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Make 'em laugh, make 'em smile with these comedic plays for your student performers.

Strawberries in Winter Mrs. Evelyn Merritt Play Script

Strawberries in Winter

adapted by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt Canadian Author from Aleksander Chodzko
Comedy Holiday Student Directors

Jack Frost spins the tale of Poor Marouckla who is tormented by her mean stepmother and her horse-faced stepsister. Based on a folktale by Aleksander Chodzko.

  • About 40 minutes
  • 1 M + 4 F + 12 Any Gender, plus Snow Dancers
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools, Middle Schools, and Elementary Schools
  • 31 pages
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Stupid is Just 4 2day Lindsay Price Play Script

Stupid is Just 4 2day

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Comedy Choral Work Student Directors

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
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The Super Non-Heroes Taryn Temple Play Script

The Super Non-Heroes

by Taryn Temple
Comedy Character Study Movement-based

Charlie may not be a superhero, but when she digs deep she discovers her unique talents to save the day.

  • About 60 minutes
  • 3 M + 7 F + 13 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for Middle Schools
  • 50 pages
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The Super Non-Heroes: Competition Version Taryn Temple Play Script

The Super Non-Heroes: Competition Version

by Taryn Temple
Comedy Character Study Movement-based

A competition-length version of The Super Non-Heroes by Taryn Temple

  • About 35 minutes
  • 3 M + 2 F + 9 Any Gender, Plus Other Students and Evil Sidekicks
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for Middle Schools
  • 33 pages
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Swoop Lindsay Price Play Script

Swoop

adapted by Lindsay Price Canadian Author from The Birds by Aristophanes
Comedy Classical Adaptation

Driven by a desire for total freedom, two fed-up clowns escape the city to build a city in the sky with the birds. But what happens when a clown decides they want total control?

  • About 45 minutes
  • 3 M + 2 F + 13 Any Gender, Plus Chorus of Birds. Doubling Possible.
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
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Swoop: Competition Version Lindsay Price Play Script

Swoop: Competition Version

adapted by Lindsay Price Canadian Author from The Birds by Aristophanes
Comedy Classical Adaptation

A competition-length version of Swoop by Lindsay Price.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 3 M + 1 F + 11 Any Gender, Plus Chorus of Birds. Doubling Possible,
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 26 pages
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The Taming of the Shrew Lindsay Price Play Script

The Taming of the Shrew

cutting and notes by Lindsay Price Canadian Author from the original by Shakespeare
Comedy Classical Adaptation Shakespeare

A one act annotated version of Shakespeare's controversial tale about the relationships between men and women.

  • About 60 minutes
  • 5 M + 3 F + 9 Any Gender
  • Interior and Exterior
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 38 pages
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The Tempest Craig Mason Play Script

The Tempest

adapted by Craig Mason Canadian Author from Shakespeare
Comedy Classical Adaptation Shakespeare

A modern version of this Shakespeare classic. A great introduction to the story and the bard.

  • About 40 minutes
  • 7 M + 2 F
  • Exterior
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 27 pages
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Ten / Two Lindsay Price Play Script

Ten / Two

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Comedy Drama Student Directors

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
This collection contains The Big Lie, The Itsy-Bitsy Spider Or Else, The Last Dance, Ms. Spitspot’s Spick and Span Play Place, My Father Went to Switzerland and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt, Pretty Girl Plain Girl, Quippage, Santa Runs A Sweat Shop, Ten Minutes, Ten Minutes, Ten Minutes, Ten Minutes, and Time, What Is It?
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Ten Minute Play Series: All Girls Lindsay Price Play Script

Ten Minute Play Series: All Girls

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Comedy Drama Character Study

A collection of short plays with interesting, engaging, vivid parts for girls.

  • About 10 minutes
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 60 pages
This collection contains Anger Management, Fight Over Fuchsia, Lies, Sandy is an Eggplant, Shannon is a Pretty Girl, See the Light, and Slow Songs Make Me Puke
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Ten Minute Play Series: Be Challenged Lindsay Price Play Script

Ten Minute Play Series: Be Challenged

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Comedy Drama Character Study

A collection of short plays with challenging stories and complex characters.

  • About 10 minutes
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 64 pages
This collection contains Bottle Baby, Hall Pass, Juice Box, Oh Chad, Sunday Lunch, and You
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Ten Minute Play Series: Girls & Guys Lindsay Price Play Script

Ten Minute Play Series: Girls & Guys

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Comedy Drama Character Study

A collection of short plays that examines the relationships between girls and guys.

  • About 10 minutes
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 65 pages
This collection contains Blue Sky, Girls and Boys, My Hero, Normal vs Weird, Swimming With Sins, Thief, and Weird
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Theatrefolk's Ten-Minute Play Collection Lindsay Price Play Script

Theatrefolk's Ten-Minute Play Collection

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Comedy Drama Student Directors

A collection of ten minute plays.

  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for High Schools
  • 55 pages
This collection contains Football Romeo (Ten Minute Version), The Four Hags of the Apocalypse Eat Salad at their General Meeting, Liver for Breakfast, Paper Thin, and Walls
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They Eat Sunshine, Not Zebras Dara Murphy Play Script

They Eat Sunshine, Not Zebras

by Dara Murphy Canadian Author
Comedy

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 Middle Schools & High Schools
  • 30 pages
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Thirteen in 10 Minutes or Less Bradley Hayward Play Script

Thirteen in 10 Minutes or Less

by Bradley Hayward Canadian Author
Comedy Drama Dramedy

From high-stakes board games to surviving terrible hotel waffles, a group of thirteen-year-olds tackle the messy realities of eighth grade in a series of ten-minute plays about the hilarious challenge of staying connected.

  • About 100 minutes
  • 4 M + 4 F, Expandable to 17M+16W+7 Any Gender
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for Middle Schools
  • 96 pages
This collection contains Calculated Risk, Click Bait, Down Line, First Locker, Inflated Ego, Last Dance, Minimum Rage, Poster Boy, Up Cycle, and Waffle Truth
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This Phone Will Explode at the Tone Lindsay Price Play Script

This Phone Will Explode at the Tone

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Comedy Student Directors Vignettes

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
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Through the Looking-Glass Lindsay Price Play Script

Through the Looking-Glass

adapted by Lindsay Price Canadian Author from Lewis Carroll
Choral Work Movement-based Comedy

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 F + 7 Any Gender, + Wonderland Ensemble
  • Simple Set
  • Recommended for Middle Schools & High Schools
  • 38 pages
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ths phne 2.0: the next generation Lindsay Price Play Script

ths phne 2.0: the next generation

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Comedy Student Directors Vignettes

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
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To Kill a Mocking Birdie Clint Snyder Play Script

To Kill a Mocking Birdie

by Clint Snyder
Comedy Black Comedy

Birdie would like you to meet her parents: a goldfish and a moldy piece of bread. It's a perfectly crazy dinner party. Consider this your invitation.

  • About 30 minutes
  • 1 M + 4 F + 4 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 23 pages
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Tough City, Prone to Rain Alan Haehnel Play Script

Tough City, Prone to Rain

by Alan Haehnel
Comedy

A noir play featuring the ace detectives from the Broadly Speaking Detective Agency.

  • About 35 minutes
  • 10 M + 5 F + 10 Any Gender
  • Simple set
  • Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
  • 29 pages
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