High School Plays Articles for Drama Teachers

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. The vignette play, Characters Behaving Badly, by Lindsay Price, asks students to look at the concept of what it means to be “good” and “bad”, as well as what...

*Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. * Moonbow Miraculous is an absolutely incredible dramedy for middle school and high school student performers that is filled with vivid characters and...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Complex characters, excellent scene work opportunities and great for competitions – The Pretty Princess Dollhouse for Pretty Princesses by Emma Fonseca...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. _ _ The Haunting of Chip Lake Lodge by J. Robert Wilkins is all about a great story with fantastic characters. Plus wonderful opportunities for technical...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. You should know right away that Finding Jo March by Laramie Dean is not a traditional adaptation of Little Women. A young writer dives into the world of...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Passing Period Purgatory by Christian Kiley is an extremely relevant and relatable high school drama. This is a play you will definitely want to read and...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. The Burgundy Letter by Kirk Shimano is a comedic retelling of the classic novel The Scarlet Letter set in a high school and reframed for a digital age. In an...

*Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. * In the high school dramedy, Thought Traps by Lindsay Price, even happy people have issues. Will they be able to set themselves free from the past who...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Sometimes you come across a play that demands to be read, performed and shared. Not Going Anywhere by Emma Fonseca Halverson is one of those plays. The...

*Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. * The Butterfly Queen by Christian Kiley looks at the nature of sacrifice and putting others first, and is an opportunity to have a truly transformative...

*Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. * Completely, Absolutely Normal: Vignettes About LGBTQ+ Teens by Bradley Walton is a collection of ten interconnected vignettes with LGBTQ+ themes that are...

*Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. * The Date by Steven Stack is a theatrical horror masterpiece that’s written specifically for online performances. You don’t want to miss this one! Chris is...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Chicken. Road. by Lindsay Price is an issue-based play for high school performers that is not an answer to the issue, but an amazing forum to start the...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Virtual Family by Christian Kiley examines our relationship with and dependence on technology. Who needs to go outside when you’ve got a screen to show you...

*Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. * Water. Gun. Argument. by Alan Haehnel is a thought provoking and powerful piece in a docu-theatre style. An argument is a lie you choose to believe and...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Commence by Christian Kiley is a gift to the Class of 2020. It is intended to be performed in a video conference call or meeting, and is specifically geared...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Sweep Under Rugby Lindsay Price is a great conversation starter for both actors and audience. A great piece for actors who want to tackle something outside...

*Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. * Floating on a Don’t Care Cloud by Lindsay Price is a powerful and emotional issue-based play that is a theatrical and vivid personification of drugs....