"BRILLIANT PRODUCTIONS." CAROLE WINTER, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, ENGLISH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

"Act Your Age!" Acclaimed! Affordable! Age-Appropriate! Original Musicals & Dramedies for Youth by award-winning playwrights Evelyn Rudie & Chris DeCarlo (with Matthew Wrather on dreamward, CAN'TEEN, & The Silver Key). Now, for the first time ever, these plays are available for limited licensing to non-professional youth theatre groups across America.

The internationally acclaimed Young Professionals’ Company (YPC), under the direction of award-winning playwright/directors Evelyn Rudie and Chris DeCarlo, bring you tried and tested theatre pieces for youth ages 10 to 18. Developed through work with more than 10,000 young actors at the renowned Santa Monica Playhouse Theatre Center in Los Angeles, California, these productions have been performed by the YPC world wide, from inner city Los Angeles to the 5000 seat Hitomi Hall in Tokyo, as well as in England, Ireland, Canada, New York and across the nation.

“We love Cabaret! We did My Fair Lady and Li’l Abner when we were in school. And we feel every young actor should participate in the classic theatre experience. We also recognize, however, a vital need for original material that speaks with the voice of youth, addressing both their personal and global issues in a theatrically innovative manner. The Young Professionals’ Company develops new works that explore contemporary as well as historical issues from a uniquely youth-oriented point of view, offering age-appropriate, challenging roles, flexibility in casting and design, and a spectacular track record that makes them easy to present to administrators and effortless to market to general audiences." - THE AUTHORS

For licensing, booking and royalty information call: (310) 394-9779 ext. 3 or email

dear gabby-the confessions of an over-achiever

“Outstanding...movingly articulates the loneliness and confusion of growing up ‘without an instruction booklet.’” Lynne Heffley, LA TIMES

“It was revolutionary for my kids to see DEAR GABBY.” B. Clough, Principal., Mid-City Alternative School

“Magical!” COURIER NEWS, Stratford, England

Performed in five countries on three continents, Dear Gabby is the longest continuously running teen dramedy in recent theatre history (11 ½ years straight), an interactive theatre experience, which explores such teen concerns as first love, peer pressure, rejection, relationships, drugs, cheating, self-esteem, and the passion and pain of piano lessons. 

7 to 9 performers • by Evelyn Rudie & Chris DeCarlo

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dreamward

“An amazing production!” Mary King, Playbox Youth Theatre

A musical exploration of dreams, decisions, danger, denial, divorce, and the fortunes told in the coffee-ground remains of double decaf cappuccino cups, a story of contemporary teenagers struggling to fulfill the unrealistic, media-induced expectations of a quick-fix society as they bound through adventures both comic and poignant in the chaotic no-man’s land between Clueless and Kids. Inspired by the works of Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Brecht & Weill, Gertrude Stein and Jack Kerouac.

10 to 24 performers - 8 songs • book, music & lyrics by E. Rudie & M. Wrather, with Chris DeCarlo

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moonlight madness!

“More fun than Grease!” The Dream Factory, U.K.

If your students enjoyed High School Musical, they’ll adore this original toe-tappin’, finger-snappin’, be-boppin’ musical comedy salute to love, laughter and lipstick – written long before Disney ever imagined doing a 50’s musical romp. Moonlight Madness is guaranteed to have everyone dancing in the aisles as teen idol “Johnnie Moonlight” gyrates his way into the lives of the cheerleaders, beatniks, Athenians, Olympians and Toughs of Beaverbrook High, and into your heart as well. Based on creator Evelyn Rudie’s own experiences at famed Hollywood High in Hollywood, California.

16 to 24 performers - 17 songs • by Evelyn Rudie & Chris DeCarlo; music and lyrics by E. Rudie

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the silver key

"A spectacular piece of theatre" The Playhouse, Derry

A very contemporary musical fairy tale populated with exotically non-traditional witches and fairy godmothers, feisty heroines, rock-music sorcerers and a host of colorful and fantastical creatures ferociously blurring the boundaries between fantasy and reality, exploring the themes of growing up, first love, first heartbreak, feeling at odds with the world and how to find your place in it. Excellent opportunity for performer-generated costuming.

9 to 14 performers - 5 songs • book, music & lyrics by E. Rudie & M. Wrather, with Chris DeCarlo

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