Clowns With Guns by Christopher Evans takes a theatrical & absurd look at the endless cycle of senseless violence. An important play for important discussions.
Feature
Poetry
Almost History: that whole space time continuum thing
by Treanor Baring
A Reporter and a Sidekick livestream from great moments in American history.
- About 60 minutes
- 13 Any Gender, Expandable to 37
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Ariadne's Thread, The Adventures of Theseus and the Minotaur
by Judith White
Theseus is a young man on an adventure. As he makes his way to Athens to meet his father he must fight bandits, carnivorous pigs, and travel the underworld.
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 5 W + 9 Any Gender, Plus Chorus
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 pages
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
Censorbleep
by Lindsay Price
The Bleep Bleep Girls know how teenagers are supposed to behave and how to deal with those who don't. An absurd look at censorship and independent thought.
- About 35 minutes
- 1 M + 5 W + 5 Any Gender, plus optional extras
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 36 pages
Christmas in July
by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt
The calendar days are all in a tizzy. The New Year better fix this mess and fix it quick.
- About 20 minutes
- 20 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools
Christmas in July: Two Holiday One Act Plays
by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt
Two Christmas plays. Baby New Year rearranges the calendar in Christmas in July. Christmas is in jeopardy in What do you do when the elves have the flu?
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools
- 36 pages
Drum Taps
adapted by Lindsay Price from Walt Whitman
A theatrical adaptation of a selection of Walt Whitman's civil war poems. See the words, the war, the blood come to life.
- About 35 minutes
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 66 pages
Drum Taps (Small Cast Version)
adapted by Lindsay Price from Walt Whitman
A theatrical adaptation of a selection of Walt Whitman's civil war poems. See the words, the war, the blood come to life.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 3 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Drum Taps (Large Cast Version)
adapted by Lindsay Price from Walt Whitman
A theatrical adaptation of a selection of Walt Whitman's civil war poems. See the words, the war, the blood come to life.
- About 35 minutes
- 6 M + 14 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
The Exile and the Onion Girl
adapted by Lindsay Price from Aeschylus' The Libation Bearers
A vividly modern adaptation of Aeschylus' play The Libation Bearers.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 6 W, Plus Domestics (chorus)
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 33 pages
Flaky Lips
by Lindsay Price
Two girls live in two communities that have been separated by a wall for a hundred years.
- About 45 minutes
- 2 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 30 pages
Football Romeo
by Lindsay Price
A hilarious full length modern take on the clash between school cliques. Inspired by Romeo and Juliet.
- About 75 minutes
- 3 M + 7 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 76 pages
Frankenstein Among the Dead
adapted by Laramie Dean from the novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Thunder and lightning tear apart the night sky while two young women explore the story of Frankenstein
- About 95 minutes
- 8 M + 7 W + 8 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 81 pages
Hansel and Gretel
by Shirley Barrie
An inventive re-telling of the Grimms' fairy tale. Puppetry, percussive rhythms, twists in language, and unique characterizations.
- About 56 minutes
- 2 M + 3 W + 2 Any Gender, Percussionists and Puppeteers
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 56 pages
Humbug High: A Contemporary Christmas Carol
adapted by Lindsay Price from Charles Dickens
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 W, Expandable to 11M 20W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 63 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
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
adapted by Lindsay Price from Washington Irving
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 W, Plus Ensemble
- Simple Set.
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 31 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
A Midsummer Night's Dream
cutting and notes by Lindsay Price from the original by Shakespeare
A one act annotated version of Shakespeare's magical tale of mischievous fairies, and love potions.
- About 60 minutes
- 6 M + 8 W + 7 Any Gender
- Interior and Exterior
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 40 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
The Myths at the Edge of the World
by Matthew Webster
Four campers are not only lost in the wood, they are lost at the edge of the world with no land, water, stars or sun. The only way to bring life back is to ask the right questions that will release stories from the wind.
- About 50 minutes
- 2 M + 3 W + 2 Any Gender, Expandable to 30
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 42 pages
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
Pandora's Fire
by Judith White
Pandora's curiosity gets the better of her in this theatrical retelling of the Greek myth.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 4 W + 3 Any Gender, Plus chorus
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 24 pages
The Perils of Modern Education
by Matthew Webster
A comedic romp through the stresses and struggles of making it through the school day.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 19 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 39 pages
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
adapted by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt from Robert Browning
There are consequences for the people of Hamelin when they refuse to pay the Piper. A theatricalization of the Robert Browning poem.
- About 20 minutes
- 6 M + 4 W + 13 Any Gender, Rats
- Simple Set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 23 pages
Postcards from Shakespeare
by Allison Williams
Shakespeare has writer’s block. Nothing inspires him. Queen Elizabeth sends him on a trip around the world to find inspiration.
- About 35 minutes
- 6 M + 4 W + 5 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 37 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 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
School Daze
by Lindsay Price
Middle school is the tricky tightrope between being a kid and being a teenager. The characters try to keep their balance on the first day of middle school.
- About 30 minutes
- 16 M + 24 W + 14 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 28 pages
Shout! (Full Length Version)
book & lyrics by Lindsay Price, music by Kristin Gauthier
Four teens just can't express themselves. What happens when you don't shout? An a cappella musical created especially for high school performers. You can sing this!
- About 105 minutes
- 7 M + 14 W, Plus Vocal Orchestra (Minimum of 9 is suggested)
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 74 pages
Shout! (One Act Version)
book & lyrics by Lindsay Price, music by Kristin Gauthier
A one act version of our wonderful and accessable a cappela musical.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 7 W, Plus Vocal Orchestra (Minimum of 9 is suggested)
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 25 pages
Shreds and Patches
by Robert Wing
A re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 2 W + 2 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 26 pages
Shuddersome: Tales of Poe
adapted by Lindsay Price from Edgar Allan Poe
A vivid and theatrical adaptation of some of Poe's best known works. Multi length versions to fit every performance need.
- About 45 minutes
- 4 M + 5 W + 25 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 51 pages
Sweep Under Rug
by Lindsay Price
In the future the issue of poverty is solved through separation and subserviance. A teen causes trouble simply because she wants to better herself.
- About 35 minutes
- 1 M + 3 W + 1 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 34 pages
The Tempest
adapted by Craig Mason from Shakespeare
A modern version of this Shakespeare classic. A great introduction to the story and the bard.
- About 40 minutes
- 7 M + 2 W
- Exterior
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 27 pages
Through the Looking-Glass
adapted by Lindsay Price from Lewis Carroll
Alice is back in Wonderland and looking to become Queen. This adaptation is a fantastical physical journey for both actor and audience.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 3 W + 7 Any Gender, + Wonderland Ensemble
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 38 pages
Wenceslas
by Lindsay Price
A moving interpretation of the classic carol Good King Wenceslas. With music, song, a touching message and great roles for actors of all levels.
- About 45 minutes
- 2 M + 2 W + 14 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 pages
Will and Whimsy: Sixteen Dramatically Illustrated Sonnets of Shakespeare
by Alan Haehnel
Shakespeare's Sonnets come alive in this play where modern scenes play hand in hand with the original text. Very flexible casting.
- About 50 minutes
- 8 Any Gender, Expandable to 35
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 43 pages
Winnie-the-Pooh
adapted by Lindsay Price from Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
Join Pooh Bear, Piglet, and all their friends in the Hundred Acre wood.
- About 90 minutes
- 1 M + 1 W + 8 Any Gender, Additional Narrators
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 85 pages
