Play Scripts for Schools featuring Audience participation
...and a Groundhog in a Pear Tree
music by Kristin Gauthier, book & lyrics by Lindsay Price
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 W + 12 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools
- 60 pages
Apostrophe's
by Bradley Hayward
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 Middle Schools & High Schools
- 31 pages
Cinderella's Crunchy Christmas Cake
by Lindsay Price
It's Cinderella's first Christmas in the castle. But her step-sisters have a dastardly plan to ruin the holidays.
- About 45 minutes
- 3 M + 7 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 35 pages
Claque Attack: a clapping contemplation on the nature of applause
by Lindsay Price
Do you control the audience or does the audience control you?
- About 35 minutes
- 37 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 33 pages
Clowns with Guns (A Vaudeville)
by Christopher Evans
The question everyone’s asking is “Am I walking out alive today?”
- About 25 minutes
- 16 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 22 pages
Distance Learning
by Christian Kiley
A play about trying to survive and thrive in a virtual classroom.
- About 25 minutes
- 13 Any Gender
- Virtual Performance
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
The Female Edison
by Lindsay Price
Margaret E. Knight was a 19th century inventor with two big but forgotten stories.
- About 70 minutes
- 2 W + 22 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 79 pages
Hamlette
by Allison Williams
Hamlet is played by a girl in this twisty-turny comedic interpretation of the classic Danish tale.
- About 30 minutes
- 1 M + 1 W + 3 Any Gender, Expandable to 13
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 20 pages
A Kidnapped Santa Claus
adapted by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt from L. Frank Baum
Plots and schemes are being hatched to kidnap Santa! That means no toys for good little girls and boys. Adapted from the story by L. Frank Baum.
- About 45 minutes
- 3 M + 5 W + 5 Any Gender, plus Ensemble
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools
- 44 pages
Little Nell and the Mortgage Foreclosure
by John Donald O'Shea
A delightful melodrama replete with broad comedy, memorable characters, and plenty of booing and hissing for the stovepipe-hat-wearing villain!
- About 45 minutes
- 2 M + 3 W
- Unit Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 pages
Magic Fairy in the Microwave
by Dara Murphy
An ordinary girl has an overactive imagination. Maybe. This is a fast physical extravaganza with guns, knives, and blood. Kittens will be harmed.
- About 25 minutes
- 2 M + 4 W + 5 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 24 pages
The Merrie Christmas Show
by Lindsay Price
A group of lively travelling players take you on a spirited adventure through Christmas past and present. Flexible casting, and audience participation.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 3 W, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 23 pages
Mmmbeth
by Allison Williams
An hilarious gender-bending take on the Scottish play! Updated Version.
- About 45 minutes
- 5 W + 5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 43 pages
Mmmbeth: Competition Length Version
by Allison Williams
A shorter version of our hilarious gender-bending take on the Scottish play. Updated version.
- About 30 minutes
- 5 W + 5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 28 pages
Moonbow Miraculous
by Kirk Shimano
If someone has a secret they’ve been clutching to their heart, the moonbow’s glow will give them the courage to share their true selves
- About 40 minutes
- 14 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 33 pages
Moonbow Miraculous: Competition-Length Version
by Kirk Shimano
If someone has a secret they’ve been clutching to their heart, the moonbow’s glow will give them the courage to share their true selves
- About 20 minutes
- 8 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 21 pages
Moonscape to Treescape
by Craig Mason
An environmental fable about a city that destroys its natural beauty in order to support its only industry.
- About 50 minutes
- 8 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 31 pages
Mummu
by Kirk Shimano
A one act play inspired by an ancient Sumerian myth depicting one of the first Mesopotamian gods.
- About 25 minutes
- 4 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
neeT Teen
by Lindsay Price
A vignette play about teen life – backwards, forwards and inside-out. Told through a variety of forms: kitchen sink, absurd, movement and song.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 6 W, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 40 pages
One Hundred Lies
by Alan Haehnel
In this poignant comedy, Liz Nostrand presents her life as a competition: 100 significant lies told by and to Liz. But what about the lies she's told herself?
- About 30 minutes
- 5 M + 10 W, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 27 pages
