.E. Hinton's classic novel, immortalized on film by Francis Ford Coppola, explores the themes of gang culture and the search for identity. It tells the story of two brothers, brought up in social deprivation by their alcoholic father. Rusty James idolizes his brother, the Motorcycle Boy. Winner of countless fights, an unquestionable reputation and a legend, Motorcycle Boy was the ultimate rumble fish. But the Motorcycle Boy has disappeared from the small town, and Rusty has relied on his brother's reputation to lead his gang while he's been gone. When Motorcycle Boy suddenly returns, he shuns the gangs and fighting. The events that result force both brothers to confront their desire to break out from their urban trap and eventually leads to death for one and a new beginning for the other.

Learn more: www.dramaticpublishing.com/browse/rumble-fish

09/14/2026

Curt, a small-town Midwestern cop, meets Sandy, an 18-year-old pr******te, in a raid on a massage parlor. He finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Sandy and begins a relationship with her that puts everything he's worked for at risk. But Curt sees a future with Sandy, an escape from his difficult past. As the two of them chase the American Dream, they must learn a skill that is foreign to them both: they must learn to hope.

Learn more: www.dramaticpublishing.com/browse/blue-surge

09/11/2026

This trilogy is about an American family's personal relationship to 9/11 and how that ripples forward 10-15 years.

"These plays stand alone beautifully, with no diminution in their impact by seeing or reading them alone or in any order. … The polestar character of the trilogy, Jack, who remains an elusive offstage mystery, [haunts] all three plays. The plays all share an exploration of [an] extended and unusual family and their journeys to reconnect or escape one another. … Three generations are united and separated by loss—loss created by divorce, death, dementia and the dislocation of self both geographically and psychically." (Janet Allen, former Executive Artistic Director, Indiana Repertory Theatre)

Learn more: www.dramaticpublishing.com/browse/the-jack-plays

09/10/2026

Eighth-grade math teacher Anna Pope finds herself fighting to hang onto her love for teaching. Alone at home and insecure at work, she begins carrying a gun. When a school shooter forces entry into her classroom, Anna becomes the good guy with a gun who stops the bad guy with a gun. But her heroism takes a personal toll, and the ensuing investigation is shattering. Finally, she rediscovers, if only for a moment, the joy of teaching.⁣

Learn more: www.dramaticpublishing.com/browse/a-good-guy

09/08/2026

Set in the transformative summer of 1969, 𝘈 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯 tells the story of people reaching for their dreams … dreams of love, dreams of equality, dreams of the stars. Told around the time of the moon landing, this vignette-style play is comprised of 16 scenes, each named after an iconic song from 1969. These scenes and more use humor and heart to teach us about who we once were and reflect on who we could be and remind us that to achieve the impossible, we must reach for the stars.

Learn more: www.dramaticpublishing.com/a-trip-to-the-moon

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