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Drop Dead, Juliet!

by Allison Williams

Juliet has had enough! Enough with the poison, enough with the stabbing, and especially enough with the dying. She wants a new story and she wants it now. More parts for girls! More romance! Less death!

Romeo and Juliet will never be the same - or will it? Not everyone's so keen on the changes. And why is Romeo sneaking off with Rosaline?

Average Producer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 30 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
18 Characters
4 M13 F1 Any Gender
Set
Simple Set
Length
30 pages
Free Excerpt

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Awards and Accolades

  • The 9th most-performed short play in North American high schools, according to the Educational Theatre Association's annual production survey.

Customer Feedback

We adored doing this play. The writing is magnificent. We loved switching from old to modern English and all of the funny one-liner jokes.

Holly Thomas, International Charter School of Atlanta

The play was great! And a perfect size to use to restart our drama program at our school! The script was well done and mixed original Shakespeare with the storyline which was great!

Joanna Shumaker, Coleman Community Jr/Sr High School

Students loved the over-the-top presentational style as it helped to build real performance confidence while having fun!

Emily McRae, Mount Aspiring College

Our high school drama class performed Drop Dead, Juliet! The principal was so impressed with the production, that despite having only three hours sleep and planning to stay only twenty-minutes, she stayed for the entire show.

What impressed me the most about this play was that the students did what I asked them to do, which was to "own" the play. They just loved it so much and they had formed a very tight ensemble. They asked me if they could do the play one last time just for themselves. After it was over, everyone was very still and quiet for a minute, they knew that we had to let it go.

Thank you for such a high quality script, it gave the students such a worthwhile experience!

Gail S. Benge
Drama/Advisory Teacher
Whitmore Charter School of the Arts and Technology

We have been using your scripts for a few years, after I met Lindsay Price at the EDTA convention.

Last year we performed Drop Dead, Juliet! at the International Thespian Festival.

I really like your scripts because they are timely, age-appropriate and don't have bad words in them.

Melinda Middleton, Billings West High School

I would like to inform you that after I purchased Drop Dead, Juliet! for the one-act I directed for Bothell High School's annual one act festival, that I won best play, best director, and many other awards for this show.

We will be attending the Washington State Thespian Festival this March to perform it and then possibly go on to nationals in Nebraska. This play is great and thank you for bringing this excellent opportunity to me!

Emily Hurtin, Bothell High School

Praise for Drop Dead, Juliet!

5 out of 5 stars
Joanna Shumaker
Coleman Community Jr/Sr High School
The play was great! And a perfect size to use to restart our drama program at our school! The script was well done and mixed original Shakespeare with the storyline which was great!
5 out of 5 stars
Holly Thomas
International Charter School of Atlanta
We adored doing this play. The writing is magnificent. We loved switching from old to modern English and all of the funny one-liner jokes.
4 out of 5 stars
Emily McRae
Mount Aspiring College
Students loved the over-the-top presentational style as it helped to build real performance confidence while having fun!

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