What if Pandora wasn’t the villain after all? Pandora’s Fire takes Ancient Greek choral storytelling and gives it a bold modern twist - with curiosity, chaos, and ultimately, hope. Perfect for student performers!
Play Scripts for Schools featuring Stage combat
Almost History: that whole space time continuum thing
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
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 F + 9 Any Gender, Plus Chorus
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 pages
As You Like It
A one act annotated version of Shakespeare's love filled comedy.
- About 45 minutes
- 9 M + 4 F + 6 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 27 pages
Ashland Falls
Who will pay the price when the real world and the play collide?
- About 90 minutes
- 3 M + 11 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 82 pages
The Baloney, the Pickle, the Zombies, and Other Things I Hide From My Mother
Trevor is in the basement experimenting. He wants to build an army of zombies... by bringing baloney to life. Will his plan work before the expiry date?
- About 30 minutes
- 1 F + 7 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 34 pages
The Battle of Image vs Girl
One Girl. One Mirror. Against the world.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 15 pages
A Box of Puppies
We can all relate to feeling small in a big world. The characters in A Box of Puppies share their insecurities, their frailties and how they cope.
- 2 M + 2 F + 10 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 31 pages
Breathless
A beautiful character piece with three strong female leads.
- About 35 minutes
- 6 M + 6 F + 1 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 33 pages
The Butterfly Queen
A touching ensemble piece where sacrifice is as simple as a pair of wings.
- About 25 minutes
- 3 M + 4 F + 12 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 19 pages
Carrying the Calf
A teenager fed-up with being bullied drags her reluctant friend to a self-defence class.
- About 54 minutes
- 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 35 pages
Censorbleep
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 F + 5 Any Gender, plus optional extras
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 36 pages
Chemo Girl
Camille is pulled into the video game world that mirrors her fight against cancer.
- About 25 minutes
- 3 F + 13 Any Gender, Doubling Possible, ensemble expandable to 26 or more
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Chemo Girl and Other Plays
A collection of plays that examine the impact of cancer as seen through the eyes of teenagers. Can be performed as a full length or one acts.
- About 90 minutes
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 70 pages
The Comedy of Errors
A one act annotated version of Shakespeare's comedy about mistaken identity.
- About 60 minutes
- 5 M + 5 F + 8 Any Gender, + jailers, officers, and attendants, Doubling Possible
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 41 pages
Constantly, Incessantly, All The Time
A young girl examines the backpack of her life.
- About 10 minutes
- 1 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
A Deep, Poetic Journey Into Something
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
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
Dracula
A highly theatrical exploration of the evil that lurks inside all of us…
- About 100 minutes
- 5 M + 5 F + 3 Any Gender, plus Nosferatu and Assorted Monsters
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 100 pages
The Dread Pirate Sadie
Sadie wishes to leave her life on the high seas to pursue her true passion: theatre.
- About 60 minutes
- 1 M + 10 F + 1 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 61 pages
The Dread Pirate Sadie: Competition Version
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
