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Choosing Next Season’s Play or Musical

Whether you’re planning for your summer camp or for next fall, we want to give you some tips on how Pioneer makes it easy and affordable for you to narrow down your selection from our vast array of plays and musicals and find the perfect show for your group!

• If you’re working from a computer with a mouse, use the slider bars on our home page search engine to estimate the cast size and running time you’re looking for.  If you’re on your phone, start by selecting PLAYS or MUSICALS from the green tabs at the top, then choose what category of show you want to browse — one acts, full lengths, children’s, or Christmas.
• No matter what kind of device you’re on, you can narrow your search using the search engine on the left by indicating what genres you’re looking for.  Best of all, you can exclude what genres you don’t want to see!
• When you click on a play to go to its dedicated page, take a look at its cast and set details and read the catalog description to see if it’s a good fit for your group.  If so, click on the script sample to learn more about the show.  The script sample gives you the cast of characters, set description, all the production notes including costumes and props, plus about a third of the actual script.
• You can also look at photos of past productions, watch videos, listen to music samples if it’s a musical, and see what other types of groups have performed the show.
• Once you’ve used all the tools on the website to help narrow down your selection, we strongly encourage you to read the full script of the plays you’re considering before making your final decision.
  With Pioneer Drama Service, you have your choice of electronic or paper preview scripts!
• With electronic preview scripts (we call them E-views), you can get five full e-scripts in your online E-view library for just $30.  (Or get three FREE E-views with a promo code!  Call for details.)  Though these scripts cannot be printed or used for production, they can be read in full, and they remain in your online library permanently.  Learn all about our E-view program here!
• For traditional scripts, take advantage of our longstanding Build Your Own Bundle offer and get five preview scripts for $35 or 10 scripts for $60.  Each script must be a different title for this offer.
• Need more help deciding?  We’re happy to provide personalized show suggestions for you if you can tell us a bit about what you’re looking for!  Just fill out the form to take advantage of our Show Suggestion Service.

Once you’ve found the perfect show for your group, Pioneer Drama lets you choose between digital and paper materials for your production order as well!  In every way possible, we are committed to making your entire ordering process with Pioneer Drama as smooth and easy as possible.  Give us a call at 800-33-DRAMA if you need help placing an order, getting a quote, or finding answers to any other questions you might have.  We’re here for you with real people answering the phones and online chat line 9 am–8 pm, Eastern Time, Monday through Friday!