Play Scripts for Schools suitable for Pre-teen
Nerd Herd
A funny and endearing look at love, dreams, slushes, and the unexpected twists and turns that life takes when you’re saving the universe.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 4 F + 1 Any Gender, Extras as needed
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 39 pages
No Horse Town
For the young men of Heywood, crossing the street is as dangerous as going off to war. A highly stylized comedy.
- About 25 minutes
- 3 M + 7 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 23 pages
Not Going Anywhere
A Mexican family struggles to get by while ICE attempts to tear them apart.
- About 30 minutes
- 2 M + 3 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 25 pages
Oddball
A vignette play that embraces the odd. Odd jobs, odd socks, odd one out, odd reactions and odd boyfriends.
- About 35 minutes
- 7 M + 20 F + 5 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 38 pages
One Beer Too Many
Skip writes from the heart, but uncovers something no one wants to read.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 M
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
The Other Room
Dad is recovering from cancer and heavy chemotherapy treatments in the other room. It has become a dark corner of the house, especially for Mary, who rarely goes in there.
- About 20 minutes
- 4 M + 3 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Pandemic Pancake
How will you respond to this evolving new world?
- About 35 minutes
- 34 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Pandora's Fire
Pandora's curiosity gets the better of her in this theatrical retelling of the Greek myth.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 4 F + 3 Any Gender, Plus chorus
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 24 pages
Passing Period Purgatory
Sometimes the hardest part of school is getting from one class to the next.
- About 25 minutes
- 13 Any Gender + 1 Non-Binary
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 26 pages
Patience Chose A Party
A sharp, comedic glimpse into the chaos of high school life, where every choice feels like the end of the world—but might just be the start of self-discovery.
- About 35 minutes
- 5 M + 6 F + 10 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 31 pages
Patterns and Power: The Female Edison
How did a 12 year old girl, with little education and no experience with mechanical engineering invent a safety part for a power loom?
- About 30 minutes
- 2 F + 17 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 37 pages
The Pauper Princess
A retelling of Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper.
- About 75 minutes
- 10 M + 28 F + 34 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 71 pages
The Perils of Modern Education
A comedic romp through the stresses and struggles of making it through the school day.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 19 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 39 pages
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
There are consequences for the people of Hamelin when they refuse to pay the Piper. A theatricalization of the Robert Browning poem.
- About 20 minutes
- 6 M + 4 F + 13 Any Gender, Rats
- Simple Set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 23 pages
The Plucky Pie Murder
The star quarterback has been charged with murdering the mascot and a farce of a trial ensues. The audience plays the jury in this black comedy.
- About 45 minutes
- 8 M + 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 pages
Postcards from Shakespeare
Shakespeare has writer’s block. Nothing inspires him. Queen Elizabeth sends him on a trip around the world to find inspiration.
- About 35 minutes
- 6 M + 4 F + 5 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 37 pages
The Pretty Princess Dollhouse for Pretty Princesses
Gabi is suffering from metaphoric asthma. The walls are closing in and she can’t breathe.
- About 20 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 16 pages
Rainbows vs. Bunnies: Annihilation
A talking bunny. A talking rainbow. Plus annihilation.
- About 25 minutes
- 16 Any Gender, 8 actors possible with doubling
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 23 pages
Rebootilization
Stories are under attack. It's a pandemic so big, the government’s involved. The rebootilization plan is foolproof so long as pirates don't get loose....
- About 120 minutes
- 13 M + 15 F + 25 Any Gender, Expandable to 85+
- Unit set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 82 pages
Rebootilization: Competition Version
A competition-length version of Rebootilization by Alan Haehnel
- About 35 minutes
- 9 M + 12 F + 6 Any Gender, Plus Assorted Fairytale characters
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 32 pages
