Play Scripts for Schools featuring Clowning
...and a Groundhog in a Pear Tree
The Twelve Days of Christmas go on strike. Will the holidays be the same? A one act romp with music.
- About 45 minutes
- 3 M + 5 F + 12 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 60 pages
Arctic Adventure Theatre: The Case of the Crazed Crashers
A big fun online-friendly show in the style of a radio serial.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 4 F + 13 Any Gender
- Radio Play
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
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
Claque Attack: a clapping contemplation on the nature of applause
Do you control the audience or does the audience control you?
- About 35 minutes
- 37 Any Gender, Doubling Possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 33 pages
Clowns with Guns (A Vaudeville)
The question everyone’s asking is “Am I walking out alive today?”
- About 25 minutes
- 16 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 22 pages
Cobweb Dreams
Cobweb dreams of a different life, away from Titania's train.
- About 80 minutes
- 2 M + 17 F + 7 Any Gender
- Unit Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 86 pages
Cobweb Dreams - One Act Version
Cobweb dreams of a different life, away from Titania's train.
- About 35 minutes
- 2 M + 12 F + 5 Any Gender
- Unit set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 42 pages
Horror Movie 102: Failing Just Got Deadlier
A follow-up to the very popular Horror Movie 101!
- About 60 minutes
- 7 M + 14 F + 1 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
Inanimate
Life is a little different for Ani. She talks to inanimate objects and the object talk back. Is she living in a happy, carefree kids’ show or is it something more serious?
- About 25 minutes
- 2 F + 16 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 18 pages
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A one act annotated version of Shakespeare's magical tale of mischievous fairies, and love potions.
- About 60 minutes
- 6 M + 8 F + 7 Any Gender
- Interior and Exterior
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 40 pages
Mmmbeth
An hilarious gender-bending take on the Scottish play! Updated Version.
- About 45 minutes
- 5 F + 5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 43 pages
Mmmbeth: Competition Length Version
A shorter version of our hilarious gender-bending take on the Scottish play. Updated version.
- About 30 minutes
- 5 F + 5 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 28 pages
Mummu
A one act play inspired by an ancient Sumerian myth depicting one of the first Mesopotamian gods.
- About 25 minutes
- 4 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
The Pauper Princess
A retelling of Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper.
- About 75 minutes
- 10 M + 28 F + 34 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 71 pages
The Redemption of Gertie Greene
Is Gertie really what everyone calls her: a freak, strange, stupid, clumsy, and mean?
- About 50 minutes
- 5 M + 11 F, Doubling Possible
- Simple set
- Recommended for Middle Schools
- 37 pages
Santa's Zombie Apocalypse
Santa is trapped by zombies and two reindeer fawns are determined to save the day.
- About 80 minutes
- 24 Any Gender, plus optional extras. Can be done with a cast of 9.
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 67 pages
The Scarlet Heart
Join commedia dell'arte characters in a hungry, thirsty, bungling, quest for the Scarlet Heart. An excellent introduction for any student performer.
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 3 F + 3 Any Gender
- Unit Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 59 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
The Wind in the Willows
A lively and theatrical adaptation of a wonderful classic.
- About 70 minutes
- 3 F + 16 Any Gender
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 61 pages
