Holly Jolly Extra Folly

A ragtag medley of holiday plays set to delight readers and audiences alike. Ranging from hilarious and rhyming to touching and sweet, With a ghost story thrown in to keep you on your feet! Drama/Comedy Full-length. 75-90 minutes. Each play 10-15 minutes. 15-30 actors, doubling possible.

A ragtag medley of holiday plays set to delight readers and audiences alike. Ranging from hilarious and rhyming to touching and sweet, With a ghost story thrown in to keep you on your feet!

An early, deep snow has gifted Fishers' Harbor, Wisconsin, with a perfect setting for the holiday celebration. Unfortunately removing snow from Main Street for the parade reveals the dead tax assessor with a knife in him--containing Grandpa Gil's fingerprints. It's clearly a setup and one that keeps Ava and Grandpa Gil under the watchful eyes of Sheriff Tollefson. Who wants Grandpa to miss playing Santa Claus in the Christmas parade and why? Who's being naughty instead of nice? Grandpa doesn't help his case with talk of leaving town for good--words that chill Ava worse than the weather. She can't imagine life without Grandpa's warm hugs and laughter. When vandals strike the historic shop and someone leaves Ava and fiancé Dillon Rivers for dead in the snow, Ava wonders if she may need the magical help of Santa's elves to solve the holiday folly.

The story of Hannah Gold, a young lady living on an island off the coast of Massachusetts in the late 1800s, and the night that changed her life. Filled with small town lore, haunted houses, spirits, monsters, pistols, pie, and mysteries, it is a play that will keep you guessing just what is in the Red House, and who, in fact, you should be afraid of. Inspired by the myth of Geryon and Hercules, and Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Drama One-act. 35-45 minutes 4-5 actors Free resource available for download: What Makes a Monster? lesson plan by Education Director Maria McConville.

The story of an orphan named Iro who is the subject of ridicule by other children and punishment by uncaring foster parents. During one of her many tours through solitary confinement in the closet, Iro’s imagination brings her a mission: find Pegasus. On her quest, taking with her only books and her imaginary friend Annika, Iro hides herself on an ocean liner, joins a circus, and has many other adventures...and along the way finds the truth about the death of her parents. Drama Full-length. 90-120 minutes 6-20 actors

In the midst of the Great Depression, in a community crushed by the collapse of coal, and isolated by the very mountains they call home, a group of determined librarians take to their horses to reach the people of Eastern Kentucky. With a dedication equal to the US Postal Service, these “Book Women'' deliver more than the books and magazines they carry in their saddlebags. They bring hope. They bring dreams. They bring the promise that if we support one another, tomorrow will be better.

When a trio of art thieves arrive for a heist, their plan is sure to go off without a hitch…unless, of course, there’s a roommate dispute. This play is part of the short play collection Rogues' Gallery and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection. Comedy Short Play. 10 minutes 3 actors, any gender

Nine playwrights take on the absurdity of the art world in Rogues’ Gallery, a collection of ten-minute plays framed in a rapid-fire comedy. When two hapless security guards find the gallery’s prize sculpture has been destroyed on their watch, it’s a race through the day’s security camera footage to find out what happened - and come up with a really good excuse before the artist comes back with the toughest critic in town. Each play features a different group that comes through the gallery, from employees to tourists to art thieves, and optional transition scenes can be used to thread any combination of plays together into one story. A series of hilarious mistakes just might add up to a masterpiece in Rogues’ Gallery. This collection includes the following short plays: Midnight Bandits by Rachel Bublitz Fancy People Like Fondue by Maria Pretzl Pranksy by Elissa C. Huang The Sketch Pod by Tyler Dwiggins Mayonnaise Mayonnaise by Patrick Greene The Participant by Jason Pizzarello The Art Dealer is Impressed by Carrie McCrossen The Collector by Kathryn Funkhouser Two Ships Passing by Ian McWethy (*These plays can be licensed together or separately. If you license the whole collection, you have permission to pick and choose which plays to perform.) Comedy 120-130 minutes,* each play is 10 minutes 6-35+ actors, flexible casting