Play Scripts for Schools suitable for Teen

Swimming With Sins

Envy, Sloth and Greed meet up at the beach with Kindness, Generosity and Zeal for their yearly swim meet!

• About 10 minutes
• 2 M + 4 F
• Simple Set
• Recommended for High Schools

Swoop

Driven by a desire for total freedom, two fed-up clowns escape the city to build a city in the sky with the birds. But what happens when a clown decides they want total control?

• About 45 minutes
• 3 M + 2 F + 13 Any Gender, Plus Chorus of Birds. Doubling Possible.
• Simple set
• Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools

The Taming of the Shrew

A one act annotated version of Shakespeare's controversial tale about the relationships between men and women.

• About 60 minutes
• 5 M + 3 F + 9 Any Gender
• Interior and Exterior
• Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
• 38 pages

The Tempest

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

Ten / Two

Ten plays for two actors. The plays can be performed individually or all together for a full evening of theatre. Excellent for the classroom or competition.

• About 100 minutes
• 3 M + 7 F + 10 Any Gender
• Simple Set
• Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
• 81 pages

Ten Minute Play Series: All Girls

A collection of short plays with interesting, engaging, vivid parts for girls.

• About 10 minutes
• Simple Set
• Recommended for High Schools
• 60 pages

Ten Minute Play Series: Be Challenged

A collection of short plays with challenging stories and complex characters.

• About 10 minutes
• Simple Set
• Recommended for High Schools
• 64 pages

Ten Minute Play Series: Girls & Guys

A collection of short plays that examines the relationships between girls and guys.

• About 10 minutes
• Simple Set
• Recommended for High Schools
• 65 pages

Ten Minutes, Ten Minutes, Ten Minutes, Ten Minutes

My mantra is better than your mantra, especially when it comes to late teachers.

• About 10 minutes
• 2 Any Gender
• Simple Set
• Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools

That One Book About You-Know-What

When students break into a sealed school library to uncover why books are being banned, their stolen reading of a redacted school board transcript collides with Moby-Dick, revealing how a crusading parent and Captain Ahab share the same dangerous obsession, and how censorship turns stories into weapons.

• About 25 minutes
• 1 M + 1 F + 7 Any Gender, Plus Angry Parents and Intrepid Sailors
• Simple set
• Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
• 21 pages

Theatrefolk's Ten-Minute Play Collection

A collection of ten minute plays.

• Simple Set
• Recommended for High Schools
• 55 pages

Thief

Sandy will not have a thief for a boyfriend. No way.

• About 10 minutes
• 1 M + 1 F
• Simple Set

This Phone Will Explode at the Tone

A vignette play about communication. Great for classwork.

• About 20 minutes
• 2 M + 2 F, Expandable to 33
• Simple Set
• Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
• 20 pages

Thought Traps

Ariane and Kate deal with people from their past who invade their head space. Will either be able to set themselves free?

• About 35 minutes
• 2 M + 5 F + 1 M or F + 2 Non-Binary
• Simple set
• Recommended for High Schools
• 37 pages

Through the Looking-Glass

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

ths phne 2.0: the next generation

A vignette play that looks at 21st century communication. Blog your innermost thoughts. Break up by text. Express your deepest emotions through LOL's and smilies.

• About 30 minutes
• 2 M + 3 F, Easily Expandable
• Simple Set
• Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
• 27 pages

Tick Talk

The teenagers in Tick Talk have much to say, but no way to say it. Characters are limited to only ONE WORD for the whole play. A great challenge for actors.

• About 25 minutes
• 2 M + 6 F + 5 Any Gender
• Simple Set
• Recommended for High Schools
• 31 pages

Time, What Is It?

A teenager asks the wrong guy for the time.

• About 10 minutes
• 2 Any Gender
• Simple Set
• Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools

To Kill a Mocking Birdie

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

Tofuman

• About 10 minutes
• 2 M + 2 F
• Simple set
• Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools