"May the Dwarf be with you in this new stage adaptation by L. Henry Dowell!"A wacky take on the classic fairy tale which will have audiences rolling in the floor with laughter!What happens when you mix an articulate mirror, a conceited Queen, a Prince dressed in purple, seven little people with personality issues, a basket of kumquats and a little Star Wars for good measure?Snow White and the Seven Dwarves of the Old Republic!This play was first produced in 2007 and since then has gone on to be one of the most produced works for young audiences in the United States. It's the perfect show for Elementary Schools and Community Theatres.Cast Size: 12 flexible roles. Running Time: 45 minutes.Royalty: $50.00 Per Performance. Appropriate for all audiences.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves of the Old Republic: A play for young audiences.

Arts & Photography

Dowell, L. Henry

Performing Arts

Black Box Theatre Publishing Company

It's the end of the world as we know it! Do you know where your icons are? At the edge of the universe sits The Long John Cafe. A place where the average guy and the average "Super" guy and can sit and have a cup of coffee and just be themselves or, someone else if that's what they want. The cafe is populated by iconic figures of the 20th Century including cowboys, hippies, super heroes and movie stars. They've come to celebrate the end of the century and the beginning of tomorrow! That is, if they make it through the night. Because the evil Dr. McNastiman has other plans for our heroes. Like their total destruction! Can anyone say..BWAH-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!??Cast Size: 17 with Roles for 9 Men and 8 Women. Running Time: 90 Minutes.

The Long John Cafe

So you've produced Christmas Carol, Christmas Pageant and Christmas Story to death! How about something fresh?  WANTED: SANTA CLAUS is the story of what happens when a group of department store moguls led by the greedy B. G. Bucks decide to replace Santa Claus with the shiny new "KRINGLE 3000", codenamed...ROBO-SANTA! A new Father Christmas with a titanium alloy outer shell housing a nuclear powered drive train, not to mention a snow white beard and a jolly disposition! These greedy tycoons will stop at nothing to get rid of jolly old St. Nick. That includes framing him for such crimes as purse snatching, tire theft and...oh no...not.....puppy kicking??!! Say it isn't so Santa! Now it's up to Santa’s elves to save the day! But Santa's in no shape to take on his stainless steel counterpart! He'll have to train for his big comeback. Enter Mickey, one of the toughest elves of all time! He'll get Santa ready for the big showdown! But it's going to mean reaching deep down inside to find "the eye of the reindeer"!

Wanted: Santa Claus: A holiday play. (Black Box Theatre Publishing Christmas Plays)

Why should the boys get to have all the fun?  Jacklyn Sparrow and the Lady Pirates of the Caribbean is a swashbuckling pirate parody with bloodthirsty buckaneers in massive sword clanking battle scenes!! A giant wise cracking parrot named Polly!! Crazy obsessions with eye liner!! And who is Robert, the Dreaded Phylum Porifera?? Of course the whole thing ends with a large celebration where everybody gets down with their bad selves!! It's fun for the whole family in this lampoon of everything you love about pirates!! AAAARRRRRG!!! Cast Size: 45 with Doubling Possible. Running Time: 120 Minutes.  NOTE: A small cast version of this play, LADY PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN is also available on Amazon!!!

Jacklyn Sparrow and the Lady Pirates of the Caribbean: A Pirate Parody

The lights rise on a beautiful sunset.  A mermaid is silhouetted against an ocean backdrop.  Hauntingly familiar music fills the air.  Then...the Lawyer shows up. And that's when the fun really begins!  The Little Mermaid (More or Less.) is the story of a Theatre company attempting to stage a children's version of the Hans Christian Anderson classic. The only problem? It looks and sounds an awful lot like a movie of the same name. That's when the Lawyer for a certain "mouse eared company" starts talking lawsuit for copyright infringement. Lawsuit?  Copyright infringement?  Throw out the costumes!  What's that? There's a bunch of old rags backstage from the 1970's? Well, don't just stand there! Go get them! Ditch the music! What did you say? Somebody's mom has a greatest disco hits cd out in the car? That'll be perfect!  Change everyone's names! Tartar Sauce! Little M.! The Crab Formerly Known As Sebastian!  Everybody ready? Ok...Action!!! It's the funkiest version of The Little Mermaid ever seen on stage!!!Cast Size: 30 with Doubling Possible. Running Time: 45 Minutes.

The Little Mermaid (More or Less.)

