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Eldridge Publishing, a leading play publisher since 1906, offers hundreds of full-length plays, one - acts, melodramas, holiday and religious plays, children's theatre plays and musicals of all kinds.

 

 

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  Help! I’m Stuck in a Church Christmas Play! New Release

Christmas Comedy by Andrew M Frodahl Hope Bunch

64 pages

5 m, 5 w, 3 flexible


Karen Silver was one of the most sought-after actresses on Broadway. Her star was rising even as she was labeled a self-entitled, demanding, and difficult actress. But something dreadful happens at the opening of her new Broadway play. The director fires Karen on the spot, telling her, "You’ll never work in this town again!”  That's when Karen has a chance encounter with a mysterious man who offers her an opportunity to regain her dignity. She only needs to take a role in a church Christmas play in Virginia.  Despite her adamant refusal, Karen Silver miraculo...

  First Christmas Chaos New Release

Christmas Comedy by Craig Howard

43 pages

5 m, 5 w, 2 flexible


We all know the Christmas story as written in Luke, Chapter 2, but what must it have been like for Mary’s family and friends? For Joseph especially? Based on biblical truth, but written in modern English, this drama shows the pain, anger, wonder and joy of those closest to Mary. It focuses on life for those faced with this chaotic situation and the struggles of the time brought on by Rome and tradition. It does not include Mary, except for a short, non-speaking nativity scene. Your audience will find laughter, drama, joy and maybe...

Spotlight
Easter Plays for Teens -Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Have your teens get involved this Easter.  These shows are perfect for high school students.

Powerful Easter Dramas -Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Jesus used the dramatic approach when he walked the earth seeking believers. 

Why don’t you do the same?

Full-Length Easter Play -Wednesday, January 15, 2020

New Easter Drama "The Tavern"

Bestsellers

  Every Little Crook and Nanny

Comedy by Pat Cook

65 pages

4 m, 5 w, 1 boy


Lillie Scones is a sweet retired nanny who runs a boarding house with one resident and "a cat the size of the Louisiana Purchase." Her two friends, Jocelyn and Carmella, help to pass the time by listening to music and gossiping. Then Stuart, an old charge of hers, rents a room. Lillie is tickled to have him around again, not knowing he is planning on robbing the bank on the corner. Stuart's mind may not be totally on the bank job, however, when he meets Betty. However, when Stuart finds out that Betty is about to graduate from an academy on the very night the...

  Just Desserts

Comedy Dinner Mystery by Craig Sodaro

41 pages

1 m, 4 w


Judge Reginald P. Cogsworth, a curmudgeon who hates sweets, is judging a charity bakeoff, albeit grudgingly. Countless entries have been whittled down to three: a tart submitted by Lucy "Scooter" Bright, owner of a nail salon; a Depression-era style cake by Edna Mae Carter, the local librarian; and a rich torte created by Margaret Mason, a local society lady. In the middle of tasting all the goodies, the judge falls dead, and it's up to Miss Peabody, the head of the contest, and the audience to determine the murderer. There are clues in the theatre, some hidd...

  Operation: Whispering Pines

Christmas Comedy by Karen Jones

28 pages

3 m, 5 w, 8 flexible, children, doubling possible


Whispering Pines is a small, homey assisted living facility, but for how long? On the death of the owner, the facility has passed to his daughter, who is determined to unload this “albatross.” She has lined up buyers but there’s only one problem. Or really, six problems: the current residents. And together they agree they are not going out without a fight! Knowing that the new owner must find another facility to take them in, they come up with a plan. It’s an elaborate scheme that will ensure that no one else will accept them. So “Operation: Whispering Pines”...

  The Guiding Star

Adult Christmas by Cheryl A. Harrison

32 pages

6 m, 5 w.


The wealthy Hendersons have mounted a large, brightly lit Christmas star on their roof, and they do believe it will attract everyone's attention. It does - only not the way the Hendersons intended! In the middle of trying to tell their maid they're not interested in going to a Christmas Eve service with her, a big snowstorm hits. The Henderson's star becomes a beacon for their neighbor, Angela; two homeless men, the Wise cousins; Pastor Shepherd; and a retired couple who used to manage a motel. From this merry menagerie the Hendersons find out why their Chris...

  Live From Mistletoe Ridge

Christmas Comedy by Brian Sylvia

38 pages

4 m, 4 w [1 is a teenager]


Without their knowledge, the residents of the sleepy country town of Mistletoe Ridge are about to be on national television. When TV producer Nash Adams is stranded in the town and forced to stay at the Pear Tree Inn, he meets the proprietor, Trixiebelle Partridge – and a few other colorful residents who are obsessed with the Christmas holidays. With the Tearjerker Television Network’s failing ratings, Nash Adams realizes that an undercover Christmas special about them would be the perfect solution!

 

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  Christmas in Juneberry

Comedy by Andrew M Frodahl

52 pages

5 m, 5 w, 2 flexible. Doubling possible.


Come on back to a simpler time and visit the folks at Juneberry this Christmas! Things seem peaceful at the courthouse on Christmas Eve, and Sheriff Randy Baylor thinks that is mighty fine. His deputy, Arnie Nife, couldn't disagree more. Arnie is tired of the lack of action happening in the small town. Even locking up Curtis, the town drunk, isn't exactly cheering him up. When a few robberies start getting reported and a couple of carolers go missing while singing for the town, boring Juneberry gets real busy, real fast! Come join the citizens of Juneberry, w...