Selecting Scripts
One Act Plays for Middle School
Choosing a one-act for middle school performers is not an easy task. Middle schoolers are at an in-between point in their lives. They no longer want to be seen as “kids” yet many are not quite...
Help! My Class Is Overrun By…
A collection of 8 short plays for middle school performers, written for mid size to large casts. Every play is set in a classroom for simple, flexible staging, and each centers on an over-the-top crisis. What do you do when it starts raining inside your classroom? Or when your classmates turn into obedient zombies?
The collection offers a wide range of role sizes and character challenges to suit different skill levels.
The plays can be performed in any order, combined as a one act, or staged together as a full length show. Includes character profile questions for student actors.
Recommended for Middle Schools
At a Glance
Running Time
About 80 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Set
Simple set
Length
111 pages
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Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.
My Class is Overrun by Pirates
Ms. A
[A]
69 lines
Death by Allergy
[A]
46 lines
Against Field Trips
[A]
43 lines
Divorce
[A]
66 lines
Hundred Percent Average
[A]
37 lines
No Clue What’s Going On
[A]
34 lines
Captain Flint
[A]
48 lines
Dead Eye Dan
[A]
15 lines
Bilge Rat Ray
[A]
17 lines
Peg Leg Penny
[A]
16 lines
My Class is Overrun by Noise
Hate Noise
[A]
12 lines
Slam
[A]
9 lines
Make Noise
[A]
11 lines
Family is Noisy
[A]
11 lines
In My Head
[A]
10 lines
Chatty
[A]
5 lines
Ensemble: One to Six
[A]
13, 8, 7, 9, 7, 5 lines
My Class is Overrun by Substitute Teachers
Students x 5
[A]
Mrs. Leach
[A]
3 lines
Mr. T
[A]
2 lines
Doesn’t Matter
[A]
1 line
Stop Staring
[A]
1 line
Ruined Teaching
[A]
1 line
Sub One
[A]
15 lines
Sub Two
[A]
16 lines
Ok
[A]
2 lines
Mc-D
[A]
3 lines
Change the World
[A]
5 lines
Ms. C
[A]
6 lines
My Class is Overrun by Zombies
Ms. K
[A]
39 lines
Ms. J
[A]
5 lines
My Hand is Raised
[A]
2 lines
Dara Bean
[A]
41 lines
Adie
[A]
32 lines
Robin
[A]
4 lines
Class of students
[A]
15 lines
My Class is Overrun by the Truth
Mr. G
[A]
48 lines
Amy
[A]
18 lines
Jason
[A]
26 lines
Fran
[A]
8 lines
Zules
[A]
4 lines
Trig
[A]
16 lines
Emmett
[A]
15 lines
Sharla
[A]
13 lines
My Class is Overrun by Rain
Ms. B. (Rosemary)
[A]
58 lines
Ms. Riddy
[A]
20 lines
Ms. D
[A]
8 lines
Mr. E
[A]
10 lines
Not Phased
[A]
15 lines
Pretty Weird
[A]
16 lines
OPTIONAL: Students 1-8
[A]
Only appear for a moment. You can have individual actors play the students or double up some of the roles for a smaller cast size and a unique character challenge. Alternatively, you can cut a couple of the STUDENT roles.
My Class is Overrun by Birds
Persi (full name “Persuasion”)
[A]
Goho (full name “Good Hope”)
[A]
Terry Pops
[A]
Librarian
[A]
Lunch Lady
[A]
Secretary – Front Office Envoy
[A]
Chorus of Birds (various)
[A]
Individual Birds (various)
[A]
My Class is Overrun by a Superhighway
Ms. I
[A]
49 lines
Mr. Z
[A]
43 lines
Dakota
[A]
12 lines
That’s Not Safe
[A]
9 lines
Shaved a Llama
[A]
16 lines
I Want a Highway
[A]
19 lines
Protester
[A]
19 lines
Will This Affect My Grade
[A]
14 lines
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