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Play Scripts for Schools featuring SEL

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is a construct intended to provide students with the skills to confront challenges, build resilience and demonstrate empathy for others. These plays are great to use with your students to introduce SEL or deepen their understanding and awareness.

The Last Dance

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

Two am is never the right time to tell your best friend what you think of her while studying Algebra.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 2 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools

Layers

by Gary Rodgers Canadian Author

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

Lazy Eye

by Bradley Hayward Canadian Author

Two eyeballs get bent out of shape while defending their half of a teenager's brain.

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

Let Me In

by Sholeh Wolpé

Jazmine tries to get into the movie theatre, but the inspector has other ideas.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 3 M + 4 F + 2 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools

Letters

by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt Canadian Author

For many wars, letters home were the only form of communication between soldiers and their loved ones. This play brings those letters to life.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 9 M + 12 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 23 pages

Lies

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

A young girl slowly realizes the disheartening truth about her mother and sister.

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

Life and Death in an Empty Hallway

by Christopher Evans

An intense and honest drama with excellent character opportunities.

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

Life, Off Book

by Scott Giessler

What happens when Ophelia and Jeb have to tear themselves away from the script and live life off book?

  • About 35 minutes
  • 5 M + 3 F + 10 Any Gender, Plus ensemble
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 33 pages

Liver for Breakfast

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

Three siblings agonize over meeting their father's new girlfriend.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 1 M + 2 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools

Locker Cake

by Claire Broome Canadian Author

When a gifted transfer student upends a high school drama club’s fragile hierarchy, a retaliatory leaked video exposing their offensive past ignites an explosive reckoning over accountability, intent, and whether redemption is possible in a world that never forgets.

  • About 50 minutes
  • 2 M + 5 F + 9 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 42 pages

Locker Cake: Competition Version

by Claire Broome Canadian Author

A competition-length version of Locker Cake by Claire Broome.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 2 M + 5 F + 9 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 30 pages

Look Me in the Eye

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

In the future teenagers are obedient and polite. But this behaviour comes at a price. A thought-provoking harrowing tale.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 2 M + 3 F + 2 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 23 pages

The Magic Diary of Mozambique

by Chris Stiles

A magic diary grants wishes: Good grades, popular friends, lavish gifts. But there are consequences to these wishes.

  • About 60 minutes
  • 2 M + 8 F
  • Unit Set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 42 pages

Malled: Two One Act Plays for Young Women

by Colleen Neuman

Many things happen in a mall. Heartbreak, Uncomfortable truths,True friendship, Cosmic questions with your french fries. Two plays. Great parts for girls.

  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 38 pages

Minimum Rage

by Bradley Hayward Canadian Author

Chester and Newton get a job as a way to see each other after their parents stop talking and determine there’s no point in being angry like the adults.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 2 M
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for Middle Schools

Mírame en los Ojos

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

A Spanish translation of Look Me in the Eye.

  • About 25 minutes
  • 2 M + 3 F + 2 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 23 pages

Monster Problems

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

The transition from middle school to high school can be filled with problems. Monster problems.

  • About 40 minutes
  • 9 M + 13 F + 2 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 40 pages

Moonbow Miraculous

by Kirk Shimano Canadian Author

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 Canadian Author

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

Moving

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

A rapid-fire character-driven comedy with a heart.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 5 F
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
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