Play Scripts for Schools featuring Character study
Agatha Rex
adapted by Lindsay Price from Antigone by Sophocles
A modern adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone set in a high school.
- About 75 minutes
- 9 M + 10 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 72 pages
Among Friends and Clutter
by Lindsay Price
This character-driven piece explores the most important relationships in life: friends, family, and love.
- About 60 minutes
- 3 M + 4 W, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 43 pages
Anonymous
by Allison Green
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 W + 15 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 32 pages
La Ansiedad es Naranja
by Lindsay Price
A Spanish translation of the vignette play Anxiety is Orange.
- About 25 minutes
- 2 M + 7 W + 12 Any Gender, Doubling possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 24 pages
Anxiety is Orange
by Lindsay Price
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 W + 12 Any Gender, Doubling possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 23 pages
Arctic Adventure Theatre: The Case of the Crazed Crashers
by Matthew Webster
A big fun online-friendly show in the style of a radio serial.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 4 W + 13 Any Gender
- Radio Play
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
The Art of Rejection
by Christian Kiley
An avant-garde look at the price of popularity.
- About 20 minutes
- 1 M + 1 W + 14 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Baalzebub
by Rachel Atkins
Will they establish civility or fall apart?
- About 80 minutes
- 1 M + 11 W, Easily expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 71 pages
Baalzebub - One Act Version
by Rachel Atkins
Will they establish civility or fall apart?
- About 35 minutes
- 11 W, Easily expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 34 pages
The Battle of Image vs Girl
by Johanna Skoreyko
One Girl. One Mirror. Against the world.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 W
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 15 pages
Beauty and the Bee
by Lindsay Price
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 W + 9 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools
- 42 pages
Being Bianca: The Semi-Complete Guide
by Alan Haehnel
Bianca wants to help everyone be the best they can be. Well, she wants everyone to be just like her. Because what's better than being Bianca? Huge cast comedy.
- About 30 minutes
- 2 M + 10 W + 38 Any Gender, Doubling and Tripling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 35 pages
Better Than The Movie
by Jeffrey Harr
First dates can be the worst or the best. Especially when you're on a date with the guy or girl of your dreams.
- About 20 minutes
- 1 M + 1 W + 1 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 12 pages
Better Than The Movie - Socially Distanced Version
by Jeffrey Harr
A socially-distanced version of Better Than the Movie.
- About 20 minutes
- 1 M + 1 W + 1 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
betweenity
by Lindsay Price
This vignette play explores the beats, pauses, and neverending silences in conversation. An excellent class project with parts for everyone.
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 4 W + 4 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 29 pages
The Blue and the Grey
by RS Paulette
This award-winning piece is haunting, exhilarating and theatrical.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 4 W, Plus Students
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 34 pages
Boat
by Lindsay Price
In this one-act middle school vignette play, characters come face-to-face with the fact that there are other people in their boat. Some are different. Some only seem different.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 7 W + 3 Any Gender, Expandable to 32
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 35 pages
Body Body
by Lindsay Price
Madeline has body issues. So much so that her different body parts are coming to life and talking back. But Madeline is tired of feeling bad about her body.
- About 60 minutes
- 2 M + 4 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 54 pages
Body Body: Competition Length Version
by Lindsay Price
Madeline has body issues. So much so that different body parts are coming to life and talking back. A shorter version of this body image play.
- About 30 minutes
- 2 M + 4 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 54 pages
Box
by Lindsay Price
A middle school vignette play about the boxes we find ourselves in.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 6 W + 9 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 35 pages
