Smiles, hugs and hi-fives. Isn’t that all it takes for a middle school student to be happy? The Happiness Shop is an excellent class project that explores important issues.
Play Scripts for Schools featuring Student directors
Skid Marks: A Play About Driving
Your first car. Getting your license, Getting pulled over. The relationship between teen and car makes a great backdrop for this vignette play.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 5 F, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 24 pages
Skid Marks 2: Are We There Yet?
The cross country road trip is the focus of this vignette play. Great for a classroom project or for competition. Short scenes with interesting characters.
- About 40 minutes
- 2 M + 5 F, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 35 pages
Smarty Pants
Dallas is a real smarty pants and can't wait to show off. But he's in for a shock. His new class is very different. A fantastic competition piece.
- About 30 minutes
- 8 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 32 pages
Still
Nate doesn't want to grow up, and Caroline already has. A bittersweet story with a twist.
- About 15 minutes
- 1 M + 1 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Stressed
Stress is driving a teen quartet crazy - so much so they can't stop talking about it. This play is a symphony of sound and character.
- About 30 minutes
- 1 M + 2 F + 1 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 22 pages
Stupid is Just 4 2day
Connect and commiserate with these characters who can't help but do stupid things. An amazing ensemble opportunity.
- About 30 minutes
- 3 M + 7 F, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 34 pages
Swimming With Sins
Envy, Sloth and Greed meet up at the beach with Kindness, Generosity and Zeal for their yearly swim meet!
- About 10 minutes
- 2 M + 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Ten / Two
Ten plays for two actors. The plays can be performed individually or all together for a full evening of theatre. Excellent for the classroom or competition.
- About 100 minutes
- 3 M + 7 F + 10 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 81 pages
Ten Minute Play Series: All Girls
A collection of short plays with interesting, engaging, vivid parts for girls.
- About 10 minutes
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 60 pages
Ten Minute Play Series: Be Challenged
A collection of short plays with challenging stories and complex characters.
- About 10 minutes
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 64 pages
Ten Minute Play Series: Girls & Guys
A collection of short plays that examines the relationships between girls and guys.
- About 10 minutes
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 65 pages
Theatrefolk's Ten-Minute Play Collection
A collection of ten minute plays.
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 55 pages
They Eat Sunshine, Not Zebras
Nothing stands in the way of the green grass. Until they wake up one morning to see a yellow dandelion in their midst.
- About 25 minutes
- 11 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 30 pages
This Phone Will Explode at the Tone
A vignette play about communication. Great for classwork.
- About 20 minutes
- 2 M + 2 F, Expandable to 33
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 20 pages
ths phne 2.0: the next generation
A vignette play that looks at 21st century communication. Blog your innermost thoughts. Break up by text. Express your deepest emotions through LOL's and smilies.
- About 30 minutes
- 2 M + 3 F, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 27 pages
Wait Wait Bo Bait
A vignette play all about waiting. Great scenes, great characters, flexible casting, easy staging.
- About 20 minutes
- 2 M + 4 F, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 22 pages
Wait Wait Bo Bait (Middle School Edition)
A middle school vignette play about waiting. Great scenes, great characters, flexible casting, easy to stage.
- About 20 minutes
- 2 M + 4 F, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 22 pages
Walls
An abstract look at generational barriers.
- About 10 minutes
- 2 M + 2 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
What do you do when the Elves have the flu?
The Elves can't eat, they can't sleep and they certainly can't work. And with Christmas around the corner, how will the toys get made?
- About 20 minutes
- 6 F + 10 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools
Will and Whimsy: Sixteen Dramatically Illustrated Sonnets of Shakespeare
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
