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averick Musicals & Plays not only bring to you award winning one act plays & musicals with interesting play scripts but also a guide to the various requirements of show business like copyright information & performance rights.

 

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Musicals & Play Scripts – Rights and Usage Guides

Using the Maverick site

If you're new to Maverick Musicals we encourage you to familiarise yourself with the obligations and conditions relating to staging one of our shows.  You can find this information in our guides :

Copyright Information Understanding how you can reproduce Maverick scripts without censure.

Securing Performance Rights
The 5 steps  to securing the performance rights to a Maverick show

 

Once you are content that you are able to satisfy these requirements then you're ready to have a look at the shows  which interest you. Home PageIf you become lost at any time, you can return to the home page by clicking the Maverick Musicals logo in the top left hand corner.

Pick and choose...

Maverick's shows are grouped primarily by style (or genre) and age suitability.

Style

Use the style tabs at the top of each page of the website to see the complete list of shows in each grouping, further subdivided by age:

Alternatively, visit the style page for a complete list. To view more information on a specific show, click the title. Please note that some shows appear in more than one style category.

Suitability

Just below the style tabs are the four age-suitability tabs. Click a tab to view the complete list of shows in that age range, sorted by style:

Alternatively, visit the suitability page for a complete list. To view more information on a specific show, click the title. Please note that some shows appear in more than one age range.

But wait, there's more...

You can also view shows by their author / title.  Either:

  1. Click the author of a show (at the top of each production page) to visit the author's information page. Other shows by the same author are listed there.

  2. Visit the authors  page for a complete listing of all our authors and writers. Click a name to visit their information page.

Show time

The production pages feature:

  • A graphic of the show, often taken from the show's CD cover (where available)
  • The author(s). Click a name for more information on that author.
  • A brief show synopsis.
  • Style, suitability, running time and cast requirements information.
  • Rehearsal materials and cost.
  • Royalty rates (GST rates for Australia are listed separately)

There are also three icons at the top of each page. Don't have the Acrobat reader? Click here to download it.

DOWNLOAD PERUSAL MATERIAL ICON

ORDER REHEARSAL MATERIAL ICON

DOWNLOAD INFORMATION SHEET ICON

Click here to download perusal material, such as scripts, mp3s, MIDI files or production notes. Site registration is required. Click here to order rehearsal materials, such as CDs, piano and vocal scores, scripts and band parts. Copying rights can also be ordered. Click here to download a PDF of the show's vital information. These PDFs are quite small and easier to print out than the web pages.

Once you have made your selection and logged in to the site you can download the first act of the script directly from the synopsis page plus the sheet music of two songs from the piano score. Perusal materials are marked with coloured icons showing the file type. An approximated file size and download time is also shown.

MIDI song files.

MP3 music files

Adobe PDFs of the script, or music.

 

The format that is used to download the scripts is Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this installed on your computer either click here  or use the link on each show's  page.

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