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The Wish Peddler

  • Tom McCoy
  • One Act, Comedy
  • 13M or F
  • ISBN: W54

This play-within-a-play has trees that talk, a wall that moves, a witch who can't cackle, angry villagers whose children have been kidnapped by the witch, a sleepy lion, and a clown who wears polka-dot shorts.

  • One Act
  • Comedy
  • 40 minutes

  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Children (Age 6 - 10)
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Jr High/Primary, High School/Secondary
This play-within-a-play has trees that talk, a wall that moves, a witch who can't cackle, angry villagers whose children have been kidnapped by the witch, a sleepy lion, and a clown who wears polka-dot shorts.

All of this appears with theatrical magic when a mysterious Wish Peddler arrives on the stage offering your cast the fulfillment of whatever wishes they'll buy. 

  • Casting: 13M or F

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This play-within-a-play has trees that talk, a wall that moves, a witch who can't cackle, angry villagers whose children have been kidnapped by the witch, a sleepy lion, and a clown who wears polka-dot shorts. All of this appears with theatrical magic when a mysterious Wish Peddler arrives on the stage offering your cast the fulfillment of whatever wishes they'll buy. Bare stage w/props.

$19.95