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bullet Topic: Where can I find the following plays?
    Posted: 3/28/07 at 6:45pm
These plays were recommended to our group for potential production.  I have searched Samuel French as well as DPS and cannot find them.  Any insight?

Murder in Green Meadows
Christmas Story    -   is this a movie adaptation?
Heartbeats
By the Skin of Our Teeth    -   could they mean  'Skin of Our Teeth'?


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bullet Posted: 3/28/07 at 7:28pm
Murder in Green Meadows is handled by Dramatists
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bullet Posted: 3/28/07 at 8:08pm

A Christmas Story is handled by Dramatic Publishing at www.dramaticpublishing.com and yes it is an adaptation of the movie.

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bullet Posted: 3/29/07 at 12:12am
Thornton Wilder's _Skin of Our Teeth_ is handled by Sam French.

http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/2254?osCsid=9111851d81e5c5dbc17ccfd8765c34ae

www.findaplay.com is a great resource for determining who's got the rights to what.
 
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A Christmas Story is indeed based on the movie, but it is one _long_ honkin' play.
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bullet Posted: 3/29/07 at 10:56am
Yes!  "A Christmas Story" is looong!!!  I was surprised when I got the script for perusal.  Especially with the kids outweighing the adults.
 
Our theatre occassionally uses kids in productions, but we are definitely adult theatre.  However, I wanted something attention grabbing for our holiday show, but not the usual stale stuff that's trotted out every year (after all, here in San Diego, every theatre has to compete with the Old Globe's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas").  So I ordered "A Christmas Story", and collaborated with a director friend on how to perform it simply (it also has to be done between regularly scheduled shows - so basically on an empty stage).  We're going to do it as a staged reading in radio broadcast style - all adults and with a Power Point type slide presentation which will run along with the reading and help convey the important visual aspects of the show. 
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bullet Posted: 3/29/07 at 6:25pm
  I directed A Christmas Story last year with rousing success.  Our production ran exactly 2 hours and 5 minutes.   So its not really that long if you keep the pacing up and make the scene changes simple and creative.
   The audience loved it and the large number of kids in the cast packed the theatre.  I will say this however...it is a very complicated show from the technical point of view.  Get a good tech director and you will have a blast. 
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bullet Posted: 3/29/07 at 6:41pm
Thanks for all the quick replies!
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