The Tempest
adapted by Craig Mason
from Shakespeare
A modern version of this Shakespeare classic. A great introduction to the story and the bard.
- About 40 minutes
- 7 M + 2 F
- Exterior
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 27 pages
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Play Scripts for Schools suitable for All audiences
They Eat Sunshine, Not Zebras
by Dara Murphy
Nothing stands in the way of the green grass. Until they wake up one morning to see a yellow dandelion in their midst.
- About 25 minutes
- 11 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 pages
Through the Looking-Glass
adapted by Lindsay Price
from Lewis Carroll
Alice is back in Wonderland and looking to become Queen. This adaptation is a fantastical physical journey for both actor and audience.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 3 F + 7 Any Gender, + Wonderland Ensemble
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 38 pages
To Kill a Mocking Birdie
by Clint Snyder
Birdie would like you to meet her parents: a goldfish and a moldy piece of bread. It's a perfectly crazy dinner party. Consider this your invitation.
- About 30 minutes
- 1 M + 4 F + 4 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 23 pages
Upon A Sea of Dreams: A Journey on the Titanic
by Kathleen Donnelly
In a tiny third class cabin Emma dreams of a new life in America. But when the Titanic hits an iceberg, that dream becomes a nightmare.
- About 45 minutes
- 1 M + 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 42 pages
Virtual Platform
by Claire Broome
How can anyone make sense of a virtual platform?
- About 25 minutes
- 8 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
The Virtual Support Group from Hell
by Jeffrey Harr
Wendy joins an online teen support group. However, she quickly discovers that the others are anything but typical.
- About 15 minutes
- 3 M + 5 F
- Virtual Performance
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Wait Wait Bo Bait
by Lindsay Price
A vignette play all about waiting. Great scenes, great characters, flexible casting, easy staging.
- About 20 minutes
- 2 M + 4 F, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 22 pages
Wait Wait Bo Bait (Middle School Edition)
by Lindsay Price
A middle school vignette play about waiting. Great scenes, great characters, flexible casting, easy to stage.
- About 20 minutes
- 2 M + 4 F, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 22 pages
We Open Tomorrow Night?! (One Act Version)
by Michael Wehrli
A competition-length version of We Open Tomorrow Night?!
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 6 F + 4 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 31 pages
What do you do when the Elves have the flu?
by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt
The Elves can't eat, they can't sleep and they certainly can't work. And with Christmas around the corner, how will the toys get made?
- About 20 minutes
- 6 F + 10 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools
Will and Whimsy: Sixteen Dramatically Illustrated Sonnets of Shakespeare
by Alan Haehnel
Shakespeare's Sonnets come alive in this play where modern scenes play hand in hand with the original text. Very flexible casting.
- About 50 minutes
- 8 Any Gender, Expandable to 35
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 43 pages
The Wind in the Willows
adapted by Todd Espeland from Kenneth Grahame
A lively and theatrical adaptation of a wonderful classic.
- About 70 minutes
- 3 F + 16 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 61 pages
Winnie-the-Pooh
adapted by Lindsay Price
from Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
Join Pooh Bear, Piglet, and all their friends in the Hundred Acre wood.
- About 90 minutes
- 1 M + 1 F + 8 Any Gender, Additional Narrators
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 85 pages
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
adapted by Laramie Dean from L. Frank Baum
There is no place like home.
- About 95 minutes
- 5 M + 8 F + 5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 85 pages