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Play Scripts for Schools featuring Character study

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 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 35 pages

Cobweb Dreams

by Lindsay Price

Cobweb dreams of a different life, away from Titania's train.

  • About 80 minutes
  • 2 M + 17 F + 7 Any Gender
  • Unit Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 86 pages

Cobweb Dreams - One Act Version

by Lindsay Price

Cobweb dreams of a different life, away from Titania's train.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 2 M + 12 F + 5 Any Gender
  • Unit set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 42 pages

Commedia Chekhov

adapted by Lindsay Price from Anton Chekhov

Introduce your students to Russian playwright Anton Chekhov through the vibrant lens of Commedia dell’Arte.

  • About 70 minutes
  • 3 M + 7 F
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 70 pages
This collection contains The Anniversary, The Bear, and The Proposal

Commence

by Christian Kiley

A group of students want to regain normalcy and recoup what they’ve lost as seniors: prom, school play, graduation. But nothing is normal.

  • About 15 minutes
  • 1 M + 1 F + 9 Any Gender
  • Online Performance
  • Recommended for High Schools

Completely, Absolutely Normal: Vignettes About LGBTQ+ Teens

by Bradley Walton

Ten interconnected vignettes with LGBTQ+ themes.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 1 M + 5 F + 8 M or F + 1 Trans Man
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools

Constantly, Incessantly, All The Time

by Billy Houck

A young girl examines the backpack of her life.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 1 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools

darklight

by Lindsay Price

An examination of depression and anxiety in teens.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 2 M + 4 F + 10 Any Gender, Plus THOUGHTS (10 to 20 actors)
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 38 pages

Dead Men Don't Carry Handbags

by Allison Williams

Real life and fiction collide as radio show detective Steve Powell finds himself in the middle of a hot handbag case in cold blood. Will his fake detective skills win the day?

  • About 25 minutes
  • 9 M + 5 F, Doubling Possible
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools

Dead Men Don't Do Radio Plays

by Allison Williams

Put together a SFX crew and bring the radio sounds to life.

  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 59 pages

Dead Men Don't Jaywalk

by Allison Williams

A dead body jaywalks in front of radio-star-turned-movie-star detective Steve Powell. When a lady friend gets the blame, Steve puts himself on the case.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 4 M + 5 F, Doubling Possible
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools

Deck the Stage!

by Lindsay Price

A Christmas collection like no other. Six short plays, all inspired by Christmas carols and can be performed as a full-length or individually.

  • About 70 minutes
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 47 pages

A Deep, Poetic Journey Into Something

by Forrest Musselman

Jane wants to break out of her box. Colour cows green and the sky purple. She wants a deep poetic journey into something. The problem is she has no idea where to start.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 3 M + 4 F + 6 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 25 pages

Diatom

by Billy Houck

Two friends without a car wait and talk. And wait and talk. And wait and talk...

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

Discovering Rogue

by Christian Kiley

Rogue lives in a cardboard box but she doesn’t mind. Others want Rogue to leave but she isn’t budging. It's a showdown of stereotypes and self-identity.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 2 M + 4 F + 6 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 29 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

Double Click

by Bradley Hayward

Young love blossoms when two teenagers flip open their laptops and start chatting.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 1 M + 1 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools

The Dread Pirate Sadie: Competition Version

by Steven Stack

A competition-length adaptation of The Dread Pirate Sadie by Steven Stack

  • About 35 minutes
  • 1 M + 10 F + 1 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 35 pages

The Egg Carton and Shaving Cream Solution

by Lindsay Price

Pete is terrified of leaving his small town behind. That's why he's standing on the roof of the school covered in egg cartons.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 4 M + 11 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools

ellenalicemonajune

by Colleen Neuman

Ellen, Alice, Mona, and June share those uncomfortable truths that only close friends can tell each other.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 4 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools