Paper Thin
by Lindsay Price
An upwardly mobile couple creates a Tuesday night diversion.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 M + 1 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
When we stop looking inward, we start to see who’s really in the boat with us. Boat is a powerful middle school vignette play about empathy, connection, and realizing we’ve never been alone. Click to learn more!
Play Scripts for Schools suitable for Teen
Passing Period Purgatory
by Christian Kiley
Sometimes the hardest part of school is getting from one class to the next.
- About 25 minutes
- 15 Any Gender + 1 Non-Binary
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 26 pages
Patience Chose A Party
by Lindsay Price
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
by Lindsay Price
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
by Holly Beardsley inspired by Mark Twain
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
Pay Phone
by Bradley Hayward
When a teenager loses his cell phone, he has no choice but to use... a pay phone.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 M + 1 F + 1 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
The Perils of Modern Education
by Matthew Webster
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
adapted by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt
from Robert Browning
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
by Dara Murphy
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
The Plucky Pie Murder: Competition Version
by Dara Murphy
When Riverview High’s star quarterback is accused of murdering the school mascot, a wildly incompetent trial unfolds, putting the audience in the jury box to decide the fate of a case that is as absurd as it is dark.
- About 30 minutes
- 5 M + 2 F + 6 Any Gender, Plus teammates
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 pages
Postcards from Shakespeare
by Allison Williams
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
Power Play
by Lindsay Price
The realities and the stereotypes of school violence. Not just the school shooting, but harassment and bullying. Violence is about power. So is high school.
- About 55 minutes
- 2 M + 3 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 38 pages
Power Play: Competition Version
by Lindsay Price
The realities and the stereotypes of school violence. Not just the school shooting, but harassment and bullying. Violence is about power. So is high school.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 3 F, Plus Swarm Ensemble
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 28 pages
The Pregnancy Project
by Lindsay Price
A pregnancy project turns real when Lucy's test turns pink. No statistics. No preaching. Just well-drawn characters and an engaging story.
- About 60 minutes
- 5 M + 15 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 47 pages
Pressure
by Lindsay Price
Four teenagers struggle with pressures. The Refugee, the newbie, the perfectionist and the less than perfect. Everything comes to a head the week before prom.
- About 45 minutes
- 4 M + 10 F, Plus Ensemble
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 35 pages
Pressure: Competition Version
by Lindsay Price
Intersecting stories reveal teens under relentless pressure to achieve, belong, and be perfect, while they are still figuring out who they are and what it means to feel safe and seen.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 8 F + 2 Any Gender, Plus Mob
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 29 pages
Pretty Girl Plain Girl
by Lindsay Price
Tara tries to convince her best friend not to enter a beauty pageant.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
The Pretty Princess Dollhouse for Pretty Princesses
by Emma Fonseca Halverson
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
Prom Night
by Sylvia Davenport-Veith
An unlikely romance between the outcast and the linebacker brings prom night magic.
- About 35 minutes
- 1 M + 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 20 pages
The Proposal
adapted by Lindsay Price
from Anton Chekhov
Log line for the proposal
- About 20 minutes
- 1 M + 2 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools