Newly Available for Licensing (UK) – May 2025

Freshen up your season with these new titles, available to license in the UK from Concord Theatricals!

Crime and Punishment, A Comedy by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 5 any gender)
Dostoyevsky’s turn-of-the-century masterpiece is reimagined as a 90-minute romp of a morality tale, with five actors playing over 50 zany characters. Riffing on the famous novel – and all of Russian literature – this classic story follows Raskolnikov, an impoverished student who becomes a murderer to save his family. Based on the book you didn’t actually read in high school, this is literature retold as you’ve never seen it before.

Heathers The Musical: Teen Edition by Kevin Murphy, Laurence O’Keefe and Daniel Waters – Newly available to school groups in the UK!
(Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 10w, 14m +ensemble)
This version of the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer – a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers –is fit for younger Corn Nuts to perform! A few new songs, language adjustments, and modifications make for a PG-13 rated opportunity for young actors to step into the blazers of these iconic characters and their songs.

Jacaranda by Lorna French
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w, 1m)
Olivia has recently moved into her great-uncle’s farmhouse. She’s not local, but she knows her way around. Matty is a gamekeeper, but he doesn’t often tell anyone. He’s wary of newcomers. These unlikely strangers find themselves beside a stream on the longest night of the year. A brilliant new drama exploring loss, love, prejudice, race and belonging.

Lotus Beauty by Satinder Chohan
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 5w)
The intertwined lives of five multi-generational women invite us into Reita’s Salon, where clients can wax lyrical about their day’s tiny successes or have their struggles massaged, plucked or tweezed away. But with honest truths and sharp-witted barbs high among the treatments on offer, will the power of community be enough to raise the spirits of everyone who passes through the Salon doors?

Mercury by Steve Yockey
(Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 4w, 3m)
Revenge is a dish best served… bloody. In this brutally funny thriller, three different stories converge at a strange curiosity shop in Portland, Oregon. Featuring an illicit affair, a couple hanging on by a thread, bears at the window, the worst curiosity shop on the West Coast, and an adorable missing dog named Mr. Bundles, this mashup of myth, missing empathy and “good neighbors” explores what happens when the mercury rises.

Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 49th Series
As the nation’s leading short play festival, the Concord Theatricals Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival fosters the work of emerging writers, giving them the exposure of publication and representation. The 49th collection includes 6 short plays available to license and perform:

Beethoven’s Third by Howard Ho
(10-Minute Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1m, 1 any gender, 1 gnc)
On the eve of a revolutionary new path toward his artistic destiny, Ludwig van Beethoven is visited by two strangers who reveal the true nature of his artistic genius.

Data Queen by Adam Ashraf Elsayigh
(10-Minute Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w, 2m)
Lebanese Gen-Z partyboy Sam is in hot water with his older, tamer, White boyfriend Joel. Can they salvage their relationship with the help of their overwhelmed but well-meaning counselor, Sharon… or is their partnership destined to crash and burn?

A Definitive Ranking of My Closest Friends by Jay Stalder
(Short Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 3m, 1 gnc)
A definitely possibly toxic group of six friends is nearly out the door for their annual camping trip when a private note is found on the ground. On this small piece of paper are all of their names, ranked.

A Mercy at Midnight Castle by Phillip Gregory Burke
(Short Play, Drama / 4w, 1m)
During a tumultuous time of peril in a young nation’s history, concerned civilians decide to heal themselves and others, on their own terms.

A Neo-Vagina Monologue by Aster Aguilar
(Short Play, Drama / 1 gnc)
As she tries to save money for bottom surgery, Sophie, a mid-twenties trans woman, tries sex work for the first time.

Pilloried by Jillian Blevins
(Short Play, Comedy / 1w, 1m)
Wilkin and Doxy are locked in the pillory awaiting sunrise – and the punishing humiliation that will follow. While Wilkin prays for a reprieve from the public shaming, Doxy takes a more philosophical view.

Origin Story by Nathan Alan Davis
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 3m)
As she works two jobs to pay down her debt, Margaret grapples with not knowing who she is or what she’s aiming for. Funny, satirical and surprising, Origin Story is an offbeat look at the quarter-life crisis and how to connect in an unconnected world.

Reykjavík by Steve Yockey
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 4m)
Beneath the otherworldly glow of the Northern Lights, tourists and locals mingle in the shadows of Iceland’s capital city. This tour-de-force collision of sex and danger, told through eight interconnected vignettes, is a thrilling journey through a world in which the supernatural is closer than we think.

Simona’s Search by Martín Zimmerman
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w, 2m)
Simona’s father is an enigma. Curious about his life in Latin America before moving to the United States, Simona obsesses over his secrets as her thoughts and dreams become haunted by the mystery that is his past. A riveting exploration of the bond between fathers and daughters, love and sacrifice, nature and nurture.

Spitfire Girls by Katherine Senior – Available for Schools, Universities, and Youth Groups
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 2m plus ensemble)
New Year’s Eve, 1959. Decades after answering the call, two women separated by the war meet again as the rain hammers down on the windows of The Spitfire Pub. As they share their story, the setting shifts back to a time when female pioneers defied expectations and soared through the skies. Funny and heartwarming, this untold story of strength, courage, and loss is inspired by the extraordinary true stories of the women who dared to fly during WWII and the incredible bond that tied them together.

The Ask by Matthew Freeman
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w, 1gnc)
What does it cost to get what we need? With comedic precision, The Ask dissects a tense visit between a struggling young fundraiser and an affluent liberal donor as they navigate the treacherous power dynamics at the heart of charitable giving.

The Best School Year Ever by Jahnna Beecham, Malcolm Hillgartner and Barbara Robinson
(Full-Length Play, Comedy / 6w, 3m)
The beloved Bradleys from the bestselling Young Adult novels are starting another school year with their notorious classmates, the Herdmans. When Miss Kemp assigns the students to think of compliments for their classmates, an unforgettably hilarious school year commences – complete with a tattooed baby, a mysterious teachers’ lounge and a compassionate discovery that might prove there’s something good about this crazy clan after all. Also available: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

To Tell a Story About the Earth by Miranda Rose Hall and LudDub Theatre Co.
(Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 6 any gender)
After a disastrous first production, a fledgling theatre company wants to call it quits. But when the local librarian requests a new performance for Earth Day, the artists have a decision to make. Part scripted play, part guided introduction to devising methods, this unique work prompts ensembles everywhere to create and share an original show about the natural world close to home.

We Could All Be Perfect by Hannah Morley
(Full-Length Play, Drama / 5w)
A teenage girl steps over a barrier and destroys a painting. Another steals a lipstick. Another has her first kiss in the dark. A fourth walks into a supermarket… and starts a republic. Everyone is feeling everything at all times, even if they don’t want us to know it. A furious and funny new play for anyone who has ever witnessed the power of a teenage girl.

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