Books published by Baker's Plays

"Once upon a time, a king had twelve beautiful daughters who danced in secret every night..." The king is mystified by their secret, and issues a challenge to the men of his kingdom - find out what his daughters are up to! Of course, one good-hearted young man succeeds - but at what cost? This story, recognizable to any defiant teenager or exasperated parent, is about the walls we build between each other, and how the power of love and communication can tear them

Granny can't tell her favorite fairy tales because someone really cruel and evil is stealing all the props! Breadcrumbs, magic beans, a basket of goodies, a glass slipper - all missing! The future of fairy tales is at stake, and it's up to the title character to set things right. With detective reasoning and his connections to the fairy tale underworld, plus some dumb luck, Nick Tickle sets out to locate the Mysterious Figure who's been pilfering all the props! He may

Characters: 2 male, 2 female The Toymaker has created a most unusual doll that, with the audience's help, can walk and talk. They are swept into a series of adventures by the Toymaker's reflection in the mirror -- The Mirrorman who needs help to protect his book of spells and magic from a Witch who would conquer the world behind mirrors. The happy conclusion to this internationally acclaimed, hugely popular classic is one that involves the continuous, enthusiastic participation of the audience.

Thomas Jefferson, a middle school student, can't seem to focus in school. He is told he has ADD, or Attention Deficit Disorder, a condition that affects his ability to concentrate in class. With his widowed mom, a caring teacher, and his first potential girlfriend, Thomas comes up with a very creative solution to deal with his condition.

Characters: 2 male, 2 female Interior Adjusting to married life can sometimes be a trying time for a young bride. For newlywed Ashley Wagner, however, marriage turns out to be an out of this world experience! For starters, the antique cuckoo clock, a family heirloom, that Ashley's Bavarian busybody of an Aunt-in-law gave Ashley's husband, Greg, as a wedding gift has, well...an unusual defect. The time piece has a wormhole which, when Greg turns back the clock to Standard time, opens a time warp that catapults Ashley back in time only to find herself pregnant and married to Greg's father, Klaus! Ach du lieber! Is Ashley then...Greg's mother? Expecting a baby and stuck in a time warp with a broken cuckoo clock and a different husband, Ashley comes to realize that her life is...well...A Crock of Schnitzel! A Crock of Schnitzel is a comedy for everyone who, at one time or another, has overindulged in a cornucopia of culinary decadence resulting in both night terrors and a whopper of a belly ache. Forget your antacids! Feast on fun! Enjoy every morsel of A Crock of Schnitzel! A German lesson in every bite!

Based on the classic stories of Rudyard KiplingAdaptation, TYA 6 - 22 actors Simple Set Playwright Jan Silverman adapts the much beloved Just So Stories of Rudyard Kipling into a theatrical and strikingly imaginative stage play that can be performed for and by young theatre lovers. Including favorites tales such as "How the Camel Got His Hump", "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin", "The Elephant's Child", "The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo", "The Beginning of the Armadill

Folktales Flexible casts Simple sets, props and costumes Stones is a collection of three funny folktales about stones - a stone that makes blissful soup, stones that masquerade first as coins and then as jewels, and an innocent stone that is falsely accused of stealing. Stone Soup tells the story of a tramp who convinces a family of bickering sisters to help make a pot of soup that sweetens their natures and changes their lives.Robbers Are Everywhere

Characters: 4 male, 4 female, 1 unseen female (can be doubled) Simple Set What would it take to push your child over the edge Eve, a 16 year-old girl, has fallen asleep in the darkened, dingy corner of a deserted subway station, not far from the platform edge where Billy, her 18 year-old brother, chose to leave this world, and where she'll soon struggle to find the reasons NOT to follow him. ONE BULLIED CHILD IS ONE TOO MANY!

Musical Comedy Characters: 4 male, 4 female, expanded cast possible Interior On Lyla's first day at The Perky Coffee Bean she discovers that Justin (her long-time crush) delivers the muffins. With the help of coffee shop regulars Gary and Kevin, the shop owner Sadie, Lyla's best friend Kat, and various other customers, she finally gets up the courage to tell him how she feels. Muffin Man is a whimsical, farcical musical about a little barista in love with the Muffin Man. Goofy customers, over-enthusiastic parents, and best friends are all in a day's work for Lyla. Can she tell the Muffin Man how she feels? A modern take on the classic nursery rhyme, Muffin Man will leave a smile on your face. Muffin Man was a sold out show in the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival, was part of the FringeHIGH program, and was selected to be part of the FringeNYC Encore Series. "Camille Harris is clever with a lyric and is a tuneful composer to boot." - Curtain Up "It's not often these days that audiences are treated to a classic romantic musical. Muffin Man delivers a charming one and does so in a modern way...a delightful show that will leave a smile on your face." - New Theater Corps

Musical / Characters: 5 female, 3 male singing leads, 12+ chorus / simple set Scores: Piano/Conductor, Synth, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Percussion. Instrumental track CD available. Luann and her school mates are stoked - it's the last day of school! Summer vacation's here! But will the high expectations soar or crash? Luann's big dream is to hook up with Aaron Hill. But she'll have to compete with hot cheerleader, Tiffany. Luann's doofus brother Brad desperately wants to impress beautiful

Musical Characters: 2 male, 3 female Simple Set This colorful, comedic tale, complete with a singing Fish and dancing Cow, paints the story of young painter Marc Chagall's quest to be an artist. Through fanciful biographical scenes where he must get permission from his parents and extended family, his childhood journey to art school artfully, playfully, comes to life.

Comedy Characters: 8 female, 6 male or 9 female, 5 male, 1 extra, male or female. Interior Set Winner of the Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence. There's dirty work afoot at Ye Olde Wayside Inn, home of the eccentric Saltmarshes, Hepzibah and Arabelia, Cousin Ebenezer, and old Uncle Silas, oldest living lunatic in Massachusetts. The inn is also haunted by the ghost of an old soldier who deserted Washington at Valley Forge. Foul weather turns Cousin Ebe

Characters: 9 male, 3 femaleThe Great Grey Ghost of Old Spook Lane is about a little boy, Roger, who is new in town. The kids at school tell him about a haunted house and dare him to go in. Roger feels he has to do it to get "in" with the gang. So on a rainy night they all meet and push him in through a window. The lights go on. The house isn't empty. An elderly man lives there quietly. He used to be a sound effects man back in radio days he has all the equipment in the basement. They play a trick on the kids and invite them back for dinner. The house is filled with scary sound effects as the "Ghost" serves his "Ghostly Repast" of evil eye soup, phantom pie, etc. Everyone is scared except brave Roger.The kids learn a lesson about accepting new people and Roger learns there are limits to what you should do to be accepted.

C. B. Gilford Mystery Comedy Characters: 3 male, 6 female. Interior Set Detective Dennis O'Finn, investigating the death of an elderly lady, discovers that he is the motive for murder. Six sweet but slightly balmy ladies are all in love with their bachelor neighbor, the handsome, forty-ish, O'Finn. To lure him to visit, they stage a homicide. But to keep him around, they must do it again! Based on the enormously successful Bull in a China Shop, this charmer of a

Characters: 3 male, 2 femaleWinner of the Anna Zorino Award for Children's PlaywritingIn the kingdom of Baloneya, the law says that King Fredipus is always right - even when he's wrong! When his mistakes start to cause real harm, only a shy peasant girl named Samantha finds the courage to speak up and the ingenuity to set things right. How she does so gives the show its title, as she calls upon the audience to assist her in the hilarious creation of "The Nastiest Drink in the World."This award-winning musical by Mark Loewenstern (Carnality) and John Gregor (Pinkalicious The Musical) received enthusiastic reviews from The New York Times, NY1 and The Off-Off Broadway Review. Commissioned by the renowned Vital Children's Theatre, its premiere was the best-attended production that theater had ever had, and significantly broadened audiences going forward. A fun, easy-to-produce fable about humility and courage, The Nastiest Drink in the World is a sweet treat for children and adults alike."This hourlong interactive musical gives children special satisfaction... It's also funny for adults... Children are thrilled to suggest the ingredients."- The New York Times"This snazzy musical burst out of the intimate space with raucous, contagious good cheer."- The Off-Off Broadway Review

