The Perils of Modern Education is a hilarious romp through the chaos of school life - standardized theatre tests, caffeine withdrawal, even Shakespeare stressing over his college essay! Gender-flexible, easy to stage, and full of laughs.
Play Scripts for Schools using Contemporary costumes
6ft Scenes
A collection of 15 scenes in which no two characters get within 6ft of each other.
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Agatha Rex
A modern adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone set in a high school.
- About 75 minutes
- 9 M + 10 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 72 pages
Agatha Rex: Competition Version
A competition-length adaptation of Agatha Rex by Lindsay Price
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 5 F + 10 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 35 pages
Alice
An adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic book. Practical solutions to all special effects. A magical trip to Wonderland!
- About 45 minutes
- 2 M + 3 F + 8 Any Gender, Plus Ensemble
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 27 pages
Among Friends and Clutter
This character-driven piece explores the most important relationships in life: friends, family, and love.
- About 60 minutes
- 3 M + 4 F, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 43 pages
...and a Groundhog in a Pear Tree
The Twelve Days of Christmas go on strike. Will the holidays be the same? A one act romp with music.
- About 45 minutes
- 3 M + 5 F + 12 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 60 pages
Anne-Arky
A production prepares for opening night. Everything starts out normally, until a rumour spreads that there is an agent in the audience. Anarchy ensues!
- About 45 minutes
- 5 M + 5 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 31 pages
Anonymous
Anonymous is a story of every teenager: trying to fit in, trying to belong, trying to fall in love. It's hard to be an individual when you're trying to survive.
- About 30 minutes
- 1 M + 3 F + 15 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 32 pages
La Ansiedad es Naranja
A Spanish translation of the vignette play Anxiety is Orange.
- About 25 minutes
- 2 M + 7 F + 12 Any Gender, Doubling possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 24 pages
Anxiety is Orange
Join the characters in this vignette play as they navigate the world, each other, and the greens, greys, blues, reds, pinks, yellows, and oranges around them.
- About 25 minutes
- 2 M + 7 F + 12 Any Gender, Doubling possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 23 pages
Apostrophe's
A silly comedy about how the misuse of apostrophes are ruining the lives of students. Flexible casting, audience participation, and fun staging.
- About 40 minutes
- 13 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 31 pages
Ariadne's Thread, The Adventures of Theseus and the Minotaur
Theseus is a young man on an adventure. As he makes his way to Athens to meet his father he must fight bandits, carnivorous pigs, and travel the underworld.
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 5 F + 9 Any Gender, Plus Chorus
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 pages
The Art of Rejection
An avant-garde look at the price of popularity.
- About 20 minutes
- 1 M + 1 F + 14 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Ashland Falls
Who will pay the price when the real world and the play collide?
- About 90 minutes
- 3 M + 11 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 82 pages
Baalzebub
Will they establish civility or fall apart?
- About 80 minutes
- 1 M + 11 F, Easily expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 71 pages
Baalzebub - One Act Version
Will they establish civility or fall apart?
- About 35 minutes
- 11 F, Easily expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 34 pages
Bad Taste in Boys
Rachel has bad taste in boys: Jerry with the forehead tattoos, Nicky with the prison sentence, and Ed with the "being a zombie" thing.
- About 25 minutes
- 3 M + 3 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
The Baloney, the Pickle, the Zombies, and Other Things I Hide From My Mother
Trevor is in the basement experimenting. He wants to build an army of zombies... by bringing baloney to life. Will his plan work before the expiry date?
- About 30 minutes
- 1 F + 7 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 34 pages
The Battle of Image vs Girl
One Girl. One Mirror. Against the world.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 15 pages
Beauty and the Bee
Catherine is a beauty queen. Cosette is a homeschooled spelling bee champion. Two sisters could not be farther apart. When their worlds collide, sparks fly.
- About 38 minutes
- 2 M + 6 F + 9 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 42 pages