Based on the novel, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens! Humbug! is the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean old man who hates everything and everybody! But of all the things he hates, he hates Christmas time the most! Then, one Christmas Eve, Mr. Scrooge is visited by some lively spirits who teach him the true meaning of Christmas. It's Holiday fun for the whole family, in this easy to stage adaptation of the holiday classic!

Humbug!: A Christmas Carol (Black Box Theatre Publishing Christmas Plays)

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Don't be afraid, it's only Shakespeare!!!  What happens when you mix two sets of star-crossed lovers, a group of blue collar, would-be actors and a mischievious pair of feuding fairies in the woods one midsummer night? It's William Shakespeare's classic, four-hundred year old comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, come to life in this creative adaptation that all ages will understand and enjoy! This version has beed formatted for younger actors and includes blocking suggestions and comedic business from previous productions!  Check out blackboxtheatrepublishing.com for other great plays!!!

A Midsummer Night's Dream: The classic Shakespeare comedy adapted for young audiences. (Black Box Theatre Publishing Shakespeare Adaptations)

"Foster's light-hearted script scores some bitchy zingers. Nifty, colorful comedy filled with intrinsic wit and charm!" BACKSTAGE WEST"OUTRAGEOUS! One of the bitchiest cat fights this side of Dynasty. Campy farce exploring the fine art of Hollywood backstabbing! A slap-dash exuberance that held everyone captive " -LA WEEKLY"A recipe so packed with bitchy spices even the queens in West Hollywood will burn their tongues" Fab Magazine"Wild and whacky! Bawdy, naughty and oh, so bitchy. Hilarious! Screamingly funny!" -TOLUCAN TIMES"Pick of the week! Fun! Fun! Fun!" -VALLEY SCENE"Legends and Bridge" is a comedy imagining former, silver-screen legend Joan Crawford (matronly, washed-up, and pickled on spiked Pepsi) who invites Judy Garland (recently fired from her CBS TV show) and Bette Davis (bitter at no longer being the "Queen of Hollywood") up to her Manhattan apartment in 1964 to live with her as they work on a "secret" film project. Joan attempts to get a sloppy Judy back into shape by putting her on an exercise regime, which Judy takes to like a cat in a washing machine. At the same time, she tries to butter Bette up with little presents. After much prodding from Bette and Judy, Joan reveals the project she has in mind is a screen adaptation of "St. Joan" with Judy and Bette playing bit characters while she stars as St. Joan "Bette, you'll play my mother and Judy you'll play 'the voices'."After hearing this denture-shattering news, all hell breaks loose as each legend tries to maintain her position as top diva. Back-biting, catfights and skullduggery ensue. Throw in a young boy toy that Bette brings home and a drunk Tennessee Williams and watch the comedy unfold.Cast Size: 6Running Time: 120 minutes.Royalty: $50.00 per performance.Appropriate for adult audiences.

Legends And Bridge

Foster, C. Stephen

A one man show about one of the most recognized faces in the world...Colonel Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken!!! Although he is most well-known for the eleven herbs and spices that made Kentucky Fried Chicken famous world-wide, Harland “Colonel” Sanders’ life was about much more than fried chicken. The man whose face became synonymous with “finger-lickin’ good” chicken used hard work and perseverance — not to mention a little luck along the way — to become recognized as Kentucky’s most famous citizen. Armed with only a sixth-grade education, Sanders worked a number of jobs over the years — an army mule tender, railroad worker, tire salesman, and farmhand. In 1930, he moved to Corbin and opened a lunchroom behind a service station that had room for six people sitting at one table. His restaurant grew rapidly, and in a short time, he was operating Sanders’ Cafe, which seated 142 patrons. His customers made fried chicken the most popular item on the menu. He might have worked in that cafe for the rest of his life if it weren’t for the building of Interstate 75, forcing him to sell his place at auction. Sanders was now in his mid-sixties, an age when most people take the opportunity to retire. He decided to go out on the road, traveling the country showing restaurants how to make Colonel Sanders’ Kentucky Fried Chicken. By 1963, there were more than 600 outlets selling his chicken.

Finger Lickin' Good!: The Story of Colonel Sanders

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Cooking Education & Reference

A play by Dakota Brown. Struggling with the agoraphobia that the loss of his mother and autistic tendencies create, Oz looks to the stars to find his place in the universe while his brother and others around him attempt to find a place for him themselves.Cast Size: 9 roles.Running Time: 120 minutes.Royalty: $50.00 per performance.Appropriate for high school, college and adult audiences.

Following Orion

Brown, Dakota

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