Adapted by Mark Fitzgibbons from Charles Dickens Characters: 16 male, 10 female. Unit set Using an English inn yard in the mid-nineteenth century, the playwright creates a setting which solves the problem of presenting the countless locations in this tale of London and Paris, and the ingenious use of four narrators (innkeepers) has helped turn one of the great works of English literature into a tour-de-force for theatre groups everywhere! In this stunning treatment, the premise

Comedy Fantasy Dennis Snee Large, flexible cast Alice in America-Land or, Through the Picture Tube and What Alice Found There In this fresh and lively update of Lewis Carroll's classic, Alice takes a journey through the picture tube of her family's television, and meets a mad collection of characters - with a certain difference! A White Rabbit - who lives in fear of someone's dropping "the big one." A Mock Turtle - who's a champion of consumer rights. A Dodo who's a guitarist, a Dormouse seeking political office and an Eagle who lives in the past. The Duke and Duchess have switched life roles - she's a "working duchess" while he's a "house duke." Alice herself becomes the unwitting subject for a showbiz roast with two aging, bitter comedians - the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. Through it all, Alice just wants to return home to her beloved cat. Just when it seems as though this mad world of America-land will drive her as mad as the inhabitants, she awakens, safe at home, her cat in her lap. A fanciful, biting, always funny tale of a contemporary Alice that will delight all audiences. The author is a noted comedy writer, who has written for such notables as Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, and Rodney Dangerfield. By author of Twain By the Tale

Tim Kelly A Who Dunit Soap Opera Farce Characters: 5 male, 5 female. Interior Set Life in a soap opera meets life in a New York City penthouse with hysterical results! Old Horatio Tucker, sponsor of television's most popular daytime soap, "The Best Tears of Our Lives", has received an anonymous note telling him that the clue to his killer can be found in the next day's episode. Things become woefully muddled when a nasty network executive, Ivy Medea Robespierre, is done

Maureen UlrichCharacters: 6 female, 9 maleComedy, Jr. High/High SchoolSimple setSam Spud, Private Eye is a parody of the cheap detective novel. Sam Spud is a down-on-his-luck private eye with a fondness for junkfood and cliches. He is convinced that his down-to-earth secretary Jane Reynolds has a crush on him. Lula Baum-Schell, a gorgeous former model and actress, hires Sam to help find her husband, Edward, a wealthy dogfood magnate. Police detective Inspector Oiseau complicates matters because he hates Sam for making him smell bad in the "Velveeta Cheese" case. Will Sam be able to solve this case before the kidnappers kill Edward? Your guess is as good as ours! A fun, silly noir-style comedy that high schools could really have a blast with!

Three one act fairy tales Colleen Neuman Three utterly charming plays from the author of our immensely popular Lion and Mouse Stories. The Princess and the Princess: flexible cast of 21, simple set, 30 minutes. A poor polite princess and a rich rude princess meet on a narrow mountain path and neither will move to let the other pass. Everyone who tries to help gets stuck on the mountain with them. After a riddle proves both princesses are "real", it is the poor princess

Adapted for the stage by Jules Tasca flexible castingOpen stage Telling Wilde TalesFairy Tales of Oscar Wilde This full evening's entertainment includes The Birthday of the Infanta, a sad tale of the broken hearted hunchback brought to the palace of the Princess of Spain; The Star Child, a poignant portrait of a boy who thinks he was sent to earth by a shooting star; The Happy Prince, in which a statue and a bird, through their generosity and unselfish spirits,

Brian Way Charatcers: 22 male, 12 female, extras. Doubling as low as 8 male & 4 female Within a framework using the character of the Mirrorman and the Toyman, imaginative adaptations of The Princess and the Pea, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Giant and the Golden Hairs and The Nightingale are interwoven. Length of production flexible depending on use of adaptations. For all ages.

Book by Tim Kelly Music and Lyrics by Arne Christiansen and Ole Kittleson A Musical Spoof of Radio's Golden Age Characters: 6 male, 9 female. One simple set A musical spoof that's delightful and easy to produce. Pretty Betty Parker receives a letter from her weird Uncle Philo imploring her help. She contracts America's number one hero, Dan Daredevil. Along with Woof, the Wonder Dog, they travel to mysterious Nightmare Castle where there are modern-day pirates, dangerous creatures, and an arch criminal known only as The Fog! See Dan defeat the beautiful, evil Countess Frederika! See Dan defy the death-ray gun! And when things get too frightening, there's a Crunchy Chews commercial or instructions on how to receive your personal secret decoder. The catchy tunes are easy to sing, but clever. Songs like: "Think Like a Shark," "The Thrill of it All," "You'd Better Tell." Suitable for all groups, from school to dinner theatre.

"Adapted from the novel by Rudyard Kipling."

Book by Ross Mihalko and Donna SwiftMusic by Linda BergLyrics by Ross MihalkoMusical ComedyFlexible Casting; 2 to 15 male, 4 to 17 female (13-19 + characters total)Beanstalk! The Musical! is exactly like nothing you''ve ever seen before, not even in a book! This fun family show follows the adventures of Jack, a young boy with his head in the clouds and his nose in a book of fairytales. When the magic beans Jack trades for the family cow grows into

Kim Esop WylieCharacters: 12 male, 5 female or 4 actors w/doublingComedy, Jr. High/High SchoolSimple setTo humans 3,000 years ago, the world was a strange and mystical place. What is lightning? Why are there seasons? Where does fire come from? The ancient Greeks had an answer -- it must be the gods. Travel back to ancient Greece and Mount Olympus to discover the magic and mayhem of mythology. Adventure abounds in Kim Esop Wylie's newest creation, a funny and fast-paced exploration of nature, love, and life in the stories that shaped civilization itself.

Alan Haehnel Comedy Characters: 8 female, 4 male, extras, gender and numbers of characters easily manipulated The curtain opens on Cybeline, lost in the dark woods, calling plaintively for rescue as wolves prowl closer and closer All of a sudden, No, no, no! rings out from the back of the theater and a disgruntled, dictatorial director barges down the aisle, furious at the actress, the cast, and the entire crew! She commands, No one leaves the theater until this product

Characters: 9 Female, 7 Male, 12 actors, w/ doubling A refreshing, contemporary telling of the classic story. Stern Marilla and her warm-hearted brother Matthew hoped to adopt a boy to work on their farm. But the orphanage sends young, befreckled Anne by mistake, and their lives will never be the same. Her warmth and wit affects everyone around her - even, eventually, the cold Marilla! We follow Anne through her rebellious years, her transformation into a young woman, and her romanti

Comedy / Characters: 3 females Scenery: ExteriorCan three girls survive their graduation night stuck on a Ferris wheel? Set in 1959, the Dream Wheel breaks down with Miss, Berry, and Colleen at the very top. The girls are forced into states of sheer terror and self-reflection, as they try to make the most of their last night of high school. Facing such frightening prospects as the real world and the abyss below them, these best friends stretch the fabric of their friendship, eventually bec

flexible cast An evening of twenty-five short scenes and monologues. Commissioned by the Tony Award winning American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) In San Francisco, this play has won critical acclaim for its entertaining yet relevant and realistic portrayal of life at a High School. The many diverse scenes collectively make up the play. Although each scene stands on its own, there is a common thread - all of the vignettes deal with situations that take place outsid