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1) Ballet shoes
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Determined to make a name for themselves, three adopted sisters living in London train for the ballet and the stage and in the process discover that each has a special talent.
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Dara Palmer dreams of being an actress, but when she does not get a part in the school play she wonders if it is because of her different looks as an adopted girl from Cambodia, so Dara becomes determined not to let prejudice stop her from being in the spotlight.
7) Act cool
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Transgender teen and aspiring actor August lands a spot at a prestigious performing arts high school in New York City, but he struggles to move past the life he left behind, with conservative parents who wanted to send him to conversion therapy.
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After his charismatic, yarn-spinning father leaves and his mother remarries, Eric runs away to Riverton, Nebraska where his father started out, and lives on the streets, getting dangerously close to some people with tempting propositions before he finds his true calling in life.
10) Stage fright
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Accidentally an actor, Ed and his wacky friends have to perform on stage under a rare blue moon. Then the moon begins sucking Ed and his friends up into the sky. Only Ed knows how to control the strangeness.
12) My hero
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A famous television canine sets off on a cross-country journey in search of his beloved costar and finds danger, adventure, and friendship along the way.
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When Camila tries out for a play, she practices hard to get ready for auditions. So she's extra disappointed when she doesn't get the starring role. But as she learns her part and works with the rest of the cast, Camila discovers there is more than one way to be a star.
17) Free spirit
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Kellie, one of the girls at the Stardust stunt-riding stables, is working as a stunt double on a movie--but when the actress comes down with food poisoning she is called upon to step into the leading role.
18) Theatre shoes
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When their father is captured during the war, three children come to London to live with their grandmother, and join all the cousins of their talented theatrical family in a school for stage training.
19) The Sisters Club
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In Acton, Oregon, sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey tell about their lives, including their line of actor ancestors, creative family dinners, toe marshmallows, swearing in Shakespeare, and the Sisters Club.
20) Don't touch
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"16-year-old Caddie struggles with OCD, anxiety, and a powerful fear of touching another person's skin, which threatens her dreams of being an actress--until the boy playing Hamlet opposite her Ophelia gives her a reason to overcome her fears"--