Play Scripts for Schools featuring Character study
The Haunting of Chip Lake Lodge
Things start to go awry when four teens show up at a haunted lodge for their prom. A determined ghost could make this the most bizarre night ever.
- About 60 minutes
- 2 M + 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 39 pages
Have You Heard?
This monologue-based play explores what happens when rumours and secrets spin out of control. What makes a secret more powerful: when it's true or a lie?
- About 45 minutes
- 2 M + 3 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 24 pages
Home of the Brave
An excellent character-driven piece for middle school students. Inspired by hundreds of interviews with those associated by all branches of the service.
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 4 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Hoodie
This middle school vignette play examines self-image and appearance.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 7 F, Expandable to 18F 13M
- Simple Set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 38 pages
The Hope and Heartache Diner
Diners are a special place. You can get your coffee, fall in love, and find light when the world is dark.
- About 70 minutes
- 6 M + 7 F + 3 Any Gender
- Unit set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 66 pages
The Hope and Heartache Diner - One Act Version
A One Act version of The Hope and Heartache Diner
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 5 F + 7 Any Gender
- Unit set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 31 pages
The House
The house doesn’t just hold stories… it hungers to tell them.
- About 75 minutes
- 5 M + 9 F + 14 Any Gender
- Unit set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 85 pages
The House - Competition Length Version
A competition-length cutting of The House. The house doesn’t just hold stories… it hungers to tell them.
- About 35 minutes
- 25 Any Gender, 19 with doubling
- Unit set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 32 pages
Huge Hands
A scrawny teenaged boy envisions the perfect way to fight back.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 M + 1 F + 8 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Humbug High: A Contemporary Christmas Carol
A modern take on the classic Dickens tale. Eddie Scrooge is a 17-year-old Bah Humbug of a guy. Till one Christmas Eve when three ghosts change his life.
- About 70 minutes
- 6 M + 13 F, Expandable to 11M 20F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 63 pages
If You Can't Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry
Annarosarosemarie is ready and raring to go for her first play audition. Miss Johnson is not ready to see what Annarosarosemarie has prepared. Not ready at all.
- About 15 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 11 pages
If You Can't Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry - Virtual Version
Annarosarosemarie is ready and raring to go for her first virtual play audition. Miss Johnson is not ready to see what Annarosarosemarie has prepared. Not ready at all.
- About 15 minutes
- 2 F
- Virtual Production
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Inanimate
Life is a little different for Ani. She talks to inanimate objects and the object talk back. Is she living in a happy, carefree kids’ show or is it something more serious?
- About 25 minutes
- 2 F + 16 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 18 pages
Jane Austen, Completely Zoomed
A fast-paced, witty modern take on Austen’s six classic masterpieces.
- About 60 minutes
- Virtual Performance
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Jealousy Jane
Jane is a jealous girl. So much so it's turned into a life-sized monster that follows her everywhere. What happens when Jealousy takes over your life?
- About 45 minutes
- 2 M + 2 F + 1 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 35 pages
Jealousy Jane: Competition Version
A jealous teen battles a literal monster that shadows her every move, forcing her to decide whether to let it consume her life or find the courage to break free.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 4 F + 2 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 33 pages
Just Girls Talking
A drama for six women that will have your audience talking long after they leave the theatre.
- About 30 minutes
- 6 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 30 pages
A Kidnapped Santa Claus
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 F + 5 Any Gender, plus Ensemble
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools
- 44 pages
Layers
Step inside Robin’s world as he grapples with his conscience and his anti-conscience. And then deeper still as the writer tries to figure out an ending... which he may not be able to do if he’s not actually the writer.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 1 F + 14 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 36 pages
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
What will happen when Icabod Crane comes face to face with the headless horseman? An adaptation of the Washington Irving story.
- About 30 minutes
- 5 M + 7 F, Plus Ensemble
- Simple Set.
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 31 pages
