Pretty Girl Plain Girl
by Lindsay Price
Tara tries to convince her best friend not to enter a beauty pageant.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Play Scripts for Schools featuring Character study
The Pretty Princess Dollhouse for Pretty Princesses
by Emma Fonseca Halverson
Gabi is suffering from metaphoric asthma. The walls are closing in and she can’t breathe.
- About 20 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 16 pages
The Proposal
adapted by Lindsay Price
from Anton Chekhov
Log line for the proposal
- About 20 minutes
- 1 M + 2 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Puzzle Pieces
by Krista Boehnert
An exploration of teen issues through a series of monologues. The characters speak frankly about their fears, their futures, and their day to day life.
- About 45 minutes
- 1 F + 4 Any Gender, Optional Ensemble
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 20 pages
Puzzle Pieces: Competition Version
by Krista Boehnert
A group of teens piece together who they are and who they are becoming, revealing their fears, dreams, and defining moments through raw, interconnected monologues.
- About 35 minutes
- 1 F + 4 Any Gender, Plus Optional Ensemble
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 19 pages
A Recipe of Me
by Kate Kilpatrick
Heartfelt stories about a family told through recipes.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 7 F + 9 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 23 pages
Red Rover
by Christian Kiley
A young girl is pulled out of her history class to go to the hospital where she discovers she has cancer. She befriends Lucy (who is chemotherapy personified) and she and Lucy prepare to take the disease.
- About 20 minutes
- 1 M + 3 F + 12 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Recommended for High Schools
Red Tee
by Lindsay Price
It’s time for role call. Who are you?
- About 35 minutes
- 1 M + 5 F + 6 Any Gender + 1 M or F + 1 Trans Man + 1 Non-Binary, Expandable to 29
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 35 pages
The Redemption of Gertie Greene
by Taryn Temple
Is Gertie really what everyone calls her: a freak, strange, stupid, clumsy, and mean?
- About 55 minutes
- 4 M + 4 F + 8 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 37 pages
The Redemption of Gertie Greene: Competition Version
by Taryn Temple
A competition-length adaptation of The Redemption of Gertie Greene by Taryn Temple
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 4 F + 8 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 23 pages
Romeo and Juliet (Modern English)
adapted by Craig Mason
from Shakespeare
A modern English one act version of Shakespeare's tragic tale of star-crossed lovers.
- About 40 minutes
- 7 M + 2 F + 3 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Interior and Exterior
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 28 pages
Roshambo
by Brian Borowka
Some people take Rock-Paper-Scissors (aka Roshambo) seriously. Very seriously.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 11 F + 3 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 28 pages
Sandy is an Eggplant, Shannon is a Pretty Girl
by Lindsay Price
While wearing ugly purple bridesmaid dresses, an older sister struggles with her seemingly perfect pretty sister.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Santa's Zombie Apocalypse
by Bradley Walton
Santa is trapped by zombies and two reindeer fawns are determined to save the day.
- About 80 minutes
- 24 Any Gender, plus optional extras. Can be done with a cast of 9.
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 67 pages
Scarlet Expectations of a Drowned Maiden and Two Greek Queens
by Robert Wing
A talk show welcomes some of literature's most memorable women who just can’t seem to get it right when it comes to men.
- About 40 minutes
- 1 M + 7 F + 4 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 28 pages
The Scarlet Heart
by Allison Williams
Join commedia dell'arte characters in a hungry, thirsty, bungling, quest for the Scarlet Heart. An excellent introduction for any student performer.
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 3 F + 3 Any Gender
- Unit Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 59 pages
Scenes from a Quarantine
by Lindsay Price
This vignette style play can be easily performed using an online platform and has a variety of scenes to address all student skill levels.
- About 25 minutes
- 21 Any Gender, Minimum of 4
- Online Performance
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Scene-Speare!: Shakespearean Scenes for Student Actors
edited by Lindsay Price
A collection of annotated Shakespearean scenes for student actors.
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 127 pages
See the Light
by Lindsay Price
The truth hurts. Especially when you're afraid to tell it and not expecting to hear it.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
The Shadow Stories - A Cursed Play
by Matthew Webster
Five very old, very dangerous stories from around the world...
- About 40 minutes
- 8 M + 8 F + 15 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 45 pages