Plays Focusing on Characters
Plays that offer challenging, fascinating, and diverse characters.
Sweep Under Rug
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 F + 1 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 34 pages
Sweep Under Rug: Competition Version
A competition-length version of Sweep Under Rug by Lindsay Price
- About 35 minutes
- 1 M + 3 F + 3 Any Gender, plus ensemble
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 29 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
Tick Talk
The teenagers in Tick Talk have much to say, but no way to say it. Characters are limited to only ONE WORD for the whole play. A great challenge for actors.
- About 25 minutes
- 2 M + 6 F + 5 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 31 pages
Tuna Fish Eulogy
The tragedy of a young boy's death is examined. Written in the Ladder play format the text runs in vertical columns for fuller choral work.
- About 40 minutes
- 1 M + 2 F + 1 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 40 pages
Underwater
A powerful drama that dives into the life of a teenage competitive swimmer.
- About 35 minutes
- 1 M + 3 F + 8 Any Gender, Plus ensemble of enthusiasts
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 32 pages
Upon A Sea of Dreams: A Journey on the Titanic
In a tiny third class cabin Emma dreams of a new life in America. But when the Titanic hits an iceberg, that dream becomes a nightmare.
- About 45 minutes
- 1 M + 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 42 pages
The Waking Moment
Julie would do anything to be just like her best friend Rhonda. But she soon finds out Rhonda's perfect world is a nightmare. Deals with sexual abuse.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 4 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 27 pages
We Are Masks
We all wear a mask. What will happen when the world sees who you really are?
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 8 F + 5 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 35 pages
With Liberty and Justice For All
Voices from a BLM protest.
- About 30 minutes
- 1 M + 3 F + 3 Any Gender + 1 Trans Man
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 20 pages
