Baalzebub
by Rachel Atkins
Will they establish civility or fall apart?
- About 80 minutes
- 1 M + 11 F, Easily expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 71 pages
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War-Themed Play Scripts for Schools
Baalzebub - One Act Version
by Rachel Atkins
Will they establish civility or fall apart?
- About 35 minutes
- 11 F, Easily expandable
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 34 pages
The Blue and the Grey
by RS Paulette
This award-winning piece is haunting, exhilarating and theatrical.
- About 35 minutes
- 3 M + 4 F, Plus Students
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools
- 34 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
This collection contains
Drum Taps (Small Cast Version) and Drum Taps (Large Cast Version)
Drum Taps (Small Cast Version)
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
- 2 M + 3 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Drum Taps (Large Cast Version)
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
- 6 M + 14 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools
Finding Jo March
by Laramie Dean
You should know right away that this is not a traditional adaptation of Little Women.
- About 120 minutes
- 5 M + 5 F + 1 Any Gender + 3 F or NB
- Recommended for High Schools
- 85 pages
Home of the Brave
by Lee Cataluna
An excellent character-driven piece for middle school students. Inspired by hundreds of interviews with those associated by all branches of the service.
- About 30 minutes
- 4 M + 4 F
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
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 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 23 pages
Myth-o-logues
by Janice Harris
A fantastic one act and classroom resource filled with monologues from Greek mythology.
- About 40 minutes
- 14 M + 17 F
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 42 pages
Postcards from Shakespeare
by Allison Williams
Shakespeare has writer’s block. Nothing inspires him. Queen Elizabeth sends him on a trip around the world to find inspiration.
- About 35 minutes
- 6 M + 4 F + 5 Any Gender
- Simple Set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 37 pages
Rainbows vs. Bunnies: Annihilation
by Bradley Walton
A talking bunny. A talking rainbow. Plus annihilation.
- About 25 minutes
- 16 Any Gender, 8 actors possible with doubling
- Simple set
- Recommended for High Schools & Middle Schools
- 23 pages