Plays with Unique Structure
Students should be exposed to all types of play formats: Not every play fits into a traditional structure! Each one of these plays explores a unique framework.
The Art of Rejection: Two One Act Plays
by Christian Kiley
R is the only letter in a sea of numbers. Potential sits in a chair. These two one acts - Art of Rejection and Chaired can be performed separately or together.
- 1 M + 1 W + 27 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 39 pages
Backspace
by Lindsay Price
In this world writing is a struggle, a battle, a war. Backspace explores personification and characterization like no other play.
- About 30 minutes
- 2 M + 6 W + 15 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 38 pages
Chemo Girl and Other Plays
by Christian Kiley
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
Chicken. Road.
by Lindsay Price
A group of teenagers grapple with unanswered questions as they try to understand why someone who has it all would kill themselves. Powerful monologues.
- About 30 minutes
- 1 M + 1 W + 13 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 34 pages
darklight
by Lindsay Price
An examination of depression and anxiety in teens.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 4 W + 10 Any Gender, Plus THOUGHTS (10 to 20 actors)
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 38 pages
Drum Taps
adapted by Lindsay Price from Walt Whitman
A theatrical adaptation of a selection of Walt Whitman's civil war poems. See the words, the war, the blood come to life.
- About 35 minutes
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 66 pages
Emotional Baggage
by Lindsay Price
Seven strangers meet in a train station. Instead of luggage, they all carry their "emotional baggage." The most unique play we sell - it has no dialogue.
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 4 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 27 pages
Flaky Lips
by Lindsay Price
Two girls live in two communities that have been separated by a wall for a hundred years.
- About 45 minutes
- 2 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 30 pages
Floating on a Don't Care Cloud
by Lindsay Price
An emotional tug of war between a sister and brother and what really happens in the world of teenage marijuana use. A vivid personification of drugs.
- About 40 minutes
- 3 M + 5 W + 7 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 42 pages
Funhouse
by Lindsay Price
This middle school play looks at the bullied, the bully, and the bystander through mostly non-verbal vignettes.
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 16 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 33 pages
Have You Heard?
by Krista Boehnert
This monologue-based play explores what happens when rumours and secrets spin out of control. What makes a secret more powerful: when it's true or a lie?
- About 45 minutes
- 2 M + 3 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 24 pages
Layers
by Gary Rodgers
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 W + 14 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 36 pages
Letters
by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt
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 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 23 pages
neeT Teen
by Lindsay Price
A vignette play about teen life – backwards, forwards and inside-out. Told through a variety of forms: kitchen sink, absurd, movement and song.
- About 35 minutes
- 4 M + 6 W, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 40 pages
No Horse Town
by Lindsay Price
For the young men of Heywood, crossing the street is as dangerous as going off to war. A highly stylized comedy.
- About 25 minutes
- 3 M + 7 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 23 pages
Power Play
by Lindsay Price
The realities and the stereotypes of school violence. Not just the school shooting, but harassment and bullying. Violence is about power. So is high school.
- About 55 minutes
- 2 M + 3 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 38 pages
Puzzle Pieces
by Krista Boehnert
An exploration of teen issues through a series of monologues. The characters speak frankly about their fears, their futures, and their day to day life.
- About 45 minutes
- 2 M + 3 W
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 20 pages
Sixteen in 10 Minutes or Less
by Bradley Hayward
The lives of seven teenagers become intertwined in this humorous and oftentimes bittersweet collection of ten minute plays. Multiple lengths available.
- About 100 minutes
- 4 M + 5 W + 3 Any Gender, Expandable to 13M+17W+3 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 88 pages
Stressed
by Alan Haehnel
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 W + 1 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 22 pages
Stroke Static
by Lindsay Price
The heartbreaking look at dementia from the inside. The struggle between real and fantasy. Past and present. An award-winning theatrical experience.
- About 30 minutes
- 2 M + 3 W, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 28 pages